in fact, Shannon Hoon (lead singer of Blind Melon) participated in the recording of Don't Cry. He is the second voice you can hear. He even appears in the music video, just like the green Axl zombie you talked about.
Most 80's metal is like the most fun party ever. Most 90's rock gives you the vibe of what the hangiver from that party might feel like. Guns N Roses and Skid Row are two bands that are the in between of that where youre hungover but still partying or something
Guns n Roses sound like a band from the 70s on steroids.... because the members all have different music backgrounds, Duff comes from the punk rock scene, Axl likes Elton John and Queen and Slash loves blues and guitar players from the 70s like Joe Perry and Jimmy Page, that's why their sound is so unique. Most hair metal bands were trying to copy Van Halen that's why they all sound the same.
Been a minute since I listened to this album. You can tell Duff probably had a lot of influence on the first track. "Right Next Door To Hell" sounds like it could be a Misfits song if it was stripped down and simplified some more.
Poor Izzy Stradlin doesn't get the praise he deserves. Well he did back in the day in the guitar mags but now apparently he doesn't exist. He played rhythm guitar so well offering a seamless bridge between drums and Slash's leads.
If you want more experimentation from Axl, there's always Chinese Democracy. There might be a bit too much experimentation for first few dozen listens, but there are some super ambitious tracks there. Some of the best stuff Axl has written imo.
Old Slash was very very melodic and the best part is that what he did would fit perfectly into the feeling of the song musicly and blended with the feeling of the lyrics. You can feel anger, love, saddness, etc.. on his guitar parts when the song also talks about that. It's amazing. Same with Axl's vocals, his great range and his feeling is perfect.
"Dust N Bones" is a masterpiece. I didn't like it as much as a bratty teenager when the album first came out but over the years I've realized it's maybe the best song they ever did. "14 Years" has the same vibe.
Don’t Cry was written before they released their first album, appetite for destruction. They intentionally kept the song off the album in case it tanked they’d still have a commercially viable ballad to release on their sophomore album. Blind Melon used to cover don’t cry before it’s official release, as it had already become a locally (LA) popular song
Some of these remind you of Blind Mellon because Shannon Hoon sings backup vocals on some of the songs and AXL was a big fan of the band. If you watch the don't cry video you can see Hoon singing with them on the roof top parts.
Yes. The song names were intentional and not coincidental - The Garden, The Garden of Eden, Don't Damn Me and Bad Apples - get it? And that piano style you're referring to is honky tonk piano. GNR have all kinds of blues music in their roots. Also shout out to Alice Cooper for the guest vocals on The Garden.
OH! I almost forgot. Slash is NOT the only guitarist on the first 4 GNR albums. Izzy Stradlin is the rhythm guitarist (and the unsung hero / MVP of the band). UYI EYE LOL We need UYI 2 next
GNR is my favorite band since 92. "Use your Illusion II" and "Appetite for Destruction" are great albuns. Nice channel dude. Looking forward for your success.
You’re thinking of the Don’t Cry Video which shows a grave marker with Axl’s name on it I believe. I’ve been watching the video of November Rain since I was a teenager in the early 90’s when it was released. It never showed a scene with a zombie Axl at the end.
Guns and roses are in a category in the genre of their own. Go listen to the most important album ever recorded, appetite for destruction, and then will then we can negotiate
They're not a hair band. They get lumped into that because they played the Sunset Strip during the period but they were a big f*** you to hair metal. Hair metal was the guitar player being an Eddie Van Halen clone and the lead singer trying to do a David Lee Roth impression. Read Slash's or Duff Mckagan's books. Trust me...they're not hair metal.
I enjoyed your rants on this video, i mean... can't force ppl to like what i love ( GNR) but i enjoy when ppl give the chance to hear it and think about it.
Since you had asked about Axl's vocals. Axl is a natural baritone, so his lower register is indeed deep. He is famous for his high pitch screeches, and for his rasp, but his lower register is just as awesome as his other vocals :)
Hair bands came up at the same time and in the same scene. But GN'R has way too many influences from different genres reflected in their music to be slammed as just another wannabe Van Halen.
Yep, they have a rhythm guitarist. Izzy Stradlin in the studio versions of the Illusion albums and Gilby Clark when they played live after Izzy left. Essentially all their songs on this album have rhythm guitar backing Slash.
