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The Spaghetti Incident ? |
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Original Release Date |
November 23, 1993
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Re-Release Date |
November 18, 1997
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Number of Discs |
1
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Length |
46:10
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Formats |
CD, Cassette
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Label |
Geffen Special Prod.
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Distributor |
BMG
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Catalog |
#GED 24617 |
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ASIN |
B000000P17 |
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UPC/EAN |
720642461723 |
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Track List |
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1. Since I Don't Have You |
(4:18) |
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2. New Rose |
(2:38) |
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3. Down On The Farm |
(3:23) |
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4. Human Being |
(6:47) |
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5. Raw Power |
(3:10) |
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6. Ain't It Fun |
(4:59) |
7. Buick MacKane (Big Dumb Sex)
[Medley]
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(2:37) |
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8. Hair Of The Dog |
(3:57) |
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9. Attitude |
(1:29) |
| 10.
Black Leather |
(4:07) |
11. You
Can't Put Your Arms Around
A Memory |
(3:34) |
| 12. I
Don't Care About You |
(2:03) |
| 13.
Look At Your Game Girl |
(hidden track) |
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Album Credits |
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George Marino |
Mastering |
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Bill Price |
Mixing |
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Craig Brock |
Assistant Engineer |
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Kevin Reagan |
Art Direction, Design |
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Gene Kirkland |
Photography |
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Tom Zutaut |
Art Direction, Repertoire |
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Jim Mitchell |
Producer, Engineer |
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Todd Sullivan |
Art Direction, Repertoire |
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Robert John |
Photography |
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Allen Abrahamson |
Assistant Engineer |
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John Aguto |
Assistant Enngineer |
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Shawn Berman |
Assistant Engineer |
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Mike Clink |
Producer |
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Susanne Filkins |
Art Direction, Repertoire |
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Patricia Fuenzalida |
Art Direction, Repertoire |
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Ed Goodreau |
Assistant Engineer |
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Dennis Keeley |
Photography |
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Guns N' Roses |
Producer |
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Duff "Rose" McKagan |
Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Drums, Vocals
(Background), Producer, Vocals |
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Dizzy Reed |
Piano, Keyboards, Vocals (Background) |
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Axl Rose |
Arranger, Keyboards, Design, Vocals,
Vocals (Background) |
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Slash |
Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Design, Art
Direction, Vocals (Background) |
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Matt Sorum |
Percussion, Drums, Vocals (Background) |
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Richard Duguay |
Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm) |
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Eddie Huletz |
Vocals (Background) |
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Mike Staggs |
Guitar |
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Mike Fasano |
Percussion |
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Eric Mills |
Vocals (Background) |
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Gilby Clarke |
Guitar (Rhythm) |
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Michael Monroe |
Vocals |
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Album Facts
& Trivia |
* "The Spaghetti Incident?" tracks were recorded during the Use Your
Illusion sessions and during the Use
Your Illusion World Tour.
The album started out
as a Punk EP. |
* Izzy's parts were redone by Gilby Clarke. |
* Protests erupt after Guns 'N Roses releases
their album The
Spaghetti Incident, which contains a cover version of a song
written
by Charles Manson.
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* According to Axl future pressings of the album will not include
"Look At
Your Game Girl".
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* Guest Musicians : Mike Staggs (guitar), Richard Duguay (guitar),
Mike Fasano (percussion), Eddie Huletz (background vocals),
Rikki Rachtman (background vocals), S.C.
Bailey (background
vocals), Blake Stanton (background vocals), Eric Mills (background
vocals)
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Reviews |
*
Rolling Stone (12/9/93, p.65) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...In THE SPAGHETTI
INCIDENT?, an album of mostly punky cover versions of drunk-rock classics,
Guns N' Roses reassert their roots in hard-edged rock & roll-- some punk rock,
some not..."
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* Spin (1/27/94, p.67) - "...demonstrates GNR's
conviction that early -'70s metal and
its sworn enemy, punk rock, were
essentially the same beast, connected through
glam and testosterone...."
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* Musician (1/94, p.87) - "...[THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT?]
is a good album for
ambivalent G'N'R fans....kudos then for being faithful to
the spirit of the
originals..."
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* Q (2/94, p.92) - 3 Stars - Good - "...relatively
faithful cover versions...." |
* NME (11/27/93, p.31) - (7) - Very Good - "...a
bizarre mixture of swagger, nihilism
and bad attitood which is as funny as it
is exhilarating..." |
* Entertainment Weekly (11/26/93, p.62-63) - "...THE
SPAGHETTI INCIDENT?
scales everything back a notch....Guns 'N' Roses aims to
prove it doesn't need
two padded CDs, a horn section and a bevy of backup
singers to make a joyful
racket..." - Rating: A-
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Album Notes |
Guns N' Roses:
W. Axl Rose (vocals, keyboards);
Duff McKagan (guitar, bass, drums, background vocals);
Slash (guitar, background
vocals);
Gilby Clarke (guitar);
Dizzy Reed (keyboards, background vocals);
Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, background vocals). |
Additional personnel: Michael Monroe (vocals); Mike
Staggs, Richard Duguay, Carlos Booy (guitar); Mike Fasano (percussion); Eddie
Huletz, Rikki Rachtman, S.C. Bailey, Blake Stanton, Eric Mills (background
vocals). |
- Produced by Mike Clink and Guns N' Roses except
* Produced by Guns N' Roses and
** Produced by Duff McKagan and Jim Mitchell
Mixed by Bill Price in (ou)R Sound
** Engineered by Jim Mitchell
Assisted by Ed Goodreau, John Aguto, Craig Brock, Allen Abrahamson,
Shawn Berman
Additional guitar: Carlos Booy
Recorded at: A&M Studios, The Record Plant, Rumbo
Recorders,
CanAm Studios, Sound Techniques, Triad
Studios, Conway Studios,
Oceanway Recording
Mixed at Skip Saylor Recording
THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? is part of the Geffen Goldline Series.
