小简介
枪与玫瑰乐队(Guns N' Roses，简称GNR，国内简称“枪花”)可能是世界上最著名，拥有最多歌迷的硬摇滚乐队了，他们曾经创下了音乐历史上处子作专辑的最高销售纪录，拥有史上最伟大的摇滚乐专辑之一的《毁灭的欲望》(Appetite for Destruction)，拥有两张专辑同时成为Billboard 200排行榜冠亚军的神话，他们曾经是整个世界流行音乐界最耀眼的商业明星。当1988年枪与玫瑰乐队的单曲《Sweet Child O' Mine》第一次闯入了主流流行音乐市场的时候，他们就像主流摇滚乐中的叛逆战士一样，吹响了横行无阻的流行金属时代的熄灯号。在那个迪斯科舞曲和流行摇滚乐的最鼎盛时代，枪与玫瑰不同于80年代中后期盛行的以Def Leppard和Motley Crue乐队为代表的长发流行金属，也不同于史密斯飞船乐队(Aerosmith)这样明显留有七十年代布鲁斯摇滚乐痕迹的乐队，更不同于金属乐队(Metallica)这样的速度金属和鞭笞重金属乐队。
枪炮与玫瑰乐队的音乐最初是基于布鲁斯摇滚乐，与流行金属相比更为强硬，歌词更为嚣张，同时具有朋克的自由主义色彩，乐队的成员具有十足的地下摇滚乐特征，肮脏、暴力、颓废，而他们的音乐则具有喧嚣但是出色的旋律，同时拥有旋律非常出色的乐器演奏，特别是主音吉他手Slash和节奏吉他手兼乐队的核心创作者Izzy Stradlin的吉他演奏，无论是riff段还是Slash的solo都成为歌迷们追捧的对象，而主唱Axl Rose华丽的外形，以及高亢至极的嗓音更是为乐队征服了无数女歌迷的心，再加上长相帅气十足但个性特例独行的贝司手、天生的朋克小子Duff McKagan以及放纵不羁的鼓手Steven Adler，正是这些综合的元素才让这支原本不为人知的乐队迅速的走红全世界，随着之后乐队成功的商业化包装，更是成为了世界硬摇滚乐界在80年代末到90年代初的最具标志性的乐队。
但是枪花自从鼎盛期的创纪录的长达两年的世界规模巡回演出之后，特别是Izzy Stradlin离队之后，使乐队明显的开始走下坡路，并且在不久出现了分裂，在乐队成员因为音乐发展道路上的分歧而彻底破裂之后，乐队也进入了近十年的低潮期，但是他们依旧始终是世界顶尖的摇滚乐队，依旧拥有全世界各地无数的忠心并对他们充满期待的歌迷，任何有关枪与玫瑰的新音乐作品都会成为唱片市场上最抢手的东西。
目前，Axl Rose领衔的新枪与玫瑰正在举办巡回演出，Axl希望本年年底可以推出那张跳票了六年之久的专集。Slash,Duff,Matt组建的天鹅绒手枪乐队也在录制第二张专集。
1985年3月阵容：
W. Axl Rose 主唱
Izzy Stradlin 吉他手
Tracii Guns 吉他手
Duff McKagan 贝斯手
Rob Gardner 鼓手
1985年6月阵容：
W. Axl Rose 主唱
Izzy Stradlin 节奏吉他手
Slash 主吉他手
Duff McKagan 贝斯手
Steven Adler 鼓手
1990年4月，键盘手Dizzy Reed入队；
1990年7月，鼓手Steven Adler因为毒瘾太大无法正常参与乐队工作被开除，Matt Sorum入队
1991年11月7日，节奏吉他手Izzy Stradlin离团，Gilby Clarke入队
1995年2月，Gilby Clarke被Axl开除
1996年10月30日，因为与主唱Axl在乐队风格取向上存在不可调和的分歧，Slash离队
大事记
1962/2/6 W. AXL ROSE出生
1962/4/8 IZZY STRADLIN出生
1965/1/22 STEVEN ADLER出生
1965/2/5 DUFF McKAGAN出生
1965/7/22 SLASH出生
1972 STEVEN ADLER搬到洛杉基
1980 IZZY搬到洛杉基
1982 AXL搬到洛杉基
