Popular Post Modano09 Posted January 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2019 I watched this show for the first time in like a decade last night. Axl looks great. He sounds great. The band sounds great. And Axl looks totally happy and energetic, excited to be performing. WTF happened? So much energy and momentum and then, just, nothing... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post estranged_85 Posted January 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2019 And then, just nothing.... until the second biggest grossing tour of all time came along with Slash n Duff. But yeah, 2006 was amazing. Axl was really on point. Great vocals with ALOT of power. Great looks. Too bad the semi-reunion didn't happen then. UYI tour, 2006-07 and 2016 was my fave GN'R/Axl years to date. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopcornAdler Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) whats even more wild was we were all at these shows in 2002-2007 singing along to the NONE released new songs. all my friends look at me like WTF how do you know these lyrics.... hahahaha..ummm Mygrnforum.com thank you very much Edited January 2, 2019 by PopcornAdler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 back then it seemed gnr was back with a vengeance and CD was due any day..... then it didn’t drop for another 2 years lol. Robin left. Axl stopped caring, and his voice finally fucked out never to return. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stiff Competition Posted January 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2019 This was a really fun time to be a GNR fan in general (unless you were one of the weirdos that hated axl/slash because axl/slash hated axl/slash). Getting to see Axl in great form as well as VR shows was awesome. I was at all 3 nights at the Gibson Amp in LA with Baz opening and they were a blast. Izzy came out all 3 nights for like 5 songs or so. A few months later VR started the libertad tour pre-album release. Adler was also doing his AA thing at the time still, so I think within 7 months time, I got to see all 5 original members perform. It was really cool. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) I (and many others to be fair) have been saying this for years. 2006 should have been the reunion. Edited January 2, 2019 by OmarBradley 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Modano09 said: I watched this show for the first time in like a decade last night. Axl looks great. He sounds great. The band sounds great. And Axl looks totally happy and energetic, excited to be performing. WTF happened? So much energy and momentum and then, just, nothing... TOTALLY agree. I was so excited for the future in 2006. Then it all went to shit 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modano09 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, RussTCB said: TOTALLY agree. I was so excited for the future in 2006. Then it all went to shit It's not just the voice, it's the energy and body language. He's just killing it and knows he's killing it. I think CD is better received too, if it's followed up with performances like this instead of the way it was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Chris Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Great year. Band sounds awesome here. Very up-tempo. Axl's look was killer too. Still I enjoy 2016 more. Can't beat it. The people claiming he has more energy in '06 ... uh ... the dude is 12 years younger. Edited January 2, 2019 by GnR Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I have discovered GN'R with this line-up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R9fanatik Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I saw this same very band at 2007 in Monterrey shame that brian left the band by then anyway show was perfect , band sound so damn good and axl was pure energy and hi just looked bad ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedYourIllusion Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I wonder if VR didn't exist and if CD came out ~ '02*if the reunion would have kicked off between '06-'10. Man I would have loved that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 The best era post-90's. Yes i would even take it over the current era. Axl looked and sounded great - and the band still had some respectable talent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Dare I say it,but I will anyway, that was the most exciting GNR period for me with the expectation and hope that the album would drop any Tuesday before the end of the year. The album felt like the holy grail:) I believe that the air of mystery gave the record some power. But I wasn’t disappointed with the finished product . You could tell from the demos and live performances that Axl kept beefing up the recordings with more ‘stuff’. GNR were never synonymous with minimalism. I saw 3 shows in 06, Milan, Dublin and the 1st Wembley night. I have the 2006 poster from the late2006 US leg signed by Dizzy, Robin & Axl. I got it framed and it adorns my sitting room wall. Listening to GNR in the 80s opened my up to decades of great 20th century music. My favourite live piece was The Blues and TWAT was my favourite leak. Better grew on me over the years. Cather never really nailed the guitar solo. But IRS blossomed from the perfectionist approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Axl looked like an Irish chieftain as noted by