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Guns N’ Roses and The American Music Awards. Not f***ing made for prime time.

December 30, 2012 by evpcd

Guns N’ Roses and The America Music Awards, a Dick Clark Production never really hit it off. GNR were never quite ready for prime time. Heavily nominated throughout the years the band, Slash and Duff in particular, had their “moments” on stage. Their acceptance speeches in 199o has been awarded one of the “5 Most Memorable Moments” in AMA history. Guns N’ Roses’ Acceptance Speech (1990): In true rock and roll fashion, the members of Guns N’ Roses brought out […]

Categories: Appetite for Destruction, Appraisals, Appraising Rock and Roll memorabilia, Axl Rose, Collecting, Collecting Rock and Roll memorabilia, Concert memorabilia, concert ticket, Duff, Gun N' Roses, Izzy Stradlin, Memorabilia, Press photo, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll photography, Slash, Steven Tyler, Wire photos • Tags: Appraising Rock and Roll Memorabilia, Autographs, Christie's Auction House, Collecting, Collection, Display, ebay, fakes, Gary Greenberg, garyrocks, Guns N' Roses, Marketing, Memorabilia, Music, Recordmecca, Records, Rock and Roll, Slash

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The greatest Stones album ever, Exile on Main Street and the 1972 tour. And the rarest of all Stones memorabilia.

December 16, 2012 by evpcd

Exile on Main Street was a 1972 release (on Atlantic Records) by The Rolling Stones, with cover artwork & design by John Van Hamersveld. When the Rolling Stones released Exile in 1972 – a double album of songs representing the many different genres of music that shaped Stones music at the time – fans and critics found themselves having to spend a lot of time trying to “get it”. It required a number of listens to gain an appreciation of […]

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The Rolling Stones and Guns N’ Roses. How much freakin’ bad ass-ness can one stage take?

December 16, 2012 by evpcd

The Rolling Stones‘ Steel Wheels Tour was a concert tour which was launched in North America in August 1989 to promote the band’s album Steel Wheels; it continued to Japan in February 1990, with ten shows at the Tokyo Dome. The European leg of the tour, which featured a different stage and logo, was called the Urban Jungle Tour; it ran from May to August 1990. These would be the last live concerts for the band with original member Bill […]

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Slash’s Rolling Stone Interview, January 24, 1991. And yes, it’s his copy of Rolling Stone.

December 8, 2012 by evpcd

I recently picked up this gem for my collection. Not only is it an iconic interview and cover photo, but it is in fact Slash’s personal copy sent to him, at his house, in LA. Holy. Shit. Read the full interview below. Date: 24 January 1991 Source: Rolling Stone Written by: Jeffrey Ressner and Lonn Friend Double Jack Daniel’s and Coke, easy on the ice, with finger sandwiches. Five-fifteen Saturday afternoon at Le Chardonnay, the Los Angeles restaurant modeled on […]

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