History Trivia / GunsNRoses

** After Slash's departure, Music/NineInchNails guitar player Robin Finck was hired as the new lead guitarist. Tobias stayed on, but eventually drove drummer Matt Sorum and bassist Duff [=McKagan=] away. This left Axl and keyboardist Dizzy Reed as the last two members from the Use Your Illusion tour. Tommy Stinson, Chris Pitman, and Josh Freese joined the band around this time and officially started work on ''Chinese Democracy''. However, after cycling through many different producers and recording for a full year, the band only released one song in 1999. That song,"Oh My God," was only ever featured on the soundtrack to ''Film/EndOfDays'' and was not critically or commercially well received (eventually being left out of the finished album despite some live performances of the song).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck trying to acquire an authentic record of their ''Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide'' EP, and that goes ''triple'' for the cassette release; count yourself lucky if you pick up an authentic copy (especially of the cassette) for less than a hundredth of what they usually go for (usually triple digits for the vinyl record and ''[[UpToEleven quadruple digits]]'' for the cassette).
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The 2018 ''Locked N' Loaded'' [[https://www.revolvermag.com/music/inside-guns-n-roses-insane-appetite-destruction-locked-n-loaded-box-set box set]]. Limited to 10000 copies and housed in a ''cabinet'', , it includes a 2 LP reissue of ''Appetite For Destruction'', the long sought-after ''Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide, various singles, demos and all sorts of memorabilia.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Chinese Democracy'' was infamous for this in the musical medium. See TroubledProduction for more details.

** Despite these problems, the album was mostly finished by 2002, but a terrible performance at the 2002 VMAs and a North American tour that imploded after only half the promised dates had been performed set everything back. It's also rumored the album was rejected by the record label for not having any potential "hits."

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: As Creator/DennisMiller once said about Steven, "What in the fuck do you have to do get kicked out of Guns n' Roses?" The answer: dance with Mr. Brownstone ''just'' enough. Everyone in the band except for Axl was a junkie and/or alcoholic, but they were still able to keep it together on stage. Steven's abuse, however, was so extreme that it began to seriously mess with his playing ability, and eventually led to his being fired. He has struggled with his addictions ever since, and if you have seen him on ''Series/ThatMetalShow'', it is clear that he has been permanently damaged.

** After being thrown out of Guns N' Roses, Tracii Guns restarted his band L.A. Guns. They actually didn't do too badly for themselves: Their first two albums went gold and their song "The Ballad Of Jayne" made the Top 40. But once the curtain fell on hair metal, they were one of the first bands to be quickly forgotten. They're now better remembered as a footnote in Guns N' Roses history than for their perfectly decent career back in the day.

* OneOfUs: Slash, who is addicted to ''VideoGame/RockBand'', is a fan of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''[[note]]To the point where he actually asked to perform a song for TheMovie. Repeat: A ''legendary musician'' asked permission to perform a song for a cartoon movie because he's just that much of a fan.[[/note]], and '''designed''' the [[Pinball/GunsNRoses GNR pinball machine.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: A year before the release of the first Music/BlindMelon album, Shannon Hoon contributed backing vocals to six songs on ''Use Your Illusion I'' [[note]]Plus the "alternate lyrics" version of "Don't Cry" from ''Use Your Illusion II'', if you count that as a separate song[[/note]], where he's credited in the liner notes simply as "Shannon". He's probably most recognizable on "Don't Cry", "You Ain't The First", and "The Garden". The "Don't Cry" video also featured Hoon performing alongside the band.

* BannedInChina: The title track and album of Chinese Democracy is banned in China thanks to the lyric "Blame it on the Falun Gong, They've seen the end and you can't hold on now".[[note]]Falun Gong are a persecuted minority class in China, banned from practicing their religion by the Communist government and naturally any mention of them is sure to be censored.[[/note]]

* BannedInChina:
** The title track and album of Chinese Democracy is banned in China thanks to the lyric "Blame it on the Falun Gong, They've seen the end and you can't hold on now".[[note]]Falun Gong are a persecuted minority class in China, banned from practicing their religion by the Communist government and naturally any mention of them is sure to be censored.[[/note]]

--> Bumblefoot: So yeah, the funny thing about making an album, 'cause we were just talking about it before, 'cause people always ask me: "When's the next Guns N' Roses album coming out?" I'm like "2095"! (Proceeds to talk about the process of making an album).

