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Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction Paperback – Illustrated, August 1, 2008

by Marc Canter (Author), Jason Porath (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 475 ratings
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(Music Sales America). When teenager and amateur photographer Marc Canter set out to document his best friend Saul Hudson's rise as a rock guitarist in 1982, he never imagined he was documenting the genesis of the next great rock 'n' roll band. His friend became the legendary guitarist Slash, and Canter found himself witnessing the creation of Guns N' Roses front and center. The candid shots contained in Reckless Road , taken as the band toured in 1985-1987 and made the legendary album Appetite for Destruction , capture their raw, blood-sweat-and-tears performances as well as their intimate moments. Containing original gig memorabilia including show flyers, ticket stubs, set lists, press clippings, and handwritten lyrics as well as in-depth interviews with band members and the people closest to them, Reckless Road offers an explicit, first-person perspective readers won't find anywhere else. This book covers the first 50 gigs that Guns N Roses did. with 1000 plus unseen photos. Interviews with over 20 people including band members, roadies strippers, girlfriends, Tom Zutaut the A&R guy that signed the band, Mike Clink the guy who produced the record, Steve Thompson & Mike Barbiero the guys that mixed the record, and close friends of the band. The book is well designed and is a must for any GNR fan. This book covers 10 of the 12 songs off Appetite for Destruction the first time they were played!
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    7 x 0.95 x 9 inches
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    0979341876
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    978-0979341878
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Marc Canter is an amateur photographer and the owner and general manager of the legendary rock 'n' roll hangout, Canter's Deli, in Los Angeles, California. He has been friends with Slash for over 30 years, and had unlimited access to the formative years of one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Guns N' Roses. An avid collector, Canter is proud and excited to share his memories with the public for the first time. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Shoot Hip Press; First Edition (August 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0979341876
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0979341878
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.95 x 9 inches
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    4.4 out of 5 stars 475 ratings

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Marc Canter grew up with Slash and started documenting him in 1982. Marc is a family member of one of the most famous delis in the world, Canter’s Deli. Canter’s has been a landmark in Los Angeles since 1931 with lots of Rock’ Roll history. Marc took photos from the first gigs and was an official photographer for Guns N’ Roses in 1985/1986 where he documented their first fifty gigs. Marc helped support the band with fliers, ads, demos, equipment, food and friendship. Marc’s photos appear in the album artwork of “Appetite for Destruction” and Guns N’ Roses “Live Era 87-93”, Marc has many photos in Slash’s, Duff Mckagan’s and Steven Adler’s book and Marc put out his own book in 2007 “Reckless Road” Guns N’ Roses and The Making of Appetite For Destruction. Independent Publisher Award winner for “pop Culture book 2008”. Marc’s photos have also been on MTV,VH1, and in many Magazines around the world including Rolling Stone.

“Marc’s my best friend; and one of the only good friends that is consistent in my life. There isn’t a better person to actually release any material having to do with the coming together and history of Gun’s N’ Roses, Where it went and what was going on behind the scenes.”

SLASH

“When Gun’s N’ Roses formed, Marc became like the sixth guy in the band. He believed in us from the beginning and had a much broader view of what the band was about than even we had. He documented the whole thing tirelessly.”

DUFF MCKAGAN

“Marc Canter – without you?” From the “Appetite for Destruction” credits

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Customers appreciate the book's great shots of the band and love the stories from all perspectives. The information quality receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the detailed recording information, and many consider it essential for Guns N' Roses fans. The spelling and readability aspects receive mixed reviews, with several customers noting grammar and spelling issues and finding the content difficult to read. While some customers find it worth the money, others feel it's too short for the price of $8.49.

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39 customers mention "Pictures"36 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the pictures in the book, particularly the great shots of the band, with one customer noting how the early years come alive through them.

"...Jammed full of pictures with stories about each photo taken, when, where and who ...." Read more

"This book certainly was more than I expected. Great collection of old Guns'N'Roses pictures,plenty of information regarding the recording of my..." Read more

"Almost like a scrapbook of pics. Almost felt like a diary. Great for true GnR fans. Thought it was a bit short for the price...." Read more

"...The photos, are the sort of, raw but clear, all detail giving images that we fans of crude, rude music rave for...." Read more

29 customers mention "Story quality"26 positive3 negative

Customers enjoy the book's stories from multiple perspectives, with one customer highlighting its excellent chronologically organized narrative.

