Certified 18-times platinum and named the best-selling debut album of all time by the RIAA, "Appetite for Destruction" -- released exactly 25 years ago on July 21, 1987 --- is the ultimate testament to the '80s Sunset Strip scene and the decade when hard rock ruled the world. Being dirty, defiant and decadent wasn't about image for Los Angeles rockers Guns N' Roses. It was a lifestyle that propelled the quintet to stardom and contributed to the eventual splintering of the band to where, today, singer Axl Rose remains the only original member. The Geffen album debuted at a ho-hum No. 182 on the Billboard 200 the week of Aug. 29, 1987. Thanks to...
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