On this day (May 2) in 2004, readers of Total Guitar Magazine voted that Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine” had contained the best guitar riff ever. Thousands of readers cast their votes, putting ...

“Sweet Child O Mine” started as a guitar warm up for Slash as the band gathered for a jam session at The Hellhouse, their base of sleazy operations on the Sunset Strip. “I was f—ing around with this ...

There are sometimes stories that take on a life of their own, but during a recent interview with Eddie Trunk, guitar great Slash revealed that the story of the guitar riff for the Guns N' Roses' ...

“Yeah, I have to admit I did have a thing with it,” he says with a laugh in a new Guitar World interview. “It was a riff I came up with, and I didn’t know what I was going to do with it. I wasn’t ...

Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash didn't like Sweet Child O' Mine at first. The 1988 track has become one of the rock band's defining singles but the musician was unconvinced by the "ballad" feel to the ...

Despite creating one of rock’s most iconic riffs, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has admitted he initially had doubts about the band’s 1988 hit “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” In a recent interview with Guitar ...

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Guns N’ Roses invited a very special guest to join them on stage during their set at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Friday night. The legendary rock band surprised the crowd when they brought out ...

Toyah and Robert Fripp have been dipping back into their archives to the earliest days of Sunday Lunch when they would film in other parts of their house than the kitchen. This cover of Guns N’ Roses‘ ...

Duff McKagan has detailed the conflicting feelings he experienced following the success of Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine.” The single, released in 1988, became GNR’s first No. 1 hit. In a ...

Slash wasn't convinced that Sweet Child O' Mine would be a hit credit:Bang Showbiz Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash didn't like Sweet Child O' Mine at first. The 1988 track has become one of the rock ...