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katherinearandez · 8 months

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I don’t think Tessa is one of the good guys

I have a lot of questions about Tessa. What are her goals? Is she really on copper 9 for the reasons she told us in episode 6? Does she have hidden motives, and if so, what are they???

The lines of “morality” in this show are super squiggly, so by “good guy”, I mean an individual with positive or helpful intent toward the main characters - in this case, drones. The concept of Tessa bearing ill-intent for drones as a ‘species’ seemed contradictory at first: after all, she’s so nice to N, V and J, right? We’re talking about someone who, as a kid, saved zombie drones from the dump(cough, mass grave, cough) where their human owners left them to rot after creating them by means of improper disposal. Why would she want to kill drones? Especially in the same callous, procedurally improper ways that created the threat of Cyn to start out with?

Well…

Let’s not forget about the evil AI that massacred her family and the guests of their gala. AFTER Tessa took her in as an act of kindness, against her parents wishes. Parents who did seem to look down on her pretty severely, regularly chained her up in her room as punishment(you don’t install heavy duty, floor anchored chains for the occasional time out) and possibly kept her socially isolated???

That last point is pretty speculative, since a lot about the earth of N’s flashbacks screams post-apocalyptic vibes. Maybe there just aren’t a lot of humans left for Tessa to socialize with. Tessa’s dad reinforces this idea in his speech by listing “currently being alive” as an attribute the Elliots are known for. It could just as well be a meta joke(since they are killed in the next few seconds), so lacking more context, I hesitate to extrapolate from this point alone.

Anywho, back to Tessa’s callous drone murder. Even if her parents were crappy by the usual standards, she clearly didn’t want them/the other gala guests to die. She tried to save them by “murdering her a robo-child”. Idk, does this blacked out redacted image of Tessa in the aftermath of the massacre seem upset??

Reasonable assumption. So adult/older teen Tessa has changed the way she feels about drones after these traumatic events. Maybe she doesn’t outright hate them, but she views them from a colder, more pragmatic angle than she did in her younger years. Does she still feel empathy for them and the horrible mistreatment they suffer at the hands of humans? Probably. But she’s now aware of the danger they truly pose and has good reason to eliminate them to ensure the absolute solver mutation no longer has a pool of hosts in which to spread and evolve.

So why the callous drone murder at the end of episode 3? We know you’re supposed to follow a 2 step procedure for decommissioning drones. Software death via lethal injection of a kill program(sounds fun!), followed by hardware death via “core removal” to ensure the decommissioned drone doesn’t reboot with corrupted software and an “increased chance for future errors”.

Did she hastily kill this random drone to keep her arrival on copper 9 secret, foregoing procedure for the sake of urgency? If so, who is she keeping her presence secret from? Is it the remaining drone population of copper 9, who Cyn used to collapse the planet core and kill all humans there? Possibly, Uzi is a prime example of anti-human sentiment, and during Mr Doorman’s parent-teacher conference he mentioned being on a “kill all humans kick when he was her age”. Perhaps Tessa assumes all the c9 worker drones are hostile to humans.

When you start making assumptions about what characters are assuming, it’s generally a good time to stop and just accept you don’t have the answers 🫠 so that’s where I will cut that line of questioning short. That being said, I’m not quite done yet…

What’s with this shelf of small human skulls in Tessa’s room? Why are the trash robots she “rescues” her only friends? Do her parents chain her up in her room because they suck? Or… do they have reasons not yet revealed to us, the audience?

Tessa’s perception among most of the fan base is fairly positive and on the surface there’s good reason for this. She’s presented as peppy, compassionate(except toward that one worker drone, lmao), ~tenacious~ and resilient. Actions like salvaging drones from the dump and perceived displays of affection and warmth for the disassembly drones leave viewers with the impression that she’s a good, kind person.

There is, however, another light in which to view her actions, and it casts a shadow on the motives we may have assumed were pure up to this point.

While it’s easy to parse Tessa saving drones from the dump as an act of altruism, it can also be interpreted as sinister. It could be an example of a character with a savior complex; a power dynamic wherein the “savior” exerts control over those they “rescue” by taking advantage of their gratitude and using it in manipulative ways. If this is the case, Tessa’s motives take a sharp left turn, flipping from selfless and kind to egotistical and controlling.

