"Nice Boys" is a cover of the Rose Tattoo track, recorded live and included on the raw first half of G N' R Lies. The Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo were a significant influence on Guns N' Roses, and this rendition channels the original's boozy, street-level swagger while adding the distinctly American Sunset Strip aggression that defined GN'R's early sound. Slash drives the performance with an electric guitar solo at a furious 225 BPM in E-flat, condensing his blues-rock instincts into a high-velocity burst that fits the song's pub-rock DNA. Recorded in 1986 during the same live sessions that produced the Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide EP, the track captures the band before the commercial explosion of Appetite for Destruction. The choice of cover reveals the band's deep roots in hard rock tradition, connecting them to the Australian underground scene that also influenced AC/DC and The Angels. Slash's solo negotiates the song's relentless tempo with characteristic pentatonic fluency, bending notes with raw aggression while maintaining the melodic throughline that distinguished him from his peers on the Los Angeles rock circuit.
