GNR 1991 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I was at the first night of Bridge School and it was just as awful as everyone says. I brought a friend and felt embarrassed during the set. You guys go on about tracking Axl’s rasp on 2018 shows, try finding a crumb of rasp in that entire show. You can count the moments on one hand. I did like the Neil Young cover coming out of those shows tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) Of course Dj is not playing the intro wrong, it is the guitar that is out-of-tune or something. But yeah, absolutely terrible. Why didn't they just stop it and have Richard or Bumble play lead instead as soon as they heard the sour notes? Edited August 10, 2018 by SoulMonster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dally Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Well that was a pile of shit. what was all the fuzz about this crap? And who would pay a sick amount of money to have it? seen it once, never again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sl4yer Posted August 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) 45 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: The Bridge School benefit is becoming almost mythical these days in its awfulness. Fans are holding it up (not necessarily you, Bailey96, just using your post as a stepping stone) as the absolute worst in the history of the band. I think it was great. The band played for a great cause, doing a two day, full acoustic show for kids with various handicaps. Some of the songs on that show had never been played entirely acoustic before. The kids loved it. The band was great. Axl had a very rough first day (but allegedly had a throat infection), but improved massively for the second day. It is not often the band do charity shows, so the greater when they do. Let me phrase it differently: it is not often I feel the band should be proud of themselves, but they should be proud of playing at Bridge School. But as usually, fans will focus on the songs where Axl sang below par and stain the whole show and context with it, when it is something that was pretty cool. Just as we can cherry-pick bad songs, I can cherry-pick good songs, and here is Sweet Child O' Mine entirely acoustic with Dj and Bumble trading solos, Pitman being all Pitman and the crowd having a great time. And here is Welcome to the Jungle. Again, entirely acoustic which is pretty awesome in itself. Axl sings it well, much better than most shows in 2018, with rasp and that lovely aded intensity to the last part that I so often miss from newer shows. And none of that horrid long intro guitar wankery that Slash does these days. Yeah it was the best show in Axl's career. His voice never sounded better. It's shame he doesn't sound like this now. Imagine Axl/DC with THIS voice. Oh my god it would be so fuckin amazing. And the band... The Great DJ Ashba and his magnificent solos. And these random notes in Patience Oh DJ... how I wish you were here.. instead of this stupid wanker Frank at his best, Tommy... the greatest basist in the history of this band And my favourite artist of all time.. Chris Fuckin' Pitman.. Genius . Look how much he add to the band.. His stage presence,his towel, his awesome backing vocals His voice was so soft, so deep, so BEATIFUL! Not like Melissa's awful voice. Oh this show was truly kick-ass. My favourite GNR show ever. Second one is RiR2011 it was amazing how Axl recovered his voice from awful 2006-2010 years. Now he's just a shadow of his 2012 self Edited August 10, 2018 by sl4yer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Soul, ''the lady doth protest too much, methinks'' haha? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, sl4yer said: Yeah it was the best show in Axl's career. His voice never sounded better. It's shame he doesn't sound like this now. Imagine Axl/DC with THIS voice. Oh my god it would be so fuckin amazing. And the band... The Great DJ Ashba and his magnificent solos. And these random notes in Patience Oh DJ... how I wish you were here.. instead of this stupid wanker Frank at his best, Tommy... the greatest basist in the history of this band And my favourite artist of all time.. Chris Fuckin' Pitman.. Genius . Look how much he add to the band.. His stage presence,his towel, his awesome backing vocals His voice was so soft, so deep, so BEATIFUL! Not like Melissa's awful voice. Oh this show was truly kick-ass. My favourite GNR show ever. Second one is RiR2011 it was amazing how Axl recovered his voice from awful 2006-2010 years. Now he's just a shadow of his 2012 self Err, never said it was a great show. Just that it wasn't as bad as it has become here at mygrnforum (on of those fan truisms), at least not when considering both days, more than Axl's vocals, and the context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Madagascar is one of my favourite songs ever and VMAs 2002 is hands down the worst, weakest version of it ever. His voice sounds so thin and weak like it's about to snap and he actually has to strain to force out "it's never tooo late." It's awful. Compared to the deep rich tones from Rio 3 or his recent full on raspy efforts it's embarrassing. So yeah, 10k for the rehearsal, fuck no. But it does make you wonder how different things could have been had he come out looking and sounding like 2006-2010. Positive press and a surge in US ticket sales could have changed the whole thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-p-d-a Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 You can throw the years 2001 - 2014 into the garbage 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 But there's way more. I want the whole thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzagbigbag Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I wonder that the clip is still up. If I were GNR, TB or the idiots who declare themselves as the ones who act in behalf of the band and take care of them (you know who you are), THIS particular video is the one which should have been taken down immediately (!!!) to avoid any further damage to the b(r)and Guns n' Roses. But here we go, it's still there. I just don't get it 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RageKage Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Does he take monopoly money? