Project 32: Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Welcome to the Jungle
By The Dirtpops
It’s So Easy
By Randy Dever
I used the word "ditz" in place of "bitch" found in the original due to strong personal convictions.
Night Train
By Grant Eull
Outta Get Me
By Kelly Duclos
I happened upon the idea for this version almost 25 years ago when I first got my banjo so I was excited to have the opportunity to do up a full blown take on it. The recording features some dirty solos played on my Hutchinson pawn shop Les Paul, a nod to Mr. Slash.
Mr. Brownstone
By Daniel Jöst
This time the song was very familiar to me. It propably helped me to get it finished. It only took a day this time, so the quality and mixing could be better. But it rocks, I think. Initially I wanted to do it more like a folk song, a bit Pavement-like, slow. But then time ran out and in order to record it without having to practice too much, I set my DAW project to 60 bpm, played all the stuff as properly as I could and cranked it up to 110 bpm afterwards. Cheating? I don't care. I'm still humble. I learned that I have to practice a lot to double the maximum speed of my solo guitar playing to catch up with Zappa.
Paradise City
By Neil Fasen and Barrett Haroldson
My Michelle
By Andrew Charon
This was a tough one, it took a long time for me to find a direction. I even attempted to do a version of My Michelle on the Omnichord but it didn’t work out….but I built some momentum and ended up with this. Enjoy.
Think About You
By Colby Heston
Synth Child O Mine
By Bill Fricke
Ah, the notorious guitar riff that has been banned forever in most guitar stores. The video we all saw a million times on MTV. I asked for this song because it is one of the only GnR songs I know. Never listened to the whole album until recently. Because I’m old.
I originally was trending toward a slowed down, guitar heavy version, using the band Luna’s cover (which is wonderful) as a springboard. Also, thinking of the band Low.
Worked on it for a bit. It was coming along nicely. Then, I thought Synthesizers. Being an 80’s boy, what about a pseudo dancy synth version? I’m not Slash. I will never be as good as Slash. I can’t solo like Slash. I did learn the infamous intro in guitar. But the soloing was too much
So, synths, chimey guitars, drum machines, fake Simmons drums, and synth solos it became
I got to use my Talk Box pedal, which was fun but it’s super noisy, but it adds the Axl rasp for later in the song.
It’s fun. It’s a little silly. But what’s what Basement Sketches is for.
