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Slash Looks Back At Appetite For Destruction

09/18/2014
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(Classic Rock) Slash says he looks back on Guns N' Roses' debut Appetite For Destruction with pride - but admits he never expected it to become the giant album it's proved to be.

The album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, but the guitarist only ever thought it would make them a cult success. Slash tells Linearock: "I'm so proud of the fact I was involved in a record that had that kind of impact. But if you were to tell me back then that's what it was gonna be, I would never have believed you.

"It was just a record made by these five characters and looking back on it, there was something that spoke to people in a certain way. It was a very streetwise band but with a very naive world view.

"It was a social commentary, but it wasn't about the world at large - it was internal angst that teenagers really related to. It was delivered with the kind of impact that really had a big effect on people." Read more here.

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