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Use Your Illusion II
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Original Release Date |
September 17, 1991 |
Number of Discs |
1 |
Formats |
Vinyl LP, Audio
cassette, Audio cd |
Label |
Geffen Records |
Distributor |
BMG Ariola |
Catalog |
#GED 24420 |
ASIN |
B000000OSG |
UPC/EAN |
720642442029 |
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Recorded at |
A & M Studios
Record Plant
Studio 56
Image Recording
Conway Studios
Metalworks Recording Studios |
Mixed at |
Skip Saylor Recording |
Length |
76 mins 04
secs |
Producer |
Mike Clink & Guns N'
Roses |
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Track
List |
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1. Civil War |
(7:36) |
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2. 14 Years |
(4:17) |
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3. Yesterdays |
(3:13) |
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4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
(5:36) |
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5. Get In The Ring |
(5:29) |
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6. Shotgun Blues |
(3:23) |
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7. Breakdown |
(6:58) |
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8. Pretty Tied Up |
(4:46) |
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9. Locomotive (Complicity) |
(8:42) |
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10. So
Fine |
(4:09) |
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11.
Estranged |
(9:20) |
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12. You
Could Be Mine |
(5:48) |
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13.
Don't cry (Alt Lyrics) |
(4:42) |
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14. My
World |
(1:22) |
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Album
Credits |
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George Marino |
Mastering |
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Bill Price |
Mixing |
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Jason Roberts |
Assistant Engineer |
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Talley Sherwood |
Assistant Engineer |
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Craig Porteils |
Assistant Engineer |
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Chris Puram |
Assistant Engineer |
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Mike Douglass |
Assistant Engineer |
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L. Stuart Young |
Assistant Engineer |
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Kevin Reagan |
Art Direction, Design |
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Gene Kirkland |
Photography |
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Wendy Sherman |
Art Direction |
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William Hames |
Photography |
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Jim Mitchell |
Engineer |
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Buzz Burrowes |
Assistant Engineer |
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Lyn Fey |
Editing |
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Kirk Hughey |
Illustrations |
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Mark Kostabi |
Cover Design & Painting |
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Steve Lank |
Illustrations |
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Mike Staggs |
Illustrations |
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George Chin |
Photography |
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R. K. Sloane |
Photography, Illustrations |
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Robert John |
Photography |
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Allen Abrahamson |
Assistant Engineer |
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John Aguto |
Assistant Engineer |
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Mike Clink |
Producer, Engineer |
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Ed Goodreau |
Assistant Engineer |
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Guns N' Roses |
Producer |
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Duff "Rose" McKagan |
Percussion, Guitar (Bass), Vocals, Vocals
(Background) |
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Dizzy Reed |
Organ, Piano, Choir, Chorus, Clavinet, Vocals
(Background) |
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Axl Rose |
Guitar, Keyboards, Special Effects, Vocals
(Background), Producer, Vocals, Sound
Effects,
Drums, Piano |
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Slash |
Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Dobro, Voices, Vocals
(Background), Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Bass,
Guitar |
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Matt Sorum |
Percussion, Drums, Choir, Chorus |
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Izzy Stradlin |
Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocal (Background),
Sitar |
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Alice Cooper |
Vocals |
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Shannon Hoon |
Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Vocals (Background) |
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Stuart Bailey |
Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus |
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Matthew McKagan |
? |
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Steven Adler |
Drums |
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West Arkeen |
Guitar |
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Josh Richman |
Voices |
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Reba Shaw |
Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus |
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Howard Teman |
Piano |
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John Trautwein |
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The Waters |
Vocals (Background) |
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Rachel West |
? |
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Bruce Foster |
Sound Effects |
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Robert Clark |
? |
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Tim Doyle |
Tambourine |
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Johann Langlie |
Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Special
Effects, Sound Effects |
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Micjael Monroe |
Harmonica, Saxophone |
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Reviews |
*
Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.56) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential
Recordings of the 90's."
