Album Info:
Chinese Hypocrisy is a Guns n' Roses tribute album featuring a host of GNR inspired musicians from around the globe performing classic Guns N' Roses hits. Popular European GNR tribute band, Dust N' Bones, opens the album with a brand new recording of Get in the Ring, the first of four killer tracks by the Hungarian rockers. Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi teamed up with Ignite vocalist Zoli Teglas and Marko Pukkila of Finland's Altaria, to bring you a brilliant acoustic version of the Guns n' Roses epic, November Rain. Emerald Monkey, known for his solo material and collaborations with former Bonham vocalist Daniel Macmaster, joins the line-up with Welcome to the Jungle and Move to the City. Not 1...Not 2...But THREE GNR tribute bands from around the globe who sport the familiar name "Hollywood Rose" make appearances on Chinese Hypocrisy. Hollywood Rose (Italy) performs Sweet Child O Mine, while Hollywood Rose (Hungary) handles Don't Cry and It's So Easy. Finally, Hollywood Rose (Canada) supplies a special live performance of Nightrain, capturing the raw energy of classic Guns n' Roses!
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About Guns N' Roses:
Guns N' Roses formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. Having sold an estimated 90 million albums worldwide, GNR is one of America's most successful hard rock bands. Their 1987 major label debut, Appetite for Destruction, went on to sell 25 million copies worldwide and reached number 1 in the USA a year after its release date. The song "Welcome To The Jungle", the second track released from the album (after "It's So Easy"), gained notoriety after it was used on the soundtrack of Clint Eastwood's 1988 film The Dead Pool. At the time, Guns n' Roses was made up of Axl Rose (vocals), Slash (lead guitar), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar), Duff McKagan (bass), and Steven Adler (drums). Matt Sorum replaced Steven Adler on drums in 1990, and Gilby Clarke replaced Izzy Stradlin on rhythm guitar in 1991.
GNR's musical style, onstage presence, and bad boy rock image helped usher in the new era within the dominant hard rock scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. While glam metal was the leading genre in record sales, video charts, and radio airplay, Guns N' Roses offered a grittier, more traditionalist take on rock music, which helped to popularize the sub-genre known as sleaze rock and won many fans who admired their apparent authenticity. Guns n' Roses enjoyed worldwide success from 1987 through 1993, but clashing personalities of different band members brought about the end of GNR as it was known to that point. Today, frontman Axl Rose is the only original member in the band's current line-up; he has now served as lead singer for 22 years.