Music great criticism that Renato Russo did to Guns N ‘Roses

THE Urban Legionone of the main rock bands of the Brazil at the turn of the 1980s to the 1990s, he lived in a period similar to that of the Guns n ‘Roses.

The approximations between them, however, stop there. Renato Russosinger and main composer of the group from Brasiliadid not nourish great admiration for the American band.

Before died, in 1996, Renato made clear his divergence in relation to the vocalist’s stance Axl Rose and your bravado. In an interview with the magazine Bizz (via Wiplash), in January 1992, the Legion leader said:

“I didn’t like Guns n ‘RosesI was with the things that the axl spoke… Nowadays even respect the guy: he really thinks that way, and is having to take responsibility for what he says. Nothing is unpunished. “

However, Renato Russo’s greatest criticism of Guns n ‘Roses Not even that. According to him, more severe than Axl’s behavior was the fact that the American band tries to emulate music from other rock giants, such as Rolling Stonescited nominally by him.

Renato told Bizz:

“I even bought the Guns album. I just don’t hear because I think it will be a huge disservice for rock ‘n’ roll. All the kids who are coming now will think they invented all those riffs. Actually, they ‘suck) the guys who sucked’ (copied) the stones, who had ‘sucked’ (copied) before.

In addition to the Stones, Renato was possibly referring to bands like Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Queen, who had a strong influence on Axl’s music, Slash and company.

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