Guns 'n' Roses: Use Your Illusion II - World Tour [DVD] [2006] [2004]

NOTE: This is a review of both Disk 1 & 2 (sold seperately).Firstly, for those of you who don't know, Guns N'Roses were (are? not seen them in their new guise I'm afraid, so I'm talking pre-1994) the biggest and most dangerous band in the world. They were also the best by far. In the early 90s the music scene was dominated by Grunge, with such bands as Nirvana & Pearl Jam stealing the limelight from stadium rockers.Guns N' Roses were, with the possible exception of the Rolling Stones or the Chili Peppers (Slane Castle, brilliant!)the greatest live band of all time. These DVDs show a full concert from Japan in 1992, at the height of their massive World Tour, and when the Gunners were at their peak. Ironically, the DVDs are set out in very much the same way as the UYI albums were. Disk 1 tends to concentrate more on the fast paced rockers (Mr. Brownstone, Bad Obsession, Live & Let Die etc.) whilst Disk 2 contains the more 'epic' stuff (Rocket Queen, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Estranged etc.) which I think is brilliant as depending on your mood you can either sit back and relax to their classic, solo infused stuff or the shorter rockers. There's also a brilliant (if somewhat too long) guitar/drum solo on Disk 2 for those of you who're into that kind of thing.Another great highlight is Civil War, towards the end of the first disk complete with several costume changes from Axl and a great solo (when aren't they?) from Slash. The DVDs are brilliant overall, there's so much to enjoy from the head bangin' stuff everyone knows (Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City etc.) right up to the brilliant (and underrated) So Fine & Estranged on Disk 2.All in all an essential (and I don't use this word lightly) purchase for any Gunner with a DVD player. Absolutely brilliant throughout, and for the Stones fans out there (and who isn't?) there's even a great little rendition of their classic Wild Horses on Disk 1, performed as a duet by Gilby & Slash.My only regret about the concert as a whole, is the fact Izzy isn't in it, but that's obviously no technical flaw, I just don't feel Gilby ever knew the shoes he was trying to fill.Don't hesitate, just buy it, you will not be dissapointed.

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Bought for a birthday present to a student, he loves it! I already have a copy and recommend it as a great piece of seminal music history!

Good dvd

Good pressie for g n r fans

fantastic dvd,,,,with excellent delivery time ,,,,ordered 11pm sat evening and dvd arrived 9am Monday morning was estimated as Wednesday ,,,,you will never beat that ,,,,dvd excellent value for money ,,,,thank-you amazon ,,,,,

Decent performance by the band but the video and sound editing is poor ,it feels very Amateurish ,you don't feel they are performing in front of 50k fan's more like a dress rehearsal ,it's like they never did anything to the footage after it was filmed it could certainly use a major upgrade as some big bands have done when remastering an old concert for a Blu ray release,releasing the concert on 2 separate discs is beyond crazy they could have easily just have put them in the one box.

Non può mancare nella tua collezione, concerto fantastico

Le dvd est pour ainsi dire comme neuf, aucune trace, l'image est très propre sachant que c'est un concert de 1992, à posséder pour les fans.

Esto es sencillo, si te gusta Guns and Roses pedirás que te entierren con este dvd.

Es un DVD para gente conocedora de lo que fue GNR en esos años. Es para coleccionistas y este DVD es ya es un clásico.Gracias Amazon por este tipo de material, son muchos conciertos lo que ya compré por medio de ustedes y siempre puntuales en las entregas y con muy buena atención al cliente.

Die DVDs wie immer schnell erhalten von Amazon. Unglücklicherweise war die Hülle etwas beschädigt was aber nicht weiter schlimm war (da Cent Artikel).Jedenfalls finde ich die DVD(s) einfach klasse. Zu erwähnen ist einfach auch dass diese von der damaligen Plattenfirma Geffen (heute Interscope) herausgegeben wurde, und die Ton- und Bildqualiät auch dementsprechend gut ist. Keine anderen (auch hier bei Amazon) angebotenen Live DVDs von Guns n Roses taugen was, ausser die beiden Illusion DVDs.Jede Menge Hits drauf, beide DVDs zusammen satte 3 Stunden Live Material.KAUFEN!