I don't see that anyone else mentioned this, but the whole band, aside from Axl, had to record their stuff in one take. No plug in a note here and there if they screwed up. They had to start over from the beginning. Their logic was, if they can't do it in a comfy studio, how the hell would they pull it off live? Matt Sorum, the drummer on this record, found that out the hard way when he started recording this album. They may have had their demons, but they were pros and took their craft very seriously.
The reasons why some classify them as such are just because of superficiality and has nothing to do with their actual music. Its people who have not truly heard them jugding them as such since they are a 80s band from LA with a frontman wich in the early days did have the big hair etc. And also many people dont really understand the difference in genres and think all rock bands with a classic frontman from the 80s in general must be a hair/glam band since that was the big rock thing the ignorant outsider assosiates with that decade. I have heard the same kind of people reffering to Iron Maiden as a hair/glam band to LOL 🤣 Its the same kind of people who think all bands with a hard sound and electric guitar of the 90s are grungde 😅
Bad Obsession was almost included on Appetite for Destruction in place of Mr. Brownstone. Don't Cry was actually the song the band was signed for. And, November Rain's origins can also be traced back to the AFD days.
thank god they kept brownstone and every track on appetite and in the order it was put together as it is simply perfect the way it is. Both in regards to the material but also the order of each track is such a perfect organic thing. Unlike illusion albums wich have many great songs but the tracks and their atmosphere are all over the place\ in regards to what track follow the other. From one exreme on one track to a complete opposite extreme on the next at times. Only song i could do without on appetite is "Anything goes tonight"
You know Axl Rose and Shannon Hoon was best friends and he's in the video for don't cry and he sings on it appetite for destruction and use your illusion 2 you gotta listen too
GNR Was The Biggest Rock Band All The Time, In Late 80'S, GNR Won The MTV Video Music Award (VMA), Since 1989,1990,1992,1993. Beating U2 Albums, Metallica Albums, And Nirvana Albums in The MTV Music Video Award. Then GNR Vacuum in The Middle Of 1993, Then Came The Famous Alternative Bands, Such As: Nirvana, Pearl jam, And SmashingPumpkins. Nirvana is Famous For Entering The Same Music Recording Studio As GNR, Namely Universal Studio Music, Through The Album Nevermind. Even though Previously Nirvana Was Not Famous at The Time, When They Were Still in Their Indipop Music Studio. The Famous Alternative Music Band From 1993-1995. Then GNR Held A Reunion At Troubadour in L.A. And The Coachella Music Festival in 2006. Many Hollywood Artists Came, Watched The GNR Reunion, Because Everyone Missed The Band GNR Rock Music, Because The Music GNR Was Very Nice To Hear. I Loved The Band GNR. From Solihin in Central Jakarta. Indonesia. 💖👫💖👫👌👍👏👏.
If you want to try & listen to GnR, it is best to start from the beginning. It does not matter, only if you are already a fan. Since you are not a fan, I would suggest starting with Appetite for Destruction. It is GnR's first album and also their best (I love all GnR's albums, but I have been a fan for many years).
Don't even dare putting Guns N Roses in the same shelf as bands such as Poison or Winger. That's the first thing. Second thing, it's not because the band wears leather jackets and stuff like, that it means it's a glam hair metal band. Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, for example, did that, and they were heavy metal bands.
My favourite Songs in this album are Perfect Crime and Don' t Damn Me.. Garden of Eden, The Garden and Coma...please listen Perfect Crime live in St Louis 1991 and their entire live at the Ritz 1988.....
Ive seen the November Rain video MANY times but I dont remember seeing a zombie Axl at the end. I did however see a meme of Axl with green paint all over his body just today somewhere else, I think it was from the same time as that video. It may have even been a part of the "official" release of Dont Cry/November Rain/Estranged trilogy set
BRO WTF 😂 I LOVEEEEEEED this review. Literally feel like im hanging out with one of my fav homies. Made it through the whole USE YOUR ILLUSION *EYE* LOLOL video. (It’s Use Your Illusion *1* my guy) And honestly I loved this video. Couldn’t wait to load up your review of UYI 2. Except it doesn’t exist. Cmon man! Hence the WTF. Love ya bro and enjoyed this video immensely. You totally fell for this album. You gotta check out UYI 2. We need your review!!!! 🤘🏽
Amazing man great video the green Axl was in Dont cry if im not mistaken also u analysized the songs great i used to think rock was all screaming to until i started out watching GNR and other bands ps i liked ur cute dog.❤😊
RANTZ, You must see and hear GNR " Estranged' Songs concert in "Brazi"l. Axl Sings The song Estranged While Smoking Wearing A Blue bandana and American Pants. The Song "Estranged" Is The Killer melodies Guitar Slash and Long music Like "November Rain". From Solihin Central Jakarta, Indonesia.💖👫💖👍👌👏👏👏👏.