1983 AXL和IZZY在洛杉基组团,本来团名叫"ROSE",後来改为"HOLLYWOOD ROSE"
1984 DUFF和朋友GREG GILLMORE由西雅图搬到洛杉基,并在广告上得知有乐团要徵人於是就前往一试,而要徵人的正好是SLASH和STEVEN,结果大家一拍即合便组了个叫"ROAD CREW"的乐团
1984 IZZY加入了个叫"LONDON"的乐团,而AXL则加入了重金属摇滚名团"L.A.GUNS" 其吉他手为大名顶顶的"TRACII GUN" 此时"ROAD CREW"在英国伦敦演唱
1985/3 AXL,IZZY,DUFF和TRACII GUN正式组成"GUNS N' ROSES",其中"GUN"是取 "TRACII GUN"的姓,而"ROSE"则是取"AXL ROSE"的姓,这是最早的枪炮与玫瑰
团员:
W. AXL ROSE 主唱
IZZY STRADLIN 吉他手
TRACII GUNS 吉他手
DUFF McKAGAN 贝斯手
ROB GARDNER 鼓手
1985/6 由於DUFF在西雅图有朋友开酒吧,因此邀请GUNS N' ROSES去西雅图演唱，但是TRACII GUNS和ROB不同意,於是DUFF就找了SLASH和STEVEN前来助阵，这就是枪炮与玫瑰的第二代成员
W. AXL ROSE 主唱
IZZY STRADLIN 节奏吉他手
SLASH 主吉他手
DUFF McKAGAN 贝斯手
STEVEN ADLER 鼓手
**此时由於枪炮与玫瑰的团员各各都身无分文,唯一拥有的就只有一间破旧的练团屋，因此他们有时後甚至沦落到去偷来他们练团屋"拜访"的马子的钱!!
1985 秋, 枪炮与玫瑰开始在洛杉基的酒吧演唱及录制DEMO,他们除了演唱自己的作品如 "DON'T CRY"和"WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE"外还常常演唱AEROSMITH的"MAMA KIN"
,猫王的"HEARTBREAK HOTEL",及ROLLING STONES的"JUMPING JACK FLASH"等名曲
1986/3/5 GUNS N' ROSES和GEFFEN签约,进行录制第一张专辑的工作,但是此时SLASH的毒瘾太重,导致专辑录制的工作延後
1986/8 GUNS N' ROSES找了Alan Niren为经纪人
1986/12 GUNS N' ROSES的"Appetite For Destruction"终於录制完成，GEFFEN推出了一万张只有4首歌的EP"Live?!@Like A Suicide"
1987/6 GUNS N' ROSES在欧洲巡回,常常演唱AC/DC的"WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE"和BOB DYLAN 的"KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR"
1987/7/31 第一张专辑"Appetite For Destruction"发行,由Mike Clink担任制作人
1987/8-9 GUNS N' ROSES替The Cult暖场
1987/12 GUNS N' ROSES替Motley Crue暖场
1988/3-4 GUNS N' ROSES展开全美巡回演唱,AXL曾离团3天,但随後又再加入...
1988/5-6 GUNS N' ROSES替Iron Maiden暖场,但是俩团似乎处的不愉快..
1988/5 DUFF和女友MANDY结婚
1988/7/23 "Appetite For Destruction"登上BILLBOARD排行榜第一名
1988/8 GUNS N' ROSES替AEROSMITH暖场,使的AEROSMITH从原来是GUNS N'ROSES们心目中遥不可及的偶像便成了一起演唱的"朋友"了!!
