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Guns N' Roses: The Last Angry White Man

RJ Smith, L.A. Weekly, 10 October 1991

A RED STATION wagon slows down in front of Tower Records on Sunset. It nuzzles up near the curb, where a line of people wait for the new Guns N' Roses albums to go on sale at midnight. They've been loitering for hours, as have E Network reporters, Tower employees and Geffen executives, some looking like FM DJs from the 70s and some too rich to even care about looking hip.

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