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I don't know much about Twitter, but something is telling me this is an Axl Rose move only Axl Rose could do. 

8 hours ago, colonizedmind said:

What's with all the sudden talking of Slash leaving and hypothesis of a Slashless future....have I missed a titbit from a recent interview or something? I think Slash seems content, he is able to do his SMKC AND solo album work as well as GNR, GNR aren't putting much out but there's something which is better than nothing...why would he leave? GNR if not the most creative of his endeavours,.it's certainly the one that brings home the bacon...

As usual - dead season, hiatus, i.e. any tangent will do... 

15 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

Doesn't matter in the slightest. It's Axl's band, he calls all the shots, and that's about all we need to know anyway really.

That and when the new album is out of course.......

Never doubted that, but if Slash doesn't like something and puts his foot down, Axl's in a real pickle, that's what I'm saying. 

10 minutes ago, DTV88 said:

I get what you’re trying to do here, but it’s really pointless to engage with people who are lapping at Axl’s nuts. It’s like trying to get a MAGA chump to act like a human being with compassion for others. 

Just in case - please don't put me in any boxes here. If anything, I happen to agree with 99% of what Allwaystired writes on this forum...

Ha, your typical everyday forum material – spewing out monologues without even trying to understand each other. Does it really freaking matter how exactly we call it? It’s a question of percentage one way or the other. Think of it as shareholders. Is one of the two (I’m not counting Duff here) a major one and the other minor? Or are these two on a 50/50 basis? That’s the real question! 

And my view would be that Slash had no reason to come back into an arrangement as crazy and disadvantageous as the one in the heydays was. Which means even if he’s surely not going to make Axl go to the studio or write new material, he definitely could, for example, say 'look, I’m not doing another tour unless we’re supporting a new album with it.'
There you go. 
But as usual, we know fuck all anyway. 

I’ve said it here before, but I don’t think Slash has employee-only status. Axl now needs Slash more than Slash needs Axl. If Slash left, it would be the end of GN'R this time. Or can you honestly imagine another GN'R variant with some nameless, faceless guitarists (kinda like Ghost) selling out huge events? No way. Back in the day, Slash and co. were too wasted to even care any more, with all the people and lawyers around creating chaos etc. These days, I think he just doesn’t want to rock the boat, and when he feels the need, he can always do some solo, like now. But he’s not just an employee, and if he wanted, he could put some serious demands on Axl’s table – I mean, what’s he gonna do, fire him? 
But I guess this is just comfortable for all. However, if there ever was a time for a change, it’s now. I know, I know, we’ve heard this before. But this time the tour was being renewed ad nauseam for 7 or 8 years and now it’s legitimately finally finished. So whatever comes next in regard to the band’s touring, it should only be done on the premise of new music (no, not just another rehashed 20-year old demo) and a really new show.
I mean, that’s what would make sense...

15 hours ago, Rickodez said:

I think he got his beard removed with laser, it's not permanent tho, you have to keep doing it or it comes back, i do it too, cause mine is too itchy all the time.

WHAT  No fucking way, who would do that. 

15 hours ago, Free Bird said:

Everything is fine as long as he doesn’t find his biker shorts

However, this would actually be cool.

24 minutes ago, Draguns said:

Not confusing either one of you.  If you reread your post, you would see how you were contradicting yourself. On the one hand you were saying he doesn't owe the fans anything. On the other hand, you were using  the argument to say that Axl produced 19 songs.  It was a backhanded and sneaky way  to support Jim's argument. 

Anyway I have work to be done. Have a nice day!

I was supporting his argument openly, with the exception of the owing thing, pointing out that the dissatisfaction is understandable. Nevermind.

3 minutes ago, Draguns said:

This is exactly why I had blocked you a long time ago. You are trying to make an argument when you really don't have any ground.  I heard exactly what you said. You were trying to equate new music with buying a ticket for a concert. The two  are totally separate.  Additionally, you were using the ticket  sales argument with saying that apologetics was produced. If anything, you didn't listen to what I was saying. In a backhanded way, you were trying to say that I was defending  Axl and not releasing new music.

I get the frustration of  not getting new music. I am disappointed as well. It is what it is though. If new music gets released then that that is great. If not then I'll just listen to songs by GNR and the solo efforts.  It is what it is.   With that being said, buying tickets for a concert or show does not mean that I am owed new songs. That argument is  illogical to say the least. 

