droezle Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) So, this is what G N' R had become?FAILIN IT FOR THE MONEY Edited April 27, 2012 by droezle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enties87 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) I'm suprised Axl went along with having the old AFD shirt as the including merch. Would have made more sense having the DJ(?) designed shirt with the new members on that they sold during the 2010 leg, or some other cool new design.I was waiting too see what you'd get, seeing this it's an easy desicion not to buy a membership. Edited April 27, 2012 by Enties87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimusPrimeNL Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm nt going to judge it right now... Buy it looks pretty... Cheap... AFD shirt c'mon! I have a similar belt buckle bought it for $5... I'm wondering what the rest looks like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I doubt Axl or GnR management had a final decision in this.However, my dealings with ground control ever since I purchased my membership, have been anything but professional.I say its them instead of gnr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droezle Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I doubt Axl or GnR management had a final decision in this.However, my dealings with ground control ever since I purchased my membership, have been anything but professional.I say its them instead of gnrBlame Beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Too late for this fan-club thing. If this was available in 2002, i'm in.But for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimusPrimeNL Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Let's wait until you have at your home and then everybody email groundctrl about how shitty it is! MAKE EM PAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Linguini Occurrence Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm suprised Axl went along with having the old AFD shirt as the including merch. Would have made more sense having the DJ(?) designed shirt with the new members on that they sold during the 2010 leg, or some other cool new design.I was waiting too see what you'd get, seeing this it's an easy desicion not to buy a membership.My understanding is any sales of merchandise with the AFD logo result in royalties being paid to the other AFD bandmates, therefore if those AFD shirts were made ages ago and have been hanging around ever since then it's a clever moneysaving idea to give them away as part of the package. This way they get rid of the stuff without having to pay the old bandmates a dime, and they don't have to incur the cost of giving away newer shirts that can be sold for $40 at shows or the cost of manufacturing brand new ones to satisfy those who purchased a membership.This really isn't surprising to me, and shouldn't be to anyone else. It would have been cool to get merchandise with the UCAP girl on them, and normally reasonable to expect considering that logo is plastered all over the official website, but really other than great 3-hour shows NOTHING should ever be assumed or expected with GNR these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Universal_Sigh Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm suprised Axl went along with having the old AFD shirt as the including merch. Would have made more sense having the DJ(?) designed shirt with the new members on that they sold during the 2010 leg, or some other cool new design.I was waiting too see what you'd get, seeing this it's an easy desicion not to buy a membership.You really shouldn't be surprised man. Clearly this band is not in it to make music or they would have at least tried by now. This is simply a way they can get rid of the stuff that didn't sell from the CD box-set and they're throwing in AFD shirts because either a. they're cheap to make since there's tonnes of presses to print them already or b. they already have tonnes of these shirts. If you think they decided specifically on the AFD shirt and Axl specifically wanted to use this other merch because of how cool it is you're off your rocker (not you in particular, not an attack). Axl lives an expensive lifestyle and nu gnr arn't the hot commodity old gnr were. This is a cash grab no doubt about it. I for one won't be giving Axl a dime until SOMETHING new is available. If my copy of UYI2 breaks, I'll have to go without. If gnr comes to my town, I'll have to not go. By buying into this bullshit and going to these endless repetitive tours we're allowing Axl to get away with doing nothing. I just hope you guys are aware of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay410 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I doubt Axl or GnR management had a final decision in this.However, my dealings with ground control ever since I purchased my membership, have been anything but professional.I say its them instead of gnrBlame Beta.Should've known Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Also originally with the exclusive fanclub merch shirt and bandanna it said a laminate was included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm pretty dissapointed by this. I don't mind the bandanna (which I already have) and the patch. But that old belt buckle and AFD shirt? That's pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyp44 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 All I can say is that I'm pissed.That bandana sucksWho wears belt buckles honestly?Patches were cool in 1991And I have that afd shirt but not in full color like that mine is faded.Overall I got debowed for 37.95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Gun Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Did