The last official studio recording of the '90s for
Guns 'N' Roses was 1993's THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT?. This collection of mostly
punk covers was released at a time when G'N'R was reeling from both internal
dissension (founding member Izzy Stradlin left after the release of USE YOUR
ILLUSION I & II) and the great grunge explosion of 1991 that made the band
seem passe. Rather than jumping on any bandwagons, the California quintet
instead paid homage to heroes overlooked by kids caught up in buying the right
kind of flannel.
Leading the charge was bassist Duff McKagan (who'd
played with almost 30 Seattle bands including the Fartz and Fastbacks), G'N'R
recorded scorching covers of songs by Fear ("I Don't Care About You"), the New
York Dolls ("Human Being"), and the Damned ("New Rose"). New guitarist Gilby
Clarke provided a solid foil for Slash as Axl Rose crooned doo-wop (The
Skyliner's "Since I Don't Have You") and sang with a faux British accent (UK
Subs' "Down on the Farm"). Being Guns 'N' Roses meant controversy was never
far behind and this time around the boys were criticized for including a
hidden cover of Charles Manson's "Look At Your Game Girl."
Since I Don't Have You
Joseph Rock/James Beaumont and The Skyliners) Bonnyview
Music Corp. adm. by Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc. ASCAP
Originally recorded by the Skyliners - 1958
Vocals: W. Axl Rose
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
Piano: Dizzy Reed
Keyboards: W. Axl Rose
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New Rose
(Brian James) Rock Music Co. Ltd. PRS
Originally Recorded by The Damned - 1977
Vocals: Duff McKagan
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
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Down On The Farm
(Charles Harper/Alvin Gibbs/Nicholas Garrett) Embassy Music
BMI adm. by Music Sales Corporation
Originally recorded by The UK Subs - 1980
Vocals: W. Axl Rose
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
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Human Being
(Johnny Thunders/David Johansen) Seldak Music
Corp. Haverstraw Music Publishing adm. by WB Music Corp./All
rights on behalf of Seldak Music Corp. for U.S., Canada, U.K. &
Erie administered by Chappell & co. ASCAP
Originally Recorded by The New York Dolls - 1974
Vocals: W. Axl Rose
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
Piano: Dizzy Reed
Kazoo: W. Axl Rose
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Raw Power
(Iggy Pop / James Williamson) BUG Music/James Osterberg
Music/Straight James Music (adm. by BUG Music)/EMI Music Pub.
Ltd./Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. BMI
Originally Recorded by Iggy And The Stooges - 1973
Vocals: Duff N' Axl
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
Keyboards: Dizzy Reed
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Ain't It Fun
(Cheetah Chrome/Peter Laughner) Larry Spier, Inc./CBGB's
Music/Bleu Disque ASCAP
Originally Recorded by The Dead Boys - 1978
Vocals: W. Axl Rose/Michael Monroe
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
Additional Guitar: Mike Staggs
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Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex)
Buick Makane - (Marc Bolan) Wizard (Bahamas) Ltd. PRS
Originally Recorded by T. Rex - 1973
Big Dumb Sex - (Christopher J. Cornell) Loud Love music ASCAP
Originally Recorded by Soundgarden - 1989
Vocals: Slash N' Axl
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
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Hair Of The Dog
(Dan McCafferty/Pete Agnew/Manuel Charlton/Darrell Sweet)
Bienstock Publishing Co. ASCAP
Originally Recorded by Nazareth - 1975
Vocals: W. Axl Rose
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
Piano: Dizzy Reed
Percussion: Matt Sorum, Mike Fasano
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Attitude
(Glenn Danzig) Evilive Music ASCAP
Originally Recorded by The Misfits - 1980
Vocals: Duff McKagan
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
Background Vocals: Slash & Matt Sorum
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Black Leather
(Steve Jones) Glitterbest Ltd./Careers -
BMG Music Publishing Inc. BMI
Originally recorded by Steve Jones/The Sex Pistols - 1980
Vocals: W. Axl Rose
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
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You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory
(Johnny Thunders) EMI Virgin Music ASCAP on behalf EMI Virgin Ltd
Originally Recorded by Johnny Thunders - 1978
In Memory Of Johnny Thunders
Vocals: Duff McKagan
Acoustic Guitar: Duff McKagan
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Duff McKagan
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Richard Duguay
Background Vocals: Dizzy Reed, Duff McKagan, Eddie Huletz
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I Don't Care About You
(Lee Ving) Range War Music adm. by BUG Music Group BMI
Originally Recorded by Fear - 1982
Vocals: W. Axl Rose
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Gilby Clarke
Bass: Duff McKagan
Drums: Matt Sorum
Background Vocals: Slash, Rikki Rachtman, S.C. Bailey, Blake Stanton, Eric Mills
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Look At Your Game Girl
Written by Charles Manson.
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