The show actually gives us direct evidence of Tessa using manipulation to get her drones to do her bidding.

“It wants paid time off…”

This instance of her using corporate buzzwords to drive J into a rage strong enough for her to bite through metal chains. Or how about her outright lying to the drones at the start of episode 6? Asserting that her intention was to “burn to the ground” labs Cyn was interested in, while later that same episode revealing to N that her “true” purpose was to obtain a list of drones infected with the absolute solver?

Preeetty manipulative. She manipulated and/or coerced Doll as well, in order to obtain the keybug. At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if come episode 7, she switches it up yet again, revealing a new manipulation or perhaps, finally, her real mission.

Tessa’s manipulation of the drones she supposedly cares about isn’t the only hint that she might have a savior complex or similar egocentric tendencies. She’s also shown that she’s not very respectful of the drones autonomy, another red flag that can signal a propensity for narcissism and the controlling behaviors associated with it.

N is the example this time.

Tessa’s signature greeting for N, which is to grab his face and swing him around with excitement that borders on aggression. Maybe it’s just me, but his expression doesn’t suggest it’s mutually enjoyed. Looks more to me like he’s uncomfortable and only humoring her pep because he feels like he has no choice… after all, none of Tessa’s “dumpster pets” want to let down their saving grace.

We see this same kind of contact again throughout episode 6, with Tessa grabbing N’s face as a greeting again, and also playing with his hair on the way down to cabin fever labs. The way Tessa interacts with the drones(J and V as well as N) shows that she sees them as objects in her possession, rather than friends, peers or their own individuals with unique thoughts, wants and feelings.

Uzi even calls her out on this very mindset at the end of episode 6 after Tessa asks her sardonically to “don’t date my robot, please.”

Granted, I’ve got no solid backing, just observation, speculation and a suspicious mind. Tessa could be a great person… “good” or “bad” though, she’ll definitely try to kill our main character sometime soon, so… yup. Killing even an anti-hero typically slots you into the bad guy category, even in a show where the moral lines between good and evil are so artfully blurred.

TLDR; I think there’s more to Tessa than meets the eye, and even though Cyn is still probably Murder Drones “big bad”, I feel like Tessa has an element of villainy to her that I hope will be further explored in canon.

#murder drones #uzi doorman #tessa james elliot #theory #serial designation n #serial designation j #serial designation v

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uzis-dopeaf-hat · 2 months

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Analysis of Episode 7

[MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW]

So I wanted to talk about the latest episode of MD and it's really hard to find people to talk about this with (surprisingly?) and the one discord I joined was a bit of a mess so I'm just gonna come here and try to word vomit cohesively.

Wanna start by saying that yes, even though V is no longer in the intro, I HIGHLY doubt she's dead or gone for good. I think the new intro is likely just the start of a new arc or progression of the story. We aren't supposed to know what happens to her, so they're taking any signs of normalcy of her being present away. They could have also just wanted a new intro in general (which I love!).

I would be incredibly surprised if she was permanently gone. I guarantee she has a clone like it's stated J (stated in episode 6) and N (mentioned in this episode by Cyn herself) have.

What I can see happening, however, is V not being the same as before. If the V from the last episode is damaged beyond repair, Cyn will need to get a new clone out for her. Cyn states in this episode that she keeps their personalities. So I doubt V would act like herself from before her DD days (though I did play around with the thought). I can see something happening where Cyn tries to delete the memory files of V interacting with Uzi and the events leading up to here and now. I'm not sure how practical this would be depending on how long they're planning on making the season finale be. I feel it would be easier to just have someone retrieve her or try fixing her (unless she is fighting this entire time, which again we don't know, anything is possible). If it is the case of attempted memory deletion, I don't think Cyn will be successful. I'll come back to this later.

It's revealed that the one chained up in the trailers is in fact Nori, who seems to be taken over by the Absolute Solver, or Cyn. It seems that the company is actually trying to remedy the mistakes of their former colleagues on Earth. They have created a patch that is located in a USB drive inside what looks to be a crucifix.

