Rocket Queen
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| Song by Guns N' Roses | |||||
| Album | Appetite for Destruction | ||||
| Released | July 21, 1987 | ||||
| Recorded | Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, California; Take One Studio, Burbank, California; Can Am Studio, Tarzana, California | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 6:13 | ||||
| Label | Geffen Records | ||||
| Writer | Axl Rose Slash Izzy Stradlin |
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| Producer | Mike Clink | ||||
| Appetite for Destruction track listing | |||||
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"Rocket Queen" is the last song on Appetite for Destruction, the debut album from hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
I wrote this song for this girl who was gonna have a band and she was gonna call it Rocket Queen. She kinda kept me alive for a while. The last part of the song is my message to this person, or anybody else who can get something out of it. It's like there's hope and a friendship note at the end of the song. For that song there was also something I tried to work out with various people—a recorded sex act. It was somewhat spontaneous but premeditated; something I wanted to put on the record.
A credit in the booklet for Appetite for Destruction reads "Barbi (Rocket Queen) Von Grief", implying that she was "this girl" Rose mentions in the quote. Slash states that he and Duff McKagan wrote the main riff to "Rocket Queen" when they first got together, before either of them had joined Hollywood Rose or L.A. Guns.[2]
It has also been said that Rose brought a woman, Adriana Smith, to the studio for recording. Steve Thompson, an engineer on the album, said the following in an interview:
It was later stated in the music magazine Classic Rock, as well as Rolling Stone, that the person who had been recorded performing sex noises on the song was Adriana Smith, an on-off girlfriend of drummer Steven Adler, who also allegedly had an intimate relationship with frontman Rose.[4] [5]
Slash states that though Von Grief was only eighteen at the time, she had a notorious reputation and was "a queen of the underground scene back then. She'd eventually become a madam, but Axl was infatuated with her at the time." [6]
[edit] Trivia
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- In the infamous riot incident in St. Louis, Axl jumped into the crowd during the song and started assaulting a man filming the concert.
- "Barbi (Rocket Queen) Von Grief" is also mentioned in the acknowledgments section on L.A. Guns self-titled album.
- At a handful of shows during Guns N' Roses 1991-1993 Use Your Illusion Tour, Axl Rose would sometimes sing a small part of a song called It Tastes Good, Don't It? in the middle of the song. It Tastes Good, Don't It? had been written by the band in 1988, as they hoped its explicit lyrics would get them thrown off a tour with Iron Maiden. A performance of this song can be seen on the second half of the band's Live In Tokyo DVD.
[edit] References
- ^ Meaning Behind Songs - N.I.R
- ^ Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash. Harper Entertainment: New York. pp. 87
- ^ Here Today... Gone To Hell! | Articles > Just A Little Patience
- ^ "'I slept with Axl to get Steven jealous...", Classic Rock, July 2007, Issue 107, 2007-06-09. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ "'Filthy Sexy Cool", Rolling Stone Australia, October 2007, Issue 670. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash. Harper Entertainment: New York. pp. 120-121
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