Please listen to Use your illusion II. There are also very good tracks on it and I think you also should listen to Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi is my favorite band they have very many wonderful songs
Hair bands didn't tour with Metallica, hair bands were not known and labeled as a dangerous show. Hair bands didn't get kicked out of venues to never play again.
@@alicja7282 however, another point motley Crue didn't start riots in the audience and walk off stage and not finish their set tearing apart a brand new arena AKA St. Louis guns n' roses 93 I believe it was 93. They did that
If you wanna see even more experimentation, as you said, then you should definitely listen to Use Your Illusion II, which is much more serious than this one and sometimes, it's almost like progressive rock.
You need to listen to use your illusion 2
Up
use your illustion 3 too
Much better album
@@Goodrng-m5u Use Your Illusion 4 is SO freaking underrated bro
@@BKAngmaris there Use your illusion 4?
in fact, Shannon Hoon (lead singer of Blind Melon) participated in the recording of Don't Cry. He is the second voice you can hear.
He even appears in the music video, just like the green Axl zombie you talked about.
Gnr were the antithesis of hair metal
Most 80's metal is like the most fun party ever. Most 90's rock gives you the vibe of what the hangiver from that party might feel like. Guns N Roses and Skid Row are two bands that are the in between of that where youre hungover but still partying or something
Coma is the best song ever.
Guns n Roses sound like a band from the 70s on steroids.... because the members all have different music backgrounds, Duff comes from the punk rock scene, Axl likes Elton John and Queen and Slash loves blues and guitar players from the 70s like Joe Perry and Jimmy Page, that's why their sound is so unique. Most hair metal bands were trying to copy Van Halen that's why they all sound the same.
Been a minute since I listened to this album. You can tell Duff probably had a lot of influence on the first track. "Right Next Door To Hell" sounds like it could be a Misfits song if it was stripped down and simplified some more.
Poor Izzy Stradlin doesn't get the praise he deserves. Well he did back in the day in the guitar mags but now apparently he doesn't exist. He played rhythm guitar so well offering a seamless bridge between drums and Slash's leads.
amen
True talk here
Coma shown the genius lyricism and depth that Axl held in Guns ❤
Yup
If you want more experimentation from Axl, there's always Chinese Democracy. There might be a bit too much experimentation for first few dozen listens, but there are some super ambitious tracks there. Some of the best stuff Axl has written imo.
Coma! An eleven minute song with no chorus!!!
Old Slash was very very melodic and the best part is that what he did would fit perfectly into the feeling of the song musicly and blended with the feeling of the lyrics. You can feel anger, love, saddness, etc.. on his guitar parts when the song also talks about that. It's amazing.
Same with Axl's vocals, his great range and his feeling is perfect.
When u listen wit ear buds. Rhythm Guitarist Izzy is on the left side of the bud and slash is on the right. You’ll hear the different 🙏
Talking about Blind Mellon, Shannon does a lot of backing tracks in this album, you can clearly hear him in Don't Cry.
"Dust N Bones" is a masterpiece. I didn't like it as much as a bratty teenager when the album first came out but over the years I've realized it's maybe the best song they ever did. "14 Years" has the same vibe.
Definitely an Izzy song. GnR wasn't the same after he left. He crafted much of the distinctive style.
Loved it first time I played it. Repeated it a half dozen times. Before I could go to the next song
There is more experimentation, it was a double album for a reason. This is only half of it.
The versatility of Axls voice and the bands arrangements is what separated them from everyone
Don’t Cry was written before they released their first album, appetite for destruction.
They intentionally kept the song off the album in case it tanked they’d still have a commercially viable ballad to release on their sophomore album.
Blind Melon used to cover don’t cry before it’s official release, as it had already become a locally (LA) popular song
Coma is my favorite GnR track.
