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| Song by Guns N' Roses | |||||
| Album | Use Your Illusion I | ||||
| Released | September 17, 1991 | ||||
| Recorded | A&M Studios, Record Plant Studios, Studio 56, Image Recording, Conway Studios & Metalworks Recording Studios 1990-1991 |
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| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 10:13 | ||||
| Label | Geffen Records | ||||
| Writer | Slash/Axl Rose | ||||
| Producer | Mike Clink | ||||
| Use Your Illusion I track listing | |||||
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"Coma" is a song by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on the 1991 album Use Your Illusion I. At 10 minutes, 13 seconds it is the longest track released by the band. Guitarist Slash states that he wrote the music to this song in house he and Izzy rented in Hollywood Hills, following the Appetite for Destruction tours.[1] Axl Rose wrote the lyrics. Coma is a song which has been given different meanings. Some see it as the story of someone who has lived a bad life and is now dying. There are suggestions that it is a message to ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler who was fired by Rose because of his drug addiction, or that it is the story of a drug overdose that Slash survived. An interesting point to note is that the doctors voices which can be heard at various points throughout the song are the actual doctors who saved Slash after a drug overdose: out of gratitude for their work he invited them to play a part in the recording of the song. In an interview, Axl talks about writing "Coma": "I tried to write that song for a year, and couldn't. I went to write it at the studio and passed out. I woke up two hours later and sat down and wrote the whole end of the song, like, just off the top of my head. It was like, don't even know what's coming out, man, but it's coming. I think one of the best things that I've ever written was maybe the end segment of the song "Coma". It just poured out." [1] The song has only been played live four times, possibly due to its length and the strain it causes the singer. A live version was featured on Japanese and vinyl copies of the Guns N' Roses live album Live Era: '87-'93.
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References
- ^ Bozza, Anthony, & Slash (2007). Slash. Harper Entertainment: New York. p. 252