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* Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #10 in Melody
Maker's list of the top 30 albums
of 1991
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* Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - Excellent -
"...the band rewards the loyal legions with
fourteen songs, which
range from ballad to battle, pretty to vulgar, worldly..."
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Album Notes |
Guns N' Roses:
Izzy Stradlin (vocals, acoustic, electric & coral
guitars);
Axl Rose (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, sound
effects);
Slash (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo);
Duff McKagan
(bass, percussion, background vocals);
Dizzy Reed (piano, organ);
Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, background vocals).
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Additional personnel:
Howard Teman (piano);
Johann Langlie (keyboards, drums, sound effects);
Steven Adler
(drums);
Shannon Hoon (Background vocals);
The Waters (Background vocals). |
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Album Facts
& Trivia |
* "Use Your Illusion I & II" were released simultaneously.
They marked the
first time a major
contemporary rock artist had released two separate
albums on the same day. |
* Many of the songs were written before the band recorded
"Appetite For
Destruction". |
* The band considered calling the album "GN'R Sucks" or "BUY
Product". |
* The second of two albums released in conjunction with the
Use Your
Illusion Tour. Use Your Illusion II was the more popular
of the two
albums, debuting at #1 on the US charts.
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* The Use Your Illusion albums were a stylistic turning point for GNR.
In addition, Use Your Illusion
II is more political than most of their
previous work, with songs like
"Civil War", a cover of Bob Dylan's
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door", and "Get In The Ring" dealing
respectively with
the topics of
violence,
law enforcement, and media
bias. The thematic material deals less with drug use
than previous
GNR albums. |
* The Use Your Illusion albums can be taken as a single cohesive work,
and
certain elements of Use Your Illusion II underscore this intent
:
Both albums have a version of the song "Don't Cry".
Both albums
also have one cover song; "Live and Let Die" by [[Paul
McCartney (Use your
Illusion I) and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob
Dylan (Use Your Illusion
II). |
* Certain lyrics give meaning to the name of the band and the
title of the
albums:
* From "Breakdown":
Funny how everything was roses when we held on to the guns.
* From "Locomotive":
You can use your illusion; Let it take you where it may...
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* The Use Your Illusion albums represent a turning point in the sound
of
GN'R. Although they did not abandon the hard rock tendencies so
vivid in their first album,
Appetite for Destruction, Use Your
Illusion I demonstrated, for
the first time, more or less, elements of
blues,
classical music, and
country. For example, lead singer Axl
Rose
plays piano on several tracks of both albums. In addition,
with the Use Your
Illusion Tour, both the music and stage presence
of the band became more
theatrical, in the tradition of
progressive
rock. This fact is evidenced by the numerous music videos
produced in conjunction with these albums. Use Your Illusion I
contains two of
the three songs, "November
Rain" and "Don't Cry",
whose videos are generally held by fans to be a
trilogy (the third
song, "Estranged", is on Use Your Illusion II). It was
songs like
"November Rain" which brought Guns N' Roses popularity among
music
fans who usually did not listen to hard rock or heavy metal.
