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[QUOTE="maxxyz, post: 1695556, member: 350"]
GnR was long done when Appetite was released. Axl was traveling separately from the band even then.

I worked for an audio company that provided gear four a half dozen club dates on that first tour, and it was like something out of a book. The first gig the band/crew bus shows up 45 minutes late (coming from Buffalo) and out first comes 15 or so fine looking women. They and the band immediately go right to the bar and start drinking (1pm). The crew is pretty edgy because the band is 24/7 binging and Axl is getting a reputation for throwing things and punching crew.

Five minutes before showtime Axl arrives, walks onstage and the show starts.  The first 30 minutes were amazing, then the booze and other stuff starts setting in.  Fascinating to watch. Still one of the most memorable shows I've ever seen. Axl storms off the stage and out the back door at the end of the encore without saying a word and his bus leaves. The band stays and recruits a new group of fans and heads out an hour later.

The next shows were unbearably tense, but all went off with the same script; Axl shows up mad, set starts well and ends sloppy, Axl storms off stage. One show he full out threw a mic stand at one of his crew. Blood and stitches.

I wasn't surprised by anything I heard about the disfunction, and only that they were able to keep it together for a 2nd album.
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