Mitchel Monster sings Guns N' Roses' at the Dolphin Club

Mitchel sings "Sweet Child of Mine" at the Dolphin Telford, England. This tough venue is always a favourite with Mitchel Monster and Bonnee Rox.

Note: This young artist is unsigned

Filmed on a cell phone, so picture qaulity and sound limited.

Former Guns N' Roses' lead guitarist, Slash, has been quoted as having a disdain for the song due to its roots as simply a 'string skipping' exercise and a joke at the time. In a VH1 special, it was stated that Slash played the riff in a jam session as a joke. Drummer Steven Adler and Slash were warming up and Slash began to play a "circus" melody while making faces at Steven. Adler asked him to play the riff again, and Izzy Stradlin came in with the chords. Axl was listening in his room and wrote lyrics, which he brought to the band the next day, where they finished the song out. However, the final dramatic breakdown was not added until producer Spencer Proffer suggested the band add one. They agreed, but weren't sure what to do. Axl started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" Spencer suggested that he sing that, and "Sweet Child o' Mine" was born. In an interview with Hit Parader magazine in 1988, bassist Duff McKagan noted: The thing about 'Sweet Child,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kind a like a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothin', it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere, Slash was fuckin' around when he first wrote that lick
The song has four guitar solos -- one after each of the three times the chorus is sung: The first is a short, simple one, the second is one of regular length, and the third a long, elaborate one, which is the most notable. The fourth is after the song's breakdown.

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• pop
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