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THE FIRST 50 GIGS: Guns N‘ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction

11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

THE FIRST 50 GIGS: Guns N’ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction is a video podcast that transports you to mid-1980 Hollywood for a serialized, play-by-play origin story of the rise of Guns N’ Roses and their time on the Sunset Strip.

Music History Music Music Interviews marc canter appetite for destruction gnr axl rose guns n' roses l.a. guns axl hollywood rose jason porath steven adler
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Episode #10: Featuring Steven Adler

July 20, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes

For our final interview of Season One, we catch up with Steven Adler in his home in Los Angeles to talk about his early days with Slash, Marc Canter’s dedication to the band, the first rehearsal of the Appetite lineup, and the infamous Hell Tour. Steven grew up in the San Fernando Valley and became friends with Slash in junior high school. They cycled in and out of various bands between 1984 and 1985 such as Roadcrew and The New Hollywood Rose. In June 1985, Steven was called by Slash to repl...

Episode #9: Hell Tour Featuring Danny Biral

July 06, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutes

We pick things up only 48 hours after the newly formed Appetite lineup finishes their first gig together at The Troubadour on June 6, 1985. The band quickly packs up their gear and heads north on the I-5 corridor toward Seattle for a Northwest tour that Duff originally coined, “The Shakeout Tour,” but quickly becomes known as “The Hell Tour” instead. Danny Biral is our guest on this episode; a friend and roadie for the band and the captain of their ship who commandeered a green Pontiac Catali...

Episode #8: The Appetite for Destruction Lineup is Born

June 15, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes

We pick things up after Tracii and Rob leave Guns N’ Roses and the revolving door of band members spins for the final time. Slash and Steven agree to join Guns N' Roses and hit the road for the Northwest Tour that Duff planned but need to quickly get up to speed on the set list for an upcoming show at the Troubadour -- the Appetite lineup's first gig as a band that featured Axl, Izzy, Duff, Slash and Steven.  In this episode you’ll: Hear Marc Canter's first-hand account of this crucial lineu...

Episode #7: Rob Gardner Original Drummer for L.A. Guns and Guns N' Roses

June 01, 2022 06:00 - 48 minutes

During the Fall of 1984, The New Hollywood Rose had called it quits, Izzy had joined London, and at that time, Rob Gardner was playing drums in a band with Tracii Guns called L.A. Guns. Eventually Raz Cue would get involved with L.A. Guns and encourage not only a member lineup but also a name change which would result in the creation of Guns N’ Roses. As the original drummer for Guns N’ Roses, Rob helped create and influence the band’s sound and although his involvement with the band ended ea...

Episode #6: First 50 Gigs Mid-Season Recap

December 18, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes

We got The First 50 Gigs team together to recap the first five episodes of the First 50 Gigs and the Appetite lineup origin story. In this episode, Marc Canter, Jason Porath, and host Mina McNair fill in the gaps as we spin our way through the incestuous revolving doors of bands and musicians that ultimately led to Guns N' Roses. From Slash's garage bands Tidus Sloan and Roadcrew to Rose and the New Hollywood Rose, we talk about what we learned from our guests, take you behind the scenes of o...

Episode #5: Bassist Steve Darrow talks about his time in the New Hollywood Rose

October 12, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes

We continue the origin story of the Appetite lineup by following what Slash called “the incestuous revolving door of band and musicians.” Our guest Steve Darrow was the bass player for the New Hollywood Rose after Chris Weber and the Hollywood Rose broke up. Izzy and Axl started the New Hollywood Rose by recruiting Steve Darrow in 1984, as well as another guitar player and a drummer (can you guess who?). Izzy preferred only one guitar player in the band and left the New Hollywood Rose, joinin...

Episode #4: Chris Weber Discusses A.X.L, Rose and Hollywood Rose

September 28, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes

In Episode 4 we pick up the narrative thread of the origin of the Appetite lineup of Guns N’ Roses. In 1983, bass player Chris Weber, singer Bill Bailey and guitarist Izzy Stradlin formed the trio known as A.X.L. They later changed the name to Rose and then Hollywood Rose. Today we talk to Chris about forming the band and his legacy as it relates to Appetite for Destruction.   In this episode, you’ll: • Hear the origin story of Rose and Hollywood Rose and how it set the revolving door in moti...

Episode #3: Welcome to the Jungle (Part 2) Ft. Domenic Priore

September 14, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes

Domenic Priore, author of Riot on the Sunset Strip, picks up where we left off in 1966 on the Sunset Strip during the counterculture riots and takes us on a rock n’ roll historical journey in L.A. from the 60s to the 90s that includes bands like The Byrds, The Doors, Van Halen and Guns N’ Roses. This was the era that shifted the center of gravity of rock n’ roll from New York to Los Angeles. In this episode, you’ll: • Hear how the City of Los Angeles, in an attempt to shut down the clubs on t...

Episode #2: Welcome to the Jungle (Part 1), Ft. Laurie Jacobson

August 31, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes

“Do you know where you are? You’re in the Jungle baby!” In Episode 2 of the First 50 Gigs, we’re taking you back…all the way back to the origin of the Sunset Strip and answer Axl’s eternal question with Hollywood historian Laurie Jacobson, author of Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scope on Tinseltown’s Most Notorious Scandals In this episode you’ll: • Relive the scandalous history that gave rise to the Sunset Strip and how it became a throughway for Hollywood elite to commute from Beverly Hills t...

Episode #1: Slash‘s Garage Bands Ft:Adam Greenberg

August 15, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes

In this first episode, we’re going back to the beginning when Marc and Slash become friends in elementary school and bond over their love of Aerosmith and dirt bikes. Slash invited Marc to a rehearsal of his new band Tidus Sloan in 1981 and with Marc’s camera in hand, the journey of the First 50 Gigs began. Also on the episode, we have Adam Greenberg, one of the founding members of Tidus Sloan and Roadcrew.    In this episode you’ll: • Hear the first-ever live recordings of Slash playing guit...

Episode 0: Series Introduction

July 31, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes

Welcome to the series introduction of The First 50 Gigs: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction where you'll get a front-row seat to experience the play-by-play living history of one of the most iconic bands to launch out of Los Angeles in the mid-1980s. In this episode, you'll: Meet Slash's best friend, Marc Canter who photographed every single gig Slash played in since high school, including the two years he played with Guns N' Roses on the Sunset Strip. Find out what th...