It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, but undersold industry expectations despite a mostly positive critical reception. At an estimated $14 million in production costs, it is the most expensive rock album in history. After a decade of work, Guns N' Roses's long-awaited sixth studio album, Chinese Democracy (2008), was released, featuring the title track as lead single. Rose, wanting to expand the band's sound with industrial and electronic elements, enrolled an eclectic lineup of musicians, including punk bassist Tommy Stinson, virtuoso guitarist Buckethead, synth player Chris Pitman and several touring members of Nine Inch Nails, among others. Work on a follow-up album stalled due to creative differences between band members by 1998 only Rose and Reed remained from the Illusion-era lineup. The covers album "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993) was the last studio album to feature Slash and McKagan before their initial departure. The records were supported by the Use Your Illusion Tour, a world tour that lasted from 1991 to 1993. The Illusion albums included the lead single " You Could Be Mine", covers of " Live and Let Die" and " Knockin' on Heaven's Door", and a trilogy of ballads (" Don't Cry", " November Rain", and " Estranged"), which featured notably high-budget music videos. Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, recorded simultaneously and released in 1991, debuted at number two and number one on the Billboard 200 respectively and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide (including 14 million units in the U.S.). Their next studio album, G N' R Lies (1988), reached number two on the Billboard 200, sold ten million copies worldwide (including five million in the U.S.), and included the top 5 hit " Patience". The album has sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide, including 18 million units in the United States, making it the country's bestselling debut album and eleventh-bestselling album. Guns N' Roses' debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), reached number one on the Billboard 200 a year after its release, on the strength of the top 10 singles " Welcome to the Jungle", " Paradise City", and " Sweet Child o' Mine", the band's only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The current lineup consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985.
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