History Music / AppetiteForDestruction

* DrugsAreBad: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Drugs have negative consequences in these songs - users can't get out of bed, built-up tolerance creates a cycle of abuse, and the comedowns are awful - but the effects are depicted as positive as well. "When you're high, you never, ever wanna come down" indeed.

** [[WordOfGod Axl Rose claimed]] that the original cover was going to be a photo of the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster used on the cover of ''Magazine/{{Time|Magazine}}''. Mind you that this album was released in '''''1987'''''. Geffen ([[TropesAreNotBad thankfully]]) [[ExecutiveMeddling refused to allow it]].

[[caption-width-right:300:The replacement cover, which has gone on to become iconic.[[labelnote:Click for the original version]][[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/appetite-for-destruction-original_3080.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

''Appetite'' continues to draw praise for its successful blend of BluesRock riffage, PunkRock intensity, [[{{Pop}} accessible melodies]], and [[{{Deconstruction}} its warts-and-all take on the band's journey to]] [[TheRockStar rock stardom]]. While an occasional source of HypeBacklash - some consider it over-derivative of Music/{{Aerosmith}}, in particular - ''Appetite'' frequently scores at or near the top of "greatest album" lists across several rock genres.

->''"The greatest album ever made about how you can't run away from yourself."''
-->-- '''Chuck Eddy''', ''Spin''

!! ''Do you know where you are? You at the trope list, baby!''

It was listed at nr. #62 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

* RefugeInAudacity: The original album cover featured a painting of a rape robot by Robert Williams. Certain songs glorify alcohol, drugs and sex.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: The album's lyrics in a nutshell. Izzy even described "Think About You" as "a quick love song about drugs, sex, Hollywood and money"

'''''Appetite For Destruction''''' is the debut studio album by Music/GunsNRoses, released in 1987. It entered the Billboard charts at the modest 182nd position upon release. A modest critical success at the time, the album began to creep up the charts thanks to strong word of mouth. Aided by a successful - [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes and still in-demand]] - appearance on MTV's "Live At The Ritz" series and the release of number-one hit "Sweet Child O' Mine", ''Appetite'' reached the number one slot in August 1988 and would remain on the charts for 147 weeks. Contemporary pop culture critics noted that shock value made up much of the Gunners' appeal, cynically exploiting taboo subject matter for more press; [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity this censure presumably only helped matters]].

It was listed at nr. #62 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].

* DrugsAreBad: Played with. Drugs have negative consequences in these songs - users can't get out of bed, built-up tolerance creates a cycle of abuse, and the comedowns are awful - but the effects are depicted as positive as well. "When you're high, you never, ever wanna come down" indeed.

[[caption-width-right:300:The replacement cover, which has gone on to become iconic.[[labelnote:Click for the original version]][[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/appetite-for-destruction-original_3080.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

* BadassBoast: "It's So Easy" has the straightforward "See me hit you, ''you fall down!''"

* AlbumFiller: In an extremely rare case, intended filler track "Sweet Child O' Mine" became the band's single most famous song. The last minute even features Izzy Stradlin repeatedly asking "Where do we go?" - [[ObviousBeta the band hit a brick wall trying to complete the lyrics, and after Axl asked "Where do we go now?", the producer suggested that that become the last line.]] In spite of all that, a signature riff, an emotional vocal and a series of famous solos have made an iconic song out of a bit of "circus music" the band publicly bashed.

'''''Appetite for Destruction''''' is the debut studio album by Music/GunsNRoses, released in 1987. It entered the Billboard charts at the modest 182nd position upon release. A modest critical success at the time, the album began to creep up the charts thanks to strong word of mouth. Aided by a successful - [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes and still in-demand]] - appearance on MTV's "Live At The Ritz" series and the release of number-one hit "Sweet Child O' Mine", ''Appetite'' reached the number one slot in August 1988 and would remain on the charts for 147 weeks. Contemporary pop culture critics noted that shock value made up much of the Gunners' appeal, cynically exploiting taboo subject matter for more press; [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity this censure presumably only helped matters.]]

