Which Guns N' Roses song's video was directed by Nigel Dick and shows Axl Rose arriving by bus in Los Angeles?

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The Guns N' Roses song whose Nigel Dick-directed video shows Axl Rose arriving by bus in Los Angeles is “Welcome to the Jungle.”

The video opens with Rose stepping off a bus as a wide-eyed newcomer to Los Angeles. Izzy Stradlin appears as a drug dealer, while Rose encounters unsettling images of the city through a shop window, including footage featuring Slash. The clip presents Los Angeles as an alluring but dangerous “jungle.”

Filmed in Hollywood in August 1987, it was the band's first music video. MTV initially resisted showing it because of its provocative imagery, but a late-night broadcast arranged through Geffen Records attracted strong viewer interest. The video then became one of the network's most requested clips.

The song is the opening track on Appetite for Destruction, although it was released as the album's second single. It is often confused with “Paradise City” or “Sweet Child o' Mine,” the album's other major early videos, but only “Welcome to the Jungle” begins with Rose's bus arrival.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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