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* Besides stylistic differences, another new aspect seen in Use Your
Illusion I was lengthier songs. November Rain, an epic ballad, is
over 8
minutes long, and Coma is nearly 10 minutes long. |
* There are significant differences to be noted between Use Your
Illusion
I and II. The cover art of these two albums, identical
except for
color, is very representative of these differences: Use
Your Illusion I
is red, and has, for the most part an angrier, heavier
sound; Use You
Illusion II is blue, and has a softer, even more
bluesy sound. |
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Use Your Illusion 2 [GOLD CD] |
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Release Date of this version |
October 14, 1997 |
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Label |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
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Recorded at |
A
& M Studios, Hollywood, CA
Record Plant, Hollywood, CA
Studio 56, Hollywood, CA
Image Recording, Hollywood, CA
Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Metalworks Recording Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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All tracks have been digitally remastered |
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Producer |
Guns N' Roses, Mike Clink |
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Engineer |
Mike Clink |
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Formats |
Audio CD |
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Length |
75 mins 59 secs |
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Catalog |
#712 |
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ASIN |
B000000IW9 |
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UPC |
015775471122 |
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Track
List |
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1. Civil War |
(7:36) |
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2. 14 Years |
(4:17) |
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3. Yesterdays |
(3:13) |
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4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
(5:36) |
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5. Get In The Ring |
(5:29) |
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6. Shotgun Blues |
(3:23) |
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7. Breakdown |
(6:58) |
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8. Pretty Tied Up |
(4:46) |
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9. Locomotive (Complicity) |
(8:42) |
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10. So
Fine |
(4:09) |
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11.
Estranged |
(9:20) |
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12. You
Could Be Mine |
(5:48) |
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13.
Don't cry (Alt Lyrics) |
(4:42) |
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14. My
World |
(1:22) |
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Reviews |
*
Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..the band rewards the loyal
legions with
fourteen songs, which range from ballad to battle,
pretty to vulgar, worldly..." |
* Ranked #19 in Spin's list of the 20 Best
Albums Of 1991. |
* One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.
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* Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #10 in Melody
Maker's list of the top 30 albums
of 1991 - "...rocks like a mutha!"
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Album Notes |
Guns N' Roses:
Izzy Stradlin (vocals, acoustic, electric & coral
guitars);
Axl Rose (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, sound
effects);
Slash (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo);
Duff McKagan
(bass, percussion, background vocals);
Dizzy Reed (piano, organ);
Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, background vocals).
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Additional personnel:
Howard Teman (piano);
Johann Langlie (keyboards, drums, sound effects);
Steven Adler
(drums);
Shannon Hoon (Background vocals);
The Waters (Background vocals). |
Civil War
(Slash / McKagan / Rose)
Special Thanks Niven / James
Drums: Steven Adler
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars / Acoustic Guitar: Slash
Vocals: Axl
Piano: Dizzy Reed
Background Vocals: Duff, Dizzy
*Strother Martin - from the film Cool Hand Luke
**Peruvian Guerilla General
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14 Years
(Stradlin / Rose)
Drums: Matt Sorum
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Vocals / Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Piano: Axl
Organ: Dizzy
Background Vocals: Axl
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Yesterdays
(Arkeen / James / Billy / Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Vocals, Piano: Axl
Organ: Dizzy
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door
(Bob Dylan)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Vocals: Axl
Background Vocals: Axl, The Waters
* Josh Richman
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Get In The Ring
(Slash / McKagan / Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Piano: Dizzy
Vocals: Axl
Background Vocals: Duff
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Shotgun Blues
(Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar: Axl
Background Vocals: Izzy, Duff
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Breakdown
(Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars / Banjo: Slash
Acoustic Guitar: Izzy
Vocals, Piano: Axl
* Cleavon Little - from the film Vanishing Point
- as recited by Axl
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Pretty Tied Up
(Stradlin)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar / Coral Sitar: Izzy
Piano: Dizzy
Vocals: Axl
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Locomotive
(Slash / Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Piano: Dizzy
Percussion: Matt, Duff
Vocals: Axl
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So Fine
(McKagan)
Drums / Percussion: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Piano: Howard Ternan
Vocals: Duff, Axl
Background Vocals: Matt
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Estranged
(Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm and Lead Guitars: Izzy
Vocals, Piano: Axl
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You Could Be Mine
(Stradlin / Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Vocals: Axl
Background Vocals: Duff, Izzy
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Don't Cry [alternate lyrics]
(Stradlin / Rose)
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Vocals: Axl, Shannon Hoon
Background Vocals: Izzy
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My World
(Rose)
Keyboards, Drums, Effects: Axl, Johann Langlie
Vocals: Axl
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