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1 hour ago, Blackstar said:

Yes, the quote is in the OP.

Duh...I didn't even see that. I saw the bottom part of the image was Beltrami and assumed the top part was, too. That's my fault.

19 hours ago, WhazUp said:

Even though he didn't outright say "Monsters is Soul Monster" I do think it is the one reasonable conclusion:

1.  We know for sure Marco cited 4 songs outside of the released material on Chinese:  Leave Me Alone, The General, Thyme, and Seven

2.  He remembers working on the track Monsters but not that it was called Monsters, which means it was called something else prior.  We already know what Thyme and The General sound like, which leaves just Leave Me Alone and Seven as candidates

3.  Leave Me Alone is confirmed by Axl to be Soul Monster

4.  "Monsters" has both the words "soul" and "monster" in its lyrics and fits the description of Axl's own description of Soul Monster's bridge

I'm assuming that was in his forum chats in 2008? Man, I can't remember half the stuff he said back then, but I remember he did confirm some song titles.

6 minutes ago, kitstuai said:

7:25 is Evader's mix (fan made). 9 minutes are The General followed by Monsters. The real track "The General And Monsters" we don't know the length yet

Thank you. I guess this is the first time I'm hearing Evader's mix. I haven't been fortunate enough yet to find the new one.

Is it one song or two separate songs? What is the track length? I found something that's 7:25, but I'm also seeing people mention nine minutes.

Just now, Sweersa said:

Not sure what people are smoking, but it's Thursday morning.

I am so excite. 

Because it's Friday in New Zealand. That's what I'm gathering from the thread anyway.

1 minute ago, cooker said:

How exactly did everyone fall into the belief that it would be digitally released on Friday? No official word from anyone yet here you all are shocked something didn’t happen that no one said would. 

That's the world of Guns N' Roses fandom. It gets in heads that something nobody ever said would happen is going to happen, then they get upset when it doesn't. I followed this thread with skeptical optimism. It'd be cool if it showed up, but I definitely wasn't holding my breath.

10 minutes ago, Lies They Tell said:

Nobody is saying that GNR isn't a strange band. But there's no need for these weird conspiracy theories when there are much more sensible explanations for everything.

Saying that Axl hasn't recorded vocals for GNR since 1999 is a conspiracy theory because it goes against logic and everything that the band members have said themselves. Believing in Pele's theory requires believing in the notion that everyone associated with Guns N' Roses are lying to the public, concealing the fact that Axl has not recorded anything since 1999. That is a conspiracy theory.

You can come up with tons of much more sensible explanations for why GNR hasn't released music in years. One very simple explanation would be that Axl is simply very self-critical when it comes to his own music. We know that he had no problems recording vocals for Rock The Rock and Sebastian Bach's album so it would be absurd to think that he hasn't recorded vocals for GNR throughout these years. There's most likely tons of vocals recorded for GNR. But the question is how much of those vocals Axl is satisfied with. Axl might be tinkering with the lyrics year after year.

So the logical question is not whether or not there's songs with vocals. The logical question is, how many songs have vocals that Axl is satisfied with. 

Based on everything that the band members have said, there's very likely at least one album worth of material with vocals. Most likely Axl has recorded much more vocals than that, but there's probably tons of lyrics and vocals that he isn't all that satisfied with.

We know he recorded vocals at least as recently as 2007/8 based on Axl's chats in December 2008. Shackler's Revenge is related to the Virginia Tech shooting which happened in April 2007. How much got recorded in 2007/8, who knows? Maybe it was just Shackler's Revenge.

On 10/5/2023 at 6:39 PM, NewGNROldGNR said:

There are no active threads about Bill Wyman or hairlines, so I don't think he's here right now. Did something happen though that made everyone hate him more?

Don't do it Zint, this is how Dazey will lure you into his sex dungeon.

Glad Disney finally gave us an

It was rumored to be happening in TROS, which it should have.

1 hour ago, rumandraisin said:

Then again you were lucky to get Out To Get Me on that tour, I think that was played only a handful of times. 

Scraped was played one night too, quite random. 

Hardly luck, I hate Out Ta Get Me.

34 minutes ago, rumandraisin said:

No Better? Must've been the only show that year that it wasn't played. 

Just my like, right?

1 hour ago, WhazUp said:

I was at one of the Dodger Stadium gigs so selfishly I want a BluRay of that lol.  But absolutely it would be a shame if the only BluRay of 21st century GNR is one from a time that Slash and Duff weren't even there

I got Appetite for Democracy for $6.99 because the store mislabeled it as the Appetite for Destruction CD. I still haven't even opened it.

