{"product_id":"9780826419248","title":"Guns N Roses' Use Your Illusion I \u0026 II","description":"Author: Weisbard, Eric\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780826419248\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was the season of the blockbuster. Between August 12 and November26 1991, a whole slew of acts released albums that were supposed to sell millions of copies in the run-up to Christmas. Metallica, Michael Jackson, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Garth Brooks, MC Hammer, and U2 - all were competing for the attention of the record-buying public at the same time. But perhaps the most attention-seeking act of all was Guns N Roses. Their albums \u003ci\u003eUse Your Illusion 1 and 2\u003c\/i\u003e, released on the same day, were both 75-minute sprawlers with practically the same cover design - an act of colossal arrogance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn one level, it worked. The albums claimed the top two chart positions, and ultimately sold 7 million copies each in the US alone. On another level, it was a disaster. This was an album that Axl Rose has been unable to follow up in fifteen years. It signalled the end of Guns N Roses, of heavy metal on the Sunset Strip, and the entire 1980s model of blockbuster pop\/rock promotion. \u003ci\u003eUse Your Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e marked the end of rock as mass culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Eric Weisbard shows how the album has matured into a work whose baroque excesses now have something to teach us about pop and the platforms it raises and lowers, about a man who suddenly found himself praised to the firmament for every character trait that had hitherto marked him as an irredeemable loser.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616116658334,"sku":"UBD-9780826419248","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780826419248.jpg?v=1773809448","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780826419248","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}