Inside Guns N’ Roses’ History-Making ‘Use Your Illusion’ Albums

Looking back on landmark double release 25 years later: Axl Rose and Co. were falling apart but their creativity was at a peak

In April 1990, the classic lineup of Guns N’ Roses played its final show. The occasion was the nationally televised Farm Aid concert, a disastrous set that included, among several bizarre highlights, Steven Adler drunkenly belly-flopping in the general direction of his drum set only to miss by four feet, and Axl Rose ending the live broadcast with a climactic “Good fuckin’ night.” It was the mark of a band breaking apart.

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