Arts & Entertainment
Guns N’ Roses cut song with homophobic, racist lyrics from album reissue
The track ‘One in a Million’ has been omitted
Guns N’ Roses (Screenshot via YouTube)
Guns N’ Roses is releasing an expanded box set of their 1987 album “Appetite for Destruction,” which will include demos and unreleased tracks. However, one song is notably missing from the track list.
“One in a Million,” which features Axl Rose singing homophobic and racist lyrics, will not be included on the reissue, Pitchfork reports.
On the track Rose, who also wrote the song, sings, “Immigrants and fa*gots/They make no sense to me/They come to our country /And think they’ll do as they please.”
He also sings the lyrics, “Police and nig*ers/ That’s right/ Get out of my way/ Don’t need to buy none of your/ Gold chains today.”
Speaking with Rolling Stone in 1989, Rose explained that he was describing “bad experiences” he’s had with gay people and immigrants.
“Maybe I should have been more specific and said, ‘Joe Schmoladoo at the 7-11 and fa*gots make no sense to me,’” Rose said at the time. “That’s ridiculous. I summed it up simply and said, ‘Immigrants.’”
Rose also defended his use of the word “ni*ger” saying that the word “doesn’t necessarily mean black.”
“Why can black people go up to each other and say, ‘ni*ger,” but when a white guy does it all of a sudden it’s a big putdown?,” Rose said. “I don’t like boundaries of any kind. I don’t like being told what I can and what I can’t say. I used the word ‘ni*ger’ because it’s a word to describe somebody that is basically a pain in your life, a problem. The word ‘ni*ger’ doesn’t necessarily mean black.”
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Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
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In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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