[gnr-dave]

Guns n roses Worcester Ma 11/09/06

First off Bach opening was amazing. He sounded great. I had heard some of his you tubes and thought he did not sound that great but last night his voice was insane. He played some skid row hits and said that the Worcester crowd was probably the best he has seen all tour or something to that effect. He also looks possessed when he hits that super high notes. The guy can really song and I was really impressed. As or Papa Roach I did not care for them. The crowed seemed much more into Bach than Papa Roach.

The crowd waited about an hour or so for Gnr to hit the stage and no one really booed, then near the end a few people started booing and a lot of people joined in then 10 seconds later Robin started his WTTF tease and the crowd erupted. I was at Boston 2002 and while Worcester is a smaller venue and has less people let me tell you the crowd was loud and into all the songs. The new songs even got a pop. Most people did not know them but I saw some people that were singing them. One guy even asked Cindy who was next to me how we knew the new songs. He asked if we stole them LOL We told him the names of the new songs they played to that point and I assume he was going to go down load t hem after the show (sorry Axl)

Despite a lot of technical difficulties I have never heard Axl sound better than I did tonight. For the first four songs he did not use his ear monitor because he could not hear himself and he sounded amazing. He really should just lose the monitors because he always spends too much time playing with it and it sometimes throws him off. After the first song Axl complained about the sound problems and said we will try to put on a show for you. That worried a lot of people in the crowd but let me tell you the band really rallied and got through it all. The sound was really messed up because on some songs Robin’s guitar would just cut out, this caused him to toss 2 or 3 guitars during the show. Axl’s mic could cut out here and there and you couldn’t not hear him sing for parts of songs. It was interesting though to hear Robin’s guitar so high on some of the songs. It was pretty cool actually, the only bad thing was he crapped out for the intro of better and you could not hear his guitar intro for it. That was disappointing but the crowd was really into better especially the metal part. I think we have Frank to thank for keeping this show going, because when Axl was really pissed off after the first few songs because of sound problems Frank said something to him because Axl came out and thanked him and said he is his new motivational speaker, and to keep going or he would kick my ass.

While the solos were many they all got a good reaction from the crowd, the biggest cheer surprisingly came from Dizzy’s piano solo of the stones song Angie. Axl was in good spirits and joked a lot. He joked about the Fire Marshals in Maine and saying I thank the cool Fire Marshals here for allowing us to put on our show. He also asked for a moment of silence because K Fed and Britney are getting a divorce, when the crowd cheered, Axl said that wasn’t very nice and laughed. He even messed with the fans for the sing a long part of KOHD and came on a few notes late on the final sing along and tricked us. It was funny. Also after Better, Axl said I heard that. And said I heard some of you yelling play more new songs.

The surprise of the night came when they played down on the Farm; it was really rockin, and sounded great. But this was one of the songs Axl’s mic was crapping out and for the middle part of the song you couldn’t hear him. But the song came off great and they should make it a staple in their show.

All and all the show came off great and the fans were into it all night. Not many left before the end of the show. I would say the place was about 80% full and quite a few people came from Maine to see the show. Also after the show walking out and I went to a store after to get a drink, everyone was saying how great Axl and the band sounded. I also turned on the radio to listen and 90% of the callers were positive. The only negative things said about the band were about the solos. They just think there are too many of them and they are a buzz kill. Ii have yet to hear a person said this show was not good yet so that is a good thing. If not for the sound problems this could have been the best gnr show ever. It’s the best I have ever been to and that includes the first night of Hammerstein. Sure the list at Hammerstein was better but the band played and Axl sounded better at this show. Axl’s voice is getting better and better. I never thought he would hear Axl as good as he sounded in the 80s again but he is getting close. If anyone gets a chance to see this band live, really should go check it out. You won’t be disappointed. If they only had an album out then everyone would have known the new songs but in due time.

[Rick James]

gnr-dave, on Nov 9 2006, 03:25 PM, said:

Guns n roses Worcester Ma 11/09/06

First off Bach opening was amazing. He sounded great. I had heard some of his you tubes and thought he did not sound that great but last night his voice was insane. He played some skid row hits and said that the Worcester crowd was probably the best he has seen all tour or something to that effect. He also looks possessed when he hits that super high notes. The guy can really song and I was really impressed. As or Papa Roach I did not care for them. The crowed seemed much more into Bach than Papa Roach.

