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Watching 2016 shows is how you could talk yourself into an album of new material from this group really being something.

I swear to god Duff has the best bass tone in the history of time jesus.

This song is so obviously about Slash and him playing it is both cool and really weird.

He sounds god damn great in this one. Release this whole show.

It's so easy first, always the safest one, Axl usually sounds solid on this warn and gets to warm up to the high stuff at the end.

So someone help me remember:  were there rumors leading up to the troubadour that this was happening? I remember day/day before we heard about it but in the months leading up were there more credible rumors than there had ever been?

I remember 2006 being the hottest and closest we had ever been to it happening, with even more and greater credible sources saying it was real. I would love to hear what happened there.

It used to be a joke around here that you could wish someone a happy birthday and someone would come in and say how awful they are.

I think Axl was really intent on selling the Ashba thing, because he is well aware how significant the "lead" guitar spot is in GnR. Some sunk cost fallacy stuff, in there. It really is just the fact of the matter that even if he might be a successful songwriter, his chops as a guitarist aren't there and his image was wal-mart emo bret michaels. It just wasn't a fit.

Classic lineup reunion was a pleasant surprise, and an even greater one when they sounded pretty great coming out of the gate. Then they were welcomed back with open arms in the rock community with the Dave Grohl throne thing and Axl kicking ass with AC/DC, there was reason to be excited, even feel slightly vindicated for staying invested. But then we had the steady decline in performance, the weird boxset schilling, the only "new" piece of music being a polished i.e. partially re-recorded b-side from 1986, then during a period where no touring is understandable but every other artist has found ways to give their fans content and release music, we have gotten some live videos and zero indication any new music is coming. It's hard for this not to feel bleak.

I've said it before, in the coming up on 5 years since the reunion, we likely will have gotten two SMKC albums, a Duff solo album, a richard produced Psychedlic Furs album, a band formed and broken up by the sons of Slash and Scott Weiland, a leak of what functionally is the 2001 version of Chinese Democracy I/II, a boxset with a repolished b-side, before a sniff of new music.

12 hours ago, MaskingApathy said:

 

 

Where did you guys see all this, especially the bit about Slash relapsing and London's drug use?

Slash relapsing was a rumor elsewhere.

Noah Weiland did and Instagram live stream last night where he claimed London had a bad month spell on hard drugs (he went into far more details that an upset person airing dirty laundry would, but I won’t). This isn’t necessarily a secret because London has talked about it himself, it’s why he had to leave Classless Act to try and get himself right. The selling Slash’s guitars thing was a sort of throwaway Noah didn’t even get into deep, a user commented something along the lines of “London sold his dad’s guitars for drugs” and Noah burst into laughter asking how the user knew about that, and then moved on.

Noah made some serious accusations regarding London and substance abuse, directly in retaliation to the band’s claims about *his* substance abuse. It was pretty wild, but now I just feel gross for even watching it, then commenting on it, these are just kids. I hope they can reconcile because they seemed to be good pals who have similar life experiences, and that’s important to have. 

YIKES in a live insta someone commented that London sold some of slash’s guitars for drugs and Noah busted out laughing asking how they knew about that. It’s just ugly ugly ugly.

So, Axl’s voice has sounded “weird” aka Mickey for about 20 years now, with notable exceptions, but he has really developed some pitch issues live and I can’t put my finger on when that really started. 

There are a bunch of small things that slip through the cracks when you hire your ex-wife from 1993's Nanny and her family to be your band management, things like knowledge and know how and connections and ways to get these things mixed incredibly well that would do Axl and the band nothing but favors. I really enjoyed these as a fan, but I can't help but see how much was left on the table by not really getting these mixes worked on and making it sound like a legitimate release rather than audio ripped straight from the mixing board.

I wouldn't be mad if they got a nice mix and master of these and made a live release, even if they're cut and pasted from different shows.

Yes, we are being treated to three covers and a b-side from 1986, but this is enjoyable. I think everyone has been too harsh on the NILT video experience, when there is plenty else to be critical of.

Fortus is really good.

Black Hole Sun, this can go a lot of ways. Oh boy.

Man, I just don't really care about Shadow of your Love. It was fun as a somewhat rarity and it was cool they retooled it, but they treat it like it was a smash hit. If they were so enamored with it, why didn't it make Appetite? (fwiw it should have over Anything Goes)

Axl does crush it live though, so I shoud l stop whining. This video is great.

We are going to end up at two SMKC albums, a Duff album, a Fortus produced Psychedelic Furs album, a box set, a functionally entire CDII leak, a release from the sons of Slash and Scott Weiland, and surely more before we hear a lick of “new” music from the reunion lineup.

Yeah, that leg of the tour the were really firing on all cylinders again, it was a great show. Just a uniquely Canadian Saskatoon thing.

I would much prefer an answer like “We don’t want to” or “We are messing around with stuff and have talked about it, but it’s not really a priority. We are taking this opportunity after three years of touring to recharge and spent time with our families,” when it comes to the album, because it’s clearly the truth. It just isn’t a priority.

One in a Million is an undoubtedly musically brilliant but lyrically abhorrent song, a fact as well as confirmed by the band by its omission in the box set. If you refuse to acknowledge that fact, it's on *you.*