Why do people try to deny this was a hair metal album when they were clearly part of that scene? It's like saying Pearl Jam weren't actually a grunge band since they sounded different to Nirvana
what people dont realize is guns and roses was part of the second wave of hair metal, when hair metal was dying and becoming more pop instead of metal, guns and roses brought it back to its sleazy rootsbut guns and roses are a great band, so people dont want to associate them with hair metal because they think hair metal is shit
I thought it was obvious that it was like the final relevant 80s glam rock album
>>130529383Define "metal".
>>130529383Their aesthetic was different, their music was different, their vibe was different. They were on the sunset strip at the same time...and Axl did use hairspray for the WTJ video lol
>>130529383>hair metalMade up revisionist term. They were glam metal from the Sunset Strip scene. By the end of the 80s the whole scene was getting grittier and bluesier, a trend which GnR were precursors.
>>130529383Yesterday I was trying my best to keep open eyes for why Guns N Roses wouldn't be glam rock / hair metal according to the neckbearded X geezers claiming such and all I saw them do was state it plainly like it's semi-obvious fact requiring no elaboration. Fucking retarded lemmings; they do this with all types of shit, from Star Wars to this.
>>130530652You wrote this stupid post as if it needs no explanation for why hair metal and glam metal aren't synonymous.
>>130529897The aesthetic of Axl Rose is literally glam, and their most famous song is about the world of excess, just like the others—what the fuck are you talking about.
>>130529858At the end of the day "metal" is just a vaguely defined subset of Rock people deploy to try to make their shit sound cooler than it actually is.
>>130529523Well it's not, because the herd shouts in every thread on the net that Guns N Roses aren't glam/hair metal.
>>130531067>rotting christ is just a vaguely defined subset of neil youngretard
>>130529383GNR was always a punk band.
They did Hard Blues Rock, more similar to the Stones than any metal band
>>130531058>their most famous song is about the world of excess>Sweet Child-O-Mine is about excess
you could argue alice in chains was hair metal in the early days
>>130529383They are but since there's a huge talent gap between them and most of those other bands people try to separate them from it.
>>130532105>They did Hard Blues Rock, more similar to the Stones than any metal bandespecially true for the debut. they did sound more hair metal on some of the illusion songs
>>130529383>It's like saying Pearl Jam weren't actually a grunge band since they sounded different to NirvanaIt's not like this because when Pearl Jam and Nirvana were blowing up they were both labelled as grunge. When G'n'R were blowing up their were labelled as a break from the hair metal genre of the time.Your take is anachronistic.
>>130532927use your illusion the whole thing is them wanting to be Queen. it's like if Queen where straight americans instead of gay brits
>>130536307Slash did not become an American citizen until 1996. He was British when G'n'R were relevant.
>>130536307>use your illusion the whole thing is them wanting to be Queen.dont know about that. but axl trying to be NIN on my world was pretty bad
>>130529383not really that much different than Poison but tougher image
>>130531274>GNR was always a punk band
