The Spaghetti Incident?
"It wasn't like we went in to make an album, we did it as different things. They had seven songs already recorded, then I went in and re-did all Izzy's guitars." (Gilby Clarke)

As early as 1989, Slash brought up the possibility of recording an entire cover album. Four years later, it's a done deal with this fifth album. The Spaghetti Incident? debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, selling about 190,000 copies in its first week of release.

Album information

By: Guns N' Roses

Released: November 23, 1993

Length: 46:03

Label: Geffen

Producer: Mike Clink & Guns N' Roses

Recorded: A&M Studios / Record Plant / Rumbo Studios / Can Am Studios / Conway Studios

Singles: Ain't It Fun / Since I Don't Have You

Line-up

Axl Rose: lead vocals, keyboards on "Since I Don't Have You", kazoo on "Human Being"
Slash: lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Buick Makane"
Gilby Clarke: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Duff McKagan: bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "New Rose", "Raw Power" and "Attitude", acoustic guitar, drums and lead vocals on "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory"
Matt Sorum: drums, backing vocals, percussion
Dizzy Reed: keyboards, piano on "Since I Don't Have You", backing vocals
Additionnal musicians: Michael Monroe (vocals) / Mike Staggs, Richard Duguay (guitar) / Mike Fasano (percussion) / Eddie Huletz, Blake Stanton, Rikki Rachtman, Stuart Bailey (backing vocals)

Tracklist

Since I Don't Have You (The Skyliners)
New Rose (The Damned)
Down On The Farm (The U.K. Subs)
Human Being (The New York Dolls)
Raw Power (The Stooges)
Ain't It Fun (The Dead Boys)
Buick Makane (T-Rex)
Hair Of The Dog (Nazareth)
Attitude (The Misfits)
Black Leather (Sex Pistols)
You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory (Johnny Thunders)
I Don't Care About You (Fear)
Look At Your Game Girl (Charles Manson)

Music videos

Since I Don't...

Recording guitars & amps

Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 replica
Marshall JCM 800 2203 S.I.R. stock #34 modded by Frank Levi (for distorted sounds)
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (for clean sounds)
Mesa Boogie Mark III (for feedback sounds)

Miscellaneous

Many of the tracks were recorded with original Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin during the Use Your Illusion sessions and then were later re-recorded by Gilby Clarke.
The album title is an inside joke referring to a food fight between Axl Rose and Steven Adler involving spaghetti.
On this album Slash picked out to cover "I Don't Care About You" by Fear, "Buick Makane" by T-Rex and the "Hair Of The Dog" by Nazareth.
In the end of "Hair Of The Dog" one can hear the refrain of The Beatles song "Day Tripper" being played.
On "Ain't It Fun" Axl is sharing lead vocals with Michael Monroe.
On very initial pressings, "Look At Your Game Girl" was at track 99, with tracks 13-98 all being short silent samples.
In recent re-issues of The Spaghetti Incident?, "Look At Your Game Girl" has been added as a separate, 13th track.
During studio sessions the band recorded a cover of "A Beer And A Cigarette" from Hanoi Rocks but the song never came out.
The Spaghetti Incident? debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, selling about 190,000 copies in its first week of release.

Singles

	Ain't It Fun Guns N' Roses From the album The Spaghetti Incident? Released: November 1993 Label: Geffen Tracklist: 1. Ain't It Fun / 2. Down On The Farm / 3. Attitude
	New Rose (promo) Guns N' Roses From the album The Spaghetti Incident? Released: 1993 Label: Geffen Tracklist: 1. New Rose
	Since I Don't Have You Guns N' Roses From the album The Spaghetti Incident? Released: February 1994 Label: Geffen Tracklist: 1. Since I Don't Have You / 2. You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory >> Official music video
	Hair Of The Dog (promo) Guns N' Roses From the album The Spaghetti Incident? Released: March 1994 Label: Geffen Tracklist: 1. Hair Of The Dog / 2. Estranged