THE FIRST 50 GIGS: Guns N‘ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction

By: Jason Porath & Marc Canter
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  • THE FIRST 50 GIGS: Guns N’ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction is a video podcast that transports you to mid-1980 Hollywood for a serialized, play-by-play origin story of the rise of Guns N’ Roses and their time on the Sunset Strip.
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  • Episode 0: Series Introduction

    Episode 0: Series Introduction
    Jul 31 2021
    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. In this episode, you'll: Meet Slash's best friend, Marc Canter who photographed every single gig Slash played in since high school, including the two years he played with Guns N' Roses on the Sunset Strip. Find out what this show is all about and why we're making this for the fans now. Preview content we're releasing in Season 1 and talk about what we have in store for all five seasons. Links: Watch this full episode on YouTube Subscribe to our Patreon Site to access all videos, bonus episodes, image galleries, live streams, merch and more: https://www.patreon.com/first50gigs_gnr Reckless Road: https://www.amazon.com/Reckless-Road-Making-Appetite-Destruction/dp/0979341876 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Episode #1: Slash‘s Garage Bands Ft:Adam Greenberg

    Episode #1: Slash‘s Garage Bands Ft:Adam Greenberg
    Aug 15 2021
    In this first episode, we’re going back to the beginning when Marc and Slash become friends in elementary school and bond over their love of Aerosmith and dirt bikes. Slash invited Marc to a rehearsal of his new band Tidus Sloan in 1981 and with Marc’s camera in hand, the journey of the First 50 Gigs began. Also on the episode, we have Adam Greenberg, one of the founding members of Tidus Sloan and Roadcrew. In this episode you’ll: • Hear the first-ever live recordings of Slash playing guitar • Find out what drove Marc Canter to document his friend • Hear how Adam Greenberg formed Tidus Sloan and Roadcrew, but then was replaced by a future member of the Appetite lineup of GNR. Links: Preview this episode on YouTube Subscribe to our Patreon site to access the video version of this podcast and a gallery of Marc’s photographs from Slash's first performances at Fairfax High School: https://www.patreon.com/first50gigs_gnr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Episode #2: Welcome to the Jungle (Part 1), Ft. Laurie Jacobson

    Episode #2: Welcome to the Jungle (Part 1), Ft. Laurie Jacobson
    Aug 31 2021
    “Do you know where you are? You’re in the Jungle baby!” In Episode 2 of the First 50 Gigs, we’re taking you back…all the way back to the origin of the Sunset Strip and answer Axl’s eternal question with Hollywood historian Laurie Jacobson, author of Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scope on Tinseltown’s Most Notorious Scandals In this episode you’ll: • Relive the scandalous history that gave rise to the Sunset Strip and how it became a throughway for Hollywood elite to commute from Beverly Hills to Hollywood. • See the rise of legendary nightclubs on the Strip that showcased the biggest stars of the 20s, 30s, 40’s and 50’s. • Witness the eventual decline of the Sunset Strip when a new “strip” took its place, Las Vegas, and learn how a new generation of clubs rose from the ashes of Hollywood to birth a new movement in music with the electrification of rock n’ roll. Links: Preview this episode on YouTube Subscribe to our Patreon Site to see the video version of this episode and access the deep archive of historical photographs we used to illustrate this story: https://www.patreon.com/first50gigs_gnr Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scope on Tinseltown’s Most Notorious Scandals: https://www.amazon.com/Dishing-Hollywood-Tinseltowns-Notorious-Scandals/dp/1581823703 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins

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