History YMMV / GunsNRoses

* MisattributedSong: They have never recorded "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (Music/{{Poison}}) or "Cats in the Cradle" (Music/UglyKidJoe).

* FandomRivalry: Some with Music/{{Nirvana}}, but even more with Music/StoneTemplePilots, best known as the band of the ex-vocalist of Music/VelvetRevolver. Funnily enough, Axl was a fan of Music/{{Nirvana}} and tried to get them to open for them on a tour, but Music/KurtCobain refused because he felt their public image was ridiculous and outdated.

* TakeThat: Slash’s habit of playing The Godfather theme between sets started out at this directed at Axl on his behalf from the rest of the band. During their heyday, Axl Rose would often be so late to concerts that the band had time to (and would) watch The Godfather before he arrived. The Godfather’s runtime? Two hours and fifty five minutes.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "My World" coming in at the end of ''Music/UseYourIllusion II''. Axl wrote that song all by himself while nurturing a love of Music/NineInchNails, and put it on without informing the other band members. Slash only found out about the song after buying a copy.

--> ''"He's in my ass, that's where Music/{{Slash}} is! Fuckhead! Go home."''

* OneSceneWonder: Often {{invoked|Trope}}. Music/{{Slash}}'s session work, even with some...[[WTHCastingAgency unusual collaborators]]...remains popular and in some cases outshines the main artist.

* ReplacementScrappy: Arguably drummer Matt Sorum despite him being an accomplished drummer and generally well-liked among fans. Steven Adler though, was even more liked and many felt his swing style drumming fit the band's sound better than Sorum's more technical and polished drumming. Axl certainly seems to feel this way about Sorum; while he has described Music/{{Slash}}, Izzy and Duff as ''"former members,"'' he usually refers to Sorum as a ''"former employee."'' Ouch.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXRoEAvVro GIVE 'EM SOME REGGAE!!!]]

** [[https://youtu.be/rcjobO7X61I?t=118 WELL, THANKS TO THE LAME ASS SECURITY, I'M GOING HOME!]]

* TakeThat!: Slash’s habit of playing The Godfather theme between sets started out at this directed at Axl on his behalf from the rest of the band. During their heyday, Axl Rose would often be so late to concerts that the band had time to (and would) watch The Godfather before he arrived. The Godfather’s runtime? Two hours and fifty five minutes.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Axl's divorce from the woman who inspired "Sweet Child o' Mine" which stemmed from him beating her.

* BrokenAesop: Axl wanted to force America to confront issues regarding minority relations head-on and expose how bad they were at the time. Apparently, he thought the best way to do it would be to put himself in a bigot's shoes and channel his own negative experiences with said minorities into his writing. This would backfire on Axl and get him labeled a racist and homophobe, labels which he has never quite been able to overcome to this day.

** ''Appetite for Destruction'' is to this day regarded as the best work the band has made.

* OneSceneWonder: Often {{invoked|Trope}}. Music/Slash's session work, even with some...[[WTHCastingAgency unusual collaborators]]...remains popular and in some cases outshines the main artist.

* ReplacementScrappy: Arguably drummer Matt Sorum despite him being an accomplished drummer and generally well-liked among fans. Steven Adler though, was even more liked and many felt his swing style drumming fit the band's sound better than Sorum's more technical and polished drumming. Axl certainly seems to feel this way about Sorum; while he has described Slash, Izzy and Duff as ''"former members,"'' he usually refers to Sorum as a ''"former employee."'' Ouch.

* EndingFatigue: "Paradise City" can be tiring sometimes. It looks like it's going to end on the double chorus, until Axl starts putting in some screaming and the song changes gear into a faster second act that lasts half as long as the main song, complete with a bit more lyrics, Slash's solo and a rather long outro.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Axl clearly had this in mind when composing "One in a Million", according to some reevaluations thereof. He wanted to force America to confront issues regarding minority relations head-on and expose how bad they were at the time. Apparently, he thought the best way to do it would be to put himself in a bigot's shoes and channel his own negative experiences with said minorities into his writing. This would backfire on Axl and get him labeled a racist and homophobe, labels which he has never quite been able to overcome to this day.

* MisaimedFandom: "Paradise City" is not a happy song.

* EndingFatigue: "Paradise City".

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Appetite for Destruction''.

** Gilby and Matt are both pretty well respected considering they replaced other well liked members Izzy and Stephen.

* EarWorm: Many songs, particularly those in the first album.

** "One in a Million" was Axl's attempt to write about race and sexuality from his perspective as a small town naive white boy from Indiana arriving in Los Angeles for the first time. The song though would become popular with many in the White Nationalist movement and also many who felt Axl was speaking the truth to them and identify with the song's racist, homophobic, and nativist lines. The neo-Nazi group Skrewdriver later covering the song only added to this association. There is a reason the band has only played the song a few times and none within the last 30 years.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Axl clearly had this in mind when composing "One in a Million", according to some reevaluations thereof. He wanted to force America to confront issues regarding minority relations head-on and expose how bad they were at the time. Apparently, he thought the best way to do it would be to put himself in a bigot's shoes and channel his own negative experiences with said minorities into his writing. This would backfire on Axl and get him labeled a racist and homophobe, labels which he has never quite been able to overcome.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Axl clearly had this in mind when composing "One in a Million", according to some reevaluations thereof. He wanted to force America to confront issues regarding minority relations head-on and expose how bad they were at the time. Apparently, he thought the best way to do it would be to put himself in a bigot's shoes and channel his own negative experiences with said minorities into his writing.

* ReplacementScrappy: Arguably drummer Matt Sorum. Axl certainly seems to feel this way; while he has described Slash, Izzy and Duff as ''"former members,"'' he usually refers to Sorum as a ''"former employee."'' Ouch.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "My World" coming in at the end of ''Use Your Illusion II''. Axl wrote that song all by himself while nurturing a love of Music/NineInchNails, and put it on without informing the other band members. Slash only found out about the song after buying a copy.
* BrokenBase: The fanbase is very split over the new GNR lineup and ''Chinese Democracy''. On one side you've got the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks no Slash, so it sucks]] camp, the people who think Axl's jumped the shark, those who want a re-release of ''Appetite for Destruction'', and those who simply don't like the new musicians and album. On the other, there are Axl fans, people who appreciate the talents of the "Hired Guns" and the new directions the music is taking, and people who just like Guns N' Roses regardless.

--> ''"He's in my ass, that's where Slash is! Fuckhead! Go home."''

* OneSceneWonder: Often {{invoked|Trope}}. Slash's session work, even with some...[[WTHCastingAgency unusual collaborators]]...remains popular and in some cases outshines the main artist.

** ''Chinese Democracy'' is the prime example of what happens when a egotistical tyrant is given virtually limitless time and cash to record a follow-up album.

** EVERY SINGLE CURRENT MEMBER (sans Axl and Dizzy, as they aren't replacements, and Slash and Duff, who both returned from the "classic" lineup in 2016).

* InternetBackdraft: And all because [[BrokenBase some people like the old GN'R better than the one which released]] ''Chinese Democracy''. It rivals the [[Music/{{Sepultura}} Max Cavalera vs. Derrick Green]] fanwar in "fandoms broken because of replacements".
** In June 2016, Axl tried to get some memes of him removed from the internet. Take a wild guess how the internet reacted.