Why is why I literally said he doesn't owe us anything. You're confusing two different posters, mixing their posts together. Pay a bit more attention next time.  

6 hours ago, Draguns said:

As Stone Cold Steve Austin would say: What???

No matter the performer, the only obligation they have  to the customer that bought ticket(s) for a concert or show is to  perform at that place of venue. To say that an artist or band owes you new songs because you bought a ticket to a show, it's just ABSURD!!! The contract is the ticket for the performance. It's NOT a contract for new songs.  Wow!

The logic from here is really out there!!

Way to completely ignore what I said and just repeat your mantra, congrats. God forbid you'd try for a real dialogue here, i.e. trying to understand what and why the others are actually saying, which could lead to mutual enrichment and is one of the reasons people communicate. It's called a dialogue. Some people mistake this for two monologues being spat at each other, but no, that's not the same thing.

Over and out.

19 minutes ago, Draguns said:

This is a strange post. I don't get your logic in buying tickets and owing you songs. When you buy tickets for a concert, the band or solo artist owes you a performance. They don't owe you new songs. This post reeks of entitlement. 

No, not unless you take it out of the context and really strive not to be caught looking at things from the poster’s point of view for a split second. I mean, I definitely wouldn’t use the word "owe" in this context, especially not here, knowing what kind of reactions it will trigger... So yeah, this may be a bit unfortunate; however, if you try, I think you might see what he’s saying. 
And no matter how much apologetics will be produced here, the kinda disturbing fact remains that Axl’s released about 19 songs in the last 2 decades... and the last time these 3 guys put something new together was five US presidents ago, most of them with two terms. Think about it for a second. 
No, I don’t think Axl owes us anything. He just doesn’t, that I'm sure about. But I do get the... apathy. Not gonna use the word "frustration" here, as that would trigger a different bunch of we-never-sleepers with yet another batch of their repeated texts. 
So I get both sides, that’s my point I guess. 

Sorry, I was on the phone, it was just a quick copy paste thing, didn't even intend to check the previous content.  

Dave Abbruzzese. It says he talks about GN'R, haven't seen it yet, could be interesting.

https://youtu.be/hJH63OLD0Z0?si=N4vK1rMniWHQa8lU 

31 minutes ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

is dizzy running out of money? should we donate?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4bW0EePOmk/

Any question I like, really? Oh I’d have some, but then I have a feeling most answers would sound suspiciously similar to "that’s a question for the management". 

I don’t know how trustworthy that Wikipedia information regarding studios is, but in any case, it says Axl used 15 studios for the CD recordings, and it names most of them. 
Now, I don’t believe even Axl is such a madman to record just the Village worth of material and then use another 14 studios (or even if it was fewer) just to tinker with the couple of songs that have vocals on it. That’s basically nonsense, which means there have to be *dozens* (ha) of other tracks, whether just those unfinished from the Village sessions or even different ones we’ve never heard of. Their quality or overall state of completion may be a different story, of course. 

However, if you’re asking me whether I’d be content with an album consisting solely from that CDII material with copy-pasted guitars and all that (like we’ve had so far), then the answer is fuck no. That’s lazy, and the band should show they still got it and can create new music together, you know, like bands normally do. 
No, they don’t have to sit in one room together all the time, but they should create new music as well. Made by the people who are actually currently in the band. Worst case, Axl could put some older lyrics on some of it. Another portion could be the CDII material, and stuff from the 90s sessions as the last third. Then blend it together. Voila. 

1 hour ago, SoulMonster said:

The problem to begin with is that they are frustrated. They ought to feel a bit embarrassed about themselves for still not getting over the fact that Guns N' Roses doesn't release music frequently. I mean, how many years of frustration does it take for people to wise up and stop being frustrated over something that they can't affect the slightest? Like getting frustrated over a intrinsic part of nature. Are they frustrated over humans not having wings, too? "Aaaargh, why can't we have wing, I want to flyyyyyy!" I have no sympathy for fans of this band who has been around for a while and still hasn't taken to heart that GN'R in many ways do not operate as a normal band and if they keep expecting it to operate as a normal band they will keep getting disappointed. Complaining to one's spouse because a rock band doesn't release enough music is grounds for divorce immediately...

