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"Nightrain" (pronounced "Night Train") is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses. The song is a tribute to an infamous brand of cheap Californian fortified wine, Night Train Express, which was extremely popular with the band during their early days because of its low price and high alcohol content. [3]
Night Train (test), a 1963–1964 U.S. biological weapons test; Night Train Lane (1927–2002), American football player; Night Train, the cargo vessel involved in the Night Train seizure, a 1977 drug seizure by the U.S. Coast Guard; Night Train, a Harley-Davidson softail motorcycle model; Night Train, a bobsled driven by Steven Holcomb
Guns N' Roses [a] is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1985, as the result of a merger between local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose.When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic lineup" consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler.
Guns N' Roses onstage in 2017.. Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band originally formed in 1985 by members of Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. [1] After signing with Geffen Records in 1986, the band released its debut album Appetite for Destruction in 1987. [1]
Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born April 8, 1962), known professionally as Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.He was a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded four studio albums and left at the height of their fame in 1991.
The Use Your Illusion albums represent a turning point in the sound of Guns N' Roses. Although the band did not abandon the aggressive hard-rock sound it had become known for with 1987's Appetite for Destruction, Use Your Illusion I demonstrated a more diverse sound, incorporating elements of blues, classical music, heavy metal, punk rock, and classic rock and roll.
The fourth track on the EP is "Mama Kin" which is a cover of a song by Aerosmith, a band Guns N' Roses has cited as one of their major influences. One song considered for this EP was "Shadow of Your Love", which never made it onto the album, and later released on the "It’s So Easy/Mr. Brownstone" single and the Live from the Jungle EP.
The Use Your Illusion albums were a stylistic turning point for Guns N' Roses (see Use Your Illusion I).In addition, Use Your Illusion II is more political than most of their previous work, with songs like "Civil War", a cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", and "Get in the Ring" dealing respectively with the topics of violence, law enforcement and media bias.