Guns N' Roses released "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II" 35 years ago today.
Geffen put both records out on the same day, September 17, 1991. "Use Your Illusion II" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 770,000 copies in its first week and "Use Your Illusion I" landed right behind it at No. 2 with 685,000, handing the band the two biggest albums in America at once.
Mike Clink produced both. Between them they carry "November Rain," "Don't Cry," "You Could Be Mine," "Civil War" and "Estranged," and each is certified 7x platinum in the US. They were the last Guns N' Roses albums of original material until "Chinese Democracy" in 2008.