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3 minutes ago, TheSlashrose said:

Travis Baker play like Taylor. Great energy on the stage with the FF 

Yes, but he has a band, Josh could be a great choice also agewise

Josh Freese should be the new FF drummer, he seems to be just a perfect fit. Watched the whole tribute show, was amazing!

I'm trying to buy tickets to go seeing them to Florianopolis and the website does not allo foreigners to buy tickets. I had to fill a stupid form and wait for "some guy" to answer and allow me to buy them. What a pain!!!!

I think it was more related to Taylor's closer people or friend. For instance, Brian Johnson was singing and Angus was not there. Nobody considered it disrespectful, so please don't make the AxlInsert image from URL thing a big complaint

my sort of "obsession" is more because of the enigma during his reclusive years. Also how he changed the looks, voice, etc. In 2002 the band was pretty much dead and then being after that 3 years with no news, i thought GNR was done. But he managed to come back, best Axl in years!!

But also the interesting thing to me is that somehow he fucks up in the moments that could have been a turnaround for the band. What I mean is, for instance, in 2006 CD should have been put out and tour the shit out of it. Instead, the release the album in 08, after 1 year without touring and then star over again one year after. Eitherway, he comes back in 09 on fire, best of all Axl's versions. Then he starts to decline again, the tour is worn and bum: the reunion + Axl/DC.

Then again, in 2019/2020 he seemed to be hanging from the cliff and makes another (not so spectacular) but a decent come back in 2022 with carrie underwood. Call me a sucker, but I felt very happy when I saw him again this year, the guy's got something

On 8/13/2022 at 11:11 PM, megaguns1982 said:

He did look like something was off back then, maybe an illness or some type of cosmetic surgery, who knows really

This!

The lack of eyebrows and the chicks look weird, but he looks great man, thinner thank RIR III and also in a very good mood there. By this time he also made a radio interview with argentinean guy named Juan Di Natale. I heard he had some sort of a girfriend here.

GNR is on tour and also the current drummer is a hired gun, so also does not make sense to have him. PS: Josh Freese is on the bill

Somehow Axl always manages to pull Nightrain right and it is a highlight in the show. I think with duff/slash it improved more because of their "feel" for songs like that. I don't know but Nightrain is my favourite GNR song 😎

1 hour ago, Ratam said:

Or Roxette 

she's dead...

I have watched the first concerts of this tour and Axl sound pretty well. Not at 2010 or 2016 level, but decent. He also seems to be in better shape. Some of you guys pointed that they should play songs in lower key like Down on The Farm, The Garden, Pretty Tied Up, etc, and I totally agree!! They should drop Coma (i.e.) or other songs that are a bear to uncle Axl.

3 hours ago, allwaystired said:

Setlist debates are a difficult one as you have a band with very little material really, who like to play for a long time, and don't especially like change. Changing the order up would be fun though, I'd agree. 

The other dimension of course is the chronic lack of forward motion in terms of new material. That makes the setlist seem more dull than it would otherwise I think. If the setlist was absolutely identical for every leg of the tour for years, but there was a variety of new material inserted into it, say three or four songs each night, I don't think many would complain. It would seem far more dynamic. 

 

 

I complained about setlists maby times, but you have to consider (despite of our opinion) that business play a role here too: people who pay a ticket want to listen WTTJ, SCOM, NR and PC at least. Add a couple "take a break songs" like ISE or Brownstone and so the setlist is built up. Also GNR after the 90's didn't do acoustics or any other variant of the songs just for change, so it is what it is.

Just now, Bitchisback said:

I don't think there is any reason to expect anyone from AC/DC just because they played Back in Black during soundcheck.  

 

Angus young doesn't live in the US and expecting him to fly all the way here to play one song on state at a random music festival with GnR is a pretty big stretch.  I mean if I'm wrong I am but I wouldn't count on this happening

 

yes, your point is valid

Just now, Sosso said:

Angus 

😲

can we expect any guests on stage tonight?

any picture from the guys there???

Let's expect an Axl like 2017/2019 level. 2021 was very concerning at the begining but improving in the end. 

I got to say that Axl was pretty good in my opinion and considering last year first performances. Hope during the tour he gets better. Very happy to see him again, he seemed to be having fun there, good for him 😉

drums on twat are awesome, I think more related to Brain's groove

He was hungry to prove he was the best rock frontman at the time and he did it a few years before. Then it all blew up and we know the story. The reunion hapened too late, maybe 10 years late and now the clock is ticking and I don't expect anything beyond them keep touring

We will give GNR the argentinean treatment 

Caram will produce it, no doubt

3 hours ago, DK6 said:

I was thinking how it was such a nice tasteful cover and then slash went berserk at the end.

Really wish he hadn't done that. It just seemed like pointless noise to me.

He did cheesy songs in the past, so what's the news?

Problem with bucket back in 2000 was that 99% of the people didn't know about him, the bucket thing took all the attention, putting aside that he is a very talented guitar player. I think nowadays we appreciate his playing, but at that time the new gnr cluod was very heavy on these guys.

On 12/6/2021 at 5:20 AM, Towelie said:

The more music Slash puts out, the more I think GNR fans collectively backed the wrong horse in obsessing over Axl from the late 90s to present day. It is beyond obvious to me in 2021 that Axl was luckier to have Slash than the other way round. 

You may not love everything Slash puts out, but his body of work combining the Snakepit albums, VR albums, SMKC and his 2010 offering really puts Axl to shame. 

In the six years since the reunion Axl has released just two songs, both more than 20 years old - one of which we've known for two decades, meanwhile Slash is on his second album with his real band. 

Axl really hasn't earnt his stripes to be taken seriously as an artist in his own right, unlike Slash. 

Axl Rose appears not to have a creative bone in his body and is coasting on a legacy which he was given way too much credit for over the years. His lack of productivity speaks volumes about who the true driving force was in original Guns, and I really believe that Axl was incredibly fortunate to have been in a band with Slash and Izzy. 

It really is time for the fanbase to stop looking at Axl through rose-tinted glasses. A great singer/frontman in his prime? Absolutely. But a serious artist/songwriter/musician he is not.

The real truth is that only a hundred people on this forum want new music, 99% want classics. Take a look to other bands, even if they put out new music people only want old classics. Sad but true.

If MC sold it for 150M, for sure GNR can be in the neighborhood of 300M at least. Do you know if this remove all royalties for each people credited on the songs or how does this king of agreement work?