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“They already had Buckethead. I was thinking, ‘Who’s the craziest and the best?’ I knew there was only one guy”: Joe Satriani on the guitar ace he recommended for the Guns N’ Roses gig

Axl Rose was on the lookout for a player who could match Buckethead's ability and eccentricity – and Satch knew just who to call

Guitar World

"It didn’t hurt or anything. It was just ****ing scary.” We threw one of metal's most promising bands off a bridge

Endorsed by Gojira, Lamb Of God and Kerry King, Alien Weaponry are one of metal's most promising young bands

Metal Hammer

A Bunch Of Musical Artists Said No To Appearing In The Melania Doc: 'Definitely A Disappointment'

Not every song got greenlighted.

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"The guys from Guns N’ Roses split down the middle politically." Melania Trump documentary producer names the artists who refused to give permission for their music to be used in the film

"It’s disappointing when people put politics so far ahead"

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Rolling Stones dispute Melania producer’s claim Mick Jagger ‘gave blessing’ for song to be used in documentary

Producer Mark Beckman claimed star was personally involved and ‘gave us his blessing’ to use rock band’s song

The Independent UK

Melania producer shares musicians who refused to let songs be used in documentary

The producer insisted that ‘Melania’ was ‘not a political film’

The Independent UK

Prince estate stopped song being used in Melania

Prince’s estate allegedly blocked his music from appearing in Melania because theydidn't think the late star would want his work "associated with Donald Trump'.

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Source close to Rolling Stones disputes Melania producer’s claim Mick Jagger ‘gave his blessing’ to use song

Spokesperson for Rolling Stones tells Guardian band did not liaise with Marc Beckman and his team on use of Gimme Shelter in first lady documentary

The Guardian - UK

“The guys from Guns N’ Roses split down the middle politically. There was a song we wanted to use, and one of the guys said, ‘You got it. Go.’ And the other one was basically like, ‘There’s just no way’”: Melania producer discusses music rights issues

Marc Beckman says that they were also denied permission to use songs by Prince and Grace Jones

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Trump asks Board of Peace members about Guns n Roses during photo op

This is what Donald Trump asked world leaders whilst standing on stage for a photo opportunity at his inaugural Board of Peace meeting.

The Independent UK

Matt Sorum believes Velvet Revolver 'could have been as big as Guns N' Roses'

Matt Sorum is convinced his band Velvet Revolver "could have been as big" as Guns N' Roses but it "didn’t last long enough" because the " the wheels came off".

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"It's not big, it's not clever, but it is a lot of twelve-bar fun with that Keith Richards' twist": Faster Pussycat's debut is a middle-finger-in-the-air collection of songs about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll

Faster Pussycat capture all the sleaze of Sunset Strip on rowdy self-titled debut

Louder

"It was an intense place to be for a gay man in that world." Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on hair metal

Queer icon Roddy Bottom of Faith No More recalls the "ugly" side of hair metal

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"This is far and away the best live version of Paradise City I've ever seen": Rare footage of Guns N' Roses playing live in 1987 surfaces online

The footage of Paradise City was shot on the same night Guns N' Roses filmed the Welcome To The Jungle video

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“We didn’t expect to be Bon Jovi. We didn’t go into this band wanting to own 15 houses and have 17 supermodels on speed dial”: The 90s alt-rock superstars who lost half their audience and angered Axl Rose by making the most antagonistic album “in history”

How Faith No More made ‘the least commercial follow-up to a hit record in history’

Louder

"I preferred the Chili Peppers' cover to what Guns N' Roses did, but I was really happy about the royalty cheques": Stooges guitarist James Williamson looks back at the proto-punk ass-kicker David Bowie didn't understand

Stooges guitarist James Williamson looks back at this proto-punk ass kicker that opened many a show circa ’73

Metal Hammer

"We were a gang. I'd get into fights in bars defending them. But I had my dream taken away": With Guns N' Roses, Steven Adler went close to the edge more than anyone - but then it all came crashing down

Of all those involved with Guns N' Roses, drummer Steven Adler was the one who most lived up to their Most Dangerous Band In The World reputation

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 1-7 includes Harry Styles and Shakira

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb. 1-7 include singer-songwriter and actor Harry Stiles, singer Shakira and TV chef Ina Garten

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"It wasn't as big as Guns N' Roses - but it could have been. It just didn't last long enough." A member of one of rock's most celebrated supergroups says things could have got even bigger if the wheels hadn't fallen off

This band of rock icons were a big deal in the 2000s - but could they have been even bigger?

MusicRadar

“Its sound kicks the ass of amps three times its size”: Slash’s latest Magnatone Lil’ Viper 8-watt combo can go toe-to-toe with the big boys

NAMM 2026: Slash teams up with Magnatone once more to create a tiny 8-watt amp with plenty of bite

Metal Hammer

"Whoosh! A big flame goes right up under me. My arm, my hand, burnt down to the bone. Hair's gone." Inside the night Metallica's James Hetfield caught fire - and Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose caused a riot

A look back at one of the most chaotic gigs in the history of rock 'n' roll

MusicRadar

“The SG that I had at the Ozzy gig, that guitar needed a louder pickup but I still wanted that true-to-life guitar sound that I like”: Slash and Seymour Duncan dial up the raunch with the Guns N’ Roses legend’s signature 3.0 humbuckers

NAMM 2026: Hand-wired in Santa Barbara, they're not just for Les Pauls or SGs. Slash has one in his BC Rich Mockingbird – and they'd work a treat in a hotrodded S-style

Louder

"He was trying to get his life off the ground, and he's handed this $100,000 check." The story of the unknown musician who helped Axl Rose write a Guns N' Roses classic

Axl Rose's integrity stunned an old friend who played a part in Guns N' Roses' early days

Louder

"Rich brought a spontaneity to the record that I can't describe, but it's the best s*** he's ever done": The Black Crowes announce new album - listen to the first two tracks now

A Pound Of Feathers is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Happiness Bastards - The singles Profane Prophecy and Pharmacy Chronicles are out now

MusicRadar

“It used to be, like, 25 minutes long!”: How Axl Rose took inspiration from Elton John to create a classic Guns N’ Roses ballad that was years in the making

Rose called it “a song about not wanting to be in a state of unrequited love”

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