My point was the frustration is merely quote unquote. Not a real thing, just natural intermediate reaction. I could use the same token and say you guys seem to be frustrated all the time about some people complaining. Well, are you? That's for yourselves to answer. 

Still the same story.

This is an evergreen topic, and it should never be perceived as one-sided. It’s true that people should come to terms with certain things, I agree. But then, where else would you vent your "frustration" other than on a fan forum? Try telling this shit your wife/partner every day and see how long it will take before they tell you to piss of with this. And as for this alleged frustration, it always has been here and always will be. It’s not about entitlement or desperation or god knows what. It’s about being in contact on a daily basis with something you’ve loved for a large part of your life. And since this thing is GN'R, which operates in mysterious ways, it indeed can get tedious and frustrating in the sense when you see how other bands operate, what coulda been but wasn’t, what still could be yet... tempus fugit. 
After some time, sure, you sort of resign or come to terms with it. But then something happens, like another botched release or another "soon, we all wanna do it, things are coming" for an umpteenth time, and the circle starts again, inevitably. All these fans’ criticized reactions are absolutely natural in most cases. You can always find strawman/negative examples of folks who indeed do nothing else but complain, but that’s like 1% and the rest just react normally, i.e. sometimes they’re positive, sometimes negative (like myself). (Although if you only wanna focus on the negative, then the negative is all you’ll see around you.) And god knows this band hasn’t been giving us plenty of positive things to be happy about recently. Yeah, yeah, new deep cuts, a few old demos, sure. 
So it shouldn’t be about wanting everyone to see it your way. After all, if you’re talking about coming to terms with some reality, then you yourselves should also come to terms with the fact some people will react like this most of the time. That’s acceptance which should be done on your part for a change. Otherwise we’ll get this never-ending complaining about complaining, which is what’s been going on here quite a lot as well. 
I always say, look at things from all sorts of sides (and definitely at least two). 
I think ya all catch my drift. 

I think he actually cemented his legacy by playing with Michael Jackson. He showed he wasn't just a unique guitarist of a world-famous junkie rock band but also an icon who can play in other music worlds as well. Plus being known as an overall nice fella and distinguishable by the top hat, this guy is accepted and praised by pretty much anyone. When Axl went nuts back in the day, he was opposing (kinda mocking) him, doing his own thing, chatting in late-night shows, gathering sympathy from everyone. There's literally nothing negative to find about this guy. And everybody has heard of Sweet Child O' Mine. So there you go. 
He's a beast live, too. 

27 minutes ago, Voodoochild said:

If you have a lot of spare time, look at the old New Album thread and see how many people thought that GNR wouldn't even release the CD-era stuff (I refuse to call it leftovers, when it's clearly not the case). Hell, there were people arguing that Axl didn't have any vocals recorded for other songs past the Village sessions. 

I know it's easy to get skeptical with this band, but the reality is just that they take forever to do things, but they eventually do anyways.

Just don't say Pele's name 3 times, or he'll reappear! 

You guys (previous page) are getting riled up over nothing IMO. There’s nothing that new or distinguishable that we haven’t heard before in dozens of slightly different versions. Those Duff’s words can mean anything from a single in a couple of months to another silence at least for the time until a new tour is happening. After all, Slash promised a summer single at one point, only for it to arrive with a year’s delay. 
No reason to get hysterical about this. Yet another "we’ll see, working hard, plenty of material, we all wanna do it, soon is the word..." etc., read my signature. 
It would be actually quite unprecedented for them to just release a single without a supporting tour (and we know no tour is happening this year, right?). Unless it’s something difficult to sing, so Axl could avoid it like that. But then, he knows people would still expect to hear it live once the machine gets on the road again, so... Idk. Again, anything is possible. 
But for now, I take it as another day, another "promise". Nothing to write home about. 

Ha, I have basically no idea what’s going on there or why the whole thing seems so pompous and "big". I didn’t watch that movie and to date have no idea why it was also being connected with that war film (Oppenheimer?). Not that I care. I like being completely out of the loop sometimes, even if just for the reason you can then see things from the right perspective, if you know what I mean. 
Good for Slash to be seen though; I like when they boys are out there in the spotlight, doing something interesting. 
That’s my two cents anyway. Worthless, but they’re there! 
 

https://blabbermouth.net/news/slash-explains-how-he-got-brian-johnson-to-appear-on-his-upcoming-blues-album

From soon to soon enough, hey, that's progress!