1988/8/20 在一场由Helloween开场的"The Monsters of Rock at Castle Donington" 的摇滚盛会中,GUNS N' ROSES的出场引起乐迷们的暴乱,因而发生了歌迷不幸死亡的意外事件...
1989/1/26 第二张专辑"GN'R Lies"发行,达到排行榜第二名,此时因 GUNS N' ROSES的第一张专辑"Appetite For Destruction"还在排行榜的前五名,所以创下BILLBOARD排行榜80年代"两张专辑唱片同时在排行榜前五名"的记录!!
1989/9 GUNS N' ROSES的"Sweet Child O' Mine"拿到MTV最佳重金属的MUSIC VIDEO奖
1989/10 替THE ROLLING STONES暖场
1990/4 键盘手DIZZY REED加入GUNS N' ROSES
1990/4/28 主唱AXL ROSE与女友ERIN结婚,但不到一年便离婚
1990/7 鼓手STEVEN ADLER因毒瘾太重,无法打鼓,因此被"开除"了 取代他的是"The Cult"鼓手Matt Sorum 1990/9 36首歌的专辑录制完成,原本取名为"GN'R SUCKS"和"BUY PRODUCT", 但後来经过几次变更後,终於决定命名为"USE YOUR ILLUSION I&II"
1990/10/30 AXL因用酒瓶欧打邻居而被警方逮捕
1991/1 新团员MATT和DIZZY展开他们加入枪炮与玫瑰後的第一场演出, 在巴西的"ROCK IN RIOLL"音乐祭,共有14万听众!!
1991/5/24 枪炮与玫瑰展开首次世界巡回演唱会,由SKID ROW为他们开场
1991/7/2 在美国ST. LOUIS演唱时,AXL因不满台下有乐迷擅自摄影, 因而跳下台去"解决",并随後离开舞台拒唱,结果造成台下乐迷暴动演唱会也因此而中断!
1991/7 新单曲"YOU COULD BE MINE"收录在电影魔鬼终结者2中,阿诺并在 "YOU COULD BE MINE"的MUSIC VIDEO中演出
1991 8-12 枪炮与玫瑰在欧洲巡回演唱
91/9/16,17 乐迷期待以久的新专辑"USE YOUR ILLUSION I&II"终於推出,分别到达BILLBOARD排行榜第一,二名,创下了记录!
1991/11/7 节奏吉他手IZZY STRADLIN离团,由"KILL FOR THRILLS"吉他手GILBY CLARK取代 *AXL说:当我知道IZZY已离团,我不敢相信...我的眼泪流了下来.... ....我十五年的好友竟然离我而去....
1991/12/5 - 1992/2/1 展开全美巡回演唱会
1992/2/19-22 东京演唱会(後来被制成录影带发行)
1992/4/20 在一场纪念QUEEN以故主唱FREDDIE的"THE FREDDIE MERCURY TRIBUTE CONCERT" 演唱会里,AXL和他心目中的英雄ELTON JOHN合唱了QUEEN的经典歌剧摇滚-- "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY"(波西米亚狂想曲)
1992/7/17 GUNS N' ROSES和METALLICA两大当红重金属摇滚乐团一起展开世界巡回演唱会!!
