“Big Guns” by Skid Row

"Big Guns" is one of the deep cuts on Skid Row's self-titled debut, which Atlantic put out in January 1989, and it's a band-written job: Rob Affuso, Rachel Bolan, Scotti Hill and Dave "The Snake" Sabo share the credit, while Sebastian Bach, who sings lead, stays off the writing line. Bolan plays bass and Affuso drums, while Hill and Sabo handle the guitars, and those three string players also pile in on backing vocals.

Michael Wagener produced, recorded and mixed it, with Dave Kent adding engineering. The band had signed with manager Doc McGhee and then Atlantic, and they cut the record in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in November 1988. The reviews were mixed, but the album climbed to six on the Billboard 200 and eventually went five times platinum, and the band toured behind it mostly as openers for Bon Jovi and Aerosmith.

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