1993年,在另类音乐和朋克卷土重来之际,GUNS N' ROSES推出了一张翻唱六七十年代的著名朋克乐队的作品专辑《Spaghetti Incident ?》(面条事件),其中包括The Stooges乐队的Raw Power和Sex Pistois乐队的Black Leather,The Damned乐队的New Rose,表达了他们对朋克乐的敬意。
在美国,性、毒品、ROCK是50年代的 禁忌, 60年代的信条, 70年代的陈 词滥调,而在里根--布什时期,爱滋 病和人权又成了禁忌。 自从广受非议 的SEX PISTOL乐队以来,还没有哪一只乐队象GUNS N' ROSES那样受到如此争议。因为他们总是要干出一些显眼的事情,以触动一下风平浪静的舆论和卫道士们的神经。 难怪PMRC对他们恨之入骨。 但是,吹毛求癖的评论却使GUNS&ROSES因祸得福。因为报刊上的文字扩大了他们的知名度,带来了不少歌迷。
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
As punk albums go, The Spaghetti Incident? lacks righteous anger and rage. As Guns N' Roses albums go, it's a complete delight, returning to the ferocious, hard-rocking days of Appetite for Destruction. The Gunners play Stooges and New York Dolls songs exactly as they do Nazareth -- as straight-ahead, driving riff-rockers. After the epic Use Your Illusions, the band sounds like it's having fun, not caring about making "art" like "November Rain" or "Estranged." Unfortunately, the tacked-on Charles Manson song leaves a bad aftertaste, but not because of the song itself; the inclusion of the song seems like a publicity-seeking stunt, a way to increase their sales while trying to regain their street credibility. And as The Spaghetti Incident? proves, they didn't need to stoop so low.