"...Jammed full of pictures with stories about each photo taken, when, where and who ...." Read more

"Almost like a scrapbook of pics. Almost felt like a diary. Great for true GnR fans. Thought it was a bit short for the price...." Read more

"I thought that Reckless Road was very informative as to how the band took over the Sunset Strip music scene, giving a look at their lives and just..." Read more

"...Looking at these photo's brings back fond memories from my childhood...." Read more

7 customers mention "Information quality"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's detailed information and perspectives, with one customer specifically noting its thorough coverage of the recording process and another mentioning how it helps understand the artists' state of mind.

"...Great collection of old Guns'N'Roses pictures,plenty of information regarding the recording of my favorite rock album of all time, interviews and..." Read more

"...The author, was there, Live there, experienced everything...." Read more

"...I loved the pictures and the detailed info...." Read more

"Excellent documentary with tons of fabulous photos. A real keeper of a book. Reveals incidents other books don't with photos to back these events up...." Read more

6 customers mention "Fan base"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's content for Guns N' Roses fans.

"Almost like a scrapbook of pics. Almost felt like a diary. Great for true GnR fans. Thought it was a bit short for the price...." Read more

"...Still, good for a die hard fan with all the expected behind the scenes behaviour of a hard rock band." Read more

"This book is made for a GNR fan. It makes the early years come alive with pictures...." Read more

"A must for any Guns fan...." Read more

9 customers mention "Spelling"3 positive6 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's spelling, with some noting many misspellings and grammar issues, while one customer mentions it is printed on high-quality paper.

"...The grammar and spelling might not be perfect, but the photos are...." Read more

"...It's also important to notice that is printed on high quality paper. Thanks for documenting all of this priceless moments." Read more

"...Too many spelling and grammatical errors. 2) Online interactive content...." Read more

"...There were a TON of typographical errors or misspellings, some just blatantly obvious...." Read more

8 customers mention "Value for money"5 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's value, with some finding it worth the money while others feel it's too short for the price of $8.49.

"...Definitely worth your $25 (or whatever it costs ya)!!" Read more

"...Great for true GnR fans. Thought it was a bit short for the price. I was enthralled and it was over." Read more

"...I loved the pictures and the detailed info. It is well worth it and Marc clearly delivers well and reaches his goal; I felt part of the gang before..." Read more

"...If you want to see allot of great photo's it's worth it...." Read more

4 customers mention "Readability"0 positive4 negative

Customers find the book difficult to read, with multiple reviews mentioning the lack of actual content and one customer describing it as boring song lyrics.

"...Lot of pictures of tickets, flyers, song lyrics boring stuff." Read more

"...It was a very dull read with virtually nothing more than superficial attention to virtually all events outside the studios...." Read more

"Was really disappointed at the lack of actual reading material. I should have read the reviews more carefully...." Read more

"...Better as a picture book as it was a little difficult to read some of the print." Read more

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  • vickvee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love Everything About This Book!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020
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    An absolutely fantastic collector’s dream book if you are a Guns N Roses fan! Jammed full of pictures with stories about each photo taken, when, where and who . This writer needs to do another book with Not In Your Lifetime Tour pictures and updates on the guys.
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  • Petridis Grigorios
    5.0 out of 5 stars Reckless appetite for Guns'n'roses
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2015
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    This book certainly was more than I expected. Great collection of old Guns'N'Roses pictures,plenty of information regarding the recording of my favorite rock album of all time, interviews and opinions from "key factor" persons in that process.It helps you understand the state of mind and the situations that defined that raw power and the aggressiveness of the album.Although Use Your Illusion albums are great pieces of music they lack that element of "street gang style" of the AFD album!And the state of the band in each period is explanatory.The only negative is the fact that the internet site that should give you access to all the relative concert clips is no longer active and all the dialogues from each concert make no sense alone!
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  • vdimarino
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Pics
    Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2024
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    Almost like a scrapbook of pics. Almost felt like a diary. Great for true GnR fans. Thought it was a bit short for the price. I was enthralled and it was over.
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  • 9 Levels
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Crazy Fun Time
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014
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    I remember when Guns hit the scene and everything changed. I was looking for a type of music that matched my emotions and lifestyle. My groups of people rode motorcycles, partied 24 hours a day, and loved chaos. Guns was perfect music for that time in our lives. We hated glam rock. We loved bands like AC/DC and after we saw Guns open for Aerosmith in 1988 we adopted the band as our music for our time give young and reckless. Some of us are still alive and free and still love the band. I had some of the craziest times of my life with songs like Nighttrain in the background. It was the last of the good old rock n roll party til you die fun to be had in the United States. I am very fortunate to have lived during a time when a person could be reckless and free. Guns and Roses were a perfect band for a reckless time.
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  • Jam
    3.0 out of 5 stars on one hand I'm glad this book exists and I ate it up like ...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2014
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    It was difficult choosing a star rating for this, on one hand I'm glad this book exists and I ate it up like there's no tomorrow, but on the other hand I felt it was too short for the price of $8.49. It should have been no more than $5. One thing that was annoying was watching the little video clip at the beginning of a chapter, and then reading text that was repeated from what was said in the video - the content of the video clips should have been separate instead of redundant material. Yeah, it's cool to see the people say things, but I don't need to then read the same lines again in text form..

