Vincent Vega Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) What do you feel Axl's greatest strength was and is?Some lead singers are better known as frontmen rather than vocalists (Mick Jagger is a better frontman and lyricist than he is a singer). Others are known as songwriters and vocalists, but necessarily not frontmen (think John Lennon or Elton John), others are known for their skills as a frontman and their singing (think Robert Plant or Freddie Mercury). Some known for their abilities as a frontman and singer, but not their songwriting (think Elvis).Where did Axl fall in the old days, and where does he fall now? Edited August 24, 2013 by Vincent Vega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfan2008 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Old days: combination of all threeNow: songwriting (when he decides to do it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratrace Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 One of the truly great narcissists then and now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Procrastination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 How can people vote "Lyrics/Songwriting" for today? We have no idea how anything he's written in the last 10 years sounds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana_1991 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 He had all of the 3 above, but now he's got nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold layne Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 What do you feel Axl's greatest strength was and is?I think he's good at being a self entitled, little bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 In his prime I would say his singing was just otherworldly to me, his voice was just perfect. Still he was the total package but I chose singing. Now I would say he's still a great front man I don't see any frontman do what he does onstage especially at 50 years of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Gunner Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Frontman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Old: SingerNow: Frontman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlrod Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Old: FrontmanNow: Backman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlfan88 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 He was and still is a terrible musician, really, really bad.He had a good voice and a good presence on stage (charisma). It's all gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesecake Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Old: FrontmanNow: BackmanLOL. Because he spends much of his time going back stage while performing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnari Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Old days: cool dudeNow: controll freak as defined by Mick Wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Guy Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 He had all of the 3 above, but now he's got nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Have you ever heard of two things called November Rain and Estranged? When Axl gets a muse, he's one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethalis Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 His biggest strength is and was songwriting.Without hits like Estranged and November Rain he could sing and scream all he wanted, but nobody would have cared. It's the songs that matter.Just look at Bob Dylan. Can't sing much, isn't much of a frontman. But he has written the most famous and cool tunes. He is an icon because of it.If Axl would release some new epic songs we would have a completely different situation right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole@guam Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Old: FrontmanNow: BackmanLOL. Because he spends much of his time going back stage while performing.lolAlso he's been a BACKman singer ( Going Down and Angel Down album?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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