The Spaghetti Incident?
Cover album by Guns N' Roses
Released	November 23, 1993
Recorded	A&M Studios, Record Plant Studios, Rumbo Recorders, CanAm Studios, Sound Techniques, Triad Studios, Conway Studios, and Ocean Way Recording
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	40:25
Label	Geffen Records
Producer(s)	Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink, & Jim Mitchell
Professional reviews
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Guns N' Roses chronology
Use Your Illusion II (1991)	The Spaghetti Incident? (1993)	Use Your Illusion (1998)

"The Spaghetti Incident?" is an album by Guns N' Roses recorded from the early '90s line up. The album's songs are cover versions of punk and glam songs of the late '70s and early '80s, with the exception of the album's first track, a cover of The Skyliners' 1959 song "Since I Don't Have You". Cover of the album The Spaghetti Incident?. http://rateyourmusic. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Record Plant Studios (also known as just The Record Plant) is a famous recording studio, first opening in New York City at 321 West 44th Street map, in 1968. ... Ocean Way Recording - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 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. ... 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. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Mike Clink started his career as an engineer at the famed Record Plant, recording such bands as Metallica (including tracks found on “Garage, Inc. ... Jim Mitchell (19 October 1946 - 2 December 2002) was a senior Irish politician who served in the cabinets of Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald (1981-82; 1982-87). ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Use Your Illusion is a Guns N Roses album that is mixed from the Use Your Illusion I & II albums. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... David Bowie as Glam superstar Ziggy Stardust on the cover of his 1973 Album Aladdin Sane Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock and roll music, which initially surfaced in the post-Hippie early 1970s. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, In the Western world, the focus shifted from the social activism of the sixties to social activities for ones own pleasure, save for environmentalism, which continued in a very visible way. ... The 1980s refers to the period where corey sucks peters and has a not little to look at his little penis of and between 1980 and 1989. ... The Skyliners The Skyliners were an American doo wop group from Pittsburgh fronted by Jimmy Beaumont, best known for their 1959 Since I Dont Have You (popular covers by Chuck Jackson, Don McLean and Guns N Roses have helped keep the song in the public consciousness). ... Since I Dont Have You is a song by doo wop group The Skyliners. ...

Many of the tracks were recorded with original Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin during the Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II sessions. Those tracks were previously intended to be included in a combined "Use Your Illusion" album, consisting of three (or possibly even four) discs, instead of the two separate discs they ended up being. Izzy Stradlin is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N Roses from 1985 to 1991. ... Use Your Illusion I is an album by Guns N Roses. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1992, the band prepared to release the leftover cover tracks as an EP, with then-Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke replacing Stradlin's guitar tracks. They later decided on making the album a full release and recorded several more tracks for it. Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Gilby Clarke is a guitarist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 17, 1962. ...

Then-Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan sings on many of the album's tracks and Hanoi Rocks frontman (and Axl Rose's idol) Michael Monroe appears on "Ain't It Fun" as a guest vocalist. Duff Rose McKagan (born Michael Andrew McKagan on February 5, 1964) is an American musician and bassist, who is best known for his thirteen-year tenure in the 1980s hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... Hanoi Rocks is a Finnish rock band. ... W. Axl Rose [1], commonly referred to as Axl Rose, (born William Bruce Rose, Jr. ... Michael Monroe (Matti Fagerholm, born on June 17, 1962 in Helsinki -) is a Finnish rock musician. ... Aint It Fun is a song by the punk rock band The Dead Boys. ...

Album title

• At the release of the album, the band did not want, or in fact, were not allowed by a court's verdict to explain the title of the album. The album is believed to have been named in derisive reference to ex-Guns drummer Steven Adler. Adler has sued the band several times, either for royalties not paid to him for the tracks he played on, or for the royalties he had to miss since he was kicked out of the band. In a 1992 case, Adler tried to prove to the court how "mean" all band members had treated him, and he told the court about the "Spaghetti Incident": before a show the band had dinner together, and apparently one of the members had eaten Adler's spaghetti. When Adler asked who had eaten his spaghetti, he was met with laughter. Part of the later verdict was that nothing of the verdict was to be disclosed, but part of this court decision was used in a 1997 court case again, showing the settlement with Adler (he received a total sum of $2.5 million[1]), showing the total profit the band had made in 7 years (more than 650 million dollars), and also showing that Axl Rose was the true owner of the band's name.
• A different source of the title was explained by drummer Matt Sorum in a 1994 interview with Much Music. Sorum claims it is reference to a spaghetti fight the band had with Steven Adler, and not stealing his spaghetti.
• In the "Making of Estranged" video it shows a scene with Axl Rose, Slash and the cover designer discussing how the text should appear within quotation marks and have a question mark.
• In an interview with Duff, he said The Spaghetti Incident was related to a drug incident when the band was staying above an Italian restaurant in Chicago in 1987. Steven nicknamed his heroin spaghetti as code in case they were to be kicked out or arrested, but only Axl knew and not the rest of the band. When Steven woke up intoxicated and could not find his drugs he threatened to kill Duff. Axl apparently woke up to hear 'Where's my fucking spaghetti?' and just started to laugh.^{[citation needed]}

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Controversy

Despite protests from Rose's bandmates, an unadvertised cover of Charles Manson's song "Look At Your Game, Girl" was included on the album at his request. The CD release gave no track number to the song - it could only be found by listening through the dead air left after the last documented track on the album. In early 2000, Rose said that he would remove "Look At Your Game, Girl" from re-issues of the album, citing that critics and popular media misinterpreted his interest in Manson and that a misunderstanding public no longer deserved to hear it. However, as of 2007, the song is still present on the album. Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934; first proper name Charles Milles Maddox) was leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a cult-like commune that began to form around him in San Francisco in 1967. ...

Track listing

1. "Since I Don't Have You" – 4:19 (originally performed by The Skyliners)
2. "New Rose" – 2:38 (originally performed by The Damned)
3. "Down on the Farm" – 3:28 (originally performed by UK Subs)
4. "Human Being" – 6:48 (originally performed by The New York Dolls)
5. "Raw Power" – 3:11 (originally performed by The Stooges)
6. "Ain't It Fun" – 5:02 (originally performed by The Dead Boys)
7. "Buick Makane"/"Big Dumb Sex" medley– 2:39 (Buick Makane originally performed by T. Rex, Big Dumb Sex originally performed by Soundgarden)
8. "Hair of the Dog" – 3:54 (originally performed by Nazareth)
9. "Attitude" – 1:27 (originally performed by The Misfits)
10. "Black Leather" – 4:08 (originally performed by The Professionals)
11. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" – 3:35 (originally performed by Johnny Thunders)
12. "I Don't Care About You" – 2:17 (originally by Fear)

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Credits

• Axl Rose - lead vocals, keyboards on "Since I Don't Have You"
• Slash - lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals, talkbox on "Hair of the Dog", co-lead vocals on Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex)
• Gilby Clarke - rhythm guitar
• Duff McKagan - bass, lead vocals on "New Rose", "Raw Power", "Attitude" and "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory", drums, acoustic guitar on "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"
• Dizzy Reed - piano, backing vocals
• Matt Sorum - drums, percussion, backing vocals

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• Mike Staggs - additional guitar on "Ain't It Fun"
• Michael Monroe - additional vocals on "Ain't It Fun"
• Mike Fasano - percussion on "Hair Of The Dog"
• Richard Duguay - lead guitar on "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"
• Stu Bailey, Eric Mills, Rikki Ratchman, Blake Stanton: backing vocals on "I Don't Care About You"
• Mike Clink - producer