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7 hours ago, rocknroll41 said:
When the locker leaks first happened in summer 2019, I liked everything that I heard, including Hardschool.
That being said, I recently revisited those leaks and I honestly don’t think I like any of it anymore. It kinda makes sense to me now why all those songs have remained unreleased all these years. I much prefer the album we actually got in 2008 instead.
I honestly don’t know what I want the new album to be anymore, or if I even want one at all, at this point. But whatever. It’s not my band. If Axl, Slash and Duff are really gonna do a new album, then they should just simply make it whatever they want it to be, and if that means putting songs like Hardschool and Atlas on it, then so be it.
Who knows? Maybe I’ll actually end up loving the final versions of those songs.
Yup, I'm the same. Was excited by said leaks, but they're pretty underwhelming in hindsight.
It's simple, if they intend to release music, they just need to get in a studio and record. It doesn't have to be a grandiose master piece, or over thought, or anything. IMO it will sell regardless, whilst it will also get canned regardless of whether it's amazing or not. IMO they just got to decide if they want to do a record, and just spend a month tops in a studio recording - not a hard ask when they have their own studios, have all the equipment, plenty of time and money on their hands etc.
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21 hours ago, fabrph5 said:
write music, release said music. Its been figured out for years, just ask any other band
Yup, and they're terrible at it. They've also had ample time to do this too imo. It's why I can't really class them as a band. Until new music is released, they aren't a band and if they continue doing NITL with the same tired setlists, they are an irrelevant nostalgia band (in my eyes).
Always hold hope that new music will happen, but it appears increasingly unlikely.
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Picked up Guadalupe Platta box set recently, which basically contains all their albums to date. Mainly did it for their first record which costs a fortune, is brilliant, and well out of print.
Preordered the new Black Keys album which I'm crazy excited about, I've been gagging for them to do a record like that for about 10 odd years now, and I'm a big fan of Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton.
On that note, also preordered Robert FInley Sharecropper's Son, also pumped for.
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On 4/8/2021 at 10:27 PM, RussTCB said:
New video is up
Cool. Not going to watch it, as I quite enjoy receiving the TMR stuff with nfi what I'm in store for.
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8 minutes ago, Stiff Competition said:
Same here!
Only things I'll get are the Joe Perry album (finally) and the St. Vincent 7" and those are both in the July drop.
Yeah nothing on there that gets me excited at all. St Vincent is cool though, fantastic guitarist.
I'd be interested in RATM The Battle of Mexico City (but tbh I'm always wary of live albums), and then the Beastie Boys Aglio E Olio. But those two are scrapping at the bottom of the barrel for me.
Slightly off topic - how do y'all store your boxsets? Not a fan of the format (big old cardboard boxes with loads of stuff inside), but I do have a number of them through subscriptions as well as bands that have released entire catalogs etc. Made the decision to just ditch the boxes recently (including any token gestures within them, posters, pins, badges, bandanas, whatever) and just store the vinyl as per normal as if not part of a box set.
Have all that stuff tucked into a fancy box makes it a pain in the ass for me to get the records out, and noticed I just can't be fucked listening to the stuff because of this. Removing everything from the boxset has worked out well so far. Probably annoys purists though.
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7 hours ago, jackparker123 said:
If they come back after all this time and don't play any new material any chance of a new album is over.
Best case scenario in my opinion will be a Hardschool and maybe one more 'new' song played, which would be an acknowledgement from Axl finally of a new album.
Why they haven't released a single, Hardschool if needs be, during the covid madness is beyond me. Just one single would get everyone pumped, doesn't have to lead to an album etc. Just one song since the NITL tour finished would have done wonders, for casual fans, as well as us gnr nerds. But nope. Too hard, and too much effort I suppose.
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21 hours ago, bumcheecksmcghee said:
Agreed. Not bothering giving them anymore $$$ until something new is released...
Adelaide, Aus: 2007, 2010, 2017
Yup that's my position in NZ too. I actually haven't even bumped into others who are even considering going, last time they were here it was the opposite. Some folk i've mentioned the upcoming gigs too didn't even realise they were coming, and pretty much just shrugged it off.
Definitely a monumental cash grab, seeing as at the time of booking Aus & NZ were the few countries out there that were looking positive for tours/crowds/etc.
