ACL Live Review: Guns N' Roses

Epic, handstand flashback to the sleeze rock Eighties

"...what I'm saying?” W. Axl Rose shouted early during Guns N’ Roses’ headlining, two-and-a-half-hour fusillade Friday night at Zilker..."

Oct. 5, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Guns n' Roses’ Texas-Sized Reunion

You know where you are? You’re in Jerry World baby. You’re gonna die!

"...the accessory hangs symbolic of his commitment to the Guns n’ Roses fan base...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Welcome to the Jungle: Guns N’ Roses Will Headline ACL Fest 2019

Plus Childish Gambino, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, the Cure, and Mumford

"...prognosticated, and deliberated annual festival announcement materialized this morning. Guns N’ Roses, Childish Gambino, Mumford & Sons, the Cure,..."

April 30, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Friday ACL Face-Off: Guns N’ Roses vs. Tame Impala

Which headliner stands taller on the fest's first day?

"...Photo by Gary Miller Guns N' Roses..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

At Least He's Back to Guns N' Roses

"...least the visuals had a more realistic effect than Spider-Man's high-rise web swing. What I was most disappointed with..."

May 21, 2009 Postmarks

Welcome to the Bungle

A review of Guns N' Rose “Chinese Democracy”

"...half of the disc nearly obscures the fact that Guns N’ Roses’ first new album since 1993’s sorry The..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Boy Toys

Dangerous Toys get re-dangerous

"...you get a deal off the popularity of the Guns ‘n Roses craze, and then a few years later,..."

May 27, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...Never in its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls;..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...It just wasn't working out for Sims Ellison. Not Pariah's album, which..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Being Alice Cooper

Detroit legend’s six degrees of separation from all rock

"...open for us all became megastars. ZZ Top, AC/DC, Guns n’ Roses, Blondie, Megadeth – all bands that opened..."

Aug. 17, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Tattoos & Tequila and My Appetite for Destruction

Sunset Strippers revel in their boners

"...$27.99 My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N' Rosesby Steven Adler, with Lawrence J. Spagnola It..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Get in the Ring

Scott Weiland calls Andy Langer out

"...a day profiling Velvet Revolver, Weiland's new band with Guns n' Roses alumni Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum...."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...was boring in 1975," snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky Erickson's electric autoharp genius. "The outlaw thing was pretty big...."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

First Concert: Matt Muñoz

Cactus Cafe manager Matt Muñoz revisits his first concert in El Paso: Van Halen

"...opening band for the Cult by the name of Guns N' Roses in '87...."

June 29, 2018 Music Feature

Camp Freddy

December 12, 2013. 23 photos.

"...Hat duel with Billy Gibbons? Guns N’ Roses/Velvet Revolver hammer Slash..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Photo Gallery

Tommy Stinson

Replacements bassist has bigger fish to fry than Axl Rose

"...while it seems bizarre to contemplate, do the math. Stinson's stint replacing Duff McKagan in Guns n' Roses is..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

TCB

Books, video games, movie stars: TCB investigates this 'multimedia' business

"...really ruled the world. My generation grew up on Guns N' Roses and Poison and Metallica and Nine Inch..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

O Brother

How a bluegrass soundtrack turned out to be the biggest music business success story since Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction.

"...Answer: The Guns N' Roses frontman and bluegrass elder statesman each feature..."

July 19, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Bush's balls drop.

"...Well, wasn't that a nightmare. I'm referring to the George W...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Six-String Samurai

"...it anyway, crafting a wild, indescribable fantasy romp that doesn't so much revitalize a tired story tradition as detonate..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Can't Hardly Wait

This better-than-average teen sex comedy looks at a bunch of seniors on the night of high school graduation.

"...on the late, lamented estrogen/testosterone fests as well. Thankfully, Can't Hardly Wait is less an exercise in simpering sophomoric..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...a celebration, "You're like a kind of religion," it doesn't downplay hooch's significant downside: "Tonight I'm wearing incontinence pants!"..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...full-blown blues orchestra. Owens' latest self-produced Orchestra album, I Ain't Gonna Be Yo' Dog No Mo', is reason enough..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...activists than a band, ADF has been raging against Britain's socio-political machine for six years. Though primarily using dub/reggae..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...storm of soul: "Expressway (to Your Heart)," the Delfonics' "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)," "Drowning in the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Live Shot: White City

Kabul N’ Roses

"...of sex, drugs, and rock & roll, it’s beer, guns, and women hiding behind burkas – the formula’s pretty..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Michael Bertin

Off the Record

Commemorating the 20-year anniversary of the Saxon Pub and talking business with Kalu James and ME Television

"...lineup that includes Freddy Powers (see "The Good Times Ain't Over," Aug. 22, 2008) on Saturday, June 12, and..."

June 11, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...a Joke, and an unmissable world premiere in Kathy Griffin's first ever concert film, Kathy Griffin: A Hell of..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...England. Audience-wise, the chasm between these two exploding subcultures wasn't so deep that good old American Yank punks like..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Serious Rock & Roll Anthropology

An interview with SXSW honoree Penelope Spheeris

"...it's hard to remember a time when punk rawk wasn't pre-packaged, market-ready, unit-shifting bubblepunk, but there it is, right..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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