Some of these remind you of Blind Mellon because Shannon Hoon sings backup vocals on some of the songs and AXL was a big fan of the band. If you watch the don't cry video you can see Hoon singing with them on the roof top parts.
Yes. The song names were intentional and not coincidental - The Garden, The Garden of Eden, Don't Damn Me and Bad Apples - get it? And that piano style you're referring to is honky tonk piano. GNR have all kinds of blues music in their roots. Also shout out to Alice Cooper for the guest vocals on The Garden.
omg. had the album for 30 years and never realized this!
What is there to get?? I don't mean that condescendingly. I'm genuinely clueless lol
You also have to do use your illusions 2 it has civil war , also como ,
Appetite for destruction is the perfect album
U should do UYI part 2…
And also watch dont cry video if u like blind melon! Shanoon Hoon recorded the voice on it and the video clip as well
Thanks for facilitating this content also for me. I would never dig into those bands without your help :-)
1:30:50 Slash didn’t play with single coil pickups but rather humbucker pickups. He specifically played with Seymour Duncan Alnico II pickups.
OH! I almost forgot. Slash is NOT the only guitarist on the first 4 GNR albums. Izzy Stradlin is the rhythm guitarist (and the unsung hero / MVP of the band).
UYI EYE LOL
We need UYI 2 next
Listen to Appetite for Destruction
GNR is my favorite band since 92. "Use your Illusion II" and "Appetite for Destruction" are great albuns. Nice channel dude. Looking forward for your success.
You’re thinking of the Don’t Cry Video which shows a grave marker with Axl’s name on it I believe. I’ve been watching the video of November Rain since I was a teenager in the early 90’s when it was released. It never showed a scene with a zombie Axl at the end.
The green Zombie Axl is from the music video for Don't Cry
Guns and roses are in a category in the genre of their own. Go listen to the most important album ever recorded, appetite for destruction, and then will then we can negotiate
They're not a hair band. They get lumped into that because they played the Sunset Strip during the period but they were a big f*** you to hair metal. Hair metal was the guitar player being an Eddie Van Halen clone and the lead singer trying to do a David Lee Roth impression. Read Slash's or Duff Mckagan's books. Trust me...they're not hair metal.
Duff came up in the Seattle punk scene as a teenager. That's where the grunge vibes he notices come from.
I enjoyed your rants on this video, i mean... can't force ppl to like what i love ( GNR) but i enjoy when ppl give the chance to hear it and think about it.
Bro you HAVE to do use your illusion 2 and appetite for destruction they’re the best albums
Since you had asked about Axl's vocals. Axl is a natural baritone, so his lower register is indeed deep. He is famous for his high pitch screeches, and for his rasp, but his lower register is just as awesome as his other vocals :)
U GOTTA LISTEN TO USE UR ILLUSION 2 ITS EVEN BETTER
UYI 1 is better
Shannon Hoon is a guest vocalist in Don't Cry :) And green zombie Axl is from the Don't Cry video :)
Hoon guesting just proves GnR were partly an alt-rock band.
I was a massive GNR fan as a young kid around 1990. Back then we called the genre Hard Rock. Harder than rock and roll but softer than Metal.
Huh, no wonder why I don't like listening to metal
@an5867If you want more relaxed stuff try Bob Seger. If you want a little harder try Megadeth.
Lol all was called Metal and Rock nobody called sny band hard Rock
@@Endo-uu8moMaybe where you were that was true. Your reply makes me wonder how old you are, though.
Hair bands came up at the same time and in the same scene. But GN'R has way too many influences from different genres reflected in their music to be slammed as just another wannabe Van Halen.
Yep, they have a rhythm guitarist. Izzy Stradlin in the studio versions of the Illusion albums and Gilby Clark when they played live after Izzy left. Essentially all their songs on this album have rhythm guitar backing Slash.
Use your illusion 2 next please.
Appetite for Destruction is their best album, try that one.
2 guitar players Izzy Stradlin and Slash, Slash was lead guiter
and now use your illusion 2 please
I like Dust N Bones sounds like hard rock honky tonk and the words are interesting.
great reaction,you remind me of the dude from Jeepers Creepers. here before 5 k before this channel blows up and it will
Appetite for destruction is the best album from them
I don't see that anyone else mentioned this, but the whole band, aside from Axl, had to record their stuff in one take. No plug in a note here and there if they screwed up. They had to start over from the beginning. Their logic was, if they can't do it in a comfy studio, how the hell would they pull it off live? Matt Sorum, the drummer on this record, found that out the hard way when he started recording this album. They may have had their demons, but they were pros and took their craft very seriously.
