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Four years after becoming an uninvited guest at the party that is the music industry with its seminal debut, APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION, Guns N Roses detonated a creative blast by releasing USE YOUR ILLUSION I & II. Thanks to a reckless approach toward life and music, G N R was constantly at the centre of controversy and the result was that much of it was chronicled on this two-volume project. By this time, original drummer Steven Adler had been dismissed due to alleged drug dependency problems and was replaced by the Cults Matt Sorum. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed was also added as a member. ILLUSION II lacks the hits of the first volume and also doesnt overflow with as much bile, aside from a couple of exceptions. Axl Rose howls at the editors of Spin, Kerrang, and Hit Parader magazines on the rollicking Get in the Ring, and addresses the inherent pitfalls of fame on Izzy Stradlins scathing Pretty Tied Up (The Perils of Rock N Roll Decadence). Elsewhere, GNR tackles an old Dylan nugget (Knockin on Heavens Door), includes tracks cut for charity and soundtracks (Civil War, You Could Be Mine), and an underrated masterpiece about heartbreak that manages to emote both indignation and sorrow without sounding pathetic (Estranged).
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