Use Your Illusion II (video)
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Use Your Illusion II is a live VHS
/DVD
by Guns N' Roses
. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome
, Japan
on February 22, 1992 during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour
, this recording features the second half of the concert, the first half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion I
. Both VHS titles were distributed by Geffen Home Video in 1992.
The songs "Move to the City" and "Estranged" from this event were used in the band's 1999
live album
Live Era: '87-'93
.
Guests:
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
/DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
by Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on February 22, 1992 during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour
Use Your Illusion Tour
The Use Your Illusion Tour was a concert tour by the rock band Guns N' Roses which ran from January 20, 1991 to July 17, 1993. It was not only the band's longest tour, but one of the longest concert tours in rock history, consisting of 194 shows in 27 countries...
, this recording features the second half of the concert, the first half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I (video)
Use Your Illusion I is a live VHS/DVD by Guns N' Roses. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome, Japan on February 22, 1992 during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour, this recording features the first half of the concert, the second half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion II...
. Both VHS titles were distributed by Geffen Home Video in 1992.
The songs "Move to the City" and "Estranged" from this event were used in the band's 1999
1999 in music
-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
Live Era: '87-'93
Live Era: '87-'93
-Bonus track:This track was released as the twelfth track on the first CD of the Japanese edition, and as the eighth side on the four LP vinyl editions.-Band members:*W...
.
Track listing
- "Introduction"
- "You Could Be MineYou Could Be Mine"You Could Be Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1991 fourth studio album Use Your Illusion II. It was released as the band's seventh single, and the first from the Use Your Illusion albums, in June 1991...
" - "Drum Solo & Guitar Solo"
- "Theme from "The GodfatherThe GodfatherThe Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...
"" - "Sweet Child o' MineSweet Child O' Mine"Sweet Child o' Mine" is the third single by American rock band Guns N' Roses, and the third from their 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. Released on August 17, 1988, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only number-one single in the U.S...
" - "So Fine"
- "Rocket QueenRocket Queen"Rocket Queen" is the closing song of Appetite for Destruction, the debut album of the rock band Guns N' Roses.-Background:According to frontman W. Axl Rose:...
" (w/ "It Tastes Good, Don't It?") - "Move to the City"
- "Knockin' on Heaven's DoorKnockin' on Heaven's Door"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.-Story line and song structure:...
" - "EstrangedEstranged-Personnel:* Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, production* Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, production* Slash – lead guitar, production* Duff McKagan – bass, production* Matt Sorum – drums, production-External links:*...
" - "Paradise CityParadise City-Personnel:* Axl Rose - lead vocals, synthesizer, whistle* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, percussion* Slash - lead guitar, backing vocals* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums-Live:...
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Credits
Uzi Suicide Co.; an original production of TDK Core Co., Ltd. and Japanese Satellite BroadcastingArtists
Guns N' Roses:- W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, tambourine, whistle
- Slash – lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox
- Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
- Dizzy Reed – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, tambourine
- Matt Sorum – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Guests:
- Cece Worrall-Rubin, Lisa Maxwell, Anne King – Horns
- Tracey Amos, Roberta Freeman – Backing Vocals
- Ted Andreadis – Keyboards, Harmonica, Backing Vocals
Crew
- Director: Paul Becher
- Producers: Shuji Wakai, Tsugihiko Imai, Tamamatsu Kuwata, Ichiro Misu, Yasumi Takeuchi, Noboru Shimasaki, Reiko Nakano, Shigeo Iguro
- Light Design: Phil Ealy
- Sound Engineers: David Kehrer, Jim Mitchell
- Art Director: Kevin Reagan