Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose used their music to hit back at their music, but he regretted making the move afterward.
Guns N' Roses have a fair share of problems in the music industry because of their critics, but things went worse for them during the late 1980s and early 1990s, during which the rocker created a song he soon regretted.
Why Axl Rose Regretted 1 Song He Made for Guns N' Roses
The rock band dropped "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II" simultaneously in September 1991, which included the diss track "Get in the Ring." Rose added lyrics to the track after Duff McKagan wrote its words and set the original title as "Why Do You Look at Me When You Hate Me?"
Rose planned to change the title to "Get In The Ring Motherf**ker" after including diss lines directed at the band's music critics, but the band eventually decided to release it under the "Get In The Ring" title instead.
Despite toning down the title, the frontman recouped the foul word and included more in the song's lyrics to slam Guns N' Roses' haters, particularly Bob Guccione Jr. of Spin, Mick Wall of Kerrang!, Andy Secher of Hit Parader, and Circus.
Years after the release of the final recording, he revealed during his interview with That Metal Show (via Rolling Stone) that calling out their critics was not his idea. According to the singer, he was asked if he could just fill the blank space in the song and go off on the music critics.
"I eventually did, and everybody was happy with it," he said. "I didn't realize the political wars between different publicists at the record labels and their relationships with magazines like Rolling Stone and SPIN. So I was set up, and no one stepped forward to say anything."
Why Axl Rose Made "Get In The Ring"
The creation of Guns N' Roses' "Get In The Ring" came after Motley Crue presented the band the Best Metal Video for "Sweet Child O' Mine" at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.
At that time, Vince Neil claimed that Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin assaulted his wife at the Cathouse club weeks before the event. The whole Motley Crue members left the event, but the singer confronted Stradlin after their "Free Fallin'" performance.
In the months thereafter, Neil continuously held interviews with the Guns N' Roses then-soon-to-be-critics and told them about breaking Stradlin's nose because of the issue. While Rose demanded the Motley Crue singer offer a public apology, Guns N' Roses members only found themselves in the middle of hot water instead.
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