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BY THE NUMBERS: Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Appetite For Destruction’

Guns N’ Roses’ game-changing Appetite For Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. When you’re the best-selling debut album of all time, your stats tend to be pretty impressive. Top to bottom,…

BY THE NUMBERS: Guns N' Roses' 'Appetite For Destruction'
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Guns N' Roses' game-changing Appetite For Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. When you're the best-selling debut album of all time, your stats tend to be pretty impressive.

Top to bottom, there's not a filler track in the bunch. Even three decades on, it sounds as vicious as ever.  Here's Appetite "By The Numbers."

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INDIO, CA - APRIL 23: Musicians Slash (L) and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)


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INDIO, CA - APRIL 23: Singer Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses performs onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)


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INDIO, CA - APRIL 23: Musicians Duff McKagan (L) and Slash of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)


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18 million

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30 million

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Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights