SoulMonster Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 57 minutes ago, sofine11 said: God, seeing all the disbelief among hardcore fans like us makes me want them to surprise us with an album that much more. Literally no one is really expecting them to make good on a release. But it would fucking blow minds all over the place if they did. I have started to be amused by it. After having been here for a few years I see a pattern. Some posters -- not all of them -- come here and are super positive and engage in lots of discussions with naysayers, defending the band, finding all kinds of excuses and so on, and then -- again, only some of them -- it is like the air goes out of the balloon and they become the most critical of everyone, flipping entirely from one side to another. It's like the period of unabridled enthusiasm and positivity must be accounted for by constant negativity. It's the evolution of a mygnrforum member. But again, only some. Many leave before them get to that final negativity stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Why can I keep such an amused dettachment to the band? Probably because I abandoned all hope in 1991. Since then all that happens (new music like CD and new shows and interesting interviews) are just a plus. Anything else doesn't register on my feelometer. It isn't a personal insult to me when the band makes a bad decision, or doesn't act professional. It simply doesn't matter. I am not emotionally invested in any way. I would recommend others to take the same approach to being fans of the band. Edited January 14, 2020 by SoulMonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jordan Rose Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 12 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: Why can I keep such an amused dettachment to the band? Probably because I abandoned all hope in 1991. Since then all that happens (new music like CD and new shows and interesting interviews) are just a plus. Anything else doesn't register on my feelometer. It isn't a personal insult to me when the band makes a bad decision, or doesn't act professional. It simply doesn't matter. I am not emotionally invested in any way. I would recommend others to take the same approach to being fans of the band. I could not imagine myself having over 6,000 posts on a message board dedicated to something I detached myself from and 'abandoned all hope' of 29 years ago. You're recommend that people should do the same or just generally have zero passion for or emotional investment in their passions and interests that they follow and post about on the internet? That is some bizarre reasoning. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePreacher Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Stupid question, but i'll ask ayway Is it normal for band big as GNR to release record and start touring it outside US first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SAU3R Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Just now, ThePreacher said: Stupid question, but i'll ask ayway Is it normal for band big as GNR to release record and start touring it outside US first? For a band like GNR it is normal to release nothing at all and tour the same setlist nonstop 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jordan Rose said: I could not imagine myself having over 6,000 posts on a message board dedicated to something I detached myself from and 'abandoned all hope' of 29 years ago. You're recommend that people should do the same or just generally have zero passion for or emotional investment in their passions and interests that they follow and post about on the internet? That is some bizarre reasoning. It is not bizarre if it works. I am happy when good things happen, indifferent to the bad stuff. And I am likely one of those who has invested the most of their time on the band - yet it is only for me, never for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurMorgan Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: I have started to be amused by it. After having been here for a few years I see a pattern. Some posters -- not all of them -- come here and are super positive and engage in lots of discussions with naysayers, defending the band, finding all kinds of excuses and so on, and then -- again, only some of them -- it is like the air goes out of the balloon and they become the most critical of everyone, flipping entirely from one side to another. It's like the period of unabridled enthusiasm and positivity must be accounted for by constant negativity. It's the evolution of a mygnrforum member. But again, only some. Many leave before them get to that final negativity stage. Not arguing with that. Besides, I've only been a member of the forum for like 6-7 months. I mean, I would assume that the people posting on a gnr forum are at least mildly interested in the band, and they would probably know how terrible it's history is when it comes to just about anything for the last 27 years or so – the release of new music being one of the worst aspects of this. I do however think the whole reunion thing is still fresh enough to stay positive in regards to new music, at least till the end of 2020. Edited January 14, 2020 by ArthurMorgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, ThePreacher said: Stupid question, but i'll ask ayway Is it normal for band big as GNR to release record and start touring it outside US first? I've seen other bands do it, yes. It's worth noting that every GNR album release has had a tour outside the US first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteron Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, ThePreacher said: Stupid question, but i'll ask ayway Is it normal for band big as GNR to release record and start touring it outside US first? The Green Day, Weezer tour is starting, in earnest, in Europe. I know they have a couple of random dates before, but bands just do different things. The UYI tour kicked off at Rock in Rio in Brazil (I think, anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, SoulMonster said: I have started to be amused by it. After having been here for a few years I see a pattern. Some posters -- not all of them -- come here and are super positive and engage in lots of discussions with naysayers, defending the band, finding all kinds of excuses and so on, and then -- again, only some of them -- it is like the air goes out of the balloon and they become the most critical of everyone, flipping entirely from one side to another. It's like the period of unabridled enthusiasm and positivity must be accounted for by constant negativity. It's the evolution of a mygnrforum member. But again, only some. Many leave before them get to that final negativity stage. an optimistic approach is cool but time is running out and the reality of the situation speaks for itself. The window to release new music and tour it while Axl still got it is closing. Also, some things have happened in Gn'R land which put some shit into perspective like the 2019 leaks. You can hear how Axl had an album pretty much ready to go in 99/2000 and when you compare it to the finished product and add 12 years of no release it kinda paints a grim picture. personally, I've never lost hope but whenever I read the same "it's a new year, so new music is imminent!" posts it does make me chuckle when Axl doesn't seem to mind just doing another victory lap and getting paid. I've said this many times: I believe they'll try to complete an album but if in 2016 Axl said that soon is still not the word and they are busy touring non stop, I think it'll take a long time until we get another album of original material. I think they can do it but there is no getting around Axl's process and he likes to focus on 1 thing at a time. Like he said in the Hawaii show how they need to first finish this so they can move on to something else. Yeah... I don't think it's this year. Edited January 14, 2020 by Rovim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Arriaga Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, RussTCB said: I've seen other bands do it, yes. It's worth noting that every GNR album release has had a tour outside the US first. Please put Lucy picture, because explain exactly why we don't have new music... