| Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle Video Facts |
| "Welcome to the Jungle" was written by singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash |
| According to Rose, the inspiration for the lyrics came from an encounter he and a friend had with a homeless man while they were hitchhiking through New York." Trying to put a scare into the young runaways, the man yelled at them, "You know where you are? You're in the jungle baby; you're gonna die!" |
| The video and single appeared in the Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry movie “The Dead Pool in 1988. |
| The song and video were the first single and video from the bands debut album “Appetite for Destruction”. |
| The song has been featured in 3 different episodes of the Simpsons TV Show. |
| Slash is seen in the beginning of the video sitting on the sidewalk with a brown bag with a bottle of booze as Axl comes off the bus and looks at the store front with TV’s. |
| Though Nirvanna’s “Nevermind” album is mostly credited with the downfall of the Pop/Glam Metal bands, in many circles “Appetite for Destruction” and Guns N’ Roses are considered the beginning of their demise with the attitude and aggressive style of music on Appetite pushing out other bands of the genre who were more interested in a “look” more so then the music. |
| Guns and Roses lineup for “Welcome to the Jungle” consisted of: Axl Rose – Vocals Slash – Guitar Izzy Stradlin – Guitar Duff McKagen – Bass Guitar Steven Adler – Drums |
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