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This DVD doesn't even deserve one star. If there was a way to put a negative in front of this star I would.

I'm a huge Guns N' Roses fan, and after watching the first five minutes of the DVD and seeing that interviews were being conducted with ditsy girls, and random people from the streets I suddenly realized that I had wasted my money.

I had no idea that there wouldn't be any exclusive interviews or music from Guns N' Roses. In January I found out this DVD was coming out, and picked it up in April when it was finally released. I was excited because it was the first Guns N' Roses DVD ever.

If I knew it was going to be that bad, as avid of a fan as I am, I would have never bought it. This DVD is just going to take up space on my DVD tower, never to be watched again. It was a major disappiontment.

I can honestly say, even as the biggest G n'R fan on the planet, that this was the most pathetic display of highway robbery that I have EVER seen. Put it this way; the Irish broad that narrates this abortion of a video calls Steven AD-LER - Steven ALD-ER. If I ever see that crook that made this video, I will be sure to get my 20 bucks back and bash this worthless piece of plastic over his head.

This DVD shouldn't even get one star - it's not nearly that good. Simply put, this DVD is an embarrassment to anyone who had anything to do with it.

There are no interviews with the band, just a few 2- or 3-second clips from one interview with Slash, Izzy, and Duff. There is no GnR music in the show, nor is there concert footage of any kind.

If you know nothing about the band, you may learn a few things. But many of the "facts" are false (it was Izzy who urinated on the plane, guys, not Slash), and those facts that are true can easily be found on any GnR website. There's no insight worth noting. If you love the band, you'll be insulted by the low quality of content and mailed-in production values.

Not only are many facts wrong, the narrator didn't even put in enough effort to learn the band members' names - she mispronounces the names Adler and Stradlin. The interviewees are meager - a pair of fans is prominently featured.

The ultimate disgrace? One of the interviewees actually says something about "Slash and Alex..."

Alex? Alex Rose?

That's right. W. Alex Rose. And that should tell you all you need to know about this DVD. It's gonna bring you down.

This documentary could've been made by a high school multi-media student - even a flunky one. "Chrome Dreams", the company claiming responsibility behind this atrocity put together a couple of photos (showed them over and over), some cheesy footage, and got a handful of know-nothings to tell you the GN'R story in a dozen different ways you already know. There is no exclusive interviews with any of the band members - just some old footage of Slash, Duff, and Izzy shot years ago on the road. Axl is no where to be found other than the photos. And, there is absolutely no Guns N' Roses music any where on the disc. Ultimately, this documentary does nothing for the avid Gunner and looks like a home made movie. Waste of $20.00 for sure. Hopefully, VH-1's "Behind the Music" style documentary will be more worthy of our time than this monstrosity.

Take it from this long time GNR fan, this DVD is not worth buying. I feel that I have to give it 2 stars, because no matter what I would buy it just because it involves GNR, but I think that would make some people think it's better than it is, so I gave it one star, instead. It's just a terrible attempt to make a few dollars off of a legendary band. The facts are misrepresented and incorrectly presented. The DVD claims that Slash urinated on an airplane when it was in fact Izzy. There were a few very small tidbits and one or two clips that I had not previosly seen, but taken as a whole this DVD rehashes the facts that even the casual GNR fan will already be familiar with. The DVD doesn't elaborate on common knowledge and fails to even mention Matt Sordum or Gilby Clake by name (not even once). It provides no new or interesting information and any fan of GNR would be better off to buy an official GNR release on VHS, such as Welcome to the Videos or a tape of Making the Videos. Don't buy this DVD, but if you can get a friend to buy it, go to his house and watch it with him.

This DVD is completely awful. I'm a big Guns fan but I learned nothing new from this DVD. This DVD played like film student's first project before any real education. Most of the people interviewed in the story weren't really important players in GnR history (Axl's tattoo artist? Give me a break) and no real insight was gained. Some of the facts were screwed up and people were mentioning things off the top of their heads ("I think it was ...) when, if they were important in the evolution of the band, would have been able to state matter of factly...

First of all the production quality of this DVD is horrible, everything from graphics, music, editing, etc. I made better quality videos in college when I studied Radio & TV...and I barley passed the TV part. No licensed music, horrible narrative and the people they interview are nobodys, some groupies and a guy who works for some indy mag. They have one GNR interview which is about 3rd generation quality tape.

Stay away!!!

I'm a huge GNR fan and this is the absolute worst rip off ever. There are NO original GNR music on this tape and VERY little interviews with any band members. Please, for the love of God, don't make the same mistake I made and buy this product! there are many better products to choose from such as the making of Estranged and Welcome to the Videos.

Thanks so much to all the reviewers that wasted their money on this DVD. I am not going to buy this cd thanks to you all. I thought this would be awesome because I am craving something new from Axl or any of the boys, but this really has nothing to do with them. Thanks again because I think I can hear about "Alex" from an idiot on the street.

WORST DVD EVER!!!! i swear, i am so mad at myself for purchasing this. Its only 20 bucks, but the 20 bucks could have gone to cigs or a robbie williams cd, even that would be better