Originally Posted by dig420

a sad sad substitute for early Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy and Nazareth.

Led Zeppelin for adolescent girls.

Stripper music.

In other words, the only reason GnR was ever considered that good was because everybody else sucked soooo bad, they're also-rans in the late 60's, early 70's when musical giants truly roamed the earth.

Incidentally, the Crue's first album 'Too Fast For Love' was pretty fucking cool.