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In this first episode, Marc and Adam Greenberg go back to Tidus Sloan and Roadcrew. Includes the first-ever audio recordings of Slash.

Author and historian Laurie Jacobson is our guest for Part 1 and takes us from the early 1900s to 1965.

Domenic Priore provides an exhaustive account of the decades leading up to the Metal scene in the 1980s after the electrification of rock n’ roll revitalized the clubs and established Hollywood as the new center of rock n’ roll, shifting the cultural gravity from New York to Los Angeles.

Chris Weber discusses the timeline from 1983 to mid-1984 and chronicles the bands A.X.L, Rose and Hollywood Rose

Steve Darrow would be the only member of the original New Hollywood Rose not to reunite as the Appetite lineup of Guns N’ Roses.

We got The First 50 Gigs team together to recap the first five episodes of the First 50 Gigs and the Appetite lineup origin story. In this episode, Marc Canter, Jason Porath, and host Mina McNair fill in the gaps as we spin our way through the incestuous revolving doors of bands and musicians that ultimately led to Guns N' Roses. From Slash's garage bands Tidus Sloan and Roadcrew to Rose and the New Hollywood Rose, we talk about what we learned from our guests, take you behind the scenes of our production, share new stories and preview what's to come for the rest of Season One. In this episode,  you'll: Learn about Slash's audition for KISS. Understand why the New Hollywood Rose was only one step away from the Appetite lineup of Guns N' Roses. Hear about what's coming up for the rest of Season One. Subscribe to our Patreon to see the video version of this episode, access bonus episodes, merch, and much more.

In this episode we talk with Rob Gardner, the original drummer for Guns N' Roses. This episode also includes the recording from Guns' N Roses' first ever radio appearance.

In this episode, we talk with Marc Canter who witnessed this pivotal moment for Guns N' Roses and captured on film and cassette tape; when Axl, Izzy, Duff, Slash and Steven first stepped on stage together as the Appetite lineup and changed rock n' roll forever.

Welcome to the series introduction of The First 50 Gigs: Guns N‘ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction where you‘ll get a front-row seat to experience the play-by-play living history of one of the most iconic bands to launch out of Los Angeles in the mid-1980s.