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MUG_0048 Officially Licensed Guns N Roses (GNR) Merchandise
Guns N Roses (GNR) Classic Bullet Logo Coffee Mug
G N' R Lies in 1988, which reached #2 in the Billboard music charts. The album included the four Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide recordings on one side and four acoustic songs on the other.
The song "One in a Million", which included the words "niggers" and "faggots" among other such profanities, led to controversy in which critics accused the band, and specifically Axl Rose, of racism and homophobia. Rose responded (in a 1990 interview with MTV) by saying the claims were unfounded, particularly considering Slash himself is half black.
He went on to explain that the words were those of a protagonist and not a personal statement, and that the lyrics reflected racial and prejudicial problems within society rather than promoting them.
Rose also cited that he idolized gay/bisexual singers like Freddie Mercury and Elton John.
The band had played gigs alongside the all-black metal band Body Count, and lead singer Ice T said in his book The Ice Opinion that Axl had been "a victim of the press the same way I am".
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