* [[DirectedByCastMember Designed by Band Member]]: The original idea and initial layout for the game came from Slash himself, who is a major pinball fan and collector.

* PromotedFanboy

** Forget Buckethead; when Slash left the band, guitarists who were auditioned or spoken to about replacing him included [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Zakk]] [[Music/BlackLabelSociety Wylde]] [[Music/PearlJame Dave Abruzzese]] and [[Music/JanesAddiction Dave]] [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Navarro]]. Just imagining a Guns N' Roses line-up with Zakk Wylde is amazing.

** The title track of Chinese Democracy is banned in China thanks to the lyric "Blame it on the Falun Gong, They've seen the end and you can't hold on now".[[note]]Falun Gong are a persecuted minority class in China, banned from practicing their religion by the Communist government and naturally any mention of them is sure to be censored.[[/note]]

** Apparently the Chinese Cultural Department has issues with the entirety of ''Chinese Democracy'', despite just the title track bothering them. It's also the basis for a bad joke: Chinese Democracy is banned in China.
** The ''Guns N Roses'' album also.

* BannedInChina: Apparently the Chinese Cultural Department has issues with the entirety of ''Chinese Democracy'', despite just the title track bothering them. It's also the basis for a bad joke: Chinese Democracy is banned in China. Also the ''Guns N Roses'' album.

* TroubledProduction: ''Chinese Democracy'', which used lots of money, time, and people.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Their KISS shout-out on the intro of their Live EP.
-->'''Announcer:''' You wanted the best...WELL THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT!!!

* NeverLiveItDown:
** Let's just say there's a reason why they only performed "One in a Million" a few times between ''Music/AppetiteForDestruction'' and ''Music/GNRLies'', and not at all after.
** The Riverport Riot, to the point where people associated with the Riverport Amphitheatre and the incident in question are still sore about what had happened and every major venue in the city was reluctant to book GNR to perform there. There's still bad blood between GNR and St. Louis; a commercial being broadcast on KSHE in 2011 was interrupted simply because the music in the background happened to be "Paradise City", and on GNR's official site for their 3D concert film ''Appetite for Democracy'', the state is apparently deliberately misspelt as "Misuri" in the section listing the showtimes. It would be 26 years before GNR would perform in St. Louis again.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: If the band hadn't essentially disappeared off the face of the planet in the mid-'90s despite being one of music's biggest rock bands at the time, there's no telling just how much bigger they could have become.

* RevivalByCommercialization: Word has it that the one big push for the release of ''Chinese Democracy'' was the [[EarlyBirdCameo inclusion of "Shackler's Revenge"]] in ''RockBand 2''. And then later the rest of the album was put up for DownloadableContent. This opens space for some WhatCouldHaveBeen if Harmonix had not considered them.

** The Riverport Riot, to the point where people associated with the Riverport Amphitheatre and the incident in question are still sore about what had happened and every major venue in the city was reluctant to book GNR to perform there. There's still bad blood between GNR and St. Louis; a commercial being broadcast on KSHE in 2011 was interrupted simply because the music in the background happened to be "Paradise City", and on GNR's official site for their 3D concert film ''Appetite for Democracy'', the state is apparently deliberately misspelt as "Misuri" in the section listing the showtimes. It would be 26 years before GNR would perform in St. Lous again

** The Riverport Riot, to the point where people associated with the Riverport Amphitheatre and the incident in question are still sore about what had happened and every major venue in the city had blacklisted them. There's still bad blood between GNR and St. Louis today; a commercial being broadcast on KSHE in 2011 was interrupted simply because the music in the background happened to be "Paradise City", and on GNR's official site for their 3D concert film ''Appetite for Democracy'', the state is apparently deliberately misspelt as "Misuri" in the section listing the showtimes.