Guns N' Roses - Discography (1987-2025)

At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N’ Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don’t play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynistic, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs, and apathy in the big city. Meanwhile, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler were a limber rhythm section who kept the music loose and powerful. Guns N’ Roses’ music was basic and gritty, with a solid hard, bluesy base; they were dark, sleazy, dirty, and honest — everything that good hard rock and heavy metal should be. There was something refreshing about a band that could provoke everything from devotion to hatred, especially since both sides were equally right. There hadn’t been a hard rock band this raw or talented in years, and they were given added weight by Rose’s primal rage, the sound of confused, frustrated white trash vying for a piece of the pie. As the ’80s became the ’90s, there simply wasn’t a more interesting band around, but owing to intra-band friction and the emergence of alternative rock, Rose’s supporting cast eventually left, and he spent over 15 years recording before the long-delayed Chinese Democracy appeared in 2008. ― Allmusic

1. STUDIO ALBUMS:

1987. Appetite For Destruction (1987, 32XD-821, JP)
1987. Appetite For Destruction (1987, GED 24148, DE)
1987. Appetite For Destruction (1987, MVCG-12, JP)
1987. Appetite For Destruction (2008, UICY-91203, JP, SHM-CD)

1988. GN’R Lies (1988, 9 24198-2, US)
1988. GN’R Lies (1991, MVCG-13, JP)
1988. GN’R Lies (2008, UICY-91204, JP, SHM-CD)

1991. Use Your Illusion I (1991, GED 24415, DE)
1991. Use Your Illusion I (1991, MVCG-43, JP)
1991. Use Your Illusion I (1993, GEFD-24415, US)
1991. Use Your Illusion I (2008, UICY-91205, JP, SHM-CD)

1991. Use Your Illusion II (1991, GED 24420, DE)
1991. Use Your Illusion II (1991, MVCG-44, JP)
1991. Use Your Illusion II (2008, UICY-91206, JP, SHM-CD)

1993. “The Spaghetti Incident?” (1993, GEFD-24617, US)
1993. “The Spaghetti Incident?” (1993, MVCG-137, JP)
1993. “The Spaghetti Incident?” (2008, UICY-91207, JP, SHM-CD)

2008. Chinese Democracy (2008, 0602517906075, EU)
2008. Chinese Democracy (2008, UICF-9061, JP, SHM-CD)

2. LIVE ALBUMS:

1992. November Rain At The Tokyo Dome (1992, P21~22, CZ, 2CD)

1995. Live U.S.A. Europe 1991-1993 (1995, DP-32, JP)

1999. Live Era ’87-’93 (1999, 490 514-2, EU, 2CD)
1999. Live Era ’87-’93 (1999, GEFD 90514, US, 2CD)
1999. Live Era ’87-’93 (1999, MVCF-30005~6, JP, 2CD)

2014. Appetite For Democracy (2014, 00602547035776, 2CD+BD, Limited Ed)

2015. Live At The Ritz, NYC, February 2, 1988 – Westwood One FM Broadcast (2015, RSL13007CD, EU)

3. COMPILATION ALBUMS:

2004. Greatest Hits (2004, 0602498621080, EU)
2004. Greatest Hits (2004, B000171402, CA)
2004. Greatest Hits (2008, UICY-90894, JP, SHM-CD)

2016. Greatest Hits Live On Air 1989-’91 (2016, CDAA023, EU, 4CD)

2024. Under The Covers (2024, WEB)

2025. Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection (2025, WEB)

2025. The Lost Acoustic Album. Unplugged & Unphased (2025, WEB)

2025. The Ultra Rare Trax (2025, WEB)

4. SINGLES & EP:

1988. Live From The Jungle (1988, 25XD-977, JP)

1988. Patience (1988, Geffen, PRO-CD-3437, US, Promo)

1988. Welcome To The Jungle (1988, 10P3-6059, JP)

1989. Paradise City (1989, 10P3-6113, JP)

1989. Patience (1989, Geffen, GEF 56CD, DE)

1991. Don’t Cry (1991, GED 21651, DE)
1991. Don’t Cry (1991, MVDG-1, JP)
1991. Don’t Cry (1991, PRO-CD-4232, US, Promo)

1991. Live And Let Die (1991, GED 21692, DE)

1991. You Could Be Mine (1991, MVDG-3, JP)
1991. You Could Be Mine (1991, PRO-CD-4253, US, Promo)

1992. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (1992, GED21736, DE)

1992. November Rain (1992, MVDG-7, JP)

1992. Yesterdays (1992, GED21763, DE)

1993. Ain’t It Fun (1993, GED21871, DE)

1993. Civil War (1993, GED21810, DE)

1993. Since I Don’t Have You (1993, GED21899, FR)
1993. Since I Don’t Have You (1993, PRO-CD-4610, US, Promo)

1994. Estranged (1994, GED21868, FR)

1994. Since I Don’t Have You (1994 GFSXD 70, UK)

1994. Sympathy For The Devil (1994, GED 21967, DE)
1994. Sympathy For The Devil (1994, GEFDM-21967, JP)
1994. Sympathy For The Devil (1994, PRO-CD-4709, US, Promo)

2021. Hard Skool (2021, WEB)

2025. Atlas (2025, WEB)

2025. Nothin’ (2025, WEB)

5. LIVE ON BROADCASTING:

2016. 1988-02-02 The Ritz NYC (2016, WEB)

2016. 1993-07-16 Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires (2016, WEB)

2020. 1992-04-09 Rosemont Horizon Chicago (2020, WEB)

2020. 1993-01-12 Tokyo Dome (2020, WEB)

2024. 1988-01-05 Santa Monica (2024, WEB)

2024. 1992-02-22 Tokyo Dome (2024, WEB)

2024. 1992-12-05 Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires (2024, WEB)

2025. 1987-06-28 The Marquee London (2025, WEB)

2025. 1987-12-30 Pasadena (2025, WEB)

2025. 1988-12-07 Nakano Sunplaza Tokyo (2025, WEB)

2025. 1991-01-23 Maracana Stadium Rio De Janeiro (2025, WEB)

2025. 1991-05-28 Deer Creek Music Center Noblesville (2025, WEB)

2025. 1992-12-02 Estadio Nacional Santiago (2025, WEB)

2025. 1993-04-16 American Tour (2025, WEB)

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