The crowd waited about an hour or so for Gnr to hit the stage and no one really booed, then near the end a few people started booing and a lot of people joined in then 10 seconds later Robin started his WTTF tease and the crowd erupted. I was at Boston 2002 and while Worcester is a smaller venue and has less people let me tell you the crowd was loud and into all the songs. The new songs even got a pop. Most people did not know them but I saw some people that were singing them. One guy even asked Cindy who was next to me how we knew the new songs. He asked if we stole them LOL We told him the names of the new songs they played to that point and I assume he was going to go down load t hem after the show (sorry Axl)

Despite a lot of technical difficulties I have never heard Axl sound better than I did tonight. For the first four songs he did not use his ear monitor because he could not hear himself and he sounded amazing. He really should just lose the monitors because he always spends too much time playing with it and it sometimes throws him off. After the first song Axl complained about the sound problems and said we will try to put on a show for you. That worried a lot of people in the crowd but let me tell you the band really rallied and got through it all. The sound was really messed up because on some songs Robin’s guitar would just cut out, this caused him to toss 2 or 3 guitars during the show. Axl’s mic could cut out here and there and you couldn’t not hear him sing for parts of songs. It was interesting though to hear Robin’s guitar so high on some of the songs. It was pretty cool actually, the only bad thing was he crapped out for the intro of better and you could not hear his guitar intro for it. That was disappointing but the crowd was really into better especially the metal part. I think we have Frank to thank for keeping this show going, because when Axl was really pissed off after the first few songs because of sound problems Frank said something to him because Axl came out and thanked him and said he is his new motivational speaker, and to keep going or he would kick my ass.

While the solos were many they all got a good reaction from the crowd, the biggest cheer surprisingly came from Dizzy’s piano solo of the stones song Angie. Axl was in good spirits and joked a lot. He joked about the Fire Marshals in Maine and saying I thank the cool Fire Marshals here for allowing us to put on our show. He also asked for a moment of silence because K Fed and Britney are getting a divorce, when the crowd cheered, Axl said that wasn’t very nice and laughed. He even messed with the fans for the sing a long part of KOHD and came on a few notes late on the final sing along and tricked us. It was funny. Also after Better, Axl said I heard that. And said I heard some of you yelling play more new songs.

The surprise of the night came when they played down on the Farm; it was really rockin, and sounded great. But this was one of the songs Axl’s mic was crapping out and for the middle part of the song you couldn’t hear him. But the song came off great and they should make it a staple in their show.

All and all the show came off great and the fans were into it all night. Not many left before the end of the show. I would say the place was about 80% full and quite a few people came from Maine to see the show. Also after the show walking out and I went to a store after to get a drink, everyone was saying how great Axl and the band sounded. I also turned on the radio to listen and 90% of the callers were positive. The only negative things said about the band were about the solos. They just think there are too many of them and they are a buzz kill. Ii have yet to hear a person said this show was not good yet so that is a good thing. If not for the sound problems this could have been the best gnr show ever. It’s the best I have ever been to and that includes the first night of Hammerstein. Sure the list at Hammerstein was better but the band played and Axl sounded better at this show. Axl’s voice is getting better and better. I never thought he would hear Axl as good as he sounded in the 80s again but he is getting close. If anyone gets a chance to see this band live, really should go check it out. You won’t be disappointed. If they only had an album out then everyone would have known the new songs but in due time.

Frank's a big dude. (I met him) And a COOL dude too.
But yes, Axl should be VERY afraid if Frank threatened to kick his ass

I'm Rick James Bitch

[Let And Let Live]

gnr-dave, on Nov 9 2006, 08:25 PM, said:

It was interesting though to hear Robin’s guitar so high on some of the songs. It was pretty cool actually, the only bad thing was he crapped out for the intro of better and you could not hear his guitar intro for it. That was disappointing but the crowd was really into better especially the metal part.

It's good to hear the fans are enjoying Better - this will be the song that gets people into new gnr no doubt about it, thank you for posting.

[mr.Q]

Nice read.



mr.Q

[vermillion]

Axl must know that all these solos are bringing shows down as everyone almost unanimously mentions it as one of the negatives of the shows. They are momentum killers and make setlists feel disjointed. I wonder why he insists on doing them.

At first I thought maybe it was a way to introduce members of the band, but in the Boston '02 concert, I only remember the Buckethead solo.

