| "Coma" | | Single by Guns n' Roses | | from the album Use Your Illusion I | | Released | 1991 | | Format | CD | | Genre | Rock | | Length | 10:13 | | Label | Geffen Records | | Writer(s) | Axl Rose & Slash | | Producer(s) | Mike Clink | | Chart positions | | N/A In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ...
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"Coma" is the longest song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on the 1991 album Use Your Illusion I and lasts over 10 minutes. Written by Axl Rose and the band's then-guitarist Slash, Coma is a song which has been given different meanings. Some see it as the story of someone who has lived a bad life and is now dying. The suggestions that it is a message to ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler who was fired by Rose because of his drug addiction or that it is the story of a drug overdose that Axl Rose survived. An interesting point to note is that the doctors' voices which can be heard at various points throughout the song are the actual doctors who saved Axl, out of gratitude for their work he invited them to play a part in the recording of the song. In an interview, Axl talks about writing "Coma": Dead Horse was a Houston, Texas thrash metal band active in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
Civil War is a Guns N Roses song, originally appearing in the album Use Your Illusion II (1991). ...
Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock. ...
Guns N Roses (GNR) are an American hard rock band. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Axl Rose at a KoRn launch party on January 13th, 2006 - the first time the reclusive rock star has been photographed in years. ...
Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ...
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A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ...
Recent photo of Steven Steven Adler (born January 22, 1965) in Cleveland, Ohio) is most famous as the drummer of the hard rock band Guns N Roses from 1985 - 1990. ...
Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ...
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"I tried to write that song for a year, and couldn't. I went to write it at the studio and passed out. I woke up two hours later and sat down and wrote the whole end of the song, like, just off the top of my head. It was like, don't even know what's coming out, man, but it's coming. I think one of the best things that I've ever written was maybe the end segment of the song "Coma." It just poured out." 1
External links
- Coma lyrics and possible interpretations of the words
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