That's not true, Slash played multiple layers and that's why in the 2000's the band had 3 guitar players instead of 2.
Another vote for Appetite for destruction and Metallica, And Justice for all
I believe that the creepy axl clip is in the music video for don't cry. I used to have their "welcome to the videos" DVD and it was on there.
The reasons why some classify them as such are just because of superficiality and has nothing to do with their actual music. Its people who have not truly heard them jugding them as such since they are a 80s band from LA with a frontman wich in the early days did have the big hair etc. And also many people dont really understand the difference in genres and think all rock bands with a classic frontman from the 80s in general must be a hair/glam band since that was the big rock thing the ignorant outsider assosiates with that decade. I have heard the same kind of people reffering to Iron Maiden as a hair/glam band to LOL 🤣 Its the same kind of people who think all bands with a hard sound and electric guitar of the 90s are grungde 😅
Not even close, no one better than Axl Rose!!!
Mike Patton
Jon Bon Jovi
You reacted to the entire album. When are you going to do Use your illusion 2
Bad Obsession was almost included on Appetite for Destruction in place of Mr. Brownstone. Don't Cry was actually the song the band was signed for. And, November Rain's origins can also be traced back to the AFD days.
thank god they kept brownstone and every track on appetite and in the order it was put together as it is simply perfect the way it is. Both in regards to the material but also the order of each track is such a perfect organic thing. Unlike illusion albums wich have many great songs but the tracks and their atmosphere are all over the place\ in regards to what track follow the other. From one exreme on one track to a complete opposite extreme on the next at times. Only song i could do without on appetite is "Anything goes tonight"
Back Off B**ch was demoed for Appetite as well
November Rain Axl started writing it way back in 1981
perfect crime and back off beach is my favorite so far 😅😅
Man you have to listen to and justice for all by Metallica
This is my favourite guns n roses album.
The green zombie Axl underground is at the Don't Cry videoclip
The "green zombie Axl" is from the Don't Cry video
2 guitar players man. Izzy stradlin and slash.
After Your Illusion two you should react to Appetite for Destruction the first album....amazing....
I was listening Don't Cry with you while taking a beer, cheers buddy!
Nice reactions
You know Axl Rose and Shannon Hoon was best friends and he's in the video for don't cry and he sings on it appetite for destruction and use your illusion 2 you gotta listen too
Probably reminds you of Blind Melon because Shannon Hoon is singing back on a few songs ;)
Axl: How many solos should you do?
Slash: Yes
perfect crime, dont damn me and coma aint no hair band shite
Your dog is sweeteast and funny.....I love Guns' n Roses.....I saw them in Italy Tourin in 1992... amazing live and show......
GNR Was The Biggest Rock Band All The Time, In Late 80'S, GNR Won The MTV Video Music Award (VMA), Since 1989,1990,1992,1993. Beating U2 Albums, Metallica Albums, And Nirvana Albums in The MTV Music Video Award. Then GNR Vacuum in The Middle Of 1993, Then Came The Famous Alternative Bands, Such As: Nirvana, Pearl jam, And SmashingPumpkins. Nirvana is Famous For Entering The Same Music Recording Studio As GNR, Namely Universal Studio Music, Through The Album Nevermind. Even though Previously Nirvana Was Not Famous at The Time, When They Were Still in Their Indipop Music Studio. The Famous Alternative Music Band From 1993-1995. Then GNR Held A Reunion At Troubadour in L.A. And The Coachella Music Festival in 2006. Many Hollywood Artists Came, Watched The GNR Reunion, Because Everyone Missed The Band GNR Rock Music, Because The Music GNR Was Very Nice To Hear. I Loved The Band GNR. From Solihin in Central Jakarta. Indonesia. 💖👫💖👫👌👍👏👏.
If you want to try & listen to GnR, it is best to start from the beginning. It does not matter, only if you are already a fan. Since you are not a fan, I would suggest starting with Appetite for Destruction. It is GnR's first album and also their best (I love all GnR's albums, but I have been a fan for many years).
The green Zombie is in the The Don't Cry music video. Just sayin!
