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1 minute ago, scooby845 said:

I don't want to spoil the fun of those who are gonna buy it, but...

... how many those of you (like me) would like to buy it whatever the price, but you already know that you won't have enough money... ? 

I'll still get it. If anything, for the original versions of b-sides/rarities on disk rather than YouTube rips etc. 

2 minutes ago, dontdamnmeuyi2015 said:

I read on blabbermouth.net that it will be a new GNR website. Big deal! Just what we need another GNR website that won't tell you anything new or important about the band.

Did you read in a post from one of the highly intelligent people who post on there in the comments section? 

25 minutes ago, Silverburst80 said:

I'm not sure if that's a new vocal take or not it's too short. Didn't Mickey Rouke say he heard Axl sing a couple of weeks ago?, of course Axl may have just serenaded Mickey in private at his house....so much to ponder with this band.

In front of a roaring fire after some champagne? 

Is he ok? He keeps scratching himself. Nervous maybe?

58 minutes ago, Hollywood Gunner said:

a lot of people didnt even know axl existed prior to the illusions

You're right! Total nobody! Didn't he sing on some album, Appetite for Construction or some shit?

On 11/13/2017 at 12:02 PM, AtariLegend said:

Yes.

Can't even remember who made it (long time ago), not sure if it was imsorry or phrozeninferno (at Chinese Democracy forum) or someone different.

Just remember MSL tried to pretend it was real on ROV several months afterwards. 

that MSL guy still around?

7 minutes ago, The Real McCoy said:

Aerosmith has cleared some of their vault out over the last few years:

”Devil’s Got a New Disguise” (Get a Grip outtake) and “Sedona Sunrise” (Pump outtake) on the “Devil’s Got a New Disguise” best of.

“Lizard Love” (Get a Grip outtake) on the “Rugrats Go Wild” soundtrack 

and a lot of the songs on “Music From Another Dimension” were reworked outtakes from as far back as the Pump era.

That said, there’s still a TON of stuff from Permanent Vacation” going forward that’s never been heard by anyone, and aside from very short clips on YouTube, have never been heard by anyone outside of the band’s inner circle.

 

Speaking of Aerosmith, they need a new live album/greatest hits album. 

2 minutes ago, gnfnr2k said:

 

yeah if you were allowing PMs lol

 

 

try now! inbox was full!

1 minute ago, Coma16 said:

Let me know if you figure it out

You'd have to PM me with the info to get me started!

How can I hear this?

Yeesh, I originally thought this read as "Robin Thicke"

I thought his playing was alright

1 hour ago, Kasanova King said:

You do realize that it's not a Fox News study, right?  They just reported it.  And it's been reported in various other media outlets as well.  

8 hours ago, Kasanova King said:

On 11/4/2017 at 2:58 PM, Towelie said:

There is just no way new music would work with the current lineup.

Would Slash just roll over and be happy to let Axl call all the shots musically? Cuz there's no way Axl would be like Myles and record an entire album consisting of whatever riffs Slash comes up with, just adding some lyrics/melody lines on top.

Axl co-produced the entire Chinese Democracy album and he even edited and sliced up guitar solos to satisfy some kind of Frankenstein-esque vision he had for the songs. This is worlds away from how Slash operates and how the original band came up with songs. 

I really don't see Axl going back to a more traditional band-jamming approach, which is why I don't think it's likely we'll ever see a full Guns album from Axl/Slash ever again.

So any other reason you gave was a fake reason?

On 11/7/2017 at 7:33 PM, Kasanova King said:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/03/millennials-think-socialism-would-create-great-safe-space-study-finds.html

 

Nearly half of all U.S. millennials believe the greatest safe space of them all would be living under a socialist regime.

That’s according to a new study from research firm YouGov and Washington, D.C.-based Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which surveyed over 2,000 people regarding their views on socialism and the communist political system. The biggest takeaway from the study was that one out of every two millennials surveyed said they would rather live in a socialist or communist country over a capitalist democracy like the U.S.

“Millennials now make up the largest generation in America, and we're seeing some deeply worrisome trends," Marion Smith, executive director of the foundation said in a statement to Fox News. "Millennials are increasingly turning away from capitalism and toward socialism and even communism as a viable alternative.”

Nearly 45 percent of millennials polled said that they would prefer to live in a socialist country compared to the 42 percent who said they preferred a capitalist one. Another 7 percent said that the preferred living in a communist country above all. The findings show that the percentage of millennials who prefer socialism over capitalism if a full 10 points higher than that of the general population.

 

By comparison, over half of baby boomers polled favor capitalism, compared to 26 percent who support a socialist system.

 

The report also found that one in five Americans in their 20s consider former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin a hero, despite his genocide of Ukrainians and Orthodox priests. Over a quarter of millennials polled also thought the same for Vladimir Lenin and Kim Jong Un.