''Appetite for Destruction'' continues to draw praise for its successful blend of BluesRock riffage, PunkRock intensity, [[{{Pop}} accessible melodies]], and [[{{Deconstruction}} its warts-and-all take on the band's journey to]] [[TheRockStar rock stardom.]] While an occasional source of HypeBacklash - some consider it over-derivative of Music/{{Aerosmith}}, in particular - ''Appetite'' frequently scores at or near the top of "greatest album" lists across several rock genres.

'''''Appetite For Destruction''''' is the debut studio album by Music/GunsNRoses, released in 1987. It entered the Billboard charts at the modest 182nd position upon release. A modest critical success at the time, the album began to creep up the charts thanks to strong word of mouth. Aided by a successful - [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes and still in-demand]] - appearance on MTV's "Live At The Ritz" series and the release of number-one hit "Sweet Child O' Mine", ''Appetite'' reached the number one slot in August 1988 and would remain on the charts for 147 weeks. Contemporary pop culture critics noted that shock value made up much of the Gunners' appeal, cynically exploiting taboo subject matter for more press; [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity this censure presumably only helped matters.]]

''Appetite For Destruction'' continues to draw praise for its successful blend of BluesRock riffage, PunkRock intensity, [[{{Pop}} accessible melodies]], and [[{{Deconstruction}} its warts-and-all take on the band's journey to]] [[TheRockStar rock stardom.]] While an occasional source of HypeBacklash - some consider it over-derivative of Music/{{Aerosmith}}, in particular - ''Appetite'' frequently scores at or near the top of "greatest album" lists across several rock genres.

-->'''Axl''': 'Bout five or six years ago, I hitchhiked here and ended up stuck out in the middle of this place. Climbed up out of the free-way, this little old black man comes up to me and my friend with our backpacks and about ten bucks between us, and he goes, "You know where you are? You in the jungle, baby! You gonna die!" That's a true story, that ain't no lie! So, welcome to the jungle, Ritz!

** ChekhovsGun: A studio version of the latter would eventually appear on the followup ''Music/UseYourIllusion II''

# "Welcome To The Jungle"
# "It's So Easy"
# "Nightrain"
# "Out Ta Get Me"
# "Mr. Brownstone"
# "Paradise City"
# "My Michelle"
# "Think About You"
# "Sweet Child O' Mine"
# "You're Crazy"
# "Anything Goes"
# "Rocket Queen"

!! Do you know where you are? You at the trope list, baby!

* ShoutOut: "Sweet Child O' Mine" was the target of a famous TakeThat from the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers on 1989's ''Mother's Milk'', which used the famous riff at the end of "Punk Rock Classic", a song about pay-for-play.

'''''Appetite For Destruction''''' is the debut album by Music/GunsNRoses, released in 1987. It entered the Billboard charts at the modest 182nd position upon release. A modest critical success at the time, the album began to creep up the charts thanks to strong word of mouth. Aided by a successful - [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes and still in-demand]] - appearance on MTV's "Live At The Ritz" series and the release of number-one hit "Sweet Child O' Mine", ''Appetite'' reached the number one slot in August 1988 and would remain on the charts for 147 weeks. Contemporary pop culture critics noted that shock value made up much of the Gunners' appeal, cynically exploiting taboo subject matter for more press; [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity this censure presumably only helped matters.]]

* RealSongThemeTune: "Paradise City" serves as the theme song for "Burnout Paradise", though [[LyricalDissonance it's not quite a perfect fit for such a cheerful game.]]

* TheBigRottenApple: "Welcome To The Jungle", [[WordOfGod as explained during the Ritz show.]]

-->'''Axl''': 'Bout five or six years ago, I hitchhiked here and ended up stuck out in the middle of this place. Climbed up out of the freeway, this little old black man comes up to me and my friend with our backpacks and about ten bucks between us, and he goes, "You know where you are? You in the jungle, baby! You gonna die!" That's a true story, that ain't no lie! So, welcome to the jungle, Ritz!

* YoureInsane: "You're Crazy", where [[BreakupSong the insanity leads into breakup]].

-->''"I got somethin' I been buildin' up inside for so fuckin' long!"''\\
I'm fuckin' innocent!

-->''"I got somethin' I been buildin' up inside for so fuckin' long!"''

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: "It's So Easy", [[VictoryIsBoring about the emptiness of getting everything you want and living an easy life.]]