Crazy prices for tickets to watch the same show as last time too, nope thanks
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Its a cool clip, but why people hoard this shit is beyond me. It's very very tiny niche circles where maybe it's worth money, and this stuff surely loses value the more GNR become insignificant within the industry and even fans not really giving a fuck now but enjoying snippets they haven't seen if it happens to pop up. That small niche circle must just get smaller and smaller too.
Cool clip, couldnt care less about the full show. Most of the performances then were same setlists throughout. I'd encourage hoarders to grow up and think the same lol, a grainy VHS show of tour we've all witnessed either in person or countless times through various media and bootlegs.
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Just now, downzy said:
No argument there.
But then the question becomes, where do they go? All financial trading platforms are bound by the same regulations and susceptible to the same civil liabilities if they allow their platforms to be taken over by market manipulators.
Dunno, but you're right. Everyone generally is reacting that it was RH that blocked people from trading. I can't use RH due to my location, but mine was also blocked - due to all the halts that kept getting put on GME by the stock exchange. Fact that RH is tainted with that brush now, means they'll lose large portions of their user base which impacts their income obviously.
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50 minutes ago, downzy said:
It will be as effective as Trump's lawsuits trying to overturn the election.
Robinhood was within its rights to block purchases into an asset that was actively and transparently being manipulated.
Robinhood account holders won't have any recourse. Not only is Robinhood protected by its terms and conditions, it also has a fiduciary duty to both its members and itself to shut down anything that's being manipulated. It's actually a legal requirement if you run a trading platform.
Don't get me wrong, I loved and cheered the Reddit investors on. I thought the whole thing was glorious and it was great to see the hedgies take a massive beating the last few days.
But Robinhood is not going to lose any sleep from any class-action lawsuit over this.
No but they will lose a shit load of users, and their reputation is shot.
Good points though.
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9 hours ago, Kranich said:
Post is a fuckin great singer
Rooster was really impressive.
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I agree with OP.
It took me years n' years to shake GnR from me. I now clock in here once in a blue moon to see if there are any specific updates, and sometimes not even that - it's a quick google search for news.
Wish and hope the band has success with new music, but I'm over waiting for - or even expecting - anything worthwhile anymore. Once i finally shook the GnR 'addiction' it was a blessing.
Seen them countless times across eras, and now wouldn't go see them again. I have doubts now that even if there was a new record, it'd be average at best. None of them a pushing themselves musically, and can't see them going back to a traditional rock sound and instead more of an overproduced cliché of themselves.
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3 hours ago, Ratam said:
This, of guest.
Combined tour, Guns and ACDC.
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On 8/26/2020 at 9:25 AM, downzy said:
GNR will be done when Axl has enough money to live the lifestyle he has grown accustomed to for the rest of his days.
Possibly never then, his entourage must cost a fortune, I personally think it's one reason the band in all its versions continued on (particularly the Vegas stints and stuff). I'm sure he is comfortable and has investments etc. but at the end of the day i get the impression over the years that like most of us, and other large corporations, he lives just barely within his means. Every now and then he has to do hit the road with any version of Guns and make coin.
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1 hour ago, DonkeyNuts said:
Huh? What time and effort do you think has been put into this by the band? Its the same album that came out in 2004. The "effort" is at the label, it was even their idea to put shadow on there. It's a vinyl version of an old greatest hits, these come out all the time, now it's Gn'r's turn.
Band, label, management, don't care. It's still effort, time, and money that comes out of a budget of sorts that elements would be associated with GnR, imo that small segment of budget, effort, etc could be directed towards something more productive from a Guns perspective.
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THis might have been covered in the thread already - apologies if so.
But didn't Axl (and from memory Slash), not like this at the time it was originally released?? Seem to recall Axl trying to block it as wasn't a representation of the band at the time (newguns), and seem to also remember Slash, and I think Axl too, later speaking about how collection of songs were pretty shit.
Wasn't it a way for the label to reap some $ from all the amounts they were sinking into Axl's new guns?
Anyways, necessary release imo, and time / effort / money could have been put into something more substantial with meaning. What about just a single small vinyl release of simply one new track, plus a classic, plus a deep cut / acoustic of a classic? - release it on record store day or in some limited capacity. That'd be more worthwhile imo (perhaps not lucratively but would get the fan base pumping, would have positive press, etc).
