Guns N' Roses

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01:  Members of the rock group Guns n' Roses (L-R) Slash, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin.  (Photo by DMI/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynist, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O' Mine," showed. While Slash and {$... Read More