1992/10/6 上述演唱会结束
1992/12 东京演唱会实况制成录影带发行
1993/4/29 由於GILBY左脚受伤无法叁加演唱,AXL又号召前节奏吉他手IZZY入团但精彩的"团圆"演唱只有五场,GILBY脚伤痊愈後IZZY又退出了
1993/5 和MOTORHEAD的主唱LEMMY一起登台并演唱LED ZEPPELIN的"COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN"和ROLLING STONES的"DEAD FLOWERS"
1993/6 发行录影带"DON'T CRY-MAKING FUCKING VIDEOS PART I"和"NOVEMBER RAIN-MAKING FUCKIN' VIDEOS PART II"
1993/7/17 "USE YOUR ILLUSION"世界巡回演唱会结束,这是史上为期最久的巡回演唱会,共演出192场,到27个国家,和全球超过7百万的听众
93/9 AXL以美金250万和前鼓手STEVEN ADLER达成庭外和解
93/10 DUFF推出个人专辑"BELIEVE IN ME"
1993/11 原本要以EP型式推出而後改为唱片型式推出的庞克专辑"THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT?"推出
94夏 GILBY CLARK推出个人专辑"PAWNSHOP GUITARS"
94/12 枪炮与玫瑰为电影"夜访吸血鬼"翻唱ROLLING STONES的经典"SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL"
95/2 SLASH'S SNAKEPIT推出专辑"IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE"
95/2 GILBY CLARK被AXL开除
96/10/30 主吉他手SLASH离团,主要原因为SLASH和AXL对音乐理念上的不和,SLASH想要保持以往枪炮与玫瑰的硬式蓝调摇滚乐风,但AXL却想改变成 Industrial(工业式)乐风,在别无选择下SLASH只好离团....
97/1 AXL买下"GUNS N' ROSES"所有权利
1998/2/11 AXL因恐吓机场工作人员而被警方逮捕
1998/3/9 IZZY STRADLIN推出新专辑"177度" 1995-1998 在这几年来,枪炮与玫瑰的谣言四处都有,不过,在下一张专辑推出前,谁也不敢保证会发生甚麽事！！！
At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynist, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O' Mine," showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs, and apathy in the big city. Meanwhile, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler were a limber rhythm section who kept the music loose and powerful. Guns N' Roses' music was basic and gritty, with a solid hard, bluesy base; they were dark, sleazy, dirty, and honest — everything that good hard rock and heavy metal should be. There was something refreshing about a band who could provoke everything from devotion to hatred, especially since both sides were equally right. There hadn't been a hard rock band this raw or talented in years, and they were given added weight by Rose's primal rage, the sound of confused, frustrated white trash vying for his piece of the pie. As the '80s became the '90s, there simply wasn't a more interesting band around, but owing to intra-band friction and the emergence of alternative rock, Rose's supporting cast gradually disintegrated, as he spent years in seclusion.
Guns N' Roses released their first EP in 1986, which led to a contract with Geffen; the following year, the band released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction. They started to build a following with their numerous live shows, but the album didn't start selling until almost a year later, when MTV started playing "Sweet Child O' Mine." Soon, both the album and single shot to number one, and Guns N' Roses became one of the biggest bands in the world. Their debut single, "Welcome to the Jungle," was re-released and shot into the Top Ten, and "Paradise City" followed in its footsteps. By the end of 1988, they released G N' R Lies, which paired four new, acoustic-based songs (including the Top Five hit "Patience") with their first EP. G N' R Lies' inflammatory closer, "One in a Million," sparked intense controversy, as Rose slipped into misogyny, bigotry, and pure violence; essentially, he somehow managed to distill every form of prejudice and hatred into one five-minute tune.
Guns N' Roses began work on the long-awaited follow-up to Appetite for Destruction at the end of 1990. In October of that year, the band fired Adler, claiming that his drug dependency caused him to play poorly; he was replaced by Matt Sorum from the Cult. During recording, the band added Dizzy Reed on keyboards. By the time the sessions were finished, the new album had become two new albums. After being delayed for nearly a year, the albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II were released in September 1991. Messy but fascinating, the albums showcased a more ambitious band; while there were still a fair number of full-throttle guitar rockers, there were stabs at Elton John-style balladry, acoustic blues, horn sections, female backup singers, ten-minute art rock epics with several different sections, and a good number of introspective, soul-searching lyrics. In short, they were now making art; amazingly, they were successful at it. The albums sold very well initially, but while they had seemed destined to set the pace for the decade to come, that turned out not to be the case at all.