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8 hours ago, rocknroll41 said:
I don’t really think Kurt was ever “good friends” with anyone, really. The guy seemed way too cynical for his own good.
Mark Lanegan would be close. But both were junkies though, and holding up genuine friendships isn't a priority, they knew each other well before becoming too strung out.
OT - I think as both artists aged and matured, I can't see them being friends, but certainly a mutual respect as apposed to the juvenile angst of when there was 'beef' between them all.
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7 hours ago, J Dog said:
I love Chris but idk, it’s a tad boring. Not bad or anything just kinda, it’s there.
That's not his fault though, the song itself is pretty boring.
In saying that, I really dug this cover by him.
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4 hours ago, lame ass security said:
True, but Brian had the advantage of being in a time when there was still ground left to be broken. What Dylan was doing lyrically, Brian and the Beatles were doing sonically. I'm not taking anything away from any of them, I think they're geniuses, but things were ripe for experimentation. Fast forward 35 years later and pretty much everything had been done. It's like something I read the other night, a person asked a musician why songs don't have that "classic" impact or sound anymore. He said it's simple, we're running out of melodies.
Disagree here. Music always has the ability to for ppl to things differently, just might not appeal to our, my, your tastes. The art form itself is always ripe for experimentation, always has been, always will be.
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Just now, The Matinator said:
Damn GNR release some new music, your fans are so bored they’re debating weather or not people take a piss break during your 2 biggest hits lol
Lol so true.
Setlist is so predictable, and has been for ages now even pre NITL, that you know when you got plenty of time. TBH it made me enjoy my last show (NITL) as I could just enjoy the gig and some drinks and come n' go as I please knowing I wouldn't be missing anything.
In saying that, despite enjoying that show, and seeing them at a minimum of a dozen times now - I won't be seeing them again until new music is released, or prices more realistic, or something changes.
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Its a cool man, thanks for the heads up. Well done. IMO it could do with shrinking down to 3 to 3.5 min mark, whilst keeping the outtros, chorus', etc. But what do I know? Imagine it's hard to cull chunks, but to my ears it'd benefit from being a bit shorter.
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2 hours ago, GNRmello77 said:
Axl vocals are always a thing I get that, but I wanna ask you guys, from all the bands that are 30+ years old where the vocals in songs do not require only low register or like middle range which frontman actually still nails it live? Who sings on a constant great level? Yeah there's Bruce Dickinson and Steven Tyler Who still deliver but really If you can name 5 please tell me.
I personally don't think a top consistent level is expected, but Axl's voice sounds like he is out of breath and lacks any sort of power - even with the easier songs. And he isn't charging around as much as he used to, so I dont think that can be an excuse anymore.
Sure he is 50+ , and good on him for carrying on, but imo he sounds tired after a couple of bars of the first song. He may have blown his voice etc, but it seems to me that he doesn't put any effort into his craft going by the evidence we've seen of him live - be that warm ups, warm downs, vocal training and exercise when not performing live, rehearsing with band (lol at the last one point as we know that doesn't happen, but imo that would help him).
It's a shame as I think he could still push out a strong voice that most folk would be happy with, but it would require some work and effort on his part which doesn't appear something he does? Also its hard to accept that view point for me personally as all we have heard of the decades is how much of a perfectionist he is.......but it perhaps seems that's not the case for live gigs. If they release even a single song and it's new vocals by him and they're powerful, I'd be content. Right now I'm tired of the band and him and I've been a huge Axl defender over the many years.
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On 6/18/2020 at 10:00 PM, Tom2112 said:
Thanks! Let me know what you think when you do!😀
Thats cool man. Looks like y'all having heaps of fun too.
Like the tone of your guitar too, whats the rig / setup you use to record?
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Cool, commenting show I can check it out later:)
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Vinyl LP and Turntable Discussion
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This is brilliant. Thanks for the heads up. I'll be ensuring I get a copy too.
Love the first VF album too, unfortunately my copy is ancient and has been listened to heavily over the years (and moved continents with me) and skips n' pops like a motherfucker. Need to replace that.