Introduction Act One: Squalor on Sunset Strip 01 New Rose: Hollywood Rose forms 02 Right Next Door to Hell: GN''R plays their first show 03 Nice Boys: Slash and Steven complete the classic lineup 04 Pretty Tied Up: GN''R signs with Geffen Sidebar Razamanaz: Manny Charlton Recalls Producing the Appetite Demos 05 Perfect Crime: GN''R issues Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide 06 Get in the Ring: GN''R issues Appetite for Destruction Act Two: Appetite for Domination 07 Anything Goes: GN''R''s first North American tour 08 Paradise City: Appetite for Destruction hits No. 1 in the US 09 Down on the Farm: GN''R performs at Monsters of Rock Sidebar Appetite for Destruction: A Deconstruction 10 November Rain: GNR'' issues G N''R Lies 11 Shotgun Blues: Opening for the Rolling Stones 12 Reckless Life: Farm Aid IV, Steven''s last show with the band 13 Out ta Get Me: "Knockin'' on Heaven''s Door" features Matt Sorum''s GN''R debut Act Three: Insanity 14 Breakdown: Axl leaves midshow in St. Louis, causing a riot 15 Welcome to the Jungle: GN''R issues Use Your Illusion I 16 Raw Power: GN''R issues Use Your Illusion II 17 One in a Million: Use Your Illusion II debuts at No. 1 18 Coma: Izzy''s out, Gilby''s in 19 Human Being: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 20 Civil War: Chaos at Metallica/Guns N'' Roses show in Montreal 21 I.R.S.: Appetite for Destruction certified 10x platinum in US 22 Attitude: GN''R releases "The Spaghetti Incident?" 23 You Ain''t the First: Axl announces that Slash has left 24 Garden of Eden: New GN''R song appears on End of Days soundtrack 25 Live and Let Die: GN''R issues Live Era ''87 - ''93 Sidebar GN''R versus Hair Metal Act Four: Axl Goes Rogue 26 You Can''t Put Your Arms Around a Memory: Geffen issues Greatest Hits 27 Absurd: Izzy rejoins (sort of) 28 Patience: Dr Pepper linked to release of Chinese Democracy 29 Mr. Brownstone: Steven records first episode of Celebrity Rehab with Dr.
Drew 30 14 Years: GN''R releases Chinese Democracy 31 My World: GN''R embarks on first Chinese Democracy tour 32 You Could Be Mine: The Up Close and Personal Tour 33 Knockin'' on Heaven''s Door: Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sidebar Chinese Democracy Progress Report Act Five: Legacy 34 Don''t Damn Me: The first reunion-era tour Sidebar The Solo Projects 35 This I Love: Axl is in AC/DC! 36 Used to Love Her: Appetite for Destruction subject of elaborate reissue 37 Dust N'' Bones: Band embarks on We''re F''N'' back! Tour 38 Bad Apples: GN''R issues "Absurd" and "Hard Skool" 39 Yesterdays: Geffen issues Use Your Illusion expanded editions 40 Double Talkin'' Jive: New single renews hope for new album Discography About the Author Photo Credits Index.