patmac54

Can't fucking wait to finally hear it!

I was at the MSG show they referenced in the video...I believe they followed Bach and his lineup at the time.  Show was great, PapaRoach was great, Sebastian was great too.

too bad there’s a little bad blood...but come on.  You have to at least know/understand that if you’re opening for Axl/GnR, you at least have to be flexible with your schedule.

obviously, the band has been quite punctual these days!

Great show!  Couple shout outs to some forum members:

Got to meet Mooch14 in the front of Slash’s pit, I know he was coordinating some of the Pigs Eye stuff before the show.

AND BIG shout out to InTheJungle1 who hooked me up with Pit ticket last minute!  It’s great we have this forum for fans to help out other fans!

again, show rocked!  Nightrain and YCBM were personal favorites, and getting to hear Prostitute was a treat!

Hey all,

im still looking for 1 ticket to Hartford tonight. Please PM if you have an available pit ticket

Hey guys, does anyone have one (1) available general admission (GA) ticket for Monday night in Hartford, CT?  

Please let me know!

thanks, love you guys!

On May 30, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Jono23 said:

I have 2 tickets for July 24th at MetLife Stadium in NJ that I'm looking to sell at face value. Section 113 Row 13. I have the physical tickets in hand right now.

 

 

By chance do you have 2 tickets to the July 23rd show?

Hi all,

Still looking for 2 tickets for MetLife Stadium July 23rd.  General Admission preferred (obviously), but any help will be greatly appreciated.

21 hours ago, rockphantom said:

Wait until the week of the show. GA tickets will be released on Ticketmaster.

Prime tickets are usually made available at face value a few days before showtime.

All you need is just a little patience...

Rockphantom, I appreciate the tip.  Call me a nervous nelly, I'd feel more comfortable knowing I had the tickets locked up well before the show.  It just so happened my wife was giving birth that thursday/friday tickets initially went on sale (and I'm not a Nighttrain member).

But, I will continue to be watchful.

On 5/17/2016 at 10:09 AM, patmac54 said:

Hey all,

My buddy and I are looking for two (2) GA tickets to the MetLife Stadium show in New York (NJ) for Saturday July 23rd.

We'd really appreciate your help.

Thanks,

Pat

Anyone with 2 tickets to MetLife June 23rd...anyone? Anyone?...Bueller, Bueller?

Hey all,

My buddy and I are looking for two (2) GA tickets to the MetLife Stadium show in New York (NJ) for Saturday July 23rd.

We'd really appreciate your help.

Thanks,

Pat

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On 5/11/2016 at 3:18 PM, Babooshka said:

Yeah, he can save his own legacy, anything else is delusional. No offensive OP, but as far as the mainstream goes, rock music is finished. All the handwringing in the world isn't going to bring it back. I don't even believe a younger rock band can do anything. Or one with women, which is what some people think.

At best, Axl can repair his image and GNR can become giants in hard rock.

I have to disagree with you on the  "rock music is finished" point.  I agree rock as we're accustomed to might be dwindling (at best), but like most things, I think cultural tastes are cyclical.  We may not see it anytime soon (although my fingers are crossed Guns can change that), but rock will come back around again.

I think Adam Carolla described it best.  To paraphrase: "Guns(rock) killed Glam because society had reached it's tipping point with traditional 80's hair metal.  Grunge killed mainstream rock because by the early 90s society had had its fill...and so on and so on, X begot X..."  Carolla likens political views to the music industry in this way.  He points out that there is popular support for Trump because society is sick of the traditional politician.

Anyways, I don't want to start a political debate.  the point I'm making is that rock will come back around...just not likely to be tomorrow.  Again, my fingers are crossed Guns will help in the paradigm shift.

3 hours ago, Apollo said:

Debates are good and healthy. It's when people start insulting others is where they are bad. Unfortunately that's what most people do. 

To you, Nickleback might suck. But millions of younger people enjoy their music. Their tours are successful. Their albums chart and produce rock hits. 

That was part of my main point. Just because you personally think something sucks doesn't mean it actually sucks. Or that you have better music taste than other people. It just means that you are in the minority in regards to liking a band. Which is perfectly fine. We like what we like. 

You prob also think that Bieber sucks. But in all reality, he is more important to the music industry today than Axl Rose is. 

But what are your thoughts on:

You talked about Axl saving hard rock music. I pointed out that Acdc would have sold out these shows without him. And, GnR without Slash and Duff, would be selling 10,000 tickets a show instead of selling out arenas. 

So while Axl sounds amazing - what he he really saving?

Do you think a hard rock revolution is possible with a new killer GnR album? 

And what 7-8 other hard rock bands have to release huge albums and have huge tours this year for a hard rock revolution to happen. 

Finally, you hate pop/hip hop and all that. You do (or don't) realize that nothing had changed. Pop music has always been corporate produced cheesy fluffy music designed for teens and young adults. There is nothing different with today's pop artists than there were 10-20-30-40-50 years ago. And that's perfectly OK. It fills a huge demand. So not really something to be mad about. 

Thanks for responding again.  I made the Nickleback remark in jest (text is a shitty way to display sarcasm, I'll do better next time!  But also, I am not a fan of Nickelback).

I guess I'm an old romantic.  I REALLY want want Guns to be back in the forefront of the music industry...and this was how I projected that on paper.

I DO think a killer GnR album could bring about a cultural shift in music trends.  Someone mentioned earlier that VR's contribution to music at least got industry people to recognize rock again (albeit briefly).  I think everyone here would agree that if Contraband had been with Axl (and I loved VR w/ Scott, not knocking it at all), it would have an even bigger, farther reaching impact.

