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“It used to be, like, 25 minutes long!”: How Axl Rose took inspiration from Elton John to create a classic Guns N’ Roses ballad that was years in the making

Rose called it “a song about not wanting to be in a state of unrequited love”

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"We've been a rock band, we've been pop stars, and then we became dinosaurs. But if you can live through the dinosaur period you become a legend..." The epic story of Nazareth

Axl is a huge fan. Robert Plant owes them money. They were almost on that plane with Skynyrd. Nazareth: the full crazy story

Louder

“There was no master plan apart from we didn’t want to do the Thin Lizzy/Status Quo blues bendy thing”: Bruce Watson on the birth of Big Country, Stuart Adamson’s legacy and the secret to bagpipe guitar

Bruce Watson shares the guitar story of the Scottish rock stalwarts, the "Itch and Itch" amps so crucial to his tone, and how “Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix” was the heart of Big Country's sound

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“It used to be, like, 25 minutes long!”: How Axl Rose took inspiration from Elton John to create a classic Guns N’ Roses ballad that was years in the making

Rose called it “a song about not wanting to be in a state of unrequited love”

MusicRadar

“The recording of Appetite For Destruction eventually cost $365,000. It was an outrageous amount to spend on a debut. I worried that we would never dig out of that hole”: Guns N’ Roses’ former manager Alan Niven on the making of a rock classic

“Axl sounded like he had overdosed on helium at certain points”

MusicRadar

“Zal is really nobody’s guitar hero. Fans say he’s the most underrated player ever; many guitarists rate him amongst the best... but I’ve never heard anyone call him their ‘guitar hero’”: Billy Rankin on lessons learned from the legendary Zal Cleminson

In and out of Nazareth twice, and always loyal to his Gibson ES-335, Rankin had a lifetime's worth of rock stories by his mid-20s

Guitar World

"Bands like Yes would spend six months doing an album, but in that time we'd do two albums and three tours": How Nazareth recorded Miss Misery

Inspired by another band’s classic track, Nazareth nailed the vibe they were striving for and ended up with a fan favourite – although their manager wasn’t too impressed with the vocals

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"We’ve been a rock band, we’ve been pop stars, and then we became dinosaurs. But if you can live through the dinosaur period you become a legend..." The epic saga of Nazareth

Axl is a huge fan. Robert Plant owes them money. They were almost on that plane with Skynyrd. Nazareth: the full crazy story

Louder

Dan McCafferty obituary

Lead singer with the hard rock band Nazareth whose vocal range stretched from quiet introspection to heavy-metal howling

The Guardian - UK

Former Nazareth frontman Dan McCafferty dead at 76

Pete Agnew, who is the only original Nazareth member still touring with the band, shared the news of his friends passing on Facebook.

Daily Record

Manny Charlton obituary

Guitarist and arranger with the rock band Nazareth whose work was a major inspiration for Guns N’ Roses

The Guardian - UK

Manny Charlton dead: Founding Nazareth guitarist and Love Hurts musician dies aged 80

Manny Charlton has died at the age of 80, his grandson Jamie Charlton confirmed on Facebook on Wednesday

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