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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Guns 'N' Roses wasn't pushed at all, initially. Geffen felt that Rock City Angels (which at one point featured Johnny Depp on guitar) was the "IT" band, not GNR. "Appetite" cost $90k to record and until they broke through via touring, there was very little promotional money spent on them.
Furthermore, Geffen knew that market was "available" or they wouldn't have hired Butch Vig to transform Nirvana's sound, put money into their video, etc. Plus, Geffen had the reputation of being on the cutting edge in regards to new bands and sounds, so radio stations had no issue playing their releases. |
in 1991 and 1992, when 'grunge' was huge and Nirvana was hitting #1 (you know, contexually the period of time we're talking about) Geffen was pushing GN'R like they (hehehe) were going out of style.
But hey, you were in the know in '86 when Zutaut brought them to Geffen, I'm sure you were at the first meeting.