It’s the kind of excitement only great rock ‘n’ roll can give you.

and I picked up the guitar, I found some chords, and I just sang the. The guitarist – almost as if being goaded on – leans into the chorus with newfound gusto further up the neck, and we’re into a breathless variation on that ‘simple’ riff. 6:59 Song she wrote about empowerment, trusting your heart, being your own leader. After two minutes of Out Ta Get Me’s so-simple-why-didn’t-I-think-of-that-well-you-didn’t riff, Slash noodles effortlessly and musically over the verse before Rose yells ‘Let me see you try!’

You could choose any track on here, but by the time track four rolled around those of us who were teenagers back then were truly sold. Much of the brute force of G N’R’s debut is down to the utter conviction of the guitar parts. So when Slash and Izzy Stradlin showed up, in their retro denims, bandanas and strapped to gorgeous vintage six-strings, they were a total breath of fresh if musty air. In the 80s most of the players gracing guitar mag covers were done up to the nines, hair teased and caked in make-up, brandishing dayglo guitars with enough pointy bits to skewer any fan who went too close (often this was not a problem). Guns N’ Roses - Out Ta Get Me (Appetite For Destruction, 1987)

Beneath your beautiful guitar chords