The Roots of Guns N' Roses

The Roots of Guns N' Roses
Compilation album by Hollywood Rose
Released	June 22, 2004 June 22, 2004 June 28, 2004
Recorded	January 1984
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal
Length	58:57
Label	Cleopatra Records
Producer	Chris Weber

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The Roots of Guns N' Roses is a compilation album containing old songs of Hollywood Rose. It was released on June 22, 2004 by Deadline Music (Cleopatra Records).

The album

The album was produced by Chris Weber, the band's ex-guitarist. It contains several demos: the first five are original versions, the following five have been remixed by former-Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, and the last five have been remixed by Fred Coury, the drummer of Cinderella, who took part in a tour with Guns N' Roses when Steven Adler broke his wrist.

"Shadow of Your Love" and "Reckless Life" were recorded with the first guitarist of Guns N' Roses, Tracii Guns.

The songs "Anything Goes" and "Reckless Life" were later recorded again by Guns N' Roses. They were released on the albums Appetite for Destruction and G N' R Lies, respectively.

Slash, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler, together with Axl Rose, Chris Weber and Izzy Stradlin, were credited as the composers of "Anything Goes", "Shadow of Your Love" and "Reckless Life". These songs were originally performed by Hollywood Rose and were only later played by Guns N' Roses. In fact, when Rose, Weber and Stradlin composed these songs, they were not yet in touch with Slash, McKagan or Adler.

On January 18, 2005, the Japanese version was released by Sony, together with a bonus DVD.

Track listing

Personnel

• W. Axl Rose - lead vocals
• Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar
• Chris Weber - lead guitar
• Johnny Kreis - drums

Additional personnel

• Tracii Guns - guitar on "Shadow of Your Love" and "Reckless Life"

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