History Music / AppetiteForDestruction

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[[caption-width-right:300:''Just an urchin livin' under the street\\
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat''\\
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* TheBigRottenApple: "Welcome To The Jungle" applies the tropes to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles rather than the traditional UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, [[WordOfGod as explained during the Ritz show.]]

In 2018, a Super Deluxe box set was released to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. Alongside the standard tracklist, it includes several discs with demos, B-sides and live tracks, in addition to a number of merch goods.

* AlbumFiller: In an extremely rare case, intended filler track "Sweet Child O' Mine" became the band's single most famous song. The last minute even features Izzy Stradlin repeatedly asking "Where do we go?" - [[ObviousBeta the band hit a brick wall trying to complete the lyrics,]] [[SureLetsGoWithThat and after Axl started questioning "Where do we go? Where do we go now?", the producer suggested that that become the last line.]] In spite of all that, a signature riff, an emotional vocal and a series of famous solos have made an iconic song out of a bit of "circus music" the band publicly bashed.

Not to be confused with the song by Music/{{NWA}}, or the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode of [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E25AppetiteForDestructionFrameOnYou the same name]].

Not to be confused with the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode of [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E25AppetiteForDestructionFrameOnYou the same name]].

* RealSongThemeTune: "Paradise City" serves as the theme song for ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'', though [[LyricalDissonance it's not quite a perfect fit for such a cheerful game.]]
** Then again, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint a game about cars smashing into each other is not exactly "cheerful" either,]] so...

* BadassBoast: "It's So Easy" has the straightforward "See me hit you, ''you fall down!''".

''Appetite for Destruction'' is the debut studio album recorded by American HeavyMetal band Music/GunsNRoses. It was released through Creator/GeffenRecords on July 21, 1987.

* LyricalDissonance: Due to RefrainFromAssuming, many don't notice how the narrator of "Paradise City" is going through a hard life - thus the suffering verses lead to an uplifting chorus that is basically "I wanna go home!".

-->''"I see you standin' there/You think you're so cool/Why don't you just/Fuck off!"''
-->''"It's so easy, so fuckin' easy!"''

-->''"I got somethin' I been buildin' up inside for so fuckin' long!"''
-->''"I'm fuckin' innocent!"''

-->''"But that old man he's a real motherfucker"''

-->''"You're crazy (oh yeah) You're fucking crazy!"''

* ContemptibleCover: [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Appetitefordestruction.jpg The original cover]] naturally provoked controversy, causing record stores not to stock the album until the record company came up with the more familiar "five skulls" cover. The original idea has been subject to a MythologyGag or two over the years.

* CreepyCoolCrosses: How else would you call the cross on the album cover, featuring five skulls of the band members?

''Appetite'' continues to draw praise for its successful blend of BluesRock riffage, PunkRock intensity, [[{{Pop}} accessible melodies]], and [[{{Deconstruction}} its warts-and-all take on the band's journey to]] [[TheRockStar rock stardom]]. While an occasional source of HypeBacklash--some consider it over-derivative of Music/{{Aerosmith}}, in particular--''Appetite'' frequently scores at or near the top of "greatest album" lists across several rock genres.

It was listed at #61 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] in 2003, and #62 on the 2012 and [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 2020 lists]].

-->''She's got a smile it seems to me''\\

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%%->''"The greatest album ever made about how you can't run away from yourself."''
%%-->-- '''Chuck Eddy''', ''Spin''

''Appetite for Destruction'' is the debut studio album by Music/GunsNRoses, released in 1987. It entered the Billboard charts at the modest 182nd position upon release. A modest critical success at the time, the album began to creep up the charts thanks to strong word of mouth. Aided by a successful - [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes and still in-demand]] - appearance on MTV's "Live At The Ritz" series and the release of number-one hit "Sweet Child O' Mine", ''Appetite'' reached the number one slot in August 1988 and would remain on the charts for 147 weeks. Contemporary pop culture critics noted that shock value made up much of the Gunners' appeal, cynically exploiting taboo subject matter for more press; [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity this censure presumably only helped matters]].

It was listed at #62 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

* SameContentDifferentRating: The "clean" and explicit versions of the album are the same. The "clean" version is simply sold as an unstickered version to be sold at Walmart.