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( Courtesy Geffen Records) In Not Fade Away, we take a look at the legacy of some of the greatest albums of the past few decades – some iconic, some lesser known – as they celebrate significant anniversaries. Here, we focus on Guns N’ Roses 1993 album of covers, “ The Spaghetti Incident?”, which turns 20 today. By Andy O’ Connor When was the last time you were excited about a covers album? When was the last time a covers album made a flap at all? Most of the time you hear about an artist doing a covers album, their contract’s about to be up and at least three of the guys know “ Louie, Louie” and “ Land of Confusion.” Most of the time, bands can’t fill an album with decent songs they they wrote themselves, so what’s the use of releasing a record that butchers other peoples’ tested successes? It’s as if bands are clamoring to become wasted space on terabyte hard drives, rotting in the mausoleum that is the used CD bins in pre-fab mall music stores. Why would you make a covers album? Sometimes, it’s all you can do. Guns N’ Roses‘ “ The Spaghetti Incident?” is one of the few covers albums in history to create any sort of real chatter. The hubbub came mainly from the album’s “hidden track” – a relic of the CD age where an unlisted track would close out the album following silence after the last listed track – where Axl Rose performed an acoustic version of Charles Manson’s “ Look At Your Game, Girl.” Rose wasn’t shy about his love for Manson, rocking shirts with the singers’ face during the Use Your Illusion tour. The song well, there’s a reason it’s hidden: It doesn’t add to the album, and feels tacked on solely to gain attention. Even in metal, where showmanship is king, you gotta have some riffs too. Whatever “darkness” present feels like a bunch of black construction paper stapled to a wall. Incidentally, the song preceding it is Fear’s “ I Don’t Care About You,” and.
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