Guns N’ Roses ‘Live And Let Die’ Guns N’ Roses SONG TITLE: LIVE AND LET DIE ALBUM: USE YOUR ILLUSION I RELEASED: 1991 LABEL: GEFFEN GENRE: HARD ROCK PERSONNEL: W. AXL ROSE (VOX) SLASH (GTR) IZZY STRADLIN (GTR) DUFF MCKAGAN (BASS) MATT SORUM (DRUMS) DIZZY REED (KEYS) UK CHART PEAK: N/A US CHART PEAK: 33 BACKGROUND INFO seven years before Axl Rose decided to fire all the members who remained in the mid 1990s. Sorum McCartney and James Bond get the Guns N’ Roses remained faithful to guitarist Slash and played in the treatment. This popular cover was released in 1991 latter’s Velvet Revolver band. Prior to that, Sorum at a time when G N’ R was probably the most famous was a regular guest drummer for The Cult and played band on the planet. This is naturally a heavier version drums for a very young Tori Amos on her first tour. than the 1972 original but they still captured a lot of More recently Sorum has contributed to a Buddy Rich the song’s underlying humour and playfulness. The tribute album which showcased his technical abilities song features a mix of regular and half-time grooves in jazz drumming. along with a reggae-inspired middle section requiring the drummer to be alert and keep it tight. The player featured here is Matt Sorum. RECOMMENDED LISTENING The G N’ R legacy is based on six studio albums THE BIGGER PICTURE of which the most important by far is their debut, Appetite for Destruction (1987). This record single Matt Sorum’s big rock sound in Guns N’ Roses handedly propelled the band to superstardom and tends to obscure other aspects of his playing. His featured classic tracks such as ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’, background as a jazz drummer and overall playing ‘Paradise City’, ‘Nightrain’ and ‘Welcome to the Jungle’. ability mark him out as a serious technician. The live The huge commercial success of this record (the best versions of the song show him in complete command selling debut album ever recorded) was followed by of the changes in tempo and feel between each of the GNR Lies (1988) and the double release, Use Your sections, leaving plenty of room for full-on rock fills. Illusion I and II which came at a time when late 80s hard rock was about to be obliterated by the grunge movement and Nirvana. NOTES Their latest album, Chinese Democracy, released in Sorum replaced Steve Adler in the G N’ R 2008, took nearly 10 years to record and features none drummer’s seat in 1989 and stayed with them for of the original line up other than Axl Rose. 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Kings Of Leon ‘Sex On Fire’ Kings Of Leon SONG TITLE: SEX ON FIRE ALBUM: ONLY BY THE NIGHT RELEASED: 2008 LABEL: RCA GENRE: ROCK PERSONNEL: CALEB FOLLOWILL (GUITAR + VOX) MATTHEW FOLLOWILL (GUITAR) NATHAN FOLLOWILL (DRUMS) JARED FOLLOWILL (BASS) UK CHART PEAK: 1 US CHART PEAK: 56 BACKGROUND INFO They opted not to use producer Ethan Johns, who had worked on all their previous efforts, turning ‘Sex on Fire’ was the first single from Kings of instead to Grammy Award winner Jacquire King, a Leon’s fourth album, the multi platinum Only by the long time exponent of analogue recording techniques. Night. It achieved the number one spot in the UK singles chart and is one of the most downloaded tracks in the UK, The song’s syncopated main riff RECOMMENDED LISTENING drives the song along and requires drummer Nathan Followill to shift feel both within and between verses Kings of Leon’s debut album Youth and Young and choruses, making it a tricky song to play live. Manhood (2003) has a raw, ‘band in a room’ vibe, and is a far cry from their slicker, though no less impressive, later efforts. ‘Molly’s Chambers’ has very THE BIGGER PICTURE a simple and instantly recognisable riff. ‘Happy Alone’ is a driving track with excellent interplay between The Kings of Leon Brothers Caleb, Jared and all the instruments. Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004) Nathan (Matthew is their cousin) were raised by their saw the band moving away from their southern rock itinerant preacher father Ivan Leon, whose ‘kings’ they roots towards a more commercial sound. The singles, are. As a tribute, the band members are also known ‘Kings of the Rodeo’, ‘Four Kicks’ and ‘The Bucket’ are by their middle christian names. the highlights. Aside from ‘Sex on Fire’, Only by the Night features NOTES the mega hit ‘Use Somebody’. The track switches effortlessly between sparse verses and epic, wall of Kings of Leon made a radical change in their sound choruses. direction when they recorded Only by the Night. As singer and guitarist Caleb Followill explained in an interview: ‘we knew this record was definitely gonna be our bold attempt at trying to make a record that wasn’t necessarily obviously Kings of Leon’. 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