    This book needs to be at least 3 times as long as it is. I was hoping for more in depth stories about the recording sessions, how they chose the album artwork, how they chose some of the effects on the guitars which weren't in the live shows, the synth part on Paradise City, etc.. While there were a few snippets of stuff like that, I felt there weren't nearly enough. I feel like this book is sort of brief synopses of the making of Appetite rather than the full story.

    I love Appetite and early G&R so I thank Canter for putting this out there, but he could have done more, or maybe make this book cheaper and part of a series...
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  • Joey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome for any Guns N’ Roses fan
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2024
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    Love this book but I’m also a huge Gnr fan. The only thing I wish was different was the cover. It would have made more sense to have a hard cover
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  • Sergio pescador
    5.0 out of 5 stars A first person true experience.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2012
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    Internet is full of people that don't know anything and yet dare to write a "memoir" of something they didn't witness or care to investigate.
    This book is the total opposite.
    The author, was there, Live there, experienced everything.
    I won't detail on the pictures, they will leave you speechless, mention your favorite band, all of us wish our chosen band had a book at least as half as good as this one.
    The photos, are the sort of, raw but clear, all detail giving images that we fans of crude, rude music rave for.
    It's also important to notice that is printed on high quality paper.
    Thanks for documenting all of this priceless moments.
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  • Tiffany M
    4.0 out of 5 stars "Fan"tastic Photo Scrapbook!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2012
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    Marc has just done a great job. Loved the way it was put together with the setlists, comments, backstory on the making of the greatest rock album of all time, Appetite For Destruction. I just loved seeing all his personal scrapbook items: ticket stubs,posters, flyers, etc. Of course, you buy it for the photos! They are amazing as Marc was front and center, backstage, offstage and he takes awesome photos yet humbly calls himself an amateur photographer. The grammar and spelling might not be perfect, but the photos are. I've read all the member's books and this is great to put the photos with the detailed stories they tell about each particular gig-the little notes of what went on and dialogue onstage that Marc actually recorded (part of the enhanced features). Loved the sexy info and photos. Like that Michelle Young contributed, how cool, "My Michelle" is one of my favorites. I was a little worried that since Marc was Slash's best friend, there might not be enough Axl in the book. Don't worry, there is plenty of Axl in some of his best outfits from the club days. Buy it already!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars I bought this for my husband for Christmas and he will literally crap his pants when he opens it
    Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2016
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    A must have for any GnR fan. I bought this for my husband for Christmas and he will literally crap his pants when he opens it. I want to give it to him now lol. The pictures are great , interviews, this book is quality. A great book to give in the year they reunited.
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  • Ashshry
    5.0 out of 5 stars Imprescindibile per un fan
    Reviewed in Italy on March 3, 2018
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    Un libro essenziale per immergersi nel periodo d'oro dei Guns N' Roses, fino all'88
    Bellissime le foto e la stampa di ottima qualità
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  • GREGG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Guns n roses livre autorisé par le groupe
    Reviewed in France on July 30, 2019
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    Seul livre indispensable sur guns n roses (et complémentaire a la ré edition d appetite for destruction remasterisé).
    J ai reçu un exemplaire dédicacé au feutre bleu par marc canter, l ami du groupe et auteur de l ouvrage.
    Merci amazon
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  • Ana rincon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exclente
    Reviewed in Spain on August 17, 2021
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    Llego dentro del plazo y en perfectas condiciones.
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  • Orchidee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Unglaublich
    Reviewed in Germany on December 2, 2024
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    Das Buch ist der Hammer und für jeden Fan ein Muss.
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