1,000 musicians spanning 25 different nations gathered in Paris to perform Guns N’ Roses‘ 1987 classic, “Paradise City.” The musical collective Rockin’ 1000 recently paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins by performing Foo Fighters‘ “My Hero” and had previously garnered the band’s attention by covering their “Learn To Fly.”

Blabbermouth reported Rockin’ 1000 celebrated their eighth birthday by performing the Guns masterpiece, with the group explaining it’s made up of “Amateurs, professionals, volunteers, kids men, women, no matter their provenance, ethnicity, sexual orientation or social background, what matters is to play music and love each other.”