Last of the Giants
The True Story of Guns N Roses
By Mick Wall
Firstly I was a huge fan in my teenage years and absolutely
loved this band. So I had an interest in reading this book. If you’re not a fan
then you might find this book boring and teeter off a little throughout.
It was a good book but I did get a bit bored. It was
interesting when they were younger, the drugs, the women and the gutter
lifestyle the band led and then rose to stardom. That part of the story was
very impressive. It was also fascinating to read about their lives and the
different directions they took, their different personalities and just how they
survived being together in a band that were the biggest rock group in the world
and not getting along. The drugs, the impatience and the unreliability pushing
them over the edge, for years this is how they worked together.
Axl Rose obviously had or still has issues but at the same
time the author wrote in ways where I could understand where Axl was coming
from and why he did the things that he did. From time to time the author
indicated how obnoxious and rude he actually was but at the same time exploring
a part of why he was who he was and you either go along with him or in his
words you “Fuck off”.
All in all a good
book but only if you’re interested in how Gunners formed as band and the life
they led when they wrote and performed two of the biggest albums in the world.
Rating 5/10
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