Hollywood Rose - Roots of Guns 'N Roses
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Artist: Hollywood RoseEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-01-13
Music Label: Neon Netherlands
Soundtracks:
- Killing Time [Original Demo Version]
- Anything Goes [Original Demo Version]
- Rocker [Original Demo Version]
- Shadow of Your Love [Original Demo Version]
- Reckless Life [Original Demo Version]
- Killing Time [Gilby Clarke Remix]
- Anything Goes [Gilby Clarke Remix]
- Rocker [Gilby Clarke Remix]
- Shadow of Your Love [Gilby Clarke Remix]
- Reckless Life [Gilby Clarke Remix]
- Killing Time [Fred Coury Remix]
- Anything Goes [Remix]
- Rocker [Fred Coury Remix]
- Shadow of Your Life [Fred Coury Remix]
- Reckless Life [Fred Coury Remix]
Music reviews of Roots of Guns 'N Roses
Music Review: Raw tracks from the pre-GNR lineup
Rating: 3 Stars
Before Guns n' Roses came along and forever altered the Hollywood rock scene in the second half of the 1980's, frontman Axl Rose was partnered with future L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns in a band called Hollywood Rose. The alliance was short lived, but it did result in some previously unreleased demo recordings that are now available as Hollywood Rose: The Roots of Guns n' Roses.
These five songs are very raw, but they do give you an idea of how the early GNR sound developed. Only two of the five songs ever made it to a GNR release. A much-improved version of Anything Goes was included on Appetite for Destruction, and a live version of Reckless Life was featured on Gn'r Lies. All five songs are interesting, but they're honestly not that good. Hearing Axl's uneven performance on these tracks, you quickly come to understand why he tried to prevent their release.
The disc is padded with not one but two unnecessary sets of remixes of the songs. The first is by later GNR member Gilby Clarke and the second is by Fred Coury. I mean, what the heck does Cinderella's drummer have to do with Guns n' Roses? I'll grant that the sound quality is better on both sets of remixes, but I just don't see how they are relevant or necessary.
I wouldn't call this demo collection a "must have" for anyone but the very dedicated Guns n' Roses fan. For casual fans, The Roots of Guns n' Roses is mostly going to serve as a curiosity piece, and not one you'll really need to hear more than once. I'm glad the recordings have seen the light of day, but Deadline/Cleopatra is vastly overstating (and overcapitalizing) their significance.
Description of Roots of Guns 'N Roses
No other decade in the history of civilization symbolized the glamorous, sleazy, over-the-top party rock lifestyle like the 1980s! No band on earth represents said excess better than the legendary Guns N' Roses. This collection of rare demo tracks from Axl, Izzy & crew has long been rumored to be the holy grail of glam rock - the genesis of screams & riffs that would eventually evolve into the most massive offering of the period - the mighty 'Appetite!' Now, with the help of Rose alum, Chris Weber, fans & collectors can own these mythic, raw (yet surprisingly well recorded) demos of this pre-G N'R band for the first time ever on CD! As an added bonus, the songs are polished with a modern production compliments of former Gunner Gilby Clarke, Cinderella skinsman, Fred Coury & the man who brought the Guns to Guns N' Roses...Tracii Guns! ROCK ON!It's one of L.A. rock's dirty little secrets: The big-haired, neo-glam '80s metal revival that culminated in Guns N' Roses briefly taking over the world was also--with apologies to the "Silverlake scene"--arguably the city's last truly thriving grassroots club movement. This collection of demos by early Hollywood metal scene fixture Hollywood Rose revolves around the presence of two ambitious, recently transplanted Hoosiers--guitarist Jeff Isabelle and vocalist William Bailey, soon to be better known as GNR's Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose, respectively. Fans of the star-crossed metal superstars will welcome a raw early version of Appetite for Destruction's "Anything Goes," a chance to hear Axl's distinctive shriek in mid-evolution, and Izzy's churning, bluesy riffing, even if HR's energized punk-metal merely toys with the decadence and insanity that would eventually swallow GNR whole. Original GNR manager Vicki Hamilton offers up some personal insights, too. But there's also a downside: The disc only contains five 16-track demos, padded out by lovably executed, if largely disposable, remixes by latter-day Gunner Gilbey Clarke and Cinderella's Fred Coury, featuring a few new overdubs by fellow Hollywood glam-metal fixture Tracii Guns. --Jerry McCulley
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