Will we get Appetite again, no.  Will we get something like a hybrid UYI/VR/ChiDem...more likely (that is to say if we get an album at all).

As far as pop goes.  I'm not saying I hate it, and I agree it fills a demand.  This will come off as me being a hardo, but I've honestly never a Beiber song outside of the one that goes "baby baby baby oooh." (I'm a podcast guy, never listen to the radio unless the wife is driving).  I'm sure he does exactly what he's been engineered to do...again, which is fine.  

Country - i don't have the patience for.  And "new-school" rap is just lost on me...I guess I just prefer my rappers to have gone through actual struggle when they sit down to put pen to paper.

Anywho, I feel l'm dragging on.  

Thanks for the reply.

13 hours ago, Bono said:

Touring with GnR doesn't save anything. Touring with AC/DC doesn't save anything. Touring doesn't save shit. He needs to put out an album end of story.  Period. The only way any of this has any lasting impact is with an album. 

Appreciate your thoughts!

12 hours ago, Apollo said:

Without new music, Axl isn't saving anything. 

AC/DC would have still sold out all their shows if Brian Johnson was there. They always do great numbers and I think their last album sold close to 5 million copies. Without Axl  

And Slash and Duff coming back to GnR is what's elevated GnR's concert audience numbers  

If GnR, with bumble and DJ were touring right now, how would the numbers look? Would they be headlong Coachella and getting 3 million per show? Nope. 

Better, original and authentic music? Where? Axl hasn't released an album in almost a decade. So that comment has zero basis in reality  

And your rant on the state of pop music (and other genres) isn't really accurate either. Pop music has ALWAYS been cheesy pop dance music for preteens and teens. The Taylor swifts and Justin biebers were there a decade ago. And 20 years ago. And 30 years ago. And 40 years ago. Go back to any decade and you will see the top 40 dominated by candy covered pop bands. Same thing with hip hop and country and any other genre you mentioned. LL Cool J and Whoudini were popular rap/hip hop groups when I was young. Their lyrics were horrible. Paula Abduhl and Cindy Lauper were popular. 

You think Bieber sucks. But the kid sells out tours and releases number one albums and songs. Sounds like he is filling a music need. Just not the need that YOU want. Like it or not, more people want a new Bieber or Swift album than want a GnR album.

Go back and look at The Beatles lyrics. Twist and Shout, come on baby, work it all out. That's brilliant just brilliant  

So your entire blog is basically wrong in terms of factual information. But your dedication to Axl is impressive. 

Could Axl give rock a kick in the ass? Sure. But a new album is a MUST and would have to be killer. Then throw in an Axl/acdc album. BUT for hard rock to move to the forefront you would need 7-8 more kickass albums from big name rock  bands.  What bands with those be - Metallica, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi? Def Leppard just put an album out that sucked. Jovi is pop country. Tyler is going country. Van Halens last album flopped.

So what other 7-8 major bands could help GnR and acdc put hard rock music back to the front of the pack?

I'm guessing any rock band that appeals to teenagers will get ripped apart by you. Nickleback is essentially the Bon Jovi/Van Halen for the teens now - and most "adults" hate them. Im guessing you will say they suck. But teens love them.

So got some names that will eppeal to the teens (who spend their money on albums and iTunes) as well as earning the respect of older fans?

I get your point. It just isn't realistic. I love hair metal music and wish it would dominate the music landscape again. I grew up in an era where bands released an album EVERY year or every two years. GnR released four albums in five years. 

Sadly - we will never see that again. 

Hey,

Appreciate you took the time and effort to read/critique my blog.  While we disagree, I appreciate that it was well thought out and you made valid points.  We need more dialogue like this!

Cheers bud.

ps - Yes, Nickleback does suck...sucks a big hard one.

1 hour ago, DieselDaisy said:

It is still essentially revivalist legacy rock though. Axl might be singing better than he has in twenty-five years for Acca Dacca, and Slash and Duff may be back in Guns, but there is nothing particularly novel nor artistic about what is emanating from these two groups. The people buying the tickets are doing so for the same old fart rock, Appetite, Back in Black, etc.  Time may have stood still.

This would of course change if an album came out.

"This would of course change if an album came out."

We can only hope!

15 minutes ago, MrSoftie said:

Amends is one word, but otherwise that was an excellent post  Totally agree with your sentiment too, Axl is deservedly taking over the world once again.

Appreciate the reply!

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HI all, been a while. Just popping in to say hello. Cautious optimism here! But really really excited!

Adam Carolla's podcast is a great follow.

Today (11/17/15) they talked about the rumored GnR reunion.

Starts around the 1:40:00 mark. It's free on iTunes.

Full interview (spoilers):

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/13/kingsman-director-matthew-vaughn-reveals-secrets-behind-church-scene-sex-joke-and

Just saw Kingsman this weekend, decent movie. Had one spectacular scene in it where Colin Firth goes nuts in a church, won't spoil any more details.

Anyways, I looked up the scene and the director originally had November Rain in mind for the scene:

When I wrote the scene, I did it to November Rain, the Guns N Roses track. I was laughing because Ive always had this image of Slash, playing the guitar in front of a little white church in the middle of nowhere. That was in my mind, but A) the guitar solo is not long enough, and B) its actually darker than I realized. I literally went online and search great long American guitar solos. Free Bird came up, and I whacked it on. It looked like we shot the whole thing using that track. Then we did a really great remix of it, where we got all of The Stems. A friend of mine, Charles Martin, who is George Martins son, remixed the whole thing for me. It fit it perfectly, and its cool. Its a good guitar solo, man.

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