Rock has produced few bands as nasty, divisive and maddeningly brilliant as Guns N' Roses. Cutting their teeth on LA’s decadent metal scene in the ’80s, Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steven became the biggest act of their generation thanks to a unique balance of sneering street boogie and ballads revealing a dark sense of beauty. As GnR’s lineup has changed over the years, so too has their sound, which has ventured into punk, symphonic rock and crunchy industrial metal. The element that never changes is their staunch devotion to the bad-boy mythos at the heart of rock ’n’ roll.