Caught_in_a_Coma

That open letter is a mic drop. Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house

I think the Illusion albums might be more of the "true" sound of GN'R than AFD. By that, I mean songs like Dust N' Bones, Breakdown, KOHD, Yesterdays, Bad Apples, Bad Obsession, 14 Years. Songs like that. Kind of a country/folksy tinge to the sound. Also I think there's kind of an experimental/artistic edge to their sound that is captured in stuff like Locomotive and Coma and those are found on the Illusion albums. Rocket Queen kind of has that in the masterful outro it switches to near the end of the song though and that's on AFD. I could be completely wrong here. It's just if I'm thinking of unpopular opinions, the idea that maybe the Illusions might be more the sound of what GN'R really is, that's all I've got off the top of my head

But I thought we learned recently the vocals on ChiDem are all or largely from the 90s? And I also thought there was like 6 years of no real, considerable work done after the UYI tour (Axl's wilderness years)? So if this stuff happened in 1997 and UYI tour ended in summer of 93, how is Axl able to have 6 or so empty years yet be in the studio with Moby with a lot of songs made up for him to listen to in 1997? And if the vocals of ChiDem are from the 90s, as comments from last year suggest, how did Axl have no vocals to show for Moby in 1997? I'm not saying Moby is sitting here telling straight lies, but there are so many conflicting statements about the making of ChiDem. If you believe everything you hear about it, timelines don't match up and one thing said about it seems to contradict another thing said about it. Aren't there reports of some other producer who was super level headed and worked with Axl around 97-99 who said there were like three honestly good songs and he told Axl he needed to be a bit more focused and Axl got angry and the relationship ended? I don't believe this account implied there were no vocals made for the music. It's all just really confusing and hard to follow to be honest

I've come to learn that Izzy has probably never handled anything in his life poorly and is the biggest reason GN'R was a success in the AFD/early UYI days

I don't have a good enough handle on Axl's vocals to know if that's authentic or a really good impersonation. I'm sure there's a number of people out there that can emulate the sound of his voice and I'm sure some are fans. With creativity, I'm sure some fans have made some convincing "GN'R fan songs". A type of fan-art. If you will

I can't find Duff and Slash's Sentimental Movie on youtube anymore. Was that taken down in a similar manner to what this thread is about?

Love them. Fav is KOHD. A few other favs are Hair Of The Dog, I'm A Human Being, Black Leather and Since I Don't Have You