LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 26, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1990 GUNS N’ ROSES RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR’
THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND VERSION OF THE SONG RELEASED BY THE BAND.
THE GROUP STARTED PLAYING THE SONG LIVE IN 1987. A LIVE VERSION OF THIS SONG WAS RELEASED IN 1987 AS A B-SIDE OF THE MAXI-SINGLE ‘WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE’ IN 1987.
G N’ R THEN WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND RECORDED A STUDIO VERSION FOR THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE MOVIE ‘DAYS OF THUNDER’. THAT’S THE VERSION THAT WAS RELEASED TWENTY NINE YEARS AGO.
THE GROUP LATER WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND RELEASED A SLIGHTLY MODIFIED VERSION OF THE ‘DAYS OF THUNDER’ VERSION FOR THE ALBUM ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION II’.
A LIVE VERSION OF ‘KOHD’ WAS ALSO RELEASED IN 1992. THIS WAS A VERSION THE BAND PERFORMED AT THE FREDDIE MERCURY TRIBUTE CONCERT IN 1992.
HERE’S THE VIDEO FOR THIS VERSION FROM ‘DAYS OF THUNDER’