 

One of the most troubling findings of the report is that over 40 percent of Americans believe that there should be restrictions placed on the First Amendment and free speech to ensure that anything being said is not “offensive.”

The survey also uncovered that a basic working knowledge of communism among all Americans is lacking.

Seven out of 10 Americans do not know the definition of communism as it is most often confused with socialism. The same amount also underestimates the number of people who have been killed by communist regimes.

"This troubling turn highlights widespread historical illiteracy in American society regarding socialism and the systemic failure of our education system to teach students about the genocide, destruction, and misery caused by communism since the Bolshevik Revolution one hundred years ago,” Smith said.

 

 

Eh, Fox News. Bleh. 

Who is this "controversial" to? 

Sober yet wants to go home and smoke a joint? I must be missing something. 

I always liked the Boston 2002 performance of Heaven't Door. 1st I had ever heard it. Great guitar work. Also, Axl would still really run around on stage. 

10 hours ago, soon said:

I think there were many angles and factors effecting perception of Guns and Axl at the time.  This is one, maybe?

Do people remember the "Grunge Speak" fiasco?  Culture was shifting.  Kill Rock Stars record label was pushing some significant units - need one say more?  There was a zine culture, as part of the hard rock landscape, that the major rock rags actually had to yield to, which discussed anti-capitalist and pro feminists ideas. Ideas that culture was being bought, sold and coming back as a replica instead of the authentic item was a major issue during early (anti) Globalization.  Culture Jamming and other tactics pushed back against this.  The reason anti-globalization protesters popularly targeted Star Bucks was because many coffee shops had until that point been independent, with their own character; and a place where poetry-readings, small scale local music, and lively political debate took place.  This underground movement and corporatism were finding themselves sharing space in the hard rock mainstream and it didnt work.  The major publications stumbled hard to try and absorb these disrupters into their profit machinery.  The "Grunge Speak" fiasco was where the NY Times called the Sub Pop office to ask what the cool kids were saying and the person who answered just lied to NYT and made up funny BS.  Which was then printed in the NYT!  And then based on what was written; fashion, print, music and other industries just pounced and actually production-lined that culture into existence.  This was culture jamming at its best at the beginning and also it back fired greatly. 

Even though the mini black block princesses in my world may not have been able to fully unpack and articulate how Guns was a corporate projection of Reaganomics.  Or a platform for misogyny.  They definitely knew that the music sounded like those things and that The Slits didnt.

So, this is just one tiny piece of the landscape I remember from 93-99ish.  I think that must have made it not only confusing, but less stable to make plans for Guns too, especially since young women and girls had Kathleen Hannah in one ear and Axl in the other.  Would this disrupter culture buy a ticket or storm the gates with scissors?  

 

 

This wiki has plenty of links to the NY Time and other articles about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak

Anyone else think that at 1:19, the earplugs in the nose looked REALLY stupid?

On 10/28/2017 at 6:17 PM, h2sublime said:

They are straight up perfect records to me. I wouldn’t change anything. 

yeah, I love pretty much every song

32 minutes ago, MyPrettyTiedUpMichelle said:

Just wondering if any musos out there can help me out: You're Crazy, 2:55 mark, are Izzy and Slash playing the same thing?  It's a wall of sound, I can't make out who's playing which part. lol  Or is it just that they're playing super fast?  What do you call that cool 'sliding' sound Slash is making (I presume it's Slash)?  

 

Man I hate that 60fps crap

4 hours ago, Original said:

Seen that a million times past 25 years.  

No you haven't! It's "RARE!" Didn't you read the description which was included so they can get hits on their channel!?

20 hours ago, vloors said:

 

 

 

Love it. This is how Yesterday's should be sung. 

Anyone know if the full performance with west arkeen was shown on MTV? Would love to see it.

 

Ah yes, the "RARE" videos which have almost 100k views and have been kicking around YouTube forever. 

19 hours ago, Derick said:

, the band just disappeared right after the release, no videos, no interviews, nothing!

Axl came to the forum because Best Buy bottomed out on the promotion apparently. As for the videos, Axl said one would be coming out "next week" (9 years ago in December)

14 hours ago, ludurigan said:

is this fan-made? really? like, somebody did this for free, for the love of it?

yes, axl should hire this guy right now, whoever did this Guns n Aliens video has true editing skills and certainly wouldnt mind working for axl for a very small piece of the loot

hey, joke aside, and bad taste aside (how can someone devote so much effort and time to make a video of this nonsense parody of a band), congrats to whoever did this. wow, some talented people in the community, huh?

i hope that whoever did this can find some time to do a Guns n Roses video someday. No joke

 

Sometimes you gotta work on your own to create something really awesome in order to get work