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The General is kinda meh for me. Monsters kicks though! 

When did these songs leak? Are they any good? 

20 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

The GNR site currently says 'ships on October 26'. Some people will probably get their confirmation emails today.

It's been delayed til December 8th. 

This fuckin' band.....

I'm going to the St.Louis show. It's been 7 years since my last GnR show and I was able to get all inclusive tickets for $200 each. It'll probably be my last GnR show. 

Scored a pair of all inclusive party suite tickets. Had em for the Crue/Leppard show this last summer and it was well worth the $200 ticket. 

1 hour ago, Jeffc2022 said:

What are the chances of tickets being fake if you get them from the general public sale 

Zero, as long as you are getting them from an official source ( ticketmaster, Live Nation, venue website). Stay away from the scalper sites like StubHub, TicketsNow,  and the several others that are out there. 

8 hours ago, cineater said:

Got to remember these businesses lost a lot of revenue during covid.  It's now time to recoup some of that.  We wanted them to support their employees during that time with nothing coming in.  They've included that loss in their prices going forward.

Having said that, shit!  Looking like the cheap seats and no merch.  I'm still having a hot dog.  Can't go to the stadium and not get one of those. 

They got a PPP loan to pay their crew with.
Guns N' Roses, Eagles, Pearl Jam Took PPP Loans for Canceled Tours - Variety

I scored a pair of all inclusive party suite tix for $389.52 to the St.Louis show. I don't think that's too bad since all food and drinks are included. 

1 hour ago, GoBucky said:

Touche...this is the only thing I looked up. Maxi singles are pretty much dead these days, aren't they?

I thought it was a dead medium, at least in the USA. Vinyl was dead for awhile too, so were cassettes. Both are making comebacks. Maybe the maxi single is gonna make a return. I could see it for the " legacy acts " mainly. 

I think SMKC are better live. I enjoy GnR shows, but in reality, I've seen quite a few bands that sound better in concert than they do. It is what it is I guess. At least Axl still sounds better than Vince Neil & Stephen Pearcy!! 

On 9/29/2021 at 11:05 AM, GoBucky said:

By definition, this is an EP, but we all know it's just a fabricated single and a way to get the two songs out on a physical release. 

"These extended-length singles became known as maxi singles and while commensurate in length to an EP were distinguished by being designed to feature a single song, with the remaining songs considered B-sides, whereas an EP was designed not to feature a single song, instead resembling a mini album." 

It's a Maxi Single. 

Between 1994 and 1996, the band sporadically recorded new material. According to Matt Sorum, in 1996, the band had recorded seven songs, with seven more in the writing stages, and intended to release a single album with 10 or 12 songs in spring 1997.^[

Maybe the next album won't just be a bunch of Chinese Democracy leftovers. 

19 hours ago, quikspade said:

The science doesn’t explain why no spike in Chicago after Lollapalooza. Granted there are other factors such as many  may be from other parts of the country, but still they are not seeing an unexpected spike.  
As a person who is vaxed, with his wife and son, and a daughter with previous lung issues that is not vaxed, the reward is not worth it on any level for me.

None the less, I’m watching Chicago and Sturgis out of pure curiosity.

I don't know about Sturgis, but Lollapalooza required either proof of vaccination or a negative covid test in order to attend. Unvaccinated were also required to wear a mask. 

Lollapalooza Back in Chicago, But COVID Vaccine Proof or Negative Test Required to Attend (newsweek.com)

Kinda reminds me of 1999 when Oh My God was released. It didn't sound like typical GnR and it left fans divided. Some hated it, some loved it. I see the same with " Absurd ". 

On 11/19/2020 at 7:35 AM, Lies They Tell said:

Am I the only one who doesn't interpet his words that way?

Likely 

Axl never cared about politics and voting until Trump won. I remember his 2012 Kimmel interview right before the Obama/Romney election. He said he's never voted. He explained that he lives in California which always votes Democrat, and said that's the way he tends to lean anyhow. This was probably his first year voting. Better late than never I guess. 

It's at about the 8:05 mark.

The 3D AFD Cross on the box set looks a lot like the 3D album cover that McFarlane Toys was supposed to release years ago and then it suddenly got shelved and was never released.

38 minutes ago, 31illusions said:

Ignorant? It was based off actual things he saw and went through. Having some dudes try to rape him and the dirty seedy life in LA. That's all.

When I say "ignorant" I mean it as in the Midwest "redneck" attitude. A lot of the song is about his attitude when he first arrived at the LA bus station and the stereotypes that a Midwest teen grows up believing in.  I know about the incident you referred to, some dude let Axl crash on his hotel room floor and then tried to rape Axl, which at that time convinced him that gays were rapists - a negative stereotype that was often perpetuated in those times. Sometimes a person's personal experiences can cause a person to have an ignorant perspective on something, I guess that's what I meant.

19 minutes ago, felixGNR said:

Bought it trough an agent on yahoo auctions. Ill share as soon as i get it from japan,.

Nice!!!!!

7 hours ago, mr-fukaji said:

As much as the music bangs, it's the sound of a coddled, white millionaire having a tone deaf temper tantrum and coke meltdown and is possibly the most embarrassing thing a band of that size and stature has ever done. It's to the band's credit that they want to forget about it. If you want to sing along and pretend you're sticking it to some invisible boogie man, you still can, whatever, but you're nuts if you think this band in 2018 is ever want to go near that song again.

The song was written before Axl was a millionaire and represents the ignorant attitude of a Midwestern white boy first arriving at the LA bus station. 

1 hour ago, felixGNR said:

I bought it. If someone wants to donate something, ill appreciate it

Where did you get it from?

I'm sooo ready for this!!!! 

1 hour ago, MarkIt8Dude said:

 

Heres hoping for Izzy this tour!!!  See yall in Orlando!

I have a strange feeling that L.A. is gonna end up getting the AFD 5 on stage together for the first time in 26 years. It'll be EPIC if/when it happens.

You people in Cincy are so fucking lucky! I wish they woulda had Adler come out in Chicago. I'm glad he finally got to play with the band, I can only imagine how awesome and surreal it must have been for him. I hope they can all keep the peace and hopefully record some new music in the not too distant future.

On ‎7‎/‎2‎/‎2016 at 4:10 PM, MilwMatt said:

On ‎7‎/‎2‎/‎2016 at 1:25 AM, k12 said:

wow this was a shirt? I got there around 8PM and I didn't see this and the Chicago shirts weren't that impressive, though I did get one

 

I know this was the lithograph but I did not see it as a shirt

 

 

 

They had that shirt in the booth outside of our area (432). They didn't have my size anymore by time I made my way up there.

Damn, none of my friends are up for a Chicago road trip today. Pussies, lol. 

Have a great time, those of you going. If it's as good as Friday's show, you'll have a GREAT time.