The year, 1991.

The scene, Riverport Amphitheatre near St. Louis, Missouri.

15 songs into their set, lead singer Axl Rose jumped into the audience and tackled a fan who was taking still pictures at a Guns N' Roses concert.

After taking the camera, striking members of the audience and the security team, and being pulled out of the audience by crew members, Rose grabbed his microphone and uttered the following nine infamous words:

​Then he slammed his microphone on the stage and stormed off.

This infuriated the audience, igniting a three-hour riot which resulted in 60 injuries and $200,000 in damage to Riverport Amphitheatre.

Over the years, Axl would get into tussles and verbal spars with his fans on the reg.

(Several of those incidents can be found on YouTube for those interested)

And he became notorious for showing up late to his own gigs, sometimes postponing the start by hours.

So I didn't really know what to expect when they announced their Not in This Lifetime comeback tour expanding all the way to Finland. For a long time, I teetered between going and not going until just days before the show when a colleague hooked me up with a ticket.

I'm glad he did.

Their three-hour, 29-song performance lasted well past midnight, complete with all the big hits, including Welcome to the Jungle and my personal favorite, Sweet Child O'Mine.

Usually not one for public emotional outbursts, I found myself jumping up and down like Tom Cruise on Oprah while singing the chorus to You Could Be Mine.

The night ended with a bang, literally, when fireworks lit up the clear night sky during Paradise City.

​When the smoke finally cleared and people started to head for the exits, I was beyond elated:

"Wow. Was I lucky to be here tonight or what?!"

One helluva gig. Easily up there in the TOP 3 I've seen live. Perhaps even as good as that Rolling Stones concert I attended years ago.

Metallica and Iron Maiden have always placed a notch or two above Guns N' Roses for me. But after this performance, I found myself checking out the full extent of their recordings on YouTube I could play at the gym.

Just last week, I had a great training session lifting to a GNR playlist consisting of:

* Welcome to the Jungle

* Nightrain

* Sweet Child O' Mine

* Yesterdays

* Welcome to the Jungle

* Out Ta Get Me

* You Could Be Mine

* Mr. Brownstone

* Civil War

* Estranged

* Chinese Democracy

* Rocket Queen

* Live and Let Die

If your workouts need additional oomph, give these tracks a go.

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Yunus Barisik