Guns N' Roses' 11 Wildest Pre-'Appetite for Destruction' Stories

Here are 11 of Guns N' Roses' wildest pre-Appetite for Destruction stories.

When you think of GN'R, you likely think of Appetite for Destruction, debauchery, Axl Rose throwing fits onstage in stadiums and a very long road to the making of Chinese Democracy.

However, we're just here to talk about the debauchery.

There were quite a few characters involved in the formation of the band during its early years, including Tracii Guns, Rob Gardner and Ole Beich. But the Appetite lineup of Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler was solidified in 1985.

The quintet played up and down Los Angeles' Sunset Strip, lived on the streets, partied, did a lot of drugs and crossed paths with a lot of different people. "The perils of rock 'n' roll decadence," as Rose would later sing at the beginning of Use Your Illusion II's "Pretty Tied Up."

You probably know all about the St. Louis riot in 1991, the firing of Adler, the departure of Stradlin, the expensive music videos and much of the drama, but we wanted to take it back and honor the release of Appetite for Destruction by retelling some of their craziest moments that happened before it came out.

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These were the years the members of the band were mostly living together and spending all of their time with each other. These were the years they had nothing but each other, before the planes and the stadiums came into play.

These are the wildest Guns N' Roses stories that took place leading up to the release of one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

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