some journalist in 2006 Robin was the Rasputin of rock in 2006 and his guitar playing was Neil Young on steroids. Ringing melody out of every note. GNR’s loss is NIN’s gain. Saw him pay NOS Alive 2018. Truly phenomenal loved the variety of Dizzy’s solos too! Does anyone know the name of the solo that he played in Milan and again in Dublin? That intro was their best as well. Real menacing:) Edited January 2, 2019 by DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz Correction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Between the 2006/2007 tour and all the leaks going on, it was a fun time even as a lurker on the forums. To me the three most fun periods on the forums were 2006, 2008/2009 after the album dropped and with the Axl chats/kickoff of the 2009 tour, and late 2015/2016 with the reunion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecipeForDisaster84 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Modano09 said: I watched this show for the first time in like a decade last night. Axl looks great. He sounds great. The band sounds great. And Axl looks totally happy and energetic, excited to be performing. WTF happened? So much energy and momentum and then, just, nothing... Maybe Axl was just being overly cautious by not breaking his foot again like he did at the very first show at the Troubador during 'Brownstone'.Lots of $ on the line for the NITL tour maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I saw GNR for the first time in 02 in Pukelpop and then London arena. This was followed by Milan in 06. There I met some interesting people. One person was from Albania and had followed Izzy’s career and said that the government had banned rock music so everything was underground. Another person was an Australian journalist (pretty, short blond chic) who was covering the work cup and claimed to have interviewed Mike Patton and then ‘had him’. While we waited hours for Axl to take the stage we all shared our earliest GNR memories. A great show followed:) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modano09 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 32 minutes ago, DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz said: Dare I say it,but I will anyway, that was the most exciting GNR period for me with the expectation and hope that the album would drop any Tuesday before the end of the year. The album felt like the holy grail:) I believe that the air of mystery gave the record some power. But I wasn’t disappointed with the finished product . You could tell from the demos and live performances that Axl kept beefing up the recordings with more ‘stuff’. GNR were never synonymous with minimalism. I saw 3 shows in 06, Milan, Dublin and the 1st Wembley night. I have the 2006 poster from the late2006 US leg signed by Dizzy, Robin & Axl. I got it framed and it adorns my sitting room wall. Listening to GNR in the 80s opened my up to decades of great 20th century music. My favourite live piece was The Blues and TWAT was my favourite leak. Better grew on me over the years. Cather never really nailed the guitar solo. But IRS blossomed from the perfectionist approach. I was excited back then too. The leaks were exciting and proved they actually were working on new music, those songs being in the setlist suggested they were close to an album release. Axl sounds great and has a revamped look, a lot of energy, the band looks more cohesive and not the random bunch of characters they were in 2001. I felt like they were energized on clicking and on the verge of something and then, just, nothing....CD just appears two years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 It’s a pity Robin left but methinks the album delay and the addition of Bumblefoot didn’t didn’t help Not knocking Ron, he did great justice to the classic parts of the 2009 to 14 leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanecrescente Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Modano09 said: I watched this show for the first time in like a decade last night. Axl looks great. He sounds great. The band sounds great. And Axl looks totally happy and energetic, excited to be performing. WTF happened? So much energy and momentum and then, just, nothing... 1 word - cocaine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lame ass security Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 42 minutes ago, kanecrescente said: 1 word - cocaine I'm pretty sure you're being sarcastic but I could understand how that might be a viable assumption. However, Axl has stated that cocaine really damages his voice in the short term. Iirc, he said that doing only one line would put his voice out of commission for a week. I guess that Axl could have said this so people wouldn't suspect him of doing blow, but I don't think that's the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propaganda Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, kanecrescente said: 1 word - cocaine I doubt it that Axl was using it during this era... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifdworld Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 2006 was one of the happiest moments in my life thanks to that tour. what a band to see live. Even to this day and after seeing Axl and Slash together more than once on the NITLT, 2006 still sounds and looks better! Now we all know better 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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