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick85 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mysteron said: The Green Day, Weezer tour is starting, in earnest, in Europe. I know they have a couple of random dates before, but bands just do different things. The UYI tour kicked off at Rock in Rio in Brazil (I think, anyway) Also, it really depends what GNR's attack plan is for the album, assuming there is one. Are they dropping a single, and then announcing the album, or going for a full-on surprise album release? And in what proximity to a US tour would it be smart to drop it? I would think that if the idea is to really re-brand, a release months before the tour kicks off would probably we wise to create a new wave of hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RussTCB Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 32 minutes ago, Jordan Rose said: I could not imagine myself having over 6,000 posts on a message board dedicated to something I detached myself from and 'abandoned all hope' of 29 years ago. You're recommend that people should do the same or just generally have zero passion for or emotional investment in their passions and interests that they follow and post about on the internet? That is some bizarre reasoning. There's a faction of fans (not saying Soul Monster is one) who believe you have to be positive about GNR 24/7 or you're not "a fan". Horseshit. I've been a big fan for a long, long time but that's never going to stop me from calling a spade a spade when I see/hear bullshit from them. I'm more than happy to point out when positive things happen, but there haven't been a lot of positive things to point out lately IMO. If that changes, I'll be happy to change my tune along with it. 3 minutes ago, Georgina Arriaga said: Please put Lucy picture, because explain exactly why we don't have new music... It's in my existing attachments on here, so it's always available upon request haha 2 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteron Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, sofine11 said: Also, it really depends what GNR's attack plan is for the album, assuming there is one. Are they dropping a single, and then announcing the album, or going for a full-on surprise album release? And in what proximity to a US tour would it be smart to drop it? I would think that if the idea is to really re-brand, a release months before the tour kicks off would probably we wise to create a new wave of hype. It'll be interesting to see Just to say, I am in the positive camp. If it was just Dizzy and Fortus saying stuff then I would stay in bed. But I will listen to what Slash and Duff have to say because they are partners in the band, and Jarmo is not putting me off my positivity, so I will go with the flow just now and see what happens As for the dark side, I can understand that too as the band missed a whole decade, but hey ho, let's see what happens. There's a long way to go in 2020. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRoseCDII Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, RussTCB said: There's a faction of fans (not saying Soul Monster is one) who believe you have to be positive about GNR 24/7 or you're not "a fan". Horseshit. I've been a big fan for a long, long time but that's never going to stop me from calling a spade a spade when I see/hear bullshit from them. I'm more than happy to point out when positive things happen, but there haven't been a lot of positive things to point out lately IMO. If that changes, I'll be happy to change my tune along with it. It's in my existing attachments on here, so it's always available upon request haha This should just be the banner of the forum at this point lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick85 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Mysteron said: It'll be interesting to see Just to say, I am in the positive camp. If it was just Dizzy and Fortus saying stuff then I would stay in bed. But I will listen to what Slash and Duff have to say because they are partners in the band, and Jarmo is not putting me off my positivity, so I will go with the flow just now and see what happens As for the dark side, I can understand that too as the band missed a whole decade, but hey ho, let's see what happens. There's a long way to go in 2020. I'm staying cautiously positive until the tour kicks off with no sign of new music. They LOVE to say that "For now our focus is on the upcoming tour, but after that we all yada yada yada." If by the first show in March there's nothing, then you can safely bet the farm that's a no go for all of 2020 right there since the idea is to tour for the better part of the year after that. Edited January 14, 2020 by sofine11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default_ Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, sofine11 said: God, seeing all the disbelief among hardcore fans like us makes me want them to surprise us with an album that much more. Literally no one is really expecting them to make good on a release. But it would fucking blow minds all over the place if they did. We all want a new album, but aft er 10 years of false promisses we do our best to not get our hopes up. the more you climb, the worse the fall. Edited January 14, 2020 by default_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledge Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I once swore to my friends that I would eat my shoe if Axl talked to Slash again. Luckily they forgot that promise and I don't walk around with one shoe 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Jordan Rose said: I could not imagine myself having over 6,000 posts on a message board dedicated to something I detached myself from and 'abandoned all hope' of 29 years ago. You're recommend that people should do the same or just generally have zero passion for or emotional investment in their passions and interests that they follow and post about on the internet? That is some bizarre reasoning. You don't know Soul Monster well if you believe even a quarter of those posts were acquired discussing Guns N' Roses haha. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SoulMonster Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 19 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: You don't know Soul Monster well if you believe even a quarter of those posts were acquired discussing Guns N' Roses haha. Haha. If you add all my band related posts across all the forums, then I easily pass 10k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, ArthurMorgan said: Not arguing with that. Besides, I've only been a member of the forum for like 6-7 months. I mean, I would assume that the people posting on a gnr forum are at least mildly interested in the band, and they would probably know how terrible it's history is when it comes to just about anything for the last 27 years or so Oh they are. Repeated disappointment just knocks them down. They will be up and cheering whenever something good happening. At least most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: Haha. If you add all my band related posts across all the forums, then I easily pass 10k. 50% religious arguments 40% political arguments 10% Guns N' Roses arguments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 53 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: You don't know Soul Monster well if you believe even a quarter of those posts were acquired discussing Guns N' Roses haha. Fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Its Tino Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Are people actually asking why the negativity, when we were told “soon” from 1995 onward, then got the layered mess that is called CD? Then told “soon” since 2009 all over again? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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