Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident? (1993)

"The Spaghetti Incident?" is the fifth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. The album comprises covers of older punk rock and hard rock songs, and is the last to feature guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum. "The Spaghetti Incident?" is the only studio album to feature rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke. Many of the tracks were recorded with original Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin during the Use Your Illusion I and II sessions and then were later re-recorded with Gilby Clarke. Those tracks were previously intended to be included in a combined “Use Your Illusion” album, consisting of three (or possibly even four) discs, instead of the two separate discs they ended up being.
In 1992, the band prepared to release the leftover cover tracks as an EP, with Gilby Clarke replacing Stradlin's guitar tracks. They later decided on making the album a full release and recorded several more tracks for it. Bassist Duff McKagan sings on many of the album's tracks and Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe appears on "Ain't It Fun" as a guest vocalist. This was the last Guns N' Roses album to feature lead guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Matt Sorum, and the only album to feature Gilby Clarke. It was also the band's last studio album. During studio sessions the band recorded a cover of "A Beer and a Cigarette" from Hanoi Rocks but the song never came out.
On the bottom of the cover art of the album, there is a code written with the Zodiac Killer's symbols, which has been deciphered as "fuck'em all".


01. "Since I Don't Have You"   (Joseph Rock, James Beaumont)  - 4:20
02. "New Rose"   (Brian James)  - 2:38
03. "Down on the Farm"   (Alvin Gibbs, Charlie Harper, Nicholas Garrett)  - 3:29
04. "Human Being"   (Johnny Thunders, David Johansen)  - 6:48
05. "Raw Power"   (Iggy Pop, James Williamson)  - 3:12
06. "Ain't It Fun" (feat. Michael Monroe) (Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughner)  - 5:06
07. "Buick Mackane (Big Dumb Sex)"   (Marc Bolan, Chris Cornell)  - 2:40
08. "Hair of the Dog"   (Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Manny Charlton, Darrell Sweet)  - 3:55
09. "Attitude"   (Glenn Danzig)  - 1:27
10. "Black Leather"   (Steve Jones, Paul Cook)  - 4:09
11. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"   (Johnny Thunders)  - 3:35
12. "I Don't Care About You"   (Lee Ving)  - 2:07
13. "Look at Your Game, Girl" (Hidden track starting at 2:17 in "I Don't Care About You") (Charles Manson)  - 2:34

Released:  November 23, 1993
Recorded at:  A&M Studios, Record Plant Studios, Rumbo Recorders, CanAm Studios, Sound Techniques, Triad Studios, Conway Recording Studios and Ocean Way Recording[citation needed]
Genre:  Punk Rock, Hard Rock
Length: 46:03
Label:  Geffen Records
Producer(s):  Mike Clink, Guns N' Roses, Duff McKagan, Jim Mitchell

Personnel
W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, keyboards
Slash – lead guitar, co-lead vocals
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, lead vocals and drums
Matt Sorum – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar
Michael Monroe – co-lead vocals
Mike Staggs – additional guitar
Mike Fasano – percussion
Richard Duguay – lead and rhythm guitars
Eddie Huletz – backing vocals
Blake Stanton – backing vocals
Eric Mills – backing vocals
Rikki Rachtman – backing vocals
Stuart Bailey – backing vocals
Carlos Booy – acoustic guitar