Reply #11: Yep...they had a "Sgt. Pepper's" in the form of D.S.O.T.M....

[Amerigo Vespucci]

...some would say the same of The Wall (I wouldn't...The Wall was what it was, and a commercial success, but other than "Comfortably Numb," I can personally take it or leave it).

So I guess the same is true of Guns 'n' Roses..."Appetite for Destruction" was a HUGE commercial success. By the time of the twin "Use Your Illusion" albums, the rot had already set in, but they were still the darlings of MTV with "You Could Be Mine" and "November Rain." It doesn't seem like they've had a tremendous amount of influence outside of their own bubble, unless you count a million asshole tattooed Sunset Strip club bands who will never make it outside of the Sunset Strip.