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Guns N' Roses rocked and rolled their way into music history and managed to self-destruct along the way. How much do you know about this iconic band?
Which major label signed the band to their first record deal?
Def Jam Records
Geffen Records
EMI Records
"The Spaghetti Incident" featured a cover song by which famous criminal?
Dennis Rader
Charles Manson
Jeffery Dahmer
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As the band deteriorated their live performances became largely known for what?
Tardiness
Fireworks
On-stage drug use
Ozzy Osbourne said that if GNR had stayed together they could've been the next incarnation of what band?
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
How many copies of "Appetite for Destruction" have been sold worldwide?
40 million
50 million
30 million
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Which two of the band's members have one of the most famous feuds in rock history?
Rose and Stradlin
Rose and Slash
Rose and McKagan
Which band member was most famous for his self-destructive drug abuse?
Duff McKagan
Izzy Stradlin
Steven Adler
In 1997, Slash was replaced by guitarist Robin Finck, who toured with what band?
Nine Inch Nails
Slipknot
Rage Against the Machine
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"Chinese Democracy" is the most expensive album ever produced. How much did it cost to make?
$14 million
$ 9 million
$12 million
As the band's lineup continually changed, it wound up with a guitarist best known for what?
wearing a bucket on his head
biting the heads off of bats
spraying the audience with fake blood
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Other than Axl Rose, which member has been with the band the longest?
Frank Ferrer
Chris Pitman
Dizzy Reed
Duff McKagan finally stopped drinking after what bodily malfunction?
His pancreas exploded
His heart stopped
His liver quit working
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Axl relied heavily on which professional when making decisions about the band?
accountant
therapist
psychic
The "Use Your Illusion" records were released as double albums. How many total songs did they feature?
27
30
25
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The video for "Estranged" was one of the most expensive in history and cost how much, after adjusting for inflation?
$8.5 million
$6.5 million
$4.5 million
Which song caused an uproad because of its homophobic and racist elements?
"One in a Million"
"Patience"
"You Ain't the First"
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Which song was the band's first and only number one song on the Billboard charts?
"Sweet Child O' Mine"
"November Rain"
"Welcome to the Jungle"
This song was the theme of "Terminator 2: Judgement Day"
"Don't Cry"
"Civil War"
"You Could Be Mine"
What was Axl Rose's first idea for cover art on "Appetite for Destruction"?
A bloody car wreck
The explosion of the space shuttle
A violent war scene from a Middle East war
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The band attempted to replace Adler due to drug problems, but his proposed alternate was too drugged up to appear for his chance. Who was it?
Gilby Clarke
Richard Fortus
Dave Navarro
Which song was cut by roughly 90 seconds to make it more palatable for radio and TV stations?
"Sweet Child O' Mine"
"Paradise City"
"November Rain"
"Mr. Brownstone" is a song about what?
Rose's ex-girlfriend
Heroin addiction
Slash's Brooklyn apartment
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Adler claimed that the band attempted to convince him to leave by paying him how much?
$2000
$20000
$200000
During recording for "Appetite for Destruction," Rose insisted on doing what?
Recording his lines one at a time
Being completely intoxicated
Having his girlfriend sit on his lap
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