[gnr-dave]

vermillion, on Nov 9 2006, 04:14 PM, said:

Axl must know that all these solos are bringing shows down as everyone almost unanimously mentions it as one of the negatives of the shows. They are momentum killers and make setlists feel disjointed. I wonder why he insists on doing them.

At first I thought maybe it was a way to introduce members of the band, but in the Boston '02 concert, I only remember the Buckethead solo.

He does them to catch a breather

[GeorgeGlass]

gnr-dave, on Nov 9 2006, 05:40 PM, said:

vermillion, on Nov 9 2006, 04:14 PM, said:

Axl must know that all these solos are bringing shows down as everyone almost unanimously mentions it as one of the negatives of the shows. They are momentum killers and make setlists feel disjointed. I wonder why he insists on doing them.

At first I thought maybe it was a way to introduce members of the band, but in the Boston '02 concert, I only remember the Buckethead solo.

He does them to catch a breather

Yes to catch a breather but they go nowhere and are very sloppy. Its like a video you'd find on you tube of some wanna be shredder just smacking the strings on his guitar. They absolutely KILLED the momentum of the show. This band is a disgrace to the GNR name. Its a true freak show.

[gnr-dave]

GeorgeGlass, on Nov 9 2006, 07:29 PM, said:

gnr-dave, on Nov 9 2006, 05:40 PM, said:

vermillion, on Nov 9 2006, 04:14 PM, said:

Axl must know that all these solos are bringing shows down as everyone almost unanimously mentions it as one of the negatives of the shows. They are momentum killers and make setlists feel disjointed. I wonder why he insists on doing them.

At first I thought maybe it was a way to introduce members of the band, but in the Boston '02 concert, I only remember the Buckethead solo.

He does them to catch a breather

Yes to catch a breather but they go nowhere and are very sloppy. Its like a video you'd find on you tube of some wanna be shredder just smacking the strings on his guitar. They absolutely KILLED the momentum of the show. This band is a disgrace to the GNR name. Its a true freak show.

The crowd last nite was into the solos. So who really cares

[worldwideboss]

Yeah, a disgrace to the name of GN'R... Because Sorum's drum solos were that damn good...

[JimMorrison4]

It seems like it's people who don't go to the shows complain about the solos. I went to the show in Huntington and the fans really seemed to enjoy the solos.

[geizer945]

they have always done solos, and i believe that Dizzy did a piano solo of Angie by the stones which was pretty tight

[Birk]

THEY FUCKING PLAYED DOWN ON THE FARM!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vermillion]

gnr-dave, on Nov 9 2006, 07:37 PM, said:

The crowd last nite was into the solos. So who really cares

I was there. The solos got good ovations (especially Dizzy's), but the atmosphere definately changed after the first one. There was not a person sitting until the very first solo. Everyone was on their feet. It wasn't until the first solo that almost everone sat down and the majority never got back on their feet. Again, good reations, but something definately happeend to the atmosphere during those solos and it wasn't for the better.

This post has been edited by vermillion: 09 November 2006 - 08:11 PM

[Manstis1604]

GeorgeGlass, on Nov 10 2006, 07:29 AM, said:

gnr-dave, on Nov 9 2006, 05:40 PM, said:

vermillion, on Nov 9 2006, 04:14 PM, said:

Axl must know that all these solos are bringing shows down as everyone almost unanimously mentions it as one of the negatives of the shows. They are momentum killers and make setlists feel disjointed. I wonder why he insists on doing them.

At first I thought maybe it was a way to introduce members of the band, but in the Boston '02 concert, I only remember the Buckethead solo.

He does them to catch a breather

Yes to catch a breather but they go nowhere and are very sloppy. Its like a video you'd find on you tube of some wanna be shredder just smacking the strings on his guitar. They absolutely KILLED the momentum of the show. This band is a disgrace to the GNR name. Its a true freak show.

Bumblefoot is fucking terrible, his solos are like C.C. Deville bad. Finck has a little more soul but he can be way too sloppy sometimes, I'd actually say Fortus is my favorite out of the 3.

[Mikejones]

Everytime I read a review, I hear people bitching about the solo's. Personally, I like the solos. The solos let the members of the band shine, and shine they do. I think many of the fans would agree with me. Anyway, on the subject of this review, it was a great review. Sounds like it would have been alot better without the technical difficulties.