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I think HS will actually be side A of the 7 inch (whenever it actually comes out in a few months), and Absurd will be the B-side.

This is the greatest thing to be discovered in gnr land in the past 3 years - probably going all the way back to CD coming out actually.  The locker leaks were great and all, but this is just insanely awesome.

9 minutes ago, hudsonsaul said:

One thing is for sure, we all are so fast to slam the band and their performances....... but from my own experience over the years, as well as talking to others, seeing posts on here. There is no doubt that fans absolutely love it when they are there in person.

Glad you had a blast dude. How was the rest of the crowd?

Crowd was great around me.  At one point the moon was up over the open air stadium and Axl commented that Jupiter was also out (he made a joke about giving the crowd an astronomy lesson).  Beautiful clear night.

If they are going to slash (apologies for the pun) ticket prices for this show, what time today do you guys think that will happen?  I’m on the fence about going.

Saw the first ever performance of this back in NYC at Hammerstein.  That show was the best vocal performance I’ve ever seen from any performer in any band.

Maybe they use the same font because the UYI version of the band has the same big 3 (after Izzy left) as there is right now, and that version of the partnership owns that font/logo?

11 hours ago, Towelie said:

I wish they hadn't tacked on that lame choir intro/outro, it sounded much cooler without it.

Couldn’t agree more.  Hate the intro and outro.  Should have stuck with the ‘06 version with those.

8 minutes ago, Bitchisback said:

I've been thinking about it and it's kind of funny how Chinese Democracy sounded dated in 2008 but would have fit right in if it was released in 2000 like it was originally planned.

 

And here we are 21 years later and that nu-metalish sound is making a strong comeback.  Bands like Code Orange, Fever333 and Bad Wolves are all starting to break out who totally have that sound.  Even Limp Bizkit played a huge crowd at Lollapalooza and there is huge buzz about them again.

 

And here's GnR dropping Absurd right as that sound is starting to blow up again.

 

Good points here.  

11 hours ago, Towelie said:

Tbh, I think we would've got it by now if Axl's voice was in better shape. They obviously don't want to debut it live with him struggling to pull it off, as it would be all over the rock press (like Absurd was) and a bad vocal performance wouldn't do the single release any favours.

My guess is, Axl is waiting for his vocals to strengthen before debuting it live and then putting it out as a single. 

This 100%.  I’m thinking they debut it in a couple weeks in LA.

Now, I’m going back and listening to some of the locker leaks and am salivating at the thought of Slash (and Duff) on some of these tracks (zodiac, oklahoma, dummy, devious bastard).   Very excited for hardskool.

It sounds great with headphones.  Axl’s voice sounds warped and trippy.

2 minutes ago, El Guapo said:

Haha, wtf is going on in Axl's head. I love him, he's really and totally loco. 

I think it's great they did this, because it's so weird. Anything is better than pure boredom.

Agree 100%.  

This UYI box is my only legitimate hope of hearing gnr music I haven’t heard before (whether it’s demos, live stuff or a 5.1 mix).  

I’m mildly interested at this point - whether I get tickets will depend on the set lists and Axl’s voice quality.  I’m not very hopeful though.

First time I haven’t had any desire to see a tour for this band.  If Axl comes out swinging and sounds good early in the tour, I might pull the trigger on one of the later tour dates, but I’m not very optimistic.

6 hours ago, Powderfinger said:

It really was, it was blank tapes a go go back then, I would spend entire nights copying tapes swapped at school that day. I was 12 in 91 and it was mostly the older brothers of my friends who bought the tapes or got the live bootlegs we traded. 
 

Use your illusion 1 & 2 came my way in oct or nov 91 on blank tapes, no track listing! I had to get that later.

 

But when I look at the list of albums I got my hands on that year in 1991 it’s ridiculous. Maybe the golden era for rock music. I had some original cassettes but mostly blank copies of the following albums released in 91:

Use your illusion 1 - GnR

Use your illusion 2 - GnR

1916 - Motorhead 

Uncle Anesthesia - Screaming Trees

Nevermind - Nirvana

Recurring - Spacemen 3

Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr

Out of Time - REM

The Real Ramona - Throwing Muses

Goat - Jesus Lizard

Gothic - Paradise Lost

Spiderland - Slint

Arise - Sepultura

Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog

God Fodder - Neds Atomic Dustbin

Gish - Smashing Pumpkins

13 point program to destroy America - The Nation of Ulysses 

Baby teeth - Therapy?

Every good boy deserves fudge - Mudhoney

To mother - Babes in toyland

steady diet of nothing - Fugazi

Blue lines - Massive attack

Black album - Metallica

III - Sebadoh 

Ten - Pearl Jam

Just for a day - Slowdive

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Trompe le monde- The Pixies

Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden

Blood sugar sex magik - Red hot chilli peppers

Raise - Swervedriver

Weld - Neil Young

No pocky for kitty - Superchunk

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Into the great wide open - tom petty

That’s a ridiculous amount of brilliant albums in the year or 1991. There’s a lot more I haven’t listed, demos, live bootlegs, other official releases. But there was so much good music at that time it was hard to keep up.... 

I know every generation says the music they grew up with was better than “the sh&t the kids listen to nowadays,” but I’m about your age (I was 11 in ‘91), and for our generation it’s absolutely true!

yeah, thanks for the update @troccoli

On 9/17/2020 at 10:35 AM, troccoli said:

Not yet, but sometimes they don't reply for a while.  Plus you got fires, the pandemic, and everything else going on right now.

What were the actual recommendations you made to them?  

On 10/11/2020 at 4:05 PM, Swampfox said:

When I downloaded the CD leaks I felt like I found my Xmas presents before I opened them... Like spoiling a surprise.  Last year's leaks felt like debt collection.

I don't post very much, but I had to quote this comment.  So funny and so true.  I consider myself a hardcore GNR fan and they've managed to beat the excitement out of me.  Maybe if i had an extra $10k to drop on a pinball machine, I'd be excited right now, but being a hardcore fan of this band isn't fun for me anymore.  It's just not.  

At least it's something.  Baby steps with these guys.  Listening to it now.  Some parts are great.

Any reviews on the sound?  Is the pressing good?  Does it sound better than the CD?  Any DR measurements?  

I still check this thread everyday, but why?  It's an existential question.