There seems to be a huge religious aspect, though it is not apparent why. Our researcher Ridley here seems to be wearing a Mitre Hat typically worn by bishops. I'm not sure if they're meant to be wearing a specific type of miter, but it resembles an auriphrygiata worn during celebrations of the sacraments. If we were to put whatever is happening here under one of those sacraments, I'd say the closest would be an Anointing of the Sick (meant to help various states of sickness in religious ways such as prayer). I think a big part of the religious aspect may be superstition on JCJenson's part, but considering what we see of Cyn being a seemingly eldritch being, I can't blame them.

"LAB SPACE FOR RENT LEASED RSCH012 - 'CABIN FEVER' PRIME CATHEDRAL REAL ESTATE"

So obviously this is partly a joke, with a cathedral underground being for rent and all.

But a catholic church is where some sacraments are held. Once again I'm not sure why they believe they need this space, but I doubt Glitch would pick this setting "just because." (or maybe they would, you tell me)

Alice refers to Uzi as a "witch" in episode 6, saying she's dealt with them before, and then immediately stating that "she hasn't seen 002 since she's left us to die."

Cathedral churches had many reasons for existing, but one small purpose they served was to ward off evil, specifically witches.

A pentangle was one of many symbols used to deter witches or anything thought to be an evil entity. The candles surrounding them are likely meant to be Votive Candles, meant to seek help from the saints.

Of course, it also seems to be a giant magnet which may have helped them more than the candles in this situation. This is about all I have for this episode regarding the huge religious themes (aside from the episode literally being called "Mass Destruction.")

Our intern Mitchell seems to realize something is wrong after grabbing Yeva (aka 048). I am unsure if these revelations make a huge difference in the outcome of events. It seems that when Yeva does save Nori from The Absolute Solver with the USB drive, they are intimately aware of how dangerous it is, as Nori seems to want her to chop her arm off when they realize the solver is going out of control. These events explain what happens to Copper-9 as the planet's core implodes in on itself, creating a huge crater in the planet. The rest we know: the planet freezes over and only the drones remain.

We cut to who we now know is Nori, in her - as I'll call it -her "Heart" form. It seems she is searching for the correct cross shown with the USB and has been all this time, only supposedly finding it in this episode. We can presume she finds it after running into N since she tosses a cross away after inspecting it and not seeing any resemblances to the crucifix in the video. She has the correct one later when she runs into N, so the only time she could have found it was between her leaving to enter the mineshafts and her actually finding the DD.

I won't be going too much into the dynamics of all the relationships in this post, but I definitely will make a separate post for those (feel free to ask for some as well) -- so I won't focus on any in-depth character analysis here unless I believe it needs to be mentioned for this post to make sense.

After "Tessa" and unfortunately N scare off Uzi, N is trapped inside the collapsed mineshaft with his human counterpart nowhere to be found. Likely because of the list she needs to find and confronting Doll.

It is also revealed shortly after that Thad and Lizzie seem to be looking for someone, most likely the person being V. I've seen some points where it could be possible V sent out a signal, which may explain why this just suddenly happens. I wouldn't be surprised either if she found a way to send a signal to Khan as well -- unless he suddenly decided to be a good father and look for Uzi (who apparently seemed to be last on his list of reasons for disliking DD's) I think he got some sort of clue as to what was happening from V or another outside source. We already know he went through Nori's closet along with Uzi's blueprints for her railgun to get information.

Back to N, Cyn reveals that she lets his team keep their personalities because of him. Whether or not this is true is unclear, as she manipulates N and many others to sway things in her favor. It's almost as if she sees them as playthings for her entertainment.

When she shows N a memory from before, seemingly right after or around Earth's destruction, we can see a symbol come across his face.

"ACCESS DENIED CONTACT ADMIN 'DARKXWOLF17'"

I know many people have already seen this, but I believe that Uzi has either intentionally put a safety guard on both N and V from episode 5, or that she has unintentionally done this.

It would make sense if she made the active decision to do this, to prevent The Absolute Solver from trying to hijack V or N again. This is why I believe if Cyn were to try to erase or tamper V's memories, she'd run into Uzi's failsafe. I don't think she'd exclude V from her protection, but we really don't know V's fate for sure until episode 8.

N finally runs into Nori, and as previously mentioned she now has the correct cross. She mentions he looks familiar. It's not because he's a Disassembly Drone, she already mentions this fact a few lines prior. I still believe there is huge potential for N to have killed Nori. It seems to be long ago since neither seem to really recognize each other beyond Nori's statement.

