MusicGuns N’ Roses: Appetite for Destruction turns 37; see curiositiesAppetite for Destruction had hits like “Welcome to the Jungle”, “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child o’ Mine”today at 12:15

Right on the first studio album, Armas e Rosas made an iconic work that marks rock to this day – and established himself as one of the biggest names in the genre. The album in question is Appetite for Destructionwho turned 35 last Thursday, the 21st.

The LP, which featured “Bem Vindo a Selva“, “Paradise City” It is “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” was released on July 21, 1987, and the band was formed by Axl Rose (vocal), Izzy Stradlin (rythm guitar), slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (low) and Robbie Gardner (drums) at the time.

To celebrate 35 years of Appetite for DestructionThe Rolling Stone Brazil separated five curiosities about the album. See below:

Production and cost of Appetite for Destruction

In all, Appetite for Destruction cost US$ 370 thousand, with production of Mike Clinkresponsible for Rust in Piece (1990), from MegadethIt is New Tattoo (2000), from Mötley Crüe. Clink produced all of the other albums of Armas e Rosasany less Chinese Democracyreleased in 2008.

It had one of the first Guns N’ Roses songs

“Anything Goes,” the 11th track on the album, is one of the band’s oldest songs, according to information from NME. The composition was created even before the Armas e Rosas exist, when Axl It is Stradlin were in the group Hollywood Rose.

Meaning of ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Mr. Browstone’

Second slash“Bem Vindo a Selva” emerged as a kind of autobiography, because the lyrics make references to the difficulties that the iconic guitarist encountered when he moved to Los Angeles, United States. On the other hand, “Mr. Browstone” is a metaphor for heroin, a drug that was a problem for all the members of the group.

The original cover was different

As Rose recalled in an interview with That Metal Show in 2011, the original idea for the cover of Appetite for Destruction was to use a photo of the space shuttle Challengerwhich exploded upon release on January 28, 1986. However, the record company Geffen canceled the idea, because he thought it was in bad taste.

Sales records

A critical and public success with over 30 million copies sold worldwide, Appetite for Destruction is one of the best-selling albums of all time – as well as the best-selling debut in rock history. In addition, the album reached number one on the Billboard 200.