Don't even dare putting Guns N Roses in the same shelf as bands such as Poison or Winger. That's the first thing. Second thing, it's not because the band wears leather jackets and stuff like, that it means it's a glam hair metal band. Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, for example, did that, and they were heavy metal bands.
Agreed 100 percent, i always get pissed when people call Guns hair metal
If they wear pink lip gloss and blush they're probably hair metal tho
Great reaction, if you've liked november rain video you need to watch estranged video!😁
Green zombi is in Don't cry video !
No Guns N' Roses doesn't suck at all.
In the Garden sing Alice Cooper with Axl....
The green Axl underground was the end of the don’t cry video
My favourite Songs in this album are Perfect Crime and Don' t Damn Me.. Garden of Eden, The Garden and Coma...please listen Perfect Crime live in St Louis 1991 and their entire live at the Ritz 1988.....
Is hair everything? I love songs like November rain for the Melodie ,words and emotion
Hair is definitely a great thing.
Ive seen the November Rain video MANY times but I dont remember seeing a zombie Axl at the end. I did however see a meme of Axl with green paint all over his body just today somewhere else, I think it was from the same time as that video. It may have even been a part of the "official" release of Dont Cry/November Rain/Estranged trilogy set
Its in the dont cry video
BRO WTF 😂 I LOVEEEEEEED this review. Literally feel like im hanging out with one of my fav homies. Made it through the whole USE YOUR ILLUSION *EYE* LOLOL video. (It’s Use Your Illusion *1* my guy)
And honestly I loved this video. Couldn’t wait to load up your review of UYI 2. Except it doesn’t exist. Cmon man! Hence the WTF.
Love ya bro and enjoyed this video immensely. You totally fell for this album. You gotta check out UYI 2. We need your review!!!! 🤘🏽
Love and let die is originally by Paul McCartney
There are songs from this album that sound better in their "live" version, for example Bad Obsession or Double Talkin Jive
Amazing man great video the green Axl was in Dont cry if im not mistaken also u analysized the songs great i used to think rock was all screaming to until i started out watching GNR and other bands ps i liked ur cute dog.❤😊
There are 2 guitarist. Slash on Lead, Izzy Stradlin on the rythm
Listen to UYI 2 and to AfD. AfD is one of the best of all time.
Imagine this dudes reaction when he hears Chinese Democracy
Appetite For Destruction (Don't do Spaghetti Incident. It's really bad.)
+ cough + ...AndJusticeForAll + cough +
Spaghetti incident is a great album
Spaghetti incident has some good tracks
Everything guns and roses kick butt and every member rules and the song welcome to the jungle rules the world dude and there are 21 members
Love the reaction!
RANTZ, You must see and hear GNR " Estranged' Songs concert in "Brazi"l. Axl Sings The song Estranged While Smoking Wearing A Blue bandana and American Pants. The Song "Estranged" Is The Killer melodies Guitar Slash and Long music Like "November Rain". From Solihin Central Jakarta, Indonesia.💖👫💖👍👌👏👏👏👏.
Coma hit you hard, you were almost silent during the song.
and same way locomotive will also hit hard
Please listen to Use your illusion II. There are also very good tracks on it and I think you also should listen to Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi is my favorite band they have very many wonderful songs
I Prefer the Alternate lyrics to Don't Cry which are Use Your Illusion 2
Track six has Duff the bassist on vocals also. He's on a one or two more I think?
Guns and roses welcome to the jungle that song and group rules the earth
Hair bands didn't tour with Metallica, hair bands were not known and labeled as a dangerous show. Hair bands didn't get kicked out of venues to never play again.
Motley Crue?
@@alicja7282 you got me! LOL. However, to be fair, they were kind of closer along the lines with guns n' roses than other hair bands
@@alicja7282 however, another point motley Crue didn't start riots in the audience and walk off stage and not finish their set tearing apart a brand new arena AKA St. Louis guns n' roses 93 I believe it was 93. They did that
@@thomasbrower693 maybe not riot but motley's first concert ended up as beating up crowd lol (the audacity xD)
Don't Cry, makes me cry, good song
They are not a hair band,
If you wanna see even more experimentation, as you said, then you should definitely listen to Use Your Illusion II, which is much more serious than this one and sometimes, it's almost like progressive rock.
Axl is singin with blind melon singer, who past away fromOD. Dont cry.
Van Halen's debut album could be a good one of these to do too :P the guitarwork is insane