You can only have one: a new album from the classic lineup, or a reunion tour

[Caught_in_a_Coma]

Which would you prefer?

[bacardimayne]

Album obviously

[BreakDown2014]

1. Chinese Democracy 2

2. Reunion Tour

3. Classic Lineup new album

If Axl sounds like shit live, swap album for reunion. Axl always sounds good on studio

[magisme]

Album obviously

[Facekicker]

I dunno, I love a good riot

[Silent Jay]

The magic is long gone, they're too fkn old and estranged themselves from Axl. Did Duff playing with the band in 2014 really that great? I like Tommy maybe a bit more. Duff and Izzy as guests is enough, don't really care about Steven, Matt or Gilby.

I just want to hear Axl on new materials.

[bran]

album

[Cosmo]

Depends on the kind of album. If it's an AFD-type of album, with Slash-style songs with Axl on vocals, which is more likely, I'd rather have a tour. If it's a UYI type of album, an album.

[Dangelus]

Tour for sure. An album could never live up to the hype and Axl's voice is shot, whereas they can get by on tour simply through the beautiful miracle that the real GNR is performing on stage again,

[Rustycage]

If his voice is shot, a tour with the real band would be too screwed up to watch. I'd rather have an album either way. It'd be a great last stroke of greatness and if his voice is shot, he can perfect it with more takes. I don't want to hear Mickey Mouse over Slash's guitar. I've already heard Myles and his 'dying cat' style so no.

[Caught_in_a_Coma]

If they did a classic lineup album they should just call it 'Guns N' Roses'

12-17 songs fueled off years of emotion and experiences they've gone through since they went their seperate ways, and the magic of everyone being back together to record music

[Gackt]

Neither, I want the hours of ChiDem outtakes, demos and recordings

[Free Bird]

Album obviously

[Apollo]

Album of course.

Axl has been touring for 30-plus years.

But he has only released one album in the past 20 years.

Album. All day. Every day.

[BangoSkank]

Wow, lots of album votes. I'd go with a tour though. A new album won't be that good. They have such creative differences, different work habits and they probably would only barely like each other enough to make it through a small tour, let alone composing and recording an album (which customarily takes any formation of GN'R waaaay too long).

[Johnny Drama]

Album. Any combination of the old guys has shown that they still have "it" when they play together.

[sweetness]

Guns N' Roses is by far my favorite band of all time, but I couldn't care less about a new album. A reunion tour with the classic lineup would be pretty fucking cool, I'd actually shell out cash to see them play the classics live, assuming Axl could actually pull it off.

A new album though? Whats the point of that? If they managed to keep it together through the 90's and 00's that'd probably be a different story, but this band reached it's conclusion 2 decades ago. At this point, to see them play the songs they wrote when there was still inspired creative fuel in the tank would be fantastic. A reunion + new album would seem forced to me. There's no way it could possibly exceed anything they've done already. Just do a round of shows for the fans and hang it up.

[Bono]

New music from any band trumps a tour of the same band. Would I want a new album featuring Slash, Duff, Izzy, Steven and Axl or a tour where they play the greatest hits? The answer is fucking obvious.

Also anyone who picked reunion tour over a reunion album and has ever said they don't care about a reunion or that those who do are just living in the past are damn hypocrits. Nothing is living in the past more than wanting a tour when you could have a full album of new material to take with you for the rest of your life.

Edited August 8, 2015 by Bono

[Towelie]

Music over tours every time. That doesn't just go for GNR, but any music act I dig.

[Bono]

Guns N' Roses is by far my favorite band of all time, but I couldn't care less about a new album. A reunion tour with the classic lineup would be pretty fucking cool, I'd actually shell out cash to see them play the classics live, assuming Axl could actually pull it off.

A new album though? Whats the point of that? If they managed to keep it together through the 90's and 00's that'd probably be a different story, but this band reached it's conclusion 2 decades ago. At this point, to see them play the songs they wrote when there was still inspired creative fuel in the tank would be fantastic. A reunion + new album would seem forced to me. There's no way it could possibly exceed anything they've done already. Just do a round of shows for the fans and hang it up.

You ask what's the point of a new album from the classic lineup? Yet you vote for a pointless nostalgia tour? I don't get some of you people's logic

[IZZYISGNR]

To see Axl and Slash sharing the same stage would be fantastic. Crowds would go crazy !

A new album would be cool, too.

We can have both with a little bit of luck and good will.

[Jordan Rose]

I absolutely want a reunion. A reunion of the Bucket-era. And i'm not an idiot. Twat is worth more than everything the 80s/90s alumni have done either together or on their own all put together.

That feels really good to say after 15 years of people hijacking 'New Guns' threads to cry 'reunion!'

[wasted]

Tour playing more UYI material. Vegas Residency, Rio etc. put out Reckless Life - The Very Best of Guns N Roses if you want.

[The Black]

Tour.

They could just avoid eachother before and after going on stage, so that could be drama-free (bar waiting for Axl to show up). Many bands do that these days anyway, they only see eachother on stage.

A new album would start a lot of drama, creative differences and not knowing when Axl will show up, or even at all.

[magisme]

Twat is worth more than everything the 80s/90s alumni have done either together or on their own all put together.

You're obviously drunk as fuck, so I'll forgive it.