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February 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Redemption of Rocket Queen

I loved Appetite for Destruction, right from first listen, such a visceral thrill. It was naughty as…well, naughty-as-fuck. We were probably too young to be listening to it but the unwritten, unspoken agreement seemed to be that if we didn’t copy the language – at least at home, anyway – it would be allowed. You […]
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August 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 22: Guns N’ Roses, Auckland 1993

My son asks me about Guns N Roses these days. Quite often actually. He is getting hooked on hard rock – KISS, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, selected Beastie Boys, that sort of thing. And he’s always been into the Appetite For Destruction album – because it’s one of the few CDs I still own, and round […]
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April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Second Best Guns N’ Roses Album: “The Spaghetti Incident?”

It’s the second best Guns N’ Roses album – after Chinese Democracy, naturally. Alright, I might be kidding about that, so hear me out. “The Spaghetti Incident?” – even with its daft in-joke title, annoying question-mark and appalling cover is an amazing album; an important album even. It’s peculiar – it sits out on its […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Axl, Chinese Democracy, Covers, GNR, Gunners, Guns n Roses, metal, Punk, Punk Covers, The Second Best Guns N’ Roses Album, The Second Best Guns N’ Roses Album: “The Spaghetti Incident?”, The Spaghetti Incident, Use Your Illusion, Use Your Illusion 1, Use Your Illusion 2 ·

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January 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Banding Together By Branding Together: On Band T-Shirts

What is it with wearing T-shirts of bands to gigs by other bands? We know you like music. You’re at a live concert! Relax and be happy – sing the words that you do know (poorly and out of tune) back in the direction of the guy or girl who wrote them and knows them […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Band Tees, Banding Together By Branding Together, Banding Together By Branding Together: On Band T-Shirts, Def Leppard, Elemeno P, Eric Clapton, GNR, Joe Cocker, Merchandise, On Band T-Shirts, Sonic Youth, T-Shirts ·

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November 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering GnR in ’93

So Guns n’ Roses (featuring three-fifths of the original line-up) will play two New Zealand shows in February 2017. It will be 24 years – almost to the day – since the band’s previous New Zealand show (we’re not counting the Axl-only version) and in celebration of this week’s news I thought I’d reminisce about […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1993, Axl Rose, Concert, Dead Flowers, Gig, GNR, Guns n Roses, Live Music, NZ, Remembering GnR in '93, Reunion, Skid Row, Slash ·

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February 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Slash (Feb 18, Wgtn)

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators TSB Bank Arena Wednesday, February 18 Slash (b. Saul Hudson) found fame a quarter-century ago as the top-hatted guitarist in Guns N’Roses, his oily riffs and greasy hair so much a part of that band’s sound and look. Almost inexplicably he continues to hold on to that fame […]
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