give the props to slash for playing the guitar. Klein from Dallas, Tx'Id pray for the thunder and pain to quietly past me bye, oh sweet child of mine' this has always been the best song and I know every word from my hearts.All the action was happening right under the surface. It's true it put them over the top, but they were not a flop. You might as well say Metallica was a flop until they released the One video. Might have not been mainstream yet, but it was not a flop. Kids were buying and listening to the album like it was a religious experience. So while you can say it wasn't instant megastar success on the level of Michael Jackson, I'd hardly call that a flop. But when the video for Sweet Child was released they hit their stride and went through the stratosphere. They just hadn't set themselves apart yet. Rock stations played GNR quite a lot and they were touring their butts off. They even had a live concert on MTV in the spring of 88 called 'Live form the Ritz'.

Then MTV started playing the video for Paradise City. Welcome to the Jungle was played constantly on MTV at the end of 87 and the first half of 88. And it's also true it wasn't a smash hit success upon its release.

Generalthc from TexasIt is true that GNR released Appetite for Destruction in 1987.