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 He sounds just as bad in that rehersal footage, as he does now. Everyone shits on the performance but that rehersal sounds much worse. As for the actual performance at the vma's, I always thought Paradise was the worst vocal that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl4yer Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, F*ck Fear said: He sounds just as bad in that rehersal footage, as he does now. No. Now he put much more effort and rasp into Madagascar. In Jungle he improve after first verse and the rest is good. In PC he puts rasp sometimes and it sound ok. + Now he sings Maddy and PC after 3 hours of performing not 3 minutes. Some of 2002 shows were better than NITL shows but VMA was awful, cringe worthy and embarrassing and this rehearsal is worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXL_N_DIZZY Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Even as a major fan of Chinese-era Guns- I really struggle with ‘02. Something was seemingly “off” or dark/foreboding about it all... Much prefer the optimism, and expectation of ‘01 and ‘06. Even prefer the “Vegas”/Dj-Bumble years b/c the album was out, and the shows were fun IMHO (plus we got a bd out of it). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 38 minutes ago, lukepowell1988 said: They posted it as a teaser wasn't ever advertised as the whole shabang I've heard the whole thing exists in one video though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) I'm so confused to how did this leak... But yeah the BH mask is cool Edited August 10, 2018 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, lukepowell1988 said: The people who have shared the clip are most likely looking for a trade so there putting the feelers out It wasn't supposed to be like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Everything about this era was so fucked up, from the change in sound and appearance of the band, and all of the other bullshit, that it was very Guns N' Roses. I don't know why Axl sounded as bad as he did at that rehersal, or during the actual performance but it's a shame because had he went out there and fucking killed it, maybe the NA tour would have sold better. There were some really great shows on that tour and I would have liked to hear more of that. Just my opinion. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombux Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, F*ck Fear said: I don't know why Axl sounded as bad as he did at that rehersal, or during the actual performance but it's a shame because had he went out there and fucking killed it, maybe the NA tour would have sold better. some insight into that thing and some reasons: http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?pid=55653#p55653 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, zombux said: some insight into that thing and some reasons: http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?pid=55653#p55653 Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombux Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, F*ck Fear said: Thanks for the link! you haven't read the whole Chinese Whispers yet? damn! you must read it. it starts right after the last 1993 show. I spent about 3 days reading it the first time and honestly I was totally astonished by some stuff included there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I've read bits and pieces. I had forgotten Axl did an interview on the radio in '02, so it was nice to see that. I've bookmarked the link and will give it a better look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsapple Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Late to the party, let me just share one thought. Not to defend a lousy performance, but I believe lots of the not so great performances of that era are rooted in bad management. I can't put all the blame on Axl as for any lousy performance of that era you can find ten amazing ones. If your band was invited by Neil Young or had the opportunity to perform at RIR or the VMA's - would you pass or take it on no matter what? To some level, it probably also depends on the ambition and the pressure. A good manager should be a brave consigliere but Axl just seems to have had people pushing him to suck more exposure and money out of him and musicians not giving two shits either - resulting in embarassing performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_k Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Did they ever record the CitR video that was referred to in the Chinese Whispers post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 25 minutes ago, lukepowell1988 said: Very much doubt it is the same thing but the one they played on the screens at the o2 in 2010 was really cool it's not, those were made much later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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