GNRfan2008 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've come to the conclusion this is a 100% cash grab... For many years Slash and Duff said if they were going to do a reunion that they would do it right.. This is a joke..I don't blame them for grabbing the money. Who knows, maybe it will turn out different and we get an album out of it. At a bare minimum it is good to see Axl and Slash aren't badmouthing each other in the media anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooshka Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I'd like to think it were more, but if it's a cashgrab, I can't blame them. 2M is not easy to turn down, I'd stand up there with nuGNR for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've come to the conclusion this is a 100% cash grab... For many years Slash and Duff said if they were going to do a reunion that they would do it right.. This is a joke..I don't blame them for grabbing the money. Who knows, maybe it will turn out different and we get an album out of it. At a bare minimum it is good to see Axl and Slash aren't badmouthing each other in the media anymore.I don't blame them for taking the money either... Its just sad.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalGunner Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) I never got the impression that they were friends to begin with, so much as they were business associates. As long as they can maintain that, they could potentially do this for many years to come. Edited January 8, 2016 by CardinalGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P1g Vomit Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Business, Axl shouldn't ever forgive Trash or Douche McKagen for all the crap they talked about him for 20 years. Axl should make them carry his bags to everyone of theirs gigs this tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofnazareth Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Business, Axl shouldn't ever forgive Trash or Douche McKagen for all the crap they talked about him for 20 years. Axl should make them carry his bags to everyone of theirs gigs this tour.his handbags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darknightfan Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'm sure it was the friendship that burned in their hearts that brought them together. They both couldn't get much sleep at night and then they both reached for the phone at the same time and tried calling eachother.They didn't know each others phone number but the friendship in their hearts just told them what the number was and just like that it was a mutual agreement to do a few shows together.I encourage all of you to call your old friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofnazareth Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'm sure it was the friendship that burned in their hearts that brought them together. They both couldn't get much sleep at night and then they both reached for the phone at the same time and tried calling eachother.They didn't know each others phone number but the friendship in their hearts just told them what the number was and just like that it was a mutual agreement to do a few shows together.I encourage all of you to call your old friends.so sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseIRS Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Business, Axl shouldn't ever forgive Trash or Douche McKagen for all the crap they talked about him for 20 years. Axl should make them carry his bags to everyone of theirs gigs this tour.At least ur username is accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofnazareth Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Duffs guest appearances at nugnr concert were pretty sober so i don't think they will fool around with slash, too. Its still very interesting how they will interact with each other. Since all of them are actually really sober it will be a different performance than 86-93Old GNR music was written/performed while most of the members were drunk/high. It may be a struggle for them now. When Ozzy got back with Sabbath (another band who never recorded/played shows sober during their heyday) to record a new album in 2013, he started taking drugs again. Edited January 9, 2016 by sonofnazareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I read somewhere in canter banter that mark canter said axl and slash were friends but that they were never "best" friendsThis was always the vibe I got from those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Macaroni Incident? Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Who was it that compared Axl & Slash's relationship to that of Shaq and Kobe's?It made a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooshka Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I suspected the feud was WWE scripted a bunch of times, because it never made much sense. The issues they supposedly had, seemed so overblown. Axl was so hateful and OTT at times. But then he's the sort of person who could just be like that, so idk. Anyway, it's still weird to think they're now friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewolfshead Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 For anyone who has ever had strong feelings against someone it is easy to know how those feelings mellow out or repair themselves over time. Things you once might have thought, time can have a way of giving you perspective. Does that mean they have patched everything up and are friends? I have no idea, but I don't think it would be crazy to have that happen or unrealistic. Things change, people change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsinindy Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 1 minute ago, thewolfshead said: For anyone who has ever had strong feelings against someone it is easy to know how those feelings mellow out or repair themselves over time. Things you once might have thought, time can have a way of giving you perspective. Does that mean they have patched everything up and are friends? I have no idea, but I don't think it would be crazy to have that happen or unrealistic. Things change, people change. ^^^^^ This! the flip side to that too is things in that type of situation are always tenuous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlterL Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Just because he did something you didn't agree with, or you didn't think he would do doesn't mean he's broke. Unless you have information that the rest of us don't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 the silence is deafening in january i said that was a good sign. now, not so much. first gig is in less than a month and not even an axl sighting? only thing we see is a paintball machine and some guitar picks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I guess there was affection and admiration between them but they had different characters that's why they were never best friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsinindy Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 4 minutes ago, action said: the silence is deafening in january i said that was a good sign. now, not so much. first gig is in less than a month and not even an axl sighting? only thing we see is a paintball machine and some guitar picks? I missed the pinball machine...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 1 minute ago, tsinindy said: I missed the pinball machine...lol lol. don't know how i ended up with paintball machine. what's a paintball machine anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibsonLP Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I don't think it's a cash grab I think they're just very cautiously building this up so they don't make promises they can't keep. GNR history is filled with all sorts or promises that never eventuated... Despite being a long wait it'll probably result in less frustration. Only 31 sleeps (at most) before we get some solid answers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourcrazy Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I have to think there at least is some friendship that has been rekindled and a mutual respect for each other. Otherwise, I can't see Axl giving in even for large amounts of cash. I hope there is a definite friendship, that would be the only way that we can hope to see new music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 A lot of band members work together but don't really hang out together. Kiss's Gene and Paul hardly see each other if they're not writing or touring and on tour each Kiss member has his own bus. I think as long as Axl and Slash remember this reunion is for the fans and tons of money, they will tolerate each other. I think Slash is more agreeable than Axl would be. Since the tour will consist of music that's already written and recorded they won't be arguing on music. Onstage there will be lots of other musicians Axl can turn too other than Slash or Axl will walk off like he does when Bumblefoot and Ashba did their guitar solos. I think the stage will be big enough for Slash and Axl to share for 2 hours. As for hanging out socially, I don't see Axl hanging out with any of the band members that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofnazareth Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 are there any bands where the members are true friends with each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I have no idea what their friendship is like, if there's one at all to even talk about. I do care if there's just a working relationship though. VH with DLR is all well and good, but when I read interviews and they are all sniping at each other, it kinda bursts the bubble on the whole 'good times vibe' that they preach. I don't need or care for them to be hanging by the pool in their own time, do as you please! But I don't want them on the road, not talking to each other and living completely separate lives until stage time. If that's the case why did they split for 20yrs? They could have easily coexisted and just avoided each other like so many other bands. I would like to see them interviewed together where things are not tense, where they can at least joke about the break up and show us that things have actually simmered and this isn't just for the millions and millions of $$$. I don't mind them doing it for money, who wouldn't!? But I have problems with them throwing their legacy and their credibility away on a reunion for the sake of a reunion and the as Almighty dollar. If it's not for the right reason I stand by original opinion, that the reunion should be left alone, letting the legacy live on strong and untarnished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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