DDs don't vary too much in model, aside from 'female' versus 'male' models. Along with that, the two had much more important events happening in their lives, and N looks vastly different in his "murder" state as opposed to his normal one.

We don't know what exactly happened to Nori that had her ending up down here. I have a speculation that she likely wasn't down in the research labs the entire time, or else she likely would have found the Patch much sooner.

Something I want to point out about Heart Nori is her attire.

She is seen wearing something akin to a mourning hat (aka a widow's cap). Clearly, she is alive (and she seems to be confident of Khan's state), so why exactly is she wearing this? The veil is meant for privacy for a woman's emotions while grieving, so what is she grieving?.

It could be Nori is grieving the life she once had or the life she could have had before Cyn came and destroyed it. She is mourning herself and her losses while trying to remedy them. I think the veil also symbolizes that she will likely be closed off to others, hence why she is so crass and straight to the point. Perhaps in the next episode, it will be removed when she potentially confronts Uzi.

It's clear Nori believes all the bad things in her daughter's life are because of her, as she states "I caused every horror in her life." But she doesn't just sit and wallow in her sorrows, she decides to remain pragmatic and address the situation as best as she can with her knowledge.

Back with Cyn, or "Tessa" as she claims to be, she is seen walking through the same area shown before where Yeva resided. It seems the drones experimented on were chained up for precautions, as we also see several magnets on each drone's head. One of the drones even seems to have its teeth out and oil-coated on them.

We see her entering into JCJenson's "Project Cabin-Fever Database" to find the list she had previously mentioned.

I won't lie, this part perplexes me. Cyn apparently wants to take these drones (and presumably any connected drones) down. I'm unsure if it means just the top two or the entire list. Does "corrupted" infer that the specific drone didn't survive The Solver? Or that The Solver actually worked on them? I'm assuming "No Effect" means exactly that: The Solver had no effect on them when trying to "infect" them with it.

Cyn purges the list after viewing this, perhaps because it says "PATCH.2.1.8" next to Yeva. She doesn't want anyone to find out about the patch. She presumes that both Yeva and Nori are dead, so this not being true doesn't contribute to the fact she purges this list.

Purging the list also seems to purge the entire room, as shortly after confirming the process the area explodes to pieces.

We have an interesting encounter with Cyn and Doll here. Doll obviously believes she is talking to a human, and she asks about the patch. Presumably, she knew about this patch for a long while, just needing the key bug that Uzi found in episode 4 to obtain it since it was located somewhere underneath Cabin Fever Labs. Apparently, Cyn also needed this key bug, as it seems she couldn't gain access with just Tessa's skin suit. She knew about the patch from her previous encounters with Nori and Yeva, so her goal was to destroy it.

She tells Doll she essentially doesn't need her to go through with her plans, insinuating it's already too late to stop Cyn. Of course, Doll doesn't know this and is attacked by Cyn's true form after this short altercation.

This is startling (not referring to the jump scare, though it did its job), as Cyn knows that she's close to completing her goal. She doesn't need Doll at all, she is just another obstacle to eliminate (which she does so gleefully).

We see the results of Cyn's attack on Doll. "Tessa" shows up quickly after, and uses that as a guise to kill Uzi. I don't think this is purposeful, as N and Uzi are already separated and unless Cyn knows N is approaching doesn't need to use Doll's death as an excuse to blame and kill Uzi.

Perhaps this bought Cyn more time if N showed, but I find it more likely as a happy accident, as N finds "Tessa" before she's about to pierce Uzi's core.

Although, I don't think Cyn actually expected N to kill "Tessa." I believe she thought that N and Tessa's relationship was too sturdy to have N ever consider hurting her, let alone beheading her. Along with the fact that Cyn no longer knows N as well as she previously did, especially since he met Uzi, she seems to have miscalculated N's priorities.

The following fight deserves a post of its own, along with the analysis of N and Uzi's relationship, so I won't go too deep into it now.

So skipping that entire section (for now) let's jump back to Cyn. After Uzi and N's hug session, we see Cyn take Doll's body, proceeding to eat the girl's heart (which is seen writhing before being consumed). We can assume that the host is not necessarily dead until their heart is destroyed -- likely a big reason Cyn gave the Disassembly Drones so many offensive tools and the capability to consume Worker Drones: she wanted to create as many opportunities as possible to prevent a heart from surviving.

