Tacitus Monroe

Well, I know this topic is a bit lame, I never start a topic, but since I've been a Gn'R fan, all I hear and read about Axl is: he's an arsehole, he should go to prison for live and give all the bands' rights to Slash, he's the reason why one of the biggest R&R bands split up. I didn't really care at the beginning (i've just enjoyed the music), but it started to piss me off lately. I mean, he may not be the nicest guy on earth but you can't deny that he's as talented as a singer as Slash is with his guitar. It's always Axl vs. Slash and usually the credits go to Slash. I shouldn't care, people have different opinions, but everytime I read a review about a concert of this tour, I read what is more a comparison of old guns - new guns. For example (it's an article about the Download festival in the "Play" magazine):

"Which leads me nicely to the latest incarnation of Guns N' Roses. It all starts so well, on stage early and the one-two-three punch of 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'It's so easy' and 'Mr. Brownstone', but it soon becomes apparent that this show will be molested into farce. Half an hour in, Axl throws a wobbler, storming off sighting technical difficulties, whilst cries of 'We want Slash' ring out as A N Other engages in a guitar solo so boring that a trip to the portaloo with your Sunday papers is preferable to watching this impostor(!) arpeggiate his way to the rock hall of shame. Christina Aguilera? C'mon mate, you are at Donington and you are taking the piss. Eventually Axl returns, some guy that plays the bass and is not Duff threatens to go home if he gets hit with another bottle and with a positively lunar atmosphere the band play on. Even the introduction of Izzy Stradlin and the motor-mouthed Seb Bach latterly in the set fail to recapture the magic. A finale of 'Paradise City' lifts morale on the trudge back to the campsite, but after three days of exemplary metal it is clear how out of touch Axl has become."

It's obviously one fuckhead playing intelligent, this article isn't objective at all, but I've just read another one from my country, it isn't much better, they see Gn'R as a joke, something like Axl Rose & support band. When will this shit stop? I don't know if after releasing the CD and touring things will be better. I mean, there are, of course, positive reviews, but compared to this crap, it doesn't even count. No, I don't give a shit about the media & press, I know they've always presented Axl as the "badass rock n' roller" BUT then I read on other Gn'R or Music forums the same crap. People DO believe Axl is a motherf***er who should leave the band. It makes me laugh sometimes; other times it makes me wonder: what did this guy do to them? They hate him more than the 9/11 terrorists.

I just wanted to know what you people think about this.

I think it's called an opinion and it's what makes people individuals rather than singularly-minded conformists.

Meet someone who doesn't like Axl? Great. He doesn't like Axl. So what? If you're a fan that's all that matters. If you want everyone to love Axl then I suggest you start a new political regime and practice some form of fascism, because that's the only way it's going to happen. I like Axl - that's enough for me. I don't give a shit about what the majority says or thinks. "Out of touch" with modern metal? Good. Modern metal sucks in my opinion. I'd rather hear GN'R with a mediocre guitarist like BBF than hear shitty metal like AX7. On their worst day with average bandmembers and weak vocals GN'R is still 99% better than any other modern rock band.

That's my opinion.

It's on the Doors' tribute album, "Stoned Immaculate." Whereas other bands like Smash Mouth butcher songs such as Peace Frog, this is probably the best Doors cover on the album. Scott Weiland's voice - especially in the beginning - sounds almost exactly like Morrison's - kind of nasal-ly and velvet-y - but he also has that Weiland edge that comes out when he hits the higher notes.

By all means, it's nowhere near as great as the Doors song, and it's too fast-paced and all over the place musically for my taste, but Scott does a good job. It's a nice curiosity.

The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

or just Ziggy Stardust. Magical album, so sweeping and weird. Reminds me of other classic albums of this nature (Blonde on Blonde, Exile on Main Street).

I know what you mean. It's a very original album, really out there. I actually didn't like it at all the first time I heard it, but once you get into it it's really infectious. It's quickly become one of my all-time faves.

I like the work Bowie did on the movie Labyrinth, too. Some of it like "Baby Dance" or whatever is a bit silly, but the vocals were some of the best he's ever done.

It's one of the Stones' best.

the title of this thread was abit misleading..

Incredibly so.