Guns N’ Roses was opening for Aerosmith on the Permanent Vacation Tour in August 1988 when their debut album Appetite for Destruction went #1, more than a year after its release.
Nowadays the album is considered one of the greatest in history and it’s sold over 30 million copies. So what took it so long to get to the top of the charts in the ’80s?
Wise as their album boss David Geffen was, whoever decided the first single should be “It’s So Easy,” hopefully was sent packing.
It wasn’t until months later that “Welcome to the Jungle” was released but MTV was hesitant to air it. When it did, it was a smash, peaking at #7. But it would take six months until “Sweet Child O’Mine” was sent out into the world, which became the band’s first and only #1 US single.
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