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Rock Scene launches Guns N’ Roses auction celebrating 30th anniversary of ‘Appetite For Destruction’
East Coast — Rock Scene Auctions will launch their second auction; Friday – July 21, 2017, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the release of Guns N’ Roses groundbreaking debut album, Appetite for Destruction, featuring 15 iconic GnR photos from Mark “Weissguy” Weiss.
Slash –“That first record where all the shit that he went through to sort of get your band together; and all the living on the street all the experiences really was summed up on one record. And was blatantly honest didn’t mince words about anything. The band had a certain kind of natural energy that just came out on the record and Mike Clink produced it and captured that. It’s just one of those records. I didn’t know it was going to become as iconic as it became. It was just us doing our songs at the time.” –Slash
Mark talks about his days with Guns N’ Roses – “I first shot Guns N’ Roses the fall of 1986, eight months prior to the release of Appetite for Destruction, they were still working on the album. The buzz was out and Hit Parader magazine wanted me to shoot them for the cover. When I first met them they were a bit guarded, they had their own 
photographer who was there, the band didn’t want to shoot with anyone but him, as I was told by the publicist. The record company told them they had to shoot with me so I can get them in the magazines. I remember Axl not wanting to look in the camera. I gave them their space and shot a few rolls of film. I thought it was peculiar that they would be all glammed up and then on Axl’s pants it said “GLAM SUCKS”. It was the beginning of many more memorable images to come …”
“The band came by my studio for a quick shoot during their stay in NYC they played at the Ritz on October 23, 1987.”
“February 2, 1988 just four months later they came back to NYC to play the Ritz for a live MTV broadcast concert. This historic show put Guns N’ Roses on the Rock & Roll map and on the way to super stardom.”
“They invited me to come to CBGB’s on October 30th where they did an acoustic set along with an autograph signing.”
Steven Adler – “He was able to make guys in the band that he shot really look good. He knew when to push the button and set the lights, He had that magic touch. Like Guns N’ Roses did, when the five of us were together we had that magic touch; we couldn’t do no wrong. And Mark had that same magic.” –Steven Adler
Go to RockSceneAuctions.com and bid on one of Weiss’ iconic photographs. Through the site, music fans will have the opportunity to bid on rock and roll photographs. WhyHunger will receive a percentage of proceeds from the auctions.
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