I've never personally complained about their setlist except for the show I went to in Dallas 2011. They played Out Ta Get Me, but not Better. At least I got Estranged and Don't Cry, though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hard Skool's inclusion or not, why are they releasing an eight track Greatest Hits? I'd rather just buy the 2004 version on vinyl.

Such a good episode! Loved seeing Anakin. Man animation doesn't really do justice to how young Ahsoka was during the Clone Wars. Hopefully that'll put a stop to the Anakin/Ahsoka shippers on Reddit. (I doubt it)

I liked Andor, but it's my least favorite and it was extremely slow.

8 hours ago, Bansidhe said:

I can't believe TK finally fired Punk. Good riddance. The memes online have been great today!

In my music appreciation class we had to mention the number one single on Billboard the week we were born. I knew it was Faith, but that post made me want to listen to the album again.

10 hours ago, ZODIAC said:

Slightly off topic... Anyone else here has an idea, why OMG is not available on spotify? 

Based on your signature, I'm guessing you're not in the US. I don't have an answer, only that it's on Spotify in the US. Maybe use a VPN? I don't know if VPNs work with Spotify, I've never thought about trying.

On 8/25/2023 at 8:34 PM, Arnuld said:

Is this really anything more than a novelty? I would not pay anything for this. I think Robin and Bucket are great guitarists but they looked like freaks in 2002

2002 Robin was something else. 2006 was a million times better.

1 minute ago, Martin Riggs said:

Correct. Another apparent little fun fact, both songs that he was credited on (original versions predate GNR) were the subject of a lawsuit by Chris Weber:

 

Weber claimed to have co-written "Shadow of Your Love" (appears as a b-side on various releases, released as a single in 2018) and "Back Off Bitch" (from Use Your Illusion I), suing the band over songwriting credits, although the case was settled and Weber did not receive songwriting credits.

It wouldn't surprise me, at least with Shadow. He's credited on 3/5 Hollywood Rose songs on The Roots of Guns N' Roses.

16 minutes ago, SoulMonster said:

That Paul Huge somehow brought down Guns N' Roses doesn't make sense, The problems between Axl and Slash started much, much before Paul entered the picture. He became the focal point for Slash venting his frustration at the time. Sure, from the little we know, Axl could have handled things differently, being more tactful around Slash who was already checking out of the band, not bruise his ego on top of everything, but Paul just speeded the inevitable process up: Slash was leaving regardless. 

As for someone else suggesting that Paul became a substitute for Izzy. It seems like the Axl/Paul relationship, at least as far as writing goes, predates Axl/Izzy. Axl and Paul had Shadow of Your Love written already in 1982, before Axl had settled for good in Los Angeles. In Axl's mind, where a band can be a fluid thing with people coming and going, bringing Paul in to help write music wasn't such a huge thing and aligned with how it had been done previously (just look at song credits, everyone and their mother have been writing songs for GN'R), but to Slash, who have a more traditional understanding of a "band" it was unforgivable to "force" Paul into the band (especially after Slash's suggestions were shut down), and it is hard for me to not be sympathetic to Slash here. It was a case of Axl belittling Slash by deciding how things should be. 

Still, I don't think Paul was meant to be a touring musician, and he also didn't last long when he got the chance.

And I don't think one quote from a guy with a score to settle "says it all". It just provides one opinion. I would think Duff would have phrased thigs differently today. What we lack are quotes from the other guys who got to work with Paul over an extended period, and quotes from Paul himself. Then we can say we got it all. Still, it is quite possible Paul didn't handle the situation well, either, and maybe he wasn't completely attuned to the emotional chaos he entered and didn't play his cards with tact and empathy, but this is just speculation. 

He played what, four shows? I'm thinking HOB 01/01/01, Rio, and the two December 2001 shows, right?

15 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

This might shock you then: people preorder music they haven’t heard before all the time. 

Especially before the internet and streaming.

Not Queen exactly, but my best friend and I are going to see Q+AL for the second time this November. Best tickets I've ever gotten to a show.

I just finished Young Sheldon. That show is so much better than Big Bang Theory. 

I re-watched (and had my wife watch with me) the CBS version of Stephen King's The Stand. It's so awful compared to the book and the 1994 miniseries. I'm hoping to get her to re-watch that one with me since we finished the new one.

I'm currently re-watching Malcolm in the Middle until I find something else that catches my eye.