My Appetite For Destruction Of Guns N Roses Sparknotes

My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses, Steven Adler’s autobiography written with Lawrence J. Spagnola, recounts Adler’s life including how Guns N’ Roses started, and his seemingly endless battle with substance abuse. Steven Adler, born Michael Coletti after his father, declared at the young age of eleven that he was “going to be a famous rockstar!” and he was indeed successful, seeing as he was the original drummer in the notorious band, Guns N’ Roses. Guns N’ Roses was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, and their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, sold 30 million copies worldwide. Also, Adler participated in the second season of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and the premiere season of Sober House in an effort to achieve sobriety. Steven Adler’s autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses, retells Steven Adler’s life story involving the creation of the acclaimed band, Guns N’ Roses, and Adler’s trials and tribulations with drugs.
My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses recounts the many highs, both literal and figurative, and lows of Steven Adler’s life. From a young age, Steven Adler was

a troublemaker, smoking marijuana at eleven years old, and he was expelled from numerous high schools. Due to his flagrant reputation, Adler’s father kicked him to the curb, causing him to move in with his grandmother. There, Adler met Saul Hudson (a.k.a. Slash, lead guitarist for Guns N’ Roses), fell in love with music, specifically percussion, when he attended a garage rock band’s raucous rehearsal, and he decided he would be a famous rockstar after that fateful moment. Through some mutual friends, Adler and Slash were introduced to the other three members of what would become Guns N’ Roses. Guns N’ Roses experienced much success, earning various awards such as “Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist” in 1990, but with success comes great responsibility. The band’s immoderate drug use soon became a huge source of conflict among the members, specifically Steven Adler. In an attempt to quit drugs cold turkey, Adler was experiencing extreme symptoms of opiate withdrawal when he unknowingly signed over his rights to Guns N’ Roses. As a result, Adler became extremely depressed and used drugs as a coping mechanism. Attempting suicide twice was not as much of a wake-up call as was an ultimatum of a three-year jail sentence if he had one more incident with drugs.
Steven Adler wrote his autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses, so that he could set the record straight on how he was expelled from Guns N’ Roses, and so that he could share his story of finally becoming sober. Many famous rock n’ rollers are known for their copious drug use and Steven Adler is no exception. The other four members claim that Adler was replaced in the band because the drugs impaired him from playing correctly, such as keeping proper rhythm. Adler viewed the remaining members of Guns N’ Roses as hypocrites since they also openly used drugs, but his side of the story that the band needed an excuse to oust Adler due to personal issues is kept under wraps. Experiencing the symptoms associated with opiate withdrawal, Adler unknowingly signed a contract that gave him $2,000 in exchange for his royalties, partnership in the band, and his rights. Also, Adler’s experiences with drugs is considered one of the most self-destructive downward spirals in the history of rock n’ roll. From smoking marijuana at the age of eleven to developing grotesquely infected abscesses on his stomach from dirty syringes and fleeing the hospital to pump more substances into his body, perhaps Adler’s nadir was his two attempted suicides. Even his flirtations with death were not enough to dispel Adler from substance abuse; instead, it was an ultimatum of becoming sober or a mandatory three-year jail sentence. Through his candidness, Adler reveals his shortcomings with drugs in hopes of repelling impressionable young adults from the deadly life of substance addiction, and how he was scammed by signing over his rights to Guns N’ Roses while in a withdrawal stupor.
By reading My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses, a writer can realize how much honesty and attention to detail and feelings can impact a story.

Steven Adler repeatedly evaluated how situations impacted him in his autobiography, so writers could imitate this tactic if they are writing their autobiography. In addition, Adler was very adamant about providing details, whether it was how the members of Guns N’ Roses met or how much cocaine he snorted in one day. Likewise, Steven Adler’s autobiography can assist a writer in writing a foreword, and knowing which important parts of a person’s life should be included. My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses provides an exemplary example for writers that desire to author an autobiography or a

biography.
Ultimately, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses provides an insight into the life story of Steven Adler, the original drummer of Guns N’ Roses. Adler’s autobiography highlights the most influential aspects of his life, such as being in one of the most famous rock bands during the 1980’s and his battles with substance abuse. My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses was written to repulse impressionable young adults from engaging in drug use and potentially bringing unnecessary chaos into their lives. In the same way, the autobiography was also written so that Adler could tell the story of how he was led to sign his rights away to Guns N’ Roses once and for all. Adler’s autobiography can show writers how important details are to a storyline because it really draws the reader into the story. Steven Adler’s autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses, allows readers to experience the life of a drug-addicted rockstar, and is a prime example of how an autobiography or biography should be written.