Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses

Bello

There are a number of biographies I have been waiting for of singers and bands I grew up with, such as Madonna - still waiting, Whitesnake - just published and got at Xmas and many more - but mostly GNR. During the late 80s and early 90s there was an amazing rock club in Brighton - 'The Hungry Years' where I went and certain tracks filled the dance floor such as 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Paradise City' or my favorite song of all time 'Sweet Child of Mine' was played in the club with 300 people 'headbanging' and 'air guitaring' as one. Unfortunately those days have long gone, but Mick's outstanding book has taken me back to those days and reminded me why I loved the songs, why I bought the tapes and CDs, the emotions I felt each time a GNR song was played on the radio, in the club or in my car - but mostly the mystic of the band - in the days before the internet, the information came from 'Kerrang' and 'Headbangers Ball', or the newspaper - so you had to wait for the next excess of the band and search for it. 'Last of the Giants' covers all those stories and so many more in what I perceive as balanced and fair representation of the band, the good, the bad, the selfish, the very selfish, the (avoidable??) destruction, the hypercritical and the madness of GNR. I read the book in a few days and just sad it has ended, but it was a brilliant reminder of what a rock band should be. If you buy one biography this year, and particularly if you grew up in the hay day of GNR whether you loved, hated or were indifferent to them this is a fantastic insight into 30 years of rock n roll - hope you enjoy as much as I did

Very will written and informative. Learned a lot of things I didn’t know, also some repetition form stories told in magazine interviews. Great book. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

I was a HUGE Guns fan back in the day (I mean HUGE!!!!!!) and this book really brought back alot of memories from my teenage years! Saw G n' R in 1992 with Metallica, then again around 2012 with Axl's "other" G n' R lineup. Been tempted to see them on the reunion tours, but I'd rather let the good memories of the 1992 show be the final memories of this chapter of my Guns book . . . loved this read!

I am not necessarily proud of it but I am addicted to books on Rock. I have read a number of books on GnR, Slash's,etc: this book is one of the very best of this genre! If you love Gunsroses as much as me , you will not be disappointed by this book!!