Guns N’ Roses biographers launch ultra-deep video podcast series

Guns N’ Roses fans looking for a monumentally in-depth looks at the band’s early history, we have good news: a new video podcast, The First 50 Gigs: Guns N' Roses And The Making Of Appetite For Destruction, has launched. And it’s massive.

The work of Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses And The Making Of Appetite For Destruction authors Marc Canter and Jason Porath, over 13 episodes it charts the history of the band, the LA scene and the making of Appetite For Destruction.

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"Marc's one-of-a-kind archive on the early days of Guns N’ Roses, and the first 50 gigs of the Appetite line-up is unprecedented," says Jason Porath. "Marc truly captured lightning in a bottle, and the power of those images he and Jack Lue created will now be amplified by first-hand accounts by the people who were there, giving audiences a true play-by-play unfolding of events.

"By retelling this story in podcast form, The First 50 Gigs can take listeners deeper into stories, personalities and events and explore every aspect of this origin story that often is left on the cutting-room floor of a book or documentary. Anyone around the world can click on a button and transport themselves back in time to the 1980s Sunset Strip and follow the action that led to one of the greatest rock and roll breakthrough stories of the decade."

Watch the teaser now, and visit first50gigs.com for more info.

The full list of episodes is below:

Introduction: Marc and Jason – Intro to the series, Marc's history
Episode 1: Adam Greenberg – TIDUS SLOAN/ROADCREW
Episode 2: Laurie Jacobson – History of The Strip from 1900-1965
Episode 3: Domenic Priore – History of The Strip from 1965-1990
Episode 4: Chris Weber – AXL, ROSE + HOLLYWOOD ROSE
Episode 5: Steve Darrow – New HOLLYWOOD ROSE
Episode 6: Nadir D'Priest – LONDON
Episode 7: Mid-Season Recap: HOLLYWOOD ROSE to L.A. GUNS
Episode 8: L.A. GUNS to Original GUNS N' ROSES
Episode 9: Rob Gardner – L.A. GUNS / Original GUNS N' ROSES
Episode 10: Marc Canter – First Appetite Lineup at Troubadour on 6.6.85
Episode 11: Hell Tour
Episode 12: Steven Adler
Episode 13: Season 1 Recap/Finale, Season 2 Preview
Plus 2 – 14 Bonus Episodes (for specific subscriber tiers)

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