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Encyclopedia > Mr. Brownstone
"Mr. Brownstone"
"Mr. Brownstone" cover
Song by Guns N' Roses
from the album Appetite for Destruction
Released July 21, 1987
Recorded Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, California; Take One Studio, Burbank, California; Can Am Studio, Tarzana, California
Genre Hard rock
Length 3:48
Label Geffen Records
Writer(s) Slash
Izzy Stradlin
Producer(s) Mike Clink
Appetite for Destruction track listing
"Out Ta Get Me"
(4)
"Mr. Brownstone"
(5)
"Paradise City"
(6)

"Mr. Brownstone" is a song performed by Guns N' Roses. It appears on their 1987 album Appetite for Destruction. The song's lyrics were written by Izzy Stradlin, while the music was composed by Izzy and Slash. The song is about the effects of heroin, for which "brownstone" is a slang term. Cover of the Guns N Roses album Appetite for Destruction. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Alternate cover The original, banned cover of Appetite for Destruction. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is an English/American guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver. ... Izzy Stradlin (born Jeffrey Dean Isbell on April 8, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N Roses from 1985 to 1991. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Mike Clink started his career as an engineer at the famed Record Plant, recording such bands as Metallica (including tracks found on “Garage, Inc. ... Alternate cover The original, banned cover of Appetite for Destruction. ... Out Ta Get Me is a song by American hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... Paradise City is one of the most famous songs written by the hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Alternate cover The original, banned cover of Appetite for Destruction. ... Izzy Stradlin (born Jeffrey Dean Isbell on April 8, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N Roses from 1985 to 1991. ... Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is an English/American guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver. ... Heroin (INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is an opioid synthesized directly from the extracts of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. ... Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ...


Mr. Brownstone was the first Guns N' Roses single in the United Kingdom, appearing as a double A-Side, alongside "It's So Easy." Its So Easy is a song by the American hard rock band Guns N Roses. ...


Velvet Revolver often performs this song live, along with "It's So Easy." This is because they are both popular Guns N' Roses songs in which Axl Rose's contribution to their creation was minimal and which are within Scott Weiland's vocal range. Velvet Revolver (abbreviated to VR) is a hard rock supergroup with three former members of Guns N Roses — Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (who also played with rock bands Hawk and The Cult) — plus Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner of the 80s... Its So Easy is a song by the American hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... W. Axl Rose[1] (born William Bruce Rose, Jr. ...


Live performances

In the lyrics of the studio version of the song, there is a pause in the fourth line:


Cause worryin's a waste of my...time


In live performances of "Mr. Brownstone," Axl would add a word to fill in this gap:


Cause worryin's a waste of my fuckin' time


It can be debated whether or not the pause in the studio version is censorship, as later in both versions, the word is repeated. This is highly doubtful, however, since other songs on Appetite For Destruction contain lots of profanity. In fact, some might say that to even debate it at all is a waste of anyone's time, since elsewhere in the song the word "motherfucker" is clearly sung. Censorship is defined as the removal and/or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body. ... Alternate cover The original, banned cover of Appetite for Destruction. ...


Trivia

  • One of two plays by mass murderer Seung-Hui Cho released after the Virginia Tech massacre is named after this song, and includes several references to its lyrics in the dialogue.


 

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