we really expect anything more? I'm not disregarding our disappointment but really, when was the last time(other than putting on a great show) that Guns have done anything more than half-assed? No promotion for Chidem a very basic website(although an improvement over the old), rushed booklet and artwork, very little activity other than touring etc etc. It's not going to change sadly. Even if the next record is released, I don't expect the red carpet treatment at all. Probably just a CD released through Best Buy again with maybe one Axl interview. No concert Blu Ray, no media blitz, no taking over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR123GNR456 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Did we really expect anything more? I'm not disregarding our disappointment but really, when was the last time(other than putting on a great show) that Guns have done anything more than half-assed? No promotion for Chidem a very basic website(although an improvement over the old), rushed booklet and artwork, very little activity other than touring etc etc. It's not going to change sadly. Even if the next record is released, I don't expect the red carpet treatment at all. Probably just a CD released through Best Buy again with maybe one Axl interview. No concert Blu Ray, no media blitz, no taking over the world.I don't think this was the band's doing. GN'R have a bunch of new merchandise they could have sent out, why would it be a shirt that is from 1987? It's not exclusive to any of us, none of the stuff is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Gun Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) Did we really expect anything more? I'm not disregarding our disappointment but really, when was the last time(other than putting on a great show) that Guns have done anything more than half-assed? No promotion for Chidem a very basic website(although an improvement over the old), rushed booklet and artwork, very little activity other than touring etc etc. It's not going to change sadly. Even if the next record is released, I don't expect the red carpet treatment at all. Probably just a CD released through Best Buy again with maybe one Axl interview. No concert Blu Ray, no media blitz, no taking over the world.I don't think this was the band's doing. GN'R have a bunch of new merchandise they could have sent out, why would it be a shirt that is from 1987? It's not exclusive to any of us, none of the stuff is.With all due respect, if this is not band's(namely Axl) doing than what does that say about the control Axl actually has? Does he not have a say in what merchandise is given to paying members of his band's forum? Does his say not count? Does he not care? Is he just not involved? Is it not important to him? All scary implications... Edited April 27, 2012 by Young_Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flayer Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hahahahahhahhahahhahhahaha *shoots self*I didn't own any of this before, but that's still lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well look at it this way, in the next chat with Axl, you can tell him that he does indeed, in fact, owe you something better than cheap-assed merch for signing up on the official site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 wonder if Slash gets royalties for the AfD shirts lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Do they really give you that many patches? lolMake a horribly uncomfortable blanket out of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Did we really expect anything more? I'm not disregarding our disappointment but really, when was the last time(other than putting on a great show) that Guns have done anything more than half-assed? No promotion for Chidem a very basic website(although an improvement over the old), rushed booklet and artwork, very little activity other than touring etc etc. It's not going to change sadly. Even if the next record is released, I don't expect the red carpet treatment at all. Probably just a CD released through Best Buy again with maybe one Axl interview. No concert Blu Ray, no media blitz, no taking over the world.I don't think this was the band's doing. GN'R have a bunch of new merchandise they could have sent out, why would it be a shirt that is from 1987? It's not exclusive to any of us, none of the stuff is.With all due respect, if this is not band's(namely Axl) doing than what does that say about the control Axl actually has? Does he not have a say in what merchandise is given to paying members of his band's forum? Does his say not count? Does he not care? Is he just not involved? Is it not important to him? All scary implications...There is no question that this is hella-lame, but I never expected Axl to get involved with something as trivial as fan club merchandise. The only suggestion that makes sense is that somebody decided to go with products that they had piled up in a warehouse somewhere, so they wouldn't have to spend any money on making new stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dario27 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Made In China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 haha glad I didn't for out an extra $20 for a low quality T-shirt that u can pick up next to nothing in any music shop anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tat2d1 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Axl wants nothing to do with the AFD lineup but includes AFD era merch in the fan club "exclusive" merch for the current band???? Yeah, that makes sense....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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