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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Rosesby: Stephen Davis  List Price: $27.50 Amazon.com's Price: $15.45 You Save: $12.05 (44%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 782.421660922 EAN: 9781592403776 ISBN: 1592403778 Label: Gotham Manufacturer: Gotham Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: August 26, 2008 Publisher: Gotham Studio: Gotham Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: From the New York Times bestselling author, the complete story of the last rock supergroup— from their drugfueled blast-off in the 1980s to the turbulent life of legendary singer Axl Rose and his fifteen-year, multi-million dollar effort to make the perfect hardrock album. With 90 million of the band’s records sold worldwide since 1987, Guns N’ Roses prolonged rock music past its sell-by date with controversial albums and immense, often riotous world tours. But the band’s complete story has never been fully told—until now. In his sixth major rock biography, Stephen Davis details the riveting story of a band that originated in the gutters of Sunset Strip and went on to set attendance records on the biggest stadiums on the planet. Watch You Bleed documents the improbable story of W. Axl Rose, the biggest rock star of his generation. Taken from an abusive father in his infancy, he was raised as “Bill Bailey” in a strictly religious Indiana household by a stepfather who beat him for playing Led Zeppelin songs on the family piano. After quitting high school, and on the run from the police in his hometown, Axl arrived in Los Angeles in the midst of the street battles for supremacy among the top music genres of the eighties—post-punk, thrash, hair metal, and glam. The book also charts the backgrounds of every band member, especially Slash, a Hollywood street kid whose designer mother dated David Bowie. Davis brilliantly captures the birth of Guns’ raw power, which—despite rape charges, drug-induced rampages, and a general appetite for destruction— launched the band into the pantheon of rock gods such as Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. With a wealth of detail, Davis looks at Axl’s unrelenting quest to release the long-awaited, mystery-shrouded Chinese Democracy album, as well as the further adventures of some of the Gunners under the banner of the hard-rocking band Velvet Revolver. For the first time, millions of Guns N’ Roses fans will learn the whole truth—sometimes funny, sometimes tragic—about the last of the great rock bands. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Short opinionThis book may be interestign for those who doesn't know much about the band. But I don't recommend it if you are searching for more additional information. Rating:  - A badly written book reportWhere do I begin with this review? For starters, if you're considering buying this book...do NOT waste your time or money! Now, to further elaborate... We all know that the TRUE story of GN'R will never be told because there are way too many sides to this sordid tale, how and why it ended, and why it is allowed to continue. However, if you want something close to a true account from an insider's perspective, read Slash's book. While I did enjoy reading some of the text offered here, ... Read More Rating: - Another smashed bottle, another show starting late ... yawn.WATCH YOU BLEED reads like a quickie bio that was researched by reading a bunch of articles on the band rather than actually talking first hand with anyone who was in Guns n' Roses or knew the band intimately (though I doubt many folks who were in Gn'R are interested in talking about the band's history at this point). While the group's story is full of drama and Axl Rose's mood swings generate a certain amount of suspense, David doesn't reveal anything someone who has followed the band's career isn't ... Read More Rating: - JuvenileI'm certainly no Guns expert, but I can say that this book is not to be taken too seriously. Mr. Davis' text is peppered with significant inaccuracies. I'll mention two. Davis describes Guns opening slot for The Cult during their tour for the "Electric" album. He says, numerous times I believe, that this period was The Cult's most successful, that the band would never be bigger. Apparently he never listened to the radio or watched MTV after 1988 because The Cult's "Sonic Temple" was HUGE. Three successful ... Read More Rating: - So many factual errors, it's hard to take seriouslyThere are real serious issues with this one; 1) Multiple Factual Errors: Stephen Davis' fact checking is poor and he missed what I consider to be common knowledge for a crowd that would read this book....he refers to Paul Stanley as the "bass player of Kiss"; He's 2 months off of John Lennon's death date; "Slippery When Wet" is noted as Bon Jovi's debut album; He notes "In Through The Outdoor" as "Led Zeppelin's masterpiece", when it is almost unanimously viewed as their most unfocused album. All these ... Read More 
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