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Peter Jans

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The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Axl Rose's band, Hollywood Rose, and Tracy's band, the LA Guns.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Hence the name, Guns N' Roses.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

And fact number two.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Guns N' Roses Genesis came after the success of their first album, Appetite for Destruction, which was released in 1987.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

The success of this album did not come easy, with early sales extremely slow.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

MTV refused to play the videos and radio stations refused airtime.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

This changed when David Geffen called in a favour to MTV and asked them to play Welcome to the Jungle.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

They eventually did, in the worst possible time slot of 4am in the morning on a weeknight, and the result was a switchboard that caught on fire due to the number of calls.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Appetite for Destruction went on to being the best-selling debut album of all time.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

And fact number three.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

With the success of their first album, came an appetite to eventually make the most expensive album, their fifth.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

The album Chinese Democracy took a decade to produce and cost around $14 million.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

And fact four.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

In 1991, the band did the impossible and released two albums, Use Your Illusion 1 and Use Your Illusion 2, at the same time.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Amazingly, both albums debuted at number two and one respectively on the Billboard charts and established Guns N' Roses as one of the biggest rock bands in the world.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

And the last fact, fact number five.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Tragedy struck the band in Donington at the Monsters of Rock Festival in 1988.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

While the band was playing, a record crowd of 107,000 surged forward in wet, boggy conditions and caused a crush.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Rose implored fans to back off, but unfortunately two fans were trampled or crushed to death.

The Mnemonic Memory Podcast
Guns N' Roses - Classic Lineup Members Memory Mnemonic

Now on to the three question quiz.