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G N'R Lies (Music)

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G N'R Lies is the second studio album recorded by American Hard Rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released through Geffen Records on November 29, 1988.The first half of the album consists of tracks from the EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide, which is basically a studio EP with the audience recordings taken from a 1970's rock festival. "You're Crazy" was originally released on Appetite for Destruction, and was re-recorded acoustically (as originally intended) for this album.It is also their final studio album to fully feature drummer Steven Adler, who was fired due to his heroin addiction between this album and Use Your Illusion I. Adler would appear on just one song following this album — "Civil War," which ended up on Use Your Illusion II.
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Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
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Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The album cover has the headline "sex, drugs and violence." Of course, the rock 'n' roll is on the CD itself.
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Black Comedy
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Black Comedy: "Used to Love Her."
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Humans Are Bastards
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Humans Are Bastards: "One in a Million" was intended to take this stance on white humans.
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Re-release the Song
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Re-release the Song: Aside from the Live Like a Suicide material, "You're Crazy" returns from Appetite for Destruction.
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N-Word Privileges: Axl doesn't understand them. See "One in a Million."
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Murder Ballad
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Murder Ballad: "Used to Love Her", which runs on humorous Lyrical Dissonance.
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Boomerang Bigot
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Boomerang Bigot: If Axl came across as racist with "One in a Million", the intended target of his alleged racism was, believe it or not, the male and pale from whose point of view the song is sung. Unfortunately, it ended up misfiring.
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: "One in a Million:"
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Mood Whiplash
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Mood Whiplash: With all the other crazy and hardcore themes, they still put in a ballad: "Patience".
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Distinct Double Album
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Distinct Double Album: The first half is a faked Live Album while the second half is all acoustic numbers.
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Packaged as Other Medium
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Packaged as Other Medium: The album cover is designed to look like a newspaper article.
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Precision F-Strike
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Precision F-Strike: "One in a Millon:" Also a Precision N-Strike on the same song: And another F-Strike on "You're Crazy:"
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: The album cover is a based on the album cover from Some Time In New York City by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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Cover Version
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Cover Version: "Nice Boys" (Originally by Rose Tattoo) and "Mama Kin" (Originally by Aerosmith).
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One-Word Title
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One-Word Title: "Patience."
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Live Album
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Live Album: The first half is a rare faked live album. Word of God calls it a joke based on the band's unpopularity at the time of recording, a joke completely lost after Appetite for Destruction exploded.
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Red Herring
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Red Herring: Slash has said that "Used to Love Her" is a true story...about a dog Axl had to euthanize.
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Unplugged Version
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Unplugged Version: The entire second half of the album is acoustic-based.
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In the Style of
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In the Style of: The album cover is done in the style of a gossip magazine.
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Surprisingly Gentle Song
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Surprisingly Gentle Song: The lone single, "Patience," is a simple love ballad.
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