This may also explain why Nori survived, and why Yeva is presumed to be dead. Unfortunately, this means Doll is gone for good.

Cyn is labeled as what looks to be 001 (or 1001). We know she's not labeled as one of the experiments on Copper-9, but what was she the first model of? A normal worker drone? She was at the very bottom of a huge trash pile in episode 5, so this plays out if she was one of the very first models, especially one that may have been disposed of improperly early on.

It's obvious that the Absolute Solver existed before Cyn, but was this the first time it was able to successfully claim a host? It seems that The Absolute Solver and Cyn are one, and always have been since Cyn reawakened. Humans must have had evidence of The Solver existing beforehand though, since Cyn was marked with an armband here.

Something else to note about episode five...

Other drones in this scene were also labeled 001 (or 1001) So I am assuming it's more of a batch number if anything.

Back to episode 7, it seems that Cyn had been in Tessa's skin for a long time. She likely died with the rest of the humans in the manor. It is intriguing how the skin hadn't rotted off, but let's assume that Cyn's Solver helps create flesh to keep up appearances and keep Tessa's skin... fresh. This can help explain the blood coming from "Tessa" in episode 6 when she's bitten by a Sentinel.

It seems that Cyn intends to consume both N and Uzi after revealing herself. She states that she's "Honestly starving," before disappearing down the flesh chasm made long ago.

We see Uzi after her sacrifice... somewhere seemingly in space. Let's assume that this isn't some sort of vision/dream/hallucination she's seeing and that Cyn isn't manipulating Uzi's surroundings.

What she's seeing is Copper-9 from outside the planet... this isn't a flashback, nor is it the planet exploding. Remember Copper-9's core imploded on itself and sent bits of the planet out, hence why everything there is frozen over. I think she's seeing the core of (or supposedly the lack-there-of-one) Copper-9 here.

What is the core supposed to be here then? I'm not sure if it's meant to be similar to Earth where the core is made up of extremely hot metals. But with it exposed there's less pressure to help keep the core from melting (again, assuming it has a similar structure to Earth).

Copper-9 is no longer habitable for humans, so the existence of these metals in the core doesn't make sense.

Let's take a look at the scene before this.

Me and a few others played with the idea that Uzi fell into a black hole at the bottom. While I think a fun theory, I don't think that makes sense. The yellow sparks likely have something to do with The Absolute Solver, and Uzi ending up hundreds (thousands?) miles away from Copper-9 and her loved ones.

The way the light sparks reminds me of when Doll would teleport from place to place. I think Uzi may have been teleported away by Cyn since it seems Cyn was planning on consuming both her and N. It may have been a fluke on Cyn's part, though of course, we won't know for a while. Maybe Nori was able to manipulate The Solver in some way to prevent Uzi's death. Or perhaps Nori is also going to be in space scavenging or trying to determine a way back to Copper-9.

That's all I have for now. I'm planning on making a separate post for N and Uzi in this episode specifically at some point, along with some other character analysis and some final moments for others.

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bccfggffbgv · 1 year

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Who's your favorite character in Murder Drones (Main character and/or Side Character)?

(Sorry for not responding for a bit, I wasn't in a good headspace earlier but I'm better now)

Side character wise, it'd definitely be the teacher due to him not giving a damn about anything and would probably not even flinch at the sight of a Murder Drone.

Main character wise, it's definitely Uzi due to how flexible of a character she is! You could do so much with her in any story!

She could be a freedom fighter wanting to put an end to Jcjenson's reign of terror, an Anti-Villain who becomes more and more corrupt/unhinged as time goes on, an amnesiac scavenger who's trying to discover who she was back then and who she is now, or even the Murder Drones equivalent to The Doom Slayer!

The sky's the limit when it comes to making stories about her!

#Multiversal Fusion #Glitch Productions #murder drones #murder drones au #drone supreme au #uzi prime #empress uzi #doom drones au #The Drone Slayer #uzi the drone slayer #ultra drones au #serial designation u.1 #md uzi #murder drones uzi #uzi doorman #Md Teacher #Chaos-verse

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luckycolordreamer · 1 month

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I made Uzi doorman into a sonic character for funsies!

