DannyVinyard

Uh, yeah, thank God we missed out on a ton of new, amazing music. Thank God we got a non-stop cash grab tour of the oldies with Slash and Duff. I'm so grateful.

Uh, in your opinion, they wouldn't have. They already had a slew of new songs developed, or in process. Imagine Chinese Democracy dropping in 2003 and GNR continuing the tour, with heavy promotion, interviews, epic music videos for their first 3 or 4 singles, and I'm pretty sure Axl Rose wouldn't have chosen the title track as the first single. Chinese Democracy was forced out in 2008 by the record company, which was way late, included zero promotion from Axl Rose and GNR, a dud of a first single, a failure to release TWAT (by far the best song on CD) as a single, and the album STILL went on to sell 1 million copies in the US. Think of how many more it would have sold in 2003 with proper promotion as well as the CD platform being more relevant then. NuGNR could have not only taken the world by storm, but they could have saved rock music.

I mean, all he's done since the reunion is deliver zero new tunes and rip off fans with a non-stop cash grab tour of the oldies. 7 years and no new music (releasing songs created by NuGNR doesn't count).

Uh, no. Axl created a ton of music with Finck and Bucket. Axl doomed everything with Philly no show and hiding in his mansion for next 3+ years. He could have gone on to continue the tour, release CD in 2003, with heavy promotion and epic music videos. They would have then gone one to release at least 2 more albums (probably more), over the years. So, no those years with Bucket and Finck weren't a waste. They created some great songs (including the General and Monsters), better than anything VR came out with. And how has the reunion been since 2016? Zero new music from this group. Nothing but an endless cash grab tour for all the sheep.

If Axl didn't no-show Philly 2002, they could have taken the world by storm. That band had so much talent, potential, and who knows how high of a ceiling. The Philly no show, which triggered the tour being cancelled as well as Buckethead leaving, is what doomed NuGNR.

Monsters is what we thought was "the General". Same melody as Evader's mix of the General.

Absolutely love both songs.

If someone could please hook me up, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I'm glad I never went to any of these cash grab reunion shows, and will never support this lazy, greedy nostalgia act.

I figure it has to be at least as good as Evader's version, which is pretty good.

Axl is probably a billionaire now after 7 years of cash grab touring. Whatever money he could generate from the General would be chump change to him.

On scale of 1-10, I rate Robin's solo a 10. I rate Slash's a 1. It's so bad and it ruins the song for me.

It's about as subjective as comparing a Ferrari to a Ford. I'll take the Ferrari (Robin's Perhaps solo) over the crappy Ford (Slash's Perhaps solo) every time. In fact, Slash's solo is so bad, it tarnishes the songs so much for me that I have zero interest in listening to it, at least his version of it.

Axl calls all the shots for GNR still, does he not? I don't get why he is green lighting Slash's replacement solos, which have been clearly inferior to the originals. You would think Axl would say something like, "you know Slash, let's go ahead and have you do your own version of the same note", which would be much better than replacing them entirely.

What if you love his work from AFD and UYI, but hate his inferior CD replacement solos?

I am not worried about the length of the song. I am worried that Slash's replacement solos will suck.

The melody for Evader's mix is based off the cell phone clip, is it not?

Because it might be the same melody.

Supposedly, the General is an epic masterpiece that is a sequel to another epic masterpiece, Estranged. At minimum, it will be better than the Evader