Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction

Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction
by Marc Canter, Jason Porath

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Author: Jason Porath, Marc Canter
Photographer: Jack Lue
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-01
ISBN: 0979341876
Number of pages: 348
Publisher: Shoot Hip Press

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Book Review: Follow G N' R From Baby Band To Superstardom...
Summary: 4 Stars

I wasn't expecting a whole lot more than a few pictures and commentary from a bunch of outsiders, instead what i got was an inside look at the origins of the 'world's most notorious band'. Packed with photos of the earliest gigs and candid personal shots, this book is made for the Guns enthusiast or for any 80's hard rock/metal fan.

Marc Canter's friendship with Slash, and his unabashed enthusiam for documenting everything Slash did pays off with a this dynamite first hand account. From Slash's first bands to the early incarnations of G n' R to the making of Appetite For Destruction, it is all captured in pictures and first hand accounts. Slash, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler add their commentary first hand which adds legitimacy to the book. Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin are quoted via Geffen Records press kits and those sound bytes offer insight into the writing of songs that made Appetite For Destruction on of the highest selling debut albums of all time.

The book also offers insight from friends, former bandmates and girlfriends of the band. This allows the reader to get a real feel for the struggle the band had moving in and out of various bands, meeting each other, playing the Sunset Strip for little to no pay and finally breaking through.



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When teenager and amateur photographer Marc Canter set out to document his best friend Saul Hudson's rise as a rock guitarist in 1982, he never imagined he was documenting the genesis of of the next great rock 'n' roll band. His friend became the legendary guitarist Slash, and Canter found himself witnessing the creation of Guns N' Roses front and center. The candid shots contained in Reckless Road, taken as the band toured in 1985-1987 and made the legendary album Appetite for Destruction, capture their raw, blood-sweat-and-tears performances as well as their intimate moments. Containing original gig memorabilia including show flyers, ticket stubs, set lists, press clippings, and handwritten lyrics as well as in-depth interviews with band members and the people closest to them, Reckless Road offers an explicit, first-person perspective readers won't find anywhere else.

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