What fortified wine brand inspired the Guns N' Roses song 'Nightrain'?

“What fortified wine brand inspired the Guns N’ Roses song ‘Nightrain’?” The answer is Night Train Express.

Night Train Express was a low-cost, flavored fortified wine made by E. & J. Gallo Winery. Commonly called simply Night Train, it typically contained about 17.5% to 18% alcohol by volume and was fortified with brandy.

The drink became part of Guns N’ Roses’ early mythology and inspired the title of “Nightrain,” a song on the band’s 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction. The song’s spelling drops the space and adds a final “n,” but it refers to the same Night Train brand.

It is sometimes confused with Thunderbird because both were Gallo fortified-wine brands associated with the same inexpensive, high-alcohol market. Night Train Express was discontinued in 2016 after years of declining sales.