Guns N’ Roses have had several issues with censorship in their history. The covers for Appetite For Destruction and GN’R Lies had to be changed when some record stores declined to stock them because of their explicit album covers.
When GN’R released Use Your Illusion I & II in 1991, the CD case carried a custom sticker that said, “This album contains language which some listeners may find objectionable. They can F?!* off and buy something from the New Age section.” Check it out…
Here’s a close-up of the sticker…
Then in 1993 when Guns N’ Roses released their covers album “The Spaghetti Incident?”, some copies contain a warning sticker that stated, “Chock full of unsavory subject matter and explicit lyrics, etc., etc., etc…. so don’t say we didn’t warn you!” with the signature “GN’FN’R” (short for “Guns N’ Fuckin’ Roses”).
Here’s a close-up of sticker…
They weren’t the first to place a custom warning sticker on an album as Metallica did it in 1986 when they released “Master of Puppets“. Click below to check that out…