Editing Appetite for Destruction (section)

==Background==
Guns N' Roses' first recordings were for a planned EP in March 1985, shortly after the band formed, with "[[Don't Cry]]", a cover of "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]", "Think About You" and "Anything Goes".<ref>{{cite interview |last=Cue |first=Raz |subject-link=Guns N' Roses |title=Guns N' Roses First Radio Interview March 1985 |url=https://www.razcue.com/single-post/2018/03/08/Guns-N-Roses-First-Radio-Interview-March-1985 |publisher=[[KPFK]] |date=March 1985 |access-date=May 30, 2018 |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630214150/https://www.razcue.com/single-post/2018/03/08/Guns-N-Roses-First-Radio-Interview-March-1985 |archive-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref> However, plans for the release fell through, as original guitarist [[Tracii Guns]] left the band, being replaced by [[Slash (musician)|Slash]].<ref name="tracii">{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04450-dr-rock-tracii-guns-interview-la-guns-nikki-sixx-poison-guns-n-roses|title=Giving It Both Barrels: Dr Rock Takes On Tracii Guns Of The LA Guns|author=Dr. Rock|date=June 16, 2010|website=TheQuietus.com|access-date=June 9, 2015|quote=Guns: "And then I lasted for about seven or eight months in that, and then Axl and I got into an extraordinary fight&nbsp;... and we did two shows after that argument and then I left. It just wasn't fun anymore."|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130420014959/http://thequietus.com/articles/04450-dr-rock-tracii-guns-interview-la-guns-nikki-sixx-poison-guns-n-roses|archive-date=April 20, 2013|url-status = live}}</ref> Shortly afterward, the classic lineup of [[Axl Rose]], [[Duff McKagan]], Slash, [[Steven Adler]], and [[Izzy Stradlin]] was finalized.<ref name="ISEAOLp37">{{cite book|last=McKagan|first=Duff|year=2011|title=It's so Easy (and other lies)|publisher=Touchstone|page=37|isbn=978-1-4516-0664-5|editor=Stacy Creamer|others=Collaboration by Tim Mohr}}</ref>

After heavy touring of the Los Angeles club scene, the group signed with [[Geffen Records]] in March 1986.<ref name="The Biography Channel">{{cite news|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/guns-n-roses.html|title=Guns N' Roses – Biography on Bio. |work=bio.|publisher=TheBiographyChannel.co.uk|date=2008|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208190634/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/guns-n-roses.html|archive-date=December 8, 2009|access-date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> In December of that year, the group released the four-song EP ''[[Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide]]'', which was designed to keep interest in the band alive while the group withdrew from the club scene to work in the studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/g-n-r-lies-19890126|title=G N' R Lies|website=rollingstone.com|date=January 26, 1989 |access-date=December 5, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005848/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/g-n-r-lies-19890126|archive-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-28-ca-21295-story.html|title=POP REVIEW : Guns N' Roses Glam-Slams With Noisy Aggressiveness|first=John|last=Voland|date=December 28, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 5, 2017|via=LA Times|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723072445/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-28/entertainment/ca-21295_1_n-roses|archive-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> The EP release was also designed to soothe the label, which believed the band did not have enough songs to record a full-length album.<ref>{{cite book|last=McKagan|first=Duff|year=2011|title=It's so Easy (and other lies)|publisher=Touchstone|page=55|isbn=978-1-4516-0664-5|editor=Stacy Creamer|others=Collaboration by Tim Mohr}}</ref>