The wait is over. After formulaic documentaries on the likes of Tony Orlando, Glen Campbell, and REO Speedwagon, VH1 will be turning its attention to Guns n Roses. After a few short years of ruling the world, GNR disappeared never to be heard from again. I want some answers!
No, seriously: I want some answers. Axl: Did you really think anyone would buy into those imposters that you currently pawn off as being Guns n Roses, when they are really the back-up band for your solo act? Steven: You got kicked out of Guns n Roses for doing too much drugs: Isn't that like getting cut from the baseball team for hitting the most home runs? Duff: Was the explosion of your pancreas a fair price to pay for all of the partying you did? Izzy: Do you feel vindicated leaving the band at its zenith and not having to endure lame multimillion-dollar videos (November Rain, Don't Cry, Estranged), Axl's insanity, and tours with horn sections and background singers? Slash: Can you even remember 1992?
Alas, the documentary won't feature interviews with the band's two media-shy hoosiers: Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin (the only gunner to graduate high school!). Slash, Duff, and Steven--whose stroke has left him with speech difficulties, but thankfully didn't rob him of his drumming abilities--will appear on the program to air in June, as will Izzy's replacement Gilby Clarke.
Guns n Roses has one of the more interesting stories in rock, so I'm surprised it has taken VH1 so long to broadcast a documentary on them. The Pretenders (two fatal heroin overdoses) and Van Halen (three different lead singers) are two groups that are due for the VH1 Behind the Music treatment. Use the "comments" link below to tell the world what band VH1 should profile on Behind the Music. I want to hear from you.
Tell me about it. How many times do they show the Def Leppard one?
I'd like to see: Stevie Ray Vaughn.
I'd like to see something about New Kids On The Block.
I'd like to see a behind the music on John Prine. A great singer songwriter who has lead a fasinating life and career. He continues to put out great music and tour.
BILL
