I’ve only had it happen twice before – where I’ve sat down to read a book, and just couldn’t put it down — reading it through the night.

With Watch You Bleed, it happened again.

I would consider Guns N Roses to be my favorite band of all time, I’d also consider “Estranged” to be one of the best songs ever written.  Not only because I connect to it lyrically, but it’s one of the only songs that make me feel like I’m riding a stream of consciousness.

In an 8 minute song, Estranged nails so many moods – lyrically & musically.

I found Watch You Bleed very enlightening because:

• it told what really went on from day one with each of the original band members of Guns N Roses – not a media-fied version,
• I found that when the original GNR called themselves a gang, they’d been living like one (all but Duff, essentially homeless, living on the streets for a few years),
• it helped me levelize Axl’s presence in the band; for whatever reason, I thought he was the catalyst behind each of the songs; although his voice & stage delivery really sent them home, he wasn’t as responsible for the songs as I thought, and
• most importantly, you feel the constant buzz of passion through all of the drugs, STDs, drinking and rise of the band…

If you enjoy Appetite for Destruction — you’ll love this book, as it dives into each song headfirst, and tells you its history, its evolution, and in most cases, why it was chosen for the album.