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A book is forever, a podcast or tv show is not. An autobiography would be for the fans who would gladly invest some time into reading it, instead of having a podcast on in the background or watching a tv show after work. Some things are worth your time. I would be devastated if they split tomorrow. Well, maybe devastated is a strong word, but I would be very sad at least. I still enjoy the shows, as do many, many people.

Of course not everyone will know who he is, but he's more than 'broken into the mainstream from time to time'. Being at the oscars doesn't mean much, but he's played the superbowl, was the face of a massively successful video game (Guitar Hero), played with everyone from Eazy E to Michael Jackson to Lemmy. He's literally the 'classic rock guitar player' halloween costume lol, his look is even more iconic than the music he's played. I could go on, but if there's any guitar player that's managed to keep their pop culture relevance as high as other (older) pop stars, it's Slash.

I would be disappointed. I broke my foot three days before the GNR show at MetLife. I didn't have the chance to see them last year. Additionally, seeing GNR is my enjoyment. When you work for a high pressure company and have to deal with some other stress, you want to do things that bring you enjoyment. Eventually GNR will cease to exist. Why would any fan want to rush the inevitable? Go to the concert and enjoy the music. There will come a day where either you or GNR will not be able to do so.

Perfect Crime got a run out in Budapest! Fuuuuuuuuck!

Full performance of Perfect Crime

this was actually convincing I thought it was real

We feel generally speaking that despite the best efforts & F'N attempts from those who would wish to position themselves as shall we call them ..... "insiders" That "digs" or otherwise negative assessments on the character of either myself, Guns (as an entity either in part or whole) serve only in the long run & the F'N short run as well in all honesty to be nothing more than an attempt to "sap" or "cloak" the energies of all involved..... At the expense of both myself......and you the fans.... I say fuck that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We sat down.......... Idea's on my (our) website were shared back N' forth N' by both myself & ""Interested parties" in a 3 hour meeting some years ago.... Fernando took the ball & walked very slowly with it, passing it to a dedicated team who understand the cutting edge of the "world wide Webs" Fernando had wanted (to his credit) to be part of the website (designed to promote a sense of progressive healing & serenity) however his computer, phone, wifi roota, & F'N otherwise assorted electrical paraphernalia's were taken away by the F'N PO PO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We feel the book will happen at a time best in the interests of both myself, Guns, NuGuns, management, Previous management, Bookshops, online retailers, Print setters, & cover artist A, Cover artist B, Cover artist C, Best Buy, Wallmart ect, ect. As soon as all those assorted parties fall into place and shall we say otherwize "click" You will see it... PEACE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW M'F'N' VOTE!!!!!!!!!!! PS....Check NIGHTRAIN FOR LTD EDITION GN'F'N'R PLASTERS/ & OTHEWIZE ASSORTED BANDAIDS COMING SOON IN 2028

CHAPTER 12 : He's in my ass, that's where Slash is, Fuckhead, go home!

https://www.loudersound.com/news/slash-orgy-of-the-damned-classic-rock

Hige difference in fame between Slash and Wolfgang VH. Slash was the cover of guitar hero, he was also in all those iconic gnr videos. He is a household name. Even if they don't know the name the second they see the top hat they at least know it's someone very famous. Not everybody is going to know who he is, but then not everyone knows who Taylor Swift is and you can't argue she isn't a household name. A metal singer that doesn't know who Slash is? Wow😄

I have a feeling your feelings are wrong.

I have a sneaking suspicion that books may still be quite popular......

Whoa, calm down, you seem unhinged, creepy, and disturbing threatening to run over Sheila with a horse. 😱 I get you are a huge Axl Fan and don't like Sheila, I am a huge Axl Fan and don't like Sheila either, but there's a huge difference between,"I think Sheila is lying and just looking for a cash grab," and threatening to possibly murder her by running her over with a horse. 😱 You also posted a something like,"Sheila's the Devil and Axl is the best person in the whole world, she's honestly trying to make my precious King Axl look bad!"😱 You're scaring me and I'm sure you are scaring other Posters on this board too! 😱

40000 words sounding like doom metal, with really high piercing font.

I'm assuming that's because they're a total bunch of yes-men. And possibly drugs.

Nightrain's outro solo was way shorter, tho. And it's one of my all time favorite Slash's solos, so I think I prefer the AFD even with the fade-out.

