We continue our look at Guns N’ Roses’ albums in #GnRWeek with Use Your Illusion I, released in 1991. I can remember there was so much hype and anticipation for the Use Your Illusion albums, and for me it totally lived up to the hype….
The first Guns N’ Roses book I am reviewing for #GnRWeek is ‘Appetite for Destruction: Days of “Guns N’ Roses”‘ by Danny Sugerman. I first read this book when I was about 15 years old, when I was at the height of my fandom for…
The second album we’re looking at for #GnRWeek is G N’ R Lies. I tend to think of Lies as an EP, and I think it technically is an EP but it is often referred to as their second album. It only had four new…
Let’s kick off the album reviews in #GnRWeek with the big one. Appetite for Destruction. What a debut album. What an album, debut or not. It is officially the most successful debut album of all time and has broken loads of records. (They had of…
#GnRWeek continues with this infographic timeline that I made. I’m very much a visual guy and sometimes I just need to draw a picture to get my head round a particular concept. After reading all the Guns N’ Roses biographies and books it struck me…
If you asked me who my favourite band of all time was I would say Guns N’ Roses without hesitation. There were periods when I perhaps listened to The Rolling Stones more, or I would have said other bands were my hot band of the…
HERE BE SPOILERS!!…(you have been warned) I saw Alien: Covenant this week and I thought it was great. But… it’s not without its issues. Prometheus was a film that was very unlike all the other Alien movies, and that threw a lot of people. I…
It is hard to deny that card games and their many intriguing variations have been a classic way to while away dull hours now for a very long time. While it is hard to pinpoint the exact origins of just when the use of cards in…
The big news I’ve been waiting for is here. They have finally officially announced that they are making a Masters of the Universe movie! It is due to come out on December 18th, 2019. This has been hinted at for a while now but we’ve…
I’m a big supporter of Kickstarter. I’ve backed several projects on there. Mostly books but occasionally other things. The ZX Spectrum Next project which launched today is probably the one that I have been most excited about though. At the time of writing this blog…