(She's a crow since "Darkxwolf17" exist in episode 5 of "Murder Drones" and her eyes are inspired by "Chaos Sonic"...aka a Metal Sonic that appeared in "Sonic Prime")

I would love to do the rest of the MD cast into the sonic world...but firstly, I gotta think how Super Berserk Uzi will look like 🤔

#sonic #uzi #sonic the hedgehog #uzi doorman #sonicfanart #sonic au #murder drones #murder drones au #sth #MD #MobianDronesAU #murder drones fanart #crossover

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plastyi · 4 months

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Murder-cons comic shitpost cause I’m bored #4: Uzi’s railgun

Optimus Prime: N and Uzi, you two are tasked to infiltrate a Decepticon base where Megatron is planning his evil schemes.

Uzi with an evil voice: If I’m lucky enough I could get that fusion canon off his arm, heheh *😈* .

N worried: haha *😅*, she’s just excited.

(Context: And this is how Uzi upgraded her railgun)

#murder drones #murderdrones #biscuit bites #murder drones n #murder drones nuzi #murder drones au #md nuzi #biscuitbites #murder drones uzi #nuzi #murder-cons

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diceriadelluntore · 10 months

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Storia Di Musica #286 - Guns N' Roses, Appetite For Destruction, 1987

Anticipo che, siccome la ricerca di album con le copertine censurate è stata davvero divertente, tra poco ci sarà una sorta di appendice fotografica con piccole storie, alcune davvero incredibili, su copertine che definire controverse a volte è davvero poco. Per finire questa mini carrellata oggi sono andato nella Los Angeles di metà anni ’80, dove un gruppo che segnerà un’epoca musicale muove i primi passi. Nascono infatti dalle fusioni di musicisti degli L.A. Guns e degli Hollywood Roses. Dagli Hollywood Rose provenivano Axl Rose (Voce) ed Izzy Stradlin (Chitarra ritmica), mentre dagli L.A. Guns provenivano Tracii Guns (Chitarra solista), Ole Beich (Basso) e Rob Gardner (Batteria). Il gruppo esordì ufficialmente il 26 marzo 1985. Ole Beich dopo pochi concerti capisce che non è cosa e lasciò il gruppo, venne sostituito da Duff McKagan, che esordì insieme agli altri membri della band l'11 aprile 1985, al locale Radio City ad Anaheim. Poco dopo anche il chitarrista Tracii Guns abbandonò il gruppo, a causa di divergenze con Axl Rose, e riformò gli L.A. Guns. Al suo posto entrò Saul Hudson, in arte Slash, che aveva avuto precedenti esperienze in alcune band tra cui i London e Black Sheep, oltre ad aver già suonato negli stessi Hollywood Rose. Rimane solo da trovare un batterista dopo che anche Gardner se ne va: si associa al gruppo Steven Adler, che aveva in precedenza suonato qualche volta con McKagan e Slash. Inizia così la storia di un gruppo che si muove sullo sfondo di una Los Angeles sognata fatta di feste (e fatta in molti altri sensi), cinema, eccessi. All’inizio, i concerti avvengono nei weekend, perché durante la settimana tutti fanno qualche lavoretto. Ma sin da subito esprimono una potenza ed un’energia incredibili. Tanto che Tom Zutaut della Geffen Records, stupito da un'esibizione del gruppo, diffuse in giro la falsa notizia che "facessero schifo" per avere più tempo e mezzi per scritturarli. Avuto un anticipo su contratto all’epoca faraonico, firmano con la Geffen che crea, fittiziamente, una nuova etichetta, la Uzi Suicide, per dare al loro primo EP un’aura di autoproduzione. Tra l’altro, l’Ep è un finto live registrato in studio dal titolo Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide: tra i quattro brani, una cover azzeccatissima di Mama Kin degli Aerosmith e una musica che spira fiamme dalle corde della chitarra di Slash e dalla voce di Axl Rose. Ci vuole infatti solo qualche mese per l’attesissimo debutto del 1987: fu contattato persino Paul Stanley dei Kiss per la produzione, ma alla sua richiesta di poter modificare i brani fu subito cacciato. Le redini della potenza sonora furono date ad un giovane Mike Clink, che con il successo di Appetite For Destruction diventerà un nome importante dell’heavy metal moderno. Partiamo subito dal casus belli della copertina: la prima idea di Axl Rose fu quella di usare la celeberrima e drammatica foto dello scoppio dello Space Shuttle Challenger che nel Giugno del 1986 scoppiò dopo pochi secondi dal lancio, uccidendo i 7 elementi dell’equipaggio, idea subito accantonata perché ritenuta offensiva. La seconda scelta, usata provocatoriamente alla fine come copertina, era questa:

