Rock has produced few bands as nasty, divisive, and maddeningly brilliant as Guns N' Roses. Cutting their teeth on L.A.'s decadent metal scene in the '80s, Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff, and Steven became the biggest act of their generation thanks to a unique balance of sneering street boogie and ballads revealing a dark sense of beauty. As GnR's lineup has changed over the years, so too has their sound, which has ventured into punk, symphonic rock, and crunchy industrial metal. The element that never changes is their staunch devotion to the bad-boy mythos at the heart of rock ‘n' roll.