smoking guns Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Call me crazy, but I like it a lot more than both Libertad and CD.... It is a damn fine rock album with great hooks and guitar playing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tat2d1 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I like it.... I may be a little biased though, I'm friends with Jacob (singer) and his other band Lynam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFA Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Hey cool, more Adler fans! I love this album. Jacob is a great vocalist. I really like the song Waterfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoking guns Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 I have seen Jacob a million times it seems play in Birmingham and Auburn... He is awesome live and an amazing guitar player... I wish this band was touring... Would be cool to see a Slash and Adler double bill... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealmylife Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Yeah this album was a surprise. Almost every song is well written and the vocalist is good. His vocals are the slightest bit emo at times but mostly routed in sleeze/grunge rock.I remember hearing it at first and being shocked that Adler had put something that solid together, but it got basically no press and Adler went into rehab instead of touring it (probably for the best).But it is no where even close to the standard of Chinese DemocracyIf Sixx am had a singer like him they'd be a much better band. Ps had anyone heard anything about Adler since the tour was cancelled? Edited August 24, 2014 by Stealmylife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaxl stradler Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 i really like the album, i bought it on itunes.. it's a great catchy sleaze/grunge rock album.. nothing groundbreaking.. but it's pretty solid..adlers drumming is pretty neat too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31illusions Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I'm a huge Adler fan but I couldn't bother after hearing one of the ballads. I think it was Waterfall. I loved Alive from his last album though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val22 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 So Steven made a new album? Good, I was wondering what he was up to and hoping he was doing okay.I saw a video on demand and thought it was pretty good. Yeah, the singer has a very good voice. Steven looked great behind the drums.I hope Steven continues to do well. I feel bad for him because I know he took the breakup of GNR the worst of all the original members. I know he was fired, but it was only the beginning of the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 But it is no where even close to the standard of Chinese DemocracyChrist, it must be bad seeing as, all you have to do is fart into a microphone to produce a more coherent audio experience than, Chinese Democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRmello77 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 it's a solid good album, songs are a little short tho, but i really like it, it is even one of my fave albums by all ex GN'R members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Solid albu,m the overall sound is good, adds a little extra for the songs which is a good thing.I really hope Steven recover and tour this album with the band(although i'm not really like the band members image at all) Edited August 26, 2014 by Crash Diet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I didn't know this was a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoking guns Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Listening to it now, this is better than most of Slash's stuff, and I am a huge Slash fan. Sounds like a real band. Very good album... Jacob is a killer singer. Would love him in VR... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatashame Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 this album is an absolute shocker for me. it is amazing"dead wrong" is my favyou were dead wrongand I was right to let you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 For the curious: Not bad at all. It's heavy, it's modern, singer reminds me of Fozzy a bit. I'm personally not that big into the modern sound (AX7, Bullet For My Valentine, Hinder, 3 Days Grace etc.) But this was definitely written to fit that mold and should do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dude Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I think its horrible. Really one of the most generic rock albums I've ever heard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsfanoldie Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I'll give him one thing: Steven sounds fantastic.As for the album, I'm pretty shocked by all the positive reviews from here. I'm in the middle of it now and... its fine. But its very middle of the road for me. Nothing explosively great. I really liked Alive from Adler's Appetite and IMO that was one of the better rock songs in recent memory. Nothing on here has struck me like that. One of the comments from the Youtube says basically exactly what I thought. Black Death 1347 1 year ago I'm rooting for Steven, but I'm not hearing anything special here. Sounds pretty stock from last 10 years or more. Chinese Democracy wasn't the greatest record ever, but it is far superior to this. I don't think that's even debatable. And it feels like the drop-tune sound is really dated now. It's been standard since Alice In Chains, over 20 years now. It's time for something new to come along and shake the rock world up again.I don't know. I guess there's something about Slash's guitar that doesn't make his music sound as generic as this. To me, Adler sounds like something I've heard a million times on current radio. Like I said, Steven sounds great, but there's only so much he can do on the drums to make it sound like unique. The vocalist is good but the guitars sound really generic and unnecessarily heavy to me.If this was Steven and Slash, I think this would be excellent and they could write some great material. Something that Slash has maintained is that GNR guitar sound that IMO has carried him through his albums. He can make the guitar sound good enough that it enhances the whole band and record, which is something I don't think Steven or a drummer can really do. I'll listen to the whole record, and maybe I'm too cynical about current rock music, but nothing grabs me here and just makes me wish it sounded more like Alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsfanoldie Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 And you'll never believe me, but I was just about to type that Just Don't Ask was the first song I kind of saw some promise in. Open it up on Spotify and its the one song on the record Slash guests on.I swear, I'm not just jerking Slash off or lying that I knew about all of that before typing the stuff above. Clearly, to me, there's something that absolutely elevates the songs he plays on and writes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I just listened to the entire album. It sounds good! Good one, Steven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Probably my favorite post-GNR solo album. Not a terribly high bar (Save the Dolphins!) but still. I like the vibe of the band. Steven has spent so much time forming cover bands and trying to recapture GNR through covers, it's nice to see him drop it and just make music again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOUCOULDBEMINE. Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 It's better than Matt's album, I'll give him that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I can't believe people actually like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dude Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) I can't believe people actually like this.They don't. Its just one of those things people claim to enjoy as part of an ulterior motive- like Slash's solo career. People claim to like it, because they think it'll help detract from Axl and post-Slash GNR. Edited August 28, 2014 by Mr. Dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I can't believe people actually like this.They don't. Its just one of those things people claim to enjoy as part of an ulterior motive- like Slash's solo career. People claim to like it, because they think it'll help detract from Axl and post-Slash GNR.lol wut.To answer bacardi. It's a GNR forum, people enjoying hard rock songs doesn't surprise me a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glow Inc. Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I don't like it for the same reason I don't really like Gilby Clarke's music while I like Izzy's : it lacks flair, taste, subtlety.It tries way too hard to be cool / mean while it could benefit some more melody and way better lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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