un disegno di Robert Williams, da cui la band prese il titolo Appetite For Destruction, in cui un robot che si sta vestendo dopo aver abusato sessualmente di una donna, che è a seno nudo sul marciapiede, è fermato da uno spaventoso robot guardiano. Allegoria dell’intrusione violenta e scellerata sul mondo e sull’ambiente (almeno secondo la band in numerose interviste successive) fu rifiutata da diverse catene di vendita. La Geffen decise quindi di ritirare le prime tirature (che adesso valgono centinaia di euro) e di sostituire l’originale con una copertina più convenzionale, che è quella di apertura al post, dove il disegno di un tatuaggio a croce celtica contiene agli estremi e al centro dei teschi disegnati a rappresentanza dei singoli componenti: secondo Billy White Jr., il disegnatore, i nastri che fanno da sfondo alla croce sono un omaggio ai mitici Thin Lizzy, band preferita sia dal disegnatore sia da Axl Rose. Per quanto riguarda la musica, siamo di fronte ad uno dei dischi di debutto più portentosi di sempre, con canzoni diventate miti: dalla potenza selvaggia di Welcome To the Jungle, per mesi rifiutata dalle radio, scritta da Rose mentre si trovava a Seattle con un amico. I due incontrarono un barbone che, nel tentativo di spaventarli, gridò loro: «You know where you are? You're in the jungle, baby! You gonna die!», a Anything Goes, conturbante, da Nightrain, omaggio all’economico vino californiano, molto alcolico, di cui erano “ghiotti” i nostri, a Mr. Brownstone, stravolto e travolgente inno alla droga (problema che diventerà una pensante dipendenza per il gruppo, tanto da essere in seguito provocatoriamente descritto come Lines n’Noses), dal punk rock di Paradise City a It's So Easy, che leggenda vuole fu scritta dopo che Slash vide un incidente a New York, e andando vicino all’uomo rimasto in auto questi gli abbia detto “Non ti preoccupare, da queste parti cose del genere capitano sempre. Le auto si scontrano tutte le notti.”, tanto che nel secondo verso il testo dice: Cars are crashing every night\I drink and drive\everything's in sight\I make the fire\But I miss the fire fight\I hit the bullseye every night. Rimangono ancora due brani: il primo, Rocket Queen si ricorda perché ad un certo punto ci sono, nel bridge finale, i rumori di un rapporto sessuale, che leggenda vuole fosse una registrazione, non si sa quanto voluta, tra Axl Rose e tale Adriana Smith, che si dice fosse una ex di Adler. Ma la canzone più famosa è Sweet Child O’ Mine: scritta per la sua allora fidanzata, Erin Everly, divenne una hit mondiale anche per via del video musicale, che mostra i componenti della band suonare la canzone in un deposito. Un disco che mostra senza nessun pudore ambiguità e sessismo, tanto che si da subito la band sembrava fatta apposta per suscitare polemiche, aumentate anche da sibilline interviste e apparizioni in TV. Verranno accusati di tutto, la più grave delle accuse sulla loro presunta xenofobia (scatenata da One In A Million, canzone contenuta nel loro successivo G’N’R Live del 1988), ma nel mondo del rock pesante si imporranno la voce, lo stile strabordante di Axl Rose e soprattutto la chitarra di Slash, che diventerà iconica. Rimangono uno degli ultimi esempi di leggenda di rock della strada, ma sin da subito inizieranno faide interne, problemi di droga e altro che segneranno tutto il futuro cammino musicale, segnato da megalomania, canzoni mito (una su tutte, November Rain, ma anche Ain't It Fun) e una sorta di predisposizione al litigio, tanto che è impossibile capire quante volte la band si sia sciolta e ricomposta. Tra l'altro, tra tutti Slash è quello che avrà discreto successo anche da solo o come ospite sessionista, suonando in centinaia di dischi. Una band selvaggia, furiosa e imperfetta, in pieno stile rock.

#guns n' roses #appetite for destruction #1987 #recensione

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