1986.01.18 - The Roxy, Los Angeles, USA

by **Soulmonster** Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:01 pm

Date:
January 18, 1986.

Venue:
The Roxy.

Location:
Los Angeles, USA.

Setlist:
01. Reckless Life
02. Shadow of Your Love
03. Welcome to the Jungle
04. Jumpin' Jack Flash
05. Think About You
06. Move to the City
07. Don't Cry
08. Nice Boys
09. Back Off Bitch
10. Rocket Queen
11. Nightrain
12. My Michelle
13. Paradise City
14. Anything Goes
15. Mama Kin
16. Heartbreak Hotel
17. Goodnight Tonight

Line-up:
Axl Rose (vocals), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitarist), Slash (lead guitarist), Duff McKagan (bass) and Steven Adler (drums).

Bootlegs:
Yes.

Quotes:

On January 18, 1986, before our show at the Roxy, a friend ducked his head into the backstage area. "This fucking gig is sold out!" When we looked into the crowd, we still saw the same faces. We knew most of the people in the audience, even after we started selling out venues like this. Del, West Arkeen, Marc Canter, and assorted girlfriends assembled backstage as usual. The big difference? One of my nephews stood in front of the backstage area as "security" [Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy", 2011, p. 104]

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by **Soulmonster** Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:36 pm

Paul Black of L.A. Guns performing with Guns N' Roses at the Roxy on January 18, 1986:

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by **Soulmonster** Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:48 pm

Full show:

by **Soulmonster** Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:32 pm

From Raz' biography:

In mid-January, Vicky Hamilton promoted her first G N' R show. I was able to get L.A. Guns onto the Roxy Theatre bill that also included Plain Jane, featuring a pre-warrant Jani Lane. [...] The show was well promoted, with ads and cool pro-style posters plastered throughout Hollywood. Word had it several A & R reps would attend, so G N' R decided to play earlier than scheduled. It was their show and so at sound check, when they told L.A. Guns to swap time slots, that's what happened. I had never seen G N' R play longer than forty minutes-ish, but the band rocked on for almost two hours, kicking ass and leaving the audience sweaty, drained, and semi-satiated[Raz Cue, "The Days of Guns, & Raz's", 2015, p. 233].

by **Soulmonster** Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:07 pm

This show would be mentioned in the band's third newsletter:

"That Roxy show last month was a smash! We oversold the place by two-hundred and eighty people thanx to each and every one of you!

Plus we got the whole show on video tape and you were fuckin’ dynamite!" [Guns N' Roses Newsletter #3, February 1986].

by **Blackstar** Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:25 pm

Ad in L.A. Weekly, January 17, 1986:

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by **Blackstar** Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:29 pm

Sort of review in L.A. Weekly, January 30, 1986:

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by **Soulmonster** Sun Aug 14, 2022 10:42 am

So Slash started doing [heroin] and then you could kind of see it in the shows. Like, at the first time I noticed it was at the Roxy gig January 18th of '86. And you could see he was just, he was wasted. And there wasn't on alcohol. His playing was sloppy. He was slurring.

Let There Be Talk, August 29, 2013

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