Velvet Revolver vs. Guns N' Roses

[Sosso]

Which Rock am Ring concert was better? 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2018 by Sosso

[RussTCB]

I like VR alot, but for me, Guns N' Roses wins that particular contest by a country mile.

[AxlRoseCDII]

Very close, but the 2006 lineup of GNR with Axl being a complete monster is a force to be reckoned with. Axl and the band was on fire in 2006.

[soon]

Guns N Roses.

But all 15+ of these guys were 2000's fashion victims! 

[Gibson87]

Like I said in the other thread, 2006 GN'R wins that one instantly. The entire band, particularly Axl, was on a completely different level in 2006

[Stro]

I'd say Scott was much worse than whatever complaints about Axl are today. During the period above he was just a weirdo skeleton kind of yell singing while dancing like he was tripping and was barely intelligible.

[MillionsOfSpiders]

Velvet Revolver for me. Axl sounded great in 06 but VR as a band sounded phenomenal imo. 

Edited August 26, 2018 by MillionsOfSpiders

[Dean]

Guns N' Roses by a country mile.

[BadRain]

Guns N Roses for the early 90's and prior, by a wide margin, and VR from the mid-2000's to the present, also by a wide margin. 

[jacdaniel]

Result is not exactly surprising on a Guns forum.

Outside this forum though, I think VR would win and were generally better received than Nu Guns ever were. 

 

[-W.A.R-]

GNR.

Damn i wish Axl still sounded like that.

[jekylhyde]

That Velvet Revolver gig in the original post is from 2007. They were on their way out then. But in 2005 they were on FIRE!

Can't really say which one is better, Guns in 2006 or VR in 2005. Gn'R has better songs and Axl was on the top of his game, but Velvet Revolver was new and exciting and they felt more like a cohesive band than Guns at the time.

But if I really had to... Guns.

[janrichmond]

VR 

[Stiff Competition]

I saw a lot of shows from both bands and I'll take VR as it was actually a band. Axl's band was just that...Axl and a band. You went to see Axl even if some of the other guys were alright, it didn't really matter.

I would never trade all the VR shows I saw for it but really, this is the time (06-07ish) that they needed to reunite. It would have been fucking insane. Axl's voice was the best it's ever been post 90s and the VR guys were on fire and I'm sure Izzy would have been in the fold then as he was making appearances with both bands from 04-07.

[El Guapo]

Yes, that would have been the perfect window for a reunion.

 

[skik08]

Musically, VR wins in all departments. 

[Caught_in_a_Coma]

Axl sounded like a beast in 2006.  I believe now, more than ever

Edited August 26, 2018 by Caught_in_a_Coma

[WAR™]

two great concerts but in this challenge Axl makes the difference... 

[RJ88]

thats is one of the best GN'R concerts 

[RussTCB]

I was waiting for the day when people would refer to 2002 and 2006 as "the good old days" 

That day has arrived! 

[F*ck Fear]

Velvet Revolver was a badass rock band, but Guns N' Roses was better.

Rock Am Ring is a great proshot, even though there were better gigs in 2006.

[chester]

GnR wins this round 10-8 on the score cards. I just find Scott so cringe with VR live. This Axl (and most Axl's) stomps a mud hole in that ass and walks it dry. 2006 GnR is some prime real estate, if Slash and Duff would have snuck in during this period of time, who knows what would have happened. 

[jamillos]

23 minutes ago, Muddy said:

GNR should have reunited in 2005

Absolutely. They could start touring and release Use Your Illusion III by the time ChinDem was out. Imagine 2006 Axl together with Slash...

 

[TheGeneral]

1 hour ago, Muddy said:

GNR should have reunited in 2005

Shape-wise, yes. Otherwise, no.

Axl needed to release CD first, if not he would seem like a big failure and the band would have probably broken up again sooner or later.

[adamsapple]

GNR 2006 was one of the best live acts ever. RAR wasnt even their best show on that tour, just the only proshot released. I saw them with Izzy on that tour, absolutely fantastic. I'd take any pre-Ashba CD lineup over Izzy-less and Steven-less NITL lineup any day. VR I like the music and the musicians, but their concerts never did much for me, just like Audioslave lots of talent and really good music on stage but kinda blah live.