# Why was "Appetite For Destruction" so popular in 1987? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-appetite-for-destruction-so-popular-in-1987/668286 "2013-09-07T21:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-appetite-for-destruction-so-popular-in-1987/668286/21 "2013-09-09T17:11:50Z")
Short answer “because it was awesome”? I suspect that it was a combination of Guns N’ Roses being “new” as well as “raw” enough to appeal to both the 80s hair metal crowd as well as the burgeoning “grunge” crowd who were into bands like Alice & Chains and Soundgarden. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-appetite-for-destruction-so-popular-in-1987/668286/22 "2013-09-09T18:08:28Z")
Since their breakup, everyone was wondering when the next “Led Zeppelin” would surface. Whitesnake was the first band to be christened the new Zeppelin. But that ultimately didn’t work out. And then when G&R hit the scene, everyone was saying _they_ were the new Zeppelin. And… that didn’t turn out be true, either. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-appetite-for-destruction-so-popular-in-1987/668286/23 "2013-09-09T18:12:16Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > If ever an album title deserved an explanation mark… Well, _Frampton Comes! Alive_ sounds like something totally different. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-appetite-for-destruction-so-popular-in-1987/668286.md?page=1)