Guns N' Roses

 Today in 1993 Guns N' Roses released the single Ain't It Fun

Los Angeles, California, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Status:Active

Years active:1985–present

At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys: nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynistic, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O' Mine," showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs, and apathy in the big city. Meanwhile, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler were a limber rhythm section who kept the music loose and powerful. Guns N' Roses' music was basic and gritty, with a solid, hard, bluesy base; they were dark, sleazy, dirty, and honest -- everything that good hard rock and heavy metal should be. There was something refreshing about a band that could provoke everything from devotion to hatred, especially since both sides were equally right. There hadn't been a hard rock band this raw or talented in years, and they were given added weight by Rose's primal rage, the sound of confused, frustrated white trash vying for a piece of the pie. As the '80s became the '90s, there simply wasn't a more interesting band around, but owing to intra-band friction and the emergence of alternative rock, Rose's supporting cast eventually left, and he spent over 15 years recording before the long-delayed Chinese Democracy appeared in 2008.

Geffen

W. Axl Rose – lead vocals

Slash – lead guitar

Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar

Matt Sorum – drums

Dizzy Reed – keyboards

Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Michael Monroe – co-lead vocals on "Ain't It Fun"

Mike Staggs – additional guitar on "Ain't It Fun"

A-Side 6."Ain't It Fun" (featuring Michael Monroe) Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughner

B-side "Down on the Farm"

The song was covered by the American rock band Guns N' Roses for their 1993 cover album "The Spaghetti Incident?". It was also released as a single and was included on the Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits compilation in 2004.