Track Listing

1. Since I Don't Have You
2. New Rose
3. Down On The Farm
4. Human Being
5. Raw Power
6. Ain't It Fun
7. Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex)
8. Hair Of The Dog
9. Attitude
10. Black Leather
11. You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory
12. I Don't Care About You/ Look At Your Game, Girl

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8165 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 46 minutes

CD Description
The last official studio recording of the 1990s for Guns N'Roses was 1993's THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT?. This collection of mostly punk covers was released at a time when G N' R was reeling from both internal dissension (founding member Izzy Stradlin left after the release of USE YOUR ILLUSION I & II)and the great grunge explosion of 1991 that made the band seem passe. Rather than jumping on any bandwagons, the California quintet instead paid homage to heroes overlooked by kids caught up in buying the right kind of flannel.
Leading the charge was bassist Duff McKagan (who'd played with almost 30 Seattle bands including the Fartz and Fastbacks), G N' R recorded scorching covers of songs by Fear ("I Don't Care About You"), the New York Dolls ("Human Being"), and the Damned ("New Rose"). New guitarist Gilby Clarke provided a solid foil for Slash as Axl Rose crooned doo-wop (The Skyliner's"Since I Don't Have You") and sang with a faux British accent (UK Subs' "Down on the Farm"). Being Guns N' Roses meant controversy was never far behind and this time around the boys were criticised for including a hidden cover of Charles Manson's "Look at Your Game Girl".

Customer Reviews

GNR Must Have Loved Making This Album
After the two great »Use Your Illusion« double albums, with complicatedly arranged songs, Guns N'Roses must have felt like showing the World they still can do simple stuff as well. And they did good!

Through the power and musical talent expressed in every song on this mostly-punk album, you can just feel how the band loves to just play songs which have been its greatest inspiration sources.

From the heart-squeezing guitar and vocals on the opening track »Since I Don't Have You«, Guns N'Roses take the listener on a journey through their favourites. It goes via the all-over British punk song »Down On The Farm« (the album's best track) and the melodically rocking piano and percussion of »Human Being«, endning in the nearly melancholic unlisted track »The Game« by Charles Manson.

Guns N'Roses simply combines their joy of playing with their highly-developed musical skills on this tribute.

Somehow sad that it became the band's last release - but on the other hand, the joy of playing expressed on this album is a good way of ending.

GN'R Go punk!
Just picked up this album from a shop and listened to it. I was surprised at how different it was.
Highs:
Slash still remains fairly strong with the guitar solos of course.
Duff McKagan surpisingly is included alot more in the main vocals this time, he too along with Axl is a fairly powerful singer.
It seems they have taken some punk songs and done covers of them and modified them a bit, such as making them sound a bit more GN'R type.
Best Songs on this record are New Rose, Attitude, Aint it fun, Hair of the Dog etc.
Lows:
Gilby has replaced Izzy Stradlin', Don't get me wrong he is a great replacement, but he isn't really the same and it definitely feels there is something missing without Izzy.
You have to really appreciate punk to like this record alot, I'm into mainly rock and metal, but I admired the ramones, Sex Pistols etc but otherwise Punk isn't what I like as much as rock and Metal
Overall this isn't too bad an album, the best description I can give of this to the older GNR fans ( I am one myself too ) is that it is like 'Get in the Ring' type music 12 times in different formats. The sad thing is it is by far the most disappointing GNR album yet, and I can only see their forthcoming album 'Chinese Democracy' getting worse. If you are new to GnR steer clear of this album, go for appetite For Destruction and the Use Your Illusion albums, If you are a long term fan of GnR and know all the best music they produced, then its up to you, but it would probably be a wise idea to check this out for more Slash, Duff and Axl. Just don't expect another AFD or UYI album.

Meh!
There's nothing to be said that hasn't already been said in these reviews. To be blunt, BUY THIS ALBUM IF YOU LIKE GUNS N' ROSES, it's as simple as that!
Ignore all rubbish reviews that say, "It's the sound of a band breaking up". What a load of crap. Any half-wit guns n' roses fan would know that these were recorded at the same time as Use your illusion, even before! Trust me, it's a good album.