JVesper Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Putting bias aside, I don't think it would be much of a stretch for them to open for Metallica (not that that's likely) or ACDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Axl would not open for any band considered his contemporary peers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Axl would not open for any band considered his contemporary peers.I don't really doubt that at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Red Hot Chili Peppers. That's one band you can't outshine live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The reverse is the real question. Would any band want NuGuns opening for them. All things considered, probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 It's the amount of time they spend onstage, which you can't really knock as a package, sure it gets tedious where you're a forum nerd and keep seeing JAM JAM JAM COVER COVER but being separate from that and when Axl's firing on all cylinders, it's just geared for a headline slot. Even for GG he done a ridiculous setlist, Axl Rose is just one of those guys who need to be up the top of the bill and nowhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Red Hot Chili Peppers. That's one band you can't outshine live.As much as I dig the RHCP, they have a bit of a reputation for either kicking ass or sucking badly live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyrobot Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 This thread still going on?Absurd question from the go. I wonder what kind of fan can ask something like this... nobody but a n00b.Axl Rose, the God of the Universe, will NEVER open for any band EVER again. He's a headline act and he's been at the top of the toppest in the past. He can't come down or get reduced to "opener act".Gosh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The reverse is the real question. Would any band want NuGuns opening for them. All things considered, probably not.Well, the Stones accepted, and they're still on the top of the show business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Axl would do what he did at Reading out of pure spite if he was slammed on a support billing. You'd need a Mr Security Man (or several) to pluck him from the stage where his pure incandescent indignation would have him bolted down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 If Queen were still active I could've seen axl agreeing to opening up for them.Well they are.. I mean John Deacon left after the Freddie tribute concert and it's a little different but BM and RT still do concerts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grouse Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 If Queen were still active I could've seen axl agreeing to opening up for them.Well they are.. I mean John Deacon left after the Freddie tribute concert and it's a little different but BM and RT still do concerts.Dude really...Queen, wait no let me rephrase that, bm and rt were fringing on being sell outs of epic proportions when doing the the whole queen + pr thing somehow that turned out to be somewhat respectable but now the whole adam lambert thing seems to be their main focus I mean really? they could've turned toured with fucking lindsay lohan for all I care. I respect Roger taylor and Brian May for what they did back in the day but now they're just milking it and there's no arguing that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 If Queen were still active I could've seen axl agreeing to opening up for them.Well they are.. I mean John Deacon left after the Freddie tribute concert and it's a little different but BM and RT still do concerts. Dude really...Queen, wait no let me rephrase that, bm and rt were fringing on being sell outs of epic proportions when doing the the whole queen + pr thing somehow that turned out to be somewhat respectable but now the whole adam lambert thing seems to be their main focus I mean really? they could've turned toured with fucking lindsay lohan for all I care. I respect Roger taylor and Brian May for what they did back in the day but now they're just milking it and there's no arguing that period.I hate to agree but yup. Still.. I'd love to see them and Adam can sing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Everyone I've talked to that went to the recent concert here, tells me they're amazing with Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Not in this lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) Old Guns have opened for bigger bands in the past, but would Axl do it again maybe for a Stadium tour?I would love the idea of having guns do a major stadium tour and open for a bigger band like the Stones, Aerosmith, Sir Paul, Metallica, ect...But could Axl's ego handle it? I can't see it.That Stones thing in '06 was a one time thing. Or would have been, if it happened.The Stones just played before 120K in Italy so I doubt they would have any fears or problems headlining over Axl's tribute band........... ......... Edited July 1, 2014 by classicrawker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broskirose Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 This thread still going on?Absurd question from the go. I wonder what kind of fan can ask something like this... nobody but a n00b.Axl Rose, the God of the Universe, will NEVER open for any band EVER again. He's a headline act and he's been at the top of the toppest in the past. He can't come down or get reduced to "opener act".Gosh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) GNR opening for Bowie would be a great tour. I'd love to see it, even if the two don't mesh together very well; then again seeing Bowie tour again in any form would be amazing to happen.The discussion reminds me of when Megadeth opened for KISS at a festival last year. When Megadeth's set was finished, all of the crowd except for the KISS Army loyalists were already worn-out and tired before KISS hit the stage, so their reception was luke-warm. With how huge of a live act GnR is, there isn't many bands that have the gusto to follow them in a show.I wouldn't want to see two stadium bands in a row really. After a GNR show I'd like to get Deranged. Edited July 2, 2014 by wasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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