It's a good point that one - would any of us be absolutely devastated if they announced they had split tomorrow? They've done the big tour, we've all seen it (a lot have seen it multiple times) and barring small upticks (I thought the last run was way better than the 2022 one, which was pretty crappy) it probably is going to be diminishing returns from here on. Sure a lot of people will always take the opportunity to go and see them when they come nearby.....but would anyone be absolutely devastated at this stage? If there's no progress on new music it would seem to me splitting wouldn't make a massive amount of difference to a lot of people.

This dude is pretty good at making "studio" sounding tracks and NO he doesn't use AI! This shows what a cool little ditty WL could be on an EP .... Loving this 💜

And oh yeah, Axl first mentioned a book in 1988 but said it would take "two or three years" according to an interviewer in Screamer.

As far as authorized GN'R books and Axl biographies, we have this: Shattered Illusion that was worked on in the 90s and intended to be released in 1995. The budding conflict between Axl and Slash may have caused this to be cancelled. But at the very least, a manuscript for this book exists somewhere, surely. Then in the 2000s, Sebastian Bach would reveal that Axl was working on a book which Axl later clarified was more of a "legal record" of the breakup of the band. Maybe Shattered Illusion morphed into this new book more focused on the collapse of the UYI lineup? Regardless, in 2016, Axl would talk about it being quite likely he would release a book, which sounds more like a biography again, but it was obviously difficult to write about what had happened without opening old wounds: So that's what we have on this matter.

Expect an update in 7 years

People think that the management's role is to force a release out from the artist. Even though Axl struggled a lot with CD, it wouldn't come out if didn't want to. It's the same thing now: the band is not releasing new music because Axl didn't want to work on it before. We don't even know if he's working on it right now, although it's very likely that home demos or even previous years recordings could be worked on (individually). It seems like everyone in the band but Axl would be more than ok to get together and write and release new things. Still, people think it's TB's job to force him to move on. He's not a baby.

I think people don't understand what TB do. Its very clear on the bands website, TB manage the business affairs of Guns N Roses and one would presume Axl Rose. For what ever reason people seem to think TB do everything. TB have never stated publicly, that they are a record label, booking agent, concert promotor, an A & R representative, video production company, legal representatives etc. From the outside, it' seems Axl has a lot of trust and faith in the Lebeis family and they offer him stability and loyalty within his own personal space. I think Vanessa plays a bigger part in Axl's day to day decision making, but flys under the radar compared to others in that family. That's understandable given members of the family have been involved in Axl's life for many years. The group that Axl has around him, seems to be working for Axl as he is clearly a very different person today, then 20 years ago, including being a much happier person in life. It's clear Axl himself with the help of those around him has exercised some demons from his past. I would suggest if members of the Lebeis family have been involved in that, then they have done their jobs as managers...

This. You usually hire people, because you need someone to do things that you can't or don't know about. People that know what they are doing and are able to tell you when something is not feasible/reasonable/cost-effective etc. If you want to succeed, hiring yes-men is the dumbest thing you can do.

Not really. Advisors, lawyers and professional managers must not be "yes-man" by definition. Even your driver or bodyguard shouldn't always be a yes-man if you know what I mean. Architects, structural engineers, pilots, accountants, and the list goes on and on. In fact, only parasites are yes-man.

But the fans are driving around Malibu (and other places associated with Axl) looking for him, and when you look around social media, there are many many who say life is short and they don't care whether it's right or wrong, they are planning to go see Axl's house. After it got around that I spent an entire day with Guns + TB + family and friends and pets at their hotel I got bombarded for months after by women who asked me to "take me with you next time you visit Axl" (assuming this was a regular thing for me), to "teach me how to be a groupie" (WTF??), and "are you coming to this and that show with me, I got tickets, you take us backstage". I'm not exaggerating, it was so much I got seriously ill in October and didn't even want to open FB anymore. After this experience I can only imagine what's really going on there around his house. That's why I wasn't kidding when I posted yesterday that - like Eduardo's statement shows - everyone at the property is probably on alert now and that they assumed the lady who delivered the court papers was also a stalker. Yes, Axl loves the attention, he's lives the rock star thing. BUT - at the right place at the right time. He's still that very private guy also. As for security on tour - at the shows, yes. of course. In the hotel however, zero but his regulars - TB, Del James, Andrei. No security. Also not with the drivers when everyone was leaving for the show that night. In Rome where lots of fans were present, police was taking care of everything, as far as I know.

