Guns N' Roses Performed an Iconic Rock Song, That Slash Doesn't Like, for the First Time in 20 Years

Guns N' Roses have dozens of hit songs that are still played on the radio today, but there are a few that they haven't played in person in years. However, during their latest concert in Poland on June 4, they performed one of their most underrated songs, "Think About You," from their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. The band hasn't played the song since December 2006.

"Think About You" is beloved by many fans. As one Redditor said, "It's definitely one of my favorite GNR songs. A lot of people don't like it because it's a poppy, jangly love song in the middle of an album that generally goes a bit harder. This is because it's purely an Izzy [Stradlin] song. Slash didn't even like it that much."

Slash gave his uncensored opinion of the song during a 2007 interview with Guitar Edge. He said, "I was never a big fan of [the song] because it was just too lightweight. But at the same time, it was one of those songs where Izzy had written the lyrics, so it was sort of like that Aerosmith song 'Combination' [on Rocks], which Joe Perry wrote. It was Izzy's babbling 'Combination' song. I enjoyed recording it, though. I managed to get some ideas down and could walk away feeling satisfied with the way the song sounded."

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Axl Rose also spoke about the song in a 1988 interview, saying that it "doesn't have so much to do with me. Izzy wrote that one. There's a few parts of the lyrics that I put in there, and maybe gave it a little more flow, and worded it my way since I was the one singing it. I think it's kinda one of the ones that's a bit hidden. That's also with the way it was recorded."

Guns N' Roses are currently on a world tour. According to Billboard, the setlist from the first show they performed in 2026 included hits like "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child o' Mine," and "Paradise City." They also played cover songs, including "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," "Live and Let Die," and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath."

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This story was originally published June 5, 2026 at 7:36 AM.