Artist: GUNS N' ROSES
Album: THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? (CD)

Release date: 1993
EAN/UPS: 0008811931728
Media type: CD

"The Spaghetti Incident?" is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. The album is unique for the band, consisting entirely of cover versions, mostly of punk and glam rock songs of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Many of the tracks were recorded with original Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin during the Use Your Illusion I and II sessions and then were later re-recorded by Gilby Clarke. Those tracks were previously intended to be included in a combined Use Your Illusion album, consisting of three (or possibly even four) discs, instead of the two separate discs they ended up being.

In 1992, the band prepared to release the leftover cover tracks as an EP, with Gilby Clarke replacing Stradlin's guitar tracks. They later decided on making the album a full release and recorded several more tracks for it.

Bassist Duff McKagan sings on many of the album's tracks and Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe appears on "Ain't It Fun" as a guest vocalist.

This was the last Guns N' Roses album to feature lead guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum and the only album to feature Gilby Clarke. It was also their last studio album until exactly 15 years later with Chinese Democracy, and their last album until the live compilation album exactly 6 years later with Live Era: '87-'93.

"The Spaghetti Incident?" debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling about 190,000 albums in its first week of release, significantly less than their previous releases.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Since I Don't Have You"   Joseph Rock, James Beaumont The Skyliners 4:20
2. "New Rose"   Brian James The Damned 2:38
3. "Down on the Farm"   Alvin Gibbs, Charlie Harper, Nicholas Garrett U.K. Subs 3:29
4. "Human Being"   Johnny Thunders, David Johansen New York Dolls 6:48
5. "Raw Power"   Iggy Pop, James Williamson The Stooges 3:12
6. "Ain't It Fun" (featuring Michael Monroe) Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughner Dead Boys 5:06
7. "Buick Mackane (Big Dumb Sex)"   Marc Bolan
Chris Cornell T. Rex
Soundgarden 2:40
8. "Hair of the Dog"   Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Manny Charlton, Darrell Sweet Nazareth 3:55
9. "Attitude"   Glenn Danzig The Misfits 1:27
10. "Black Leather"   Steve Jones, Paul Cook The Professionals 4:09
11. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"   Johnny Thunders Johnny Thunders 3:35
12. "I Don't Care About You"   Lee Ving Fear 2:07
13. "Look at Your Game, Girl" (hidden track starting at 2:17 in "I Don't Care About You") Charles Manson Charles Manson 2:34

Total length: 46:03

In the end of "Hair of the Dog" one can hear the refrain of The Beatles song "Day Tripper" being played.
Because of the hidden track, track 12's total length is 4:51.

LINE-UP:

W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, keyboards on "Since I Don't Have You", kazoo on "Human Being"
Slash – lead and rhythm guitars, co-lead vocals on "Buick Mackane (Big Dumb Sex)", backing vocals on "Attitude" and "I Don't Care About You"
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, lead vocals and drums on "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory", lead vocals on "New Rose" and "Attitude", co-lead vocals on "Raw Power"
Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano on "Since I Don't Have You", backing vocals on "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory"
Matt Sorum – drums, percussion on "Hair of The Dog", backing vocals on "Attitude"
Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar

Additional personnel:

Michael Monroe – co-lead vocals on track 6
Mike Staggs – additional guitar on track 6
Mike Fasano – percussion on track 8
Richard Duguay – lead and rhythm guitars on track 11
Eddie Huletz – backing vocals on track 11
Blake Stanton – backing vocals on track 12
 Eric Mills – backing vocals on track 12
Rikki Rachtman – backing vocals on track 12
Stuart Bailey – backing vocals on track 12