Nirvana's Nevermind hit number one in early 1992, suddenly making Guns N' Roses — with all of their pretensions, impressionistic videos, models, and rock star excesses — seem very uncool. Rose handled the change by becoming a dictator, or at least a petty tyrant; his in-concert temper tantrums became legendary, even going so far as to incite a riot in Montreal. Stradlin left by the end of 1991, and with his departure the band lost their best songwriter; he was replaced by ex-Kills for Thrills guitarist Gilby Clarke. The band didn't fully grasp the shift in hard rock until 1993, when they released an album of punk covers, The Spaghetti Incident?; it received some good reviews, but the band failed to capture the reckless spirit of not only the original versions, but their own Appetite for Destruction. By the middle of 1994, there were rumors flying that the band was about to break up, since Rose wanted to pursue a new, more industrial direction and Slash wanted to stick with their blues-inflected hard rock. The band remained in limbo for several more years, and Slash resurfaced in 1995 with the side project Slash's Snakepit and an LP, It's Five O'Clock Somewhere.
Rose remained out of the spotlight, becoming a virtual recluse and doing nothing but tinkering in the studio; he also recruited various musicians — including Dave Navarro, Tommy Stinson, and ex-Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck — for informal jam sessions. Remaining members were infuriated by Rose's inclusion of childhood friend Paul Huge in the new sessions when both Stradlin and Clarke were excluded from rejoining the band. And a remake of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" was essentially the straw that broke the camel's back, as Rose cut out some of the other member's contributions and pasted Huge over the song without consulting anyone else. By 1996, Slash was officially out of Guns N' Roses, leaving Rose the lone remaining survivor from the group's heyday; rumors continued to swirl, and still no new material was forthcoming, though Rose did re-record Appetite for Destruction with a new lineup for rehearsal purposes. The first new original GNR song in eight years, the industrial metal sludge of "Oh My God" finally appeared on the soundtrack to the 1999 Arnold Schwarzenegger film End of Days. Soon after, Geffen issued the two-disc Live Era: '87-'93.
2000 brought the addition of guitarists Robin Finck (of Nine Inch Nails) and Buckethead. 2001 was greeted with Guns N' Roses' first live dates in nearly seven years, as the band (who consisted of Rose plus guitarists Finck, Buckethead, bassist Stinson, former Primus drummer Brian "Brain" Mantia, childhood friend and guitarist Paul Huge, and longtime GNR keyboardist Dizzy Reed) played a show on New Years Eve 2000 in Las Vegas, playing as well at the mammoth Rock in Rio festival the following month. On New Years Eve 2001, the band played almost the exact same set as the year before.
An appearance at MTV's 2002 Video Music Awards helped garner interest in the new lineup, but a rusty performance from Rose and an interview where he said his new album wasn't coming out anytime soon didn't do much to further their cause. That summer, the band started on their first tour in almost eight years, and they managed to fulfill all of their commitments in Europe and Asia. Sadly, they caused a violent and destructive riot in Vancouver when Rose failed to show up for the first date of their North American tour. While he was up to his old shenanigans with the retooled lineup, former Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland, Slash, Sorum, and McKagan formed the successful Velvet Revolver in spring 2002.
And so years passed and still no new GNR album, to the point where it became a joke to many. The album was long billed as Chinese Democracy, and occasionally session recordings would leak and make their way onto Internet file-sharing networks. A fascinating article written by Jeff Leeds for The New York Times, published March 2005, revealed how tangled and costly the making of the album had become. According to the article, titled "The Most Expensive Album Never Released," Rose began work on the album in 1994 and racked up production costs of at least 13 million dollars. Producers involved with the album at one time or another include Mike Clink, Youth, Sean Beavan, and even Roy Thomas Baker. (Curiously, Moby claimed to have been offered the job as well.) Marco Beltrami and Paul Buckmaster were allegedly brought in for orchestral arrangements, and there was a revolving door of guitarists. In 2006, the album seemed closer to release, as Rose began surfacing in public and even took his band on the road for some shows.