I think if just few fans go stalk you house is .enough to feel. Uncomfortable. I saw the pics that Avillar posted, and had the impression that Axl and Beta had scared face is just my impression about these pics.

even my grandmother knows who Slash is, and she's dead

Love Rhaid, demo version with Josh should have been the lead single...... Sorry, I'm going on trip tomorrow, and now I'm planning my ultimate soundtrack w/ alot of CD era songs. I digress, back to the convo

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=R85Db/YNG1iqWjYMsL/tGw==&display=all&courtType=New York County Supreme Court All's attorneys have filed a formal motion to dismiss Kennedy's lawsuit. Documents were filed yesterday.

i think it's positive news too. Besides, it's good that Axl posted current photos of what he looks like now. Contrary to appearances, this is also very important.

I would be upset if they broke up again, I haven't had the chance to see them in concert yet and I finally have a vehicle and the money to go when they start touring again, so don't you all put that bad juju out there just yet! They can break up after I see them if they want lol, I maybe in the minority here, but I'd rather take a book over any interview. Axl doesn't do well in interviews, it wouldn't matter to me how long or how long winded the book would be, it would be read within a day

Note the pillar on the right! (There's more in the flat, of course.)

Here is a short video my girlfriend filmed https://youtube.com/shorts/c6PCkb0IUEA?si=XN_NcFszHNTJQ3aE

I thought Todd sounded good on “Perfect Crime.” I love this song.

That solo could easily be in a new GnR song. He still has it and that one sounds great. btw his album, this, Duff going on tour, looks like another long stretch of nothing from them as a band

I don't know about this one...not really a "Todd song", sounds like mediocre karaoke to me.

Nah, I believe shit is coming, it's just that Axl's sense of time is from a different solar system, apparently. I wonder what in the flying fuck he's doing when he's home for a year or so. Fucks (Beta-approved) groupies, feeds his animals, parties, polishes Eye On You for the 57th time, tosses used band-aids over the fence instead of wine bottles? God knows.

I didn't even go last time they were around. My last concert was BlackBerry Smoke at Tivoli Utrecht. Smaller venue, cheaper tickets and better suited music for my aging ears. Without new music I'm pretty much done GNR-wise. I just come here still hoping for a surprise.

Instead of a BOOK, wouldn't say a 3 hour TV Interview where Axl tells all the major details of his life be more realistic in 2024? 💡 Books aren't really the hot commodity they were say when Axl was around 32. In 1994, Books were highly popular. In 2024, Books have been declining in popularity for a VERY long time. Scream 4 even said,"No one reads anymore!" And Scream 4 was filmed in 2010 and released in 2014, 9 and 10 years ago. 💡 I could see a three hour TV Interview going REALLY well for Axl, a BOOK, I don't see going over all that well in 2024. 💡

And hasn't Slash already put his relationship with Axl at risk by recording a blues album with many different vocalists?

I bet 20 year old you would also cringe at 42 year old you too Best to just accept we are all different at different stages of life and to accept the different choices we made. Sometimes you gotta do the stupid things to be able to look back and acknowledge it was stupid. I think it probably took Axl a LOT longer than most to come to these terms but he's probably there today.

Tbh would it matter if they split? they've been reunited 8 years and probably played the biggest longest reunion tour of any big band reunion in history. We've all seen the shows, multiple times, they've played pretty much everything they can. There's been some great shows, but steadily they have been getting worse. The stage show is now non existent. If the GnR reunion was a tv series, it would be cancelled now after 8 season with all story arcs told. They haven't written any NEW music as a band, so it's unlikely to expect anything now. I'd rather get the full Axl breakdown on everything that happened between 85-2015 without censor than see a declining similar show. Obv new album trumps all, but not going to happen

Here here.... Well said. I move that we lock 🔒 this thread.

To this day, still my all time favorite Axl moment .... the words, the timing on the delivery of said words

This. Also, we know that Axl's writing tends to not follow the most conventional methods and be more impressionistic. If the book is what Axl is really doing, I imagine it would be more of Axl reflecting on major events in his life (particularly his childhood and early adulthood) and discussing how those affected him as a person, artist, and songwriter/lyricist. Of course, I'm sure there will be portions about his experience with Guns N' Roses, but I imagine it would be less like Slash, Duff, Steven, or Matt's books which are laid out as "here are the big events during the band's run with my thoughts on them." Also, Axl seems at a relatively peaceful place even compared to where he was at the end of the run of "nuGNR". Obviously, he has mended fences with Duff, Slash and (to a degree) Steven. He seems to be in an amicable place with Erin Everly. Given this and Axl's generally private nature, I do not imagine this will be a book like Matt's (or at least the one that leaked) where the intention seems to be "settling the score" on decades old feuds. Again, we likely have a manuscript to that effect in the "vault", but there'd be no issue in releasing that now given that many of the issues seem to have been resolved.

This thread is the definition of irony.