Guns N' Roses: Welcome to the Videos (Video 1998)

Directors:

Sante D'Orazio, Nigel Dick,

Stars:

Steven Adler, Sylvia Brooks, Gilby Clarke

Cast

Credited cast:
Steven Adler	...	Himself - Drummer
Sylvia Brooks	...	Woman Walking Down Hallway
Gilby Clarke	...	Himself - Guitars
Jennifer Driver	...	Axl's Girlfriend (segment "Since I Don't Have You") (archive footage)
Erin Everly	...	Herself (segment "Sweet Child O' Mine")
Shannon Hoon	...	Himself (segment "Don't Cry") (archive footage)
Robert John	...	Himself - Official Guns N' Roses Photographer
Duff McKagan	...	Himself - Bass
Riki Rachtman	...	Himself
Dizzy Reed	...	Himself - Keyboards
W. Axl Rose	...	Himself - Vocals
Stephanie Seymour	...	Herself (segment "November Rain") (archive footage)
Slash	...	Himself - Guitars
Matt Sorum	...	Himself - Drums
Izzy Stradlin	...	Himself - Guitars

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

heavy metal | music video

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 1998 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big FD Uzy Suicide Productions, Black Dog Films, Paul Berher Video Services

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Live and Let Die (1973)

User Reviews

Guns N' Roses: Once and Future King

Okay, the truth is that I hated a lot of GNR's videos, and watching them again hasn't altered my appraisal too much. Andy Morahan was such a hack and those sprawling, meaningless, pseudo-narratives really helped to make the band more of a joke than it should have been.

IMHO, they should have aligned themselves with more visionary people. Mark Romanek and David Fincher -- I would love to see what those guys would do with a GNR video. Spike Jonze, maybe. Any of those "Director's Label" DVD guys.

I guess it's all moot right now. I'm just thankful I got to see the last show of the New GNR's Chinese Democracy tour before the whole thing got pulled. Say what you will, and I know that they canceled a bunch of shows during that small, aborted tour: on December 5, 2002, at Madison Square Garden in NYC, Guns N' Roses lived. They sounded incredible. They looked incredible. (Though I miss Axl's more flamboyant styles -- he just wore sports jerseys throughout, no kilt/catcher's mask combos...)

I pray they/he gets their/his act together. As appreciated as they were, I've always felt they were underappreciated. Or rather, I've always felt they represented much more potential greatness than they ever fully realized. CHINESE DEMOCRACY will be something to behold...