Mr. Brownstone 1463701 224886144 2008-07-10T21:08:14Z Travelling Tragition 7279184 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/68.193.37.193|68.193.37.193]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:Travelling Tragition|Travelling Tragition]]. {{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> | Name = Mr. Brownstone | Cover = | Cover size = | Caption = | Artist = [[Guns N' Roses]] | from Album = [[Appetite for Destruction]] | A-side = "[[It's So Easy]]" (UK, double A-side)<br>"[[Welcome to the Jungle]]" (USA) | B-side = | Released = [[July 21]] [[1987]] | Format = | Recorded = Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, California; Take One Studio, Burbank, California; Can Am Studio, Tarzana, California | Genre = [[Hard rock]] | Length = 3:48 | Writer = [[Izzy Stradlin]]<br>[[Slash (musician)|Slash]] | Label = [[Geffen Records]] | Producer = [[Mike Clink]] | Certification = | Chart position = | Last single = | This single = | Next single = | Misc = {{Extra track listing | Album = [[Appetite for Destruction]] | Type = studio | prev_track = "[[Out Ta Get Me]]" | prev_no = 4 | this_track = '''"Mr. Brownstone"''' | track_no = 5 | next_track = "[[Paradise City]]" | next_no = 6 }} {{Extra chronology 2 | Artist = [[Guns N' Roses]] UK singles | Type = single | Last single = | This single = '''"[[It's So Easy]]"/"Mr. Brownstone"'''<br>(1987) | Next single = "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]"<br>(1987) }} }} "'''Mr. Brownstone'''" is a [[song]] performed by [[Guns N' Roses]]. It appears on their [[1987 in music|1987]] album ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]''. [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] relates that the song was written by him and [[Izzy Stradlin]] while they were at Izzy and his girlfriend Desi's apartment. He states that they were sitting around, complaining about being [[heroin]] addicts, when they started improvising lyrics and music ("Brownstone" is a slang term for heroin). When they had the lyrics all together, they wrote it down on the back of a grocery bag and brought it to Axl. Slash says the lyrics describe a typical day in the life of Slash and Izzy. He also states that it was the first song the band wrote after getting signed by [[Geffen Records]].<ref>Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash. Harper Entertainment: New York. pp. 142</ref> Mr. Brownstone was the first Guns N' Roses single in the [[United Kingdom]], appearing as a double A-Side, alongside "[[It's So Easy]]". [[Velvet Revolver]] often performed this song live, along with "It's So Easy". This is because they are both popular Guns N' Roses songs in which [[Axl Rose]]'s contribution to their creation was minimal and which are within Scott Weiland's vocal range.{{Fact|date=January 2008}} One of two plays by [[mass murder]]er [[Seung-Hui Cho]] released after the [[Virginia Tech massacre]] is named after this song, and includes several references to its lyrics in the dialogue.<ref>[http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid38425.aspx Appetite for destruction - News - The Phoenix<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Live performances== In the lyrics of the studio version of the song, there is a pause in the fourth line: ''Cause worryin's a waste of my... time''<br> In live performances of "Mr. Brownstone," Axl would add a word to fill in this gap: ''Cause worryin's a waste of my fuckin' time'' ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{Guns N' Roses}} [[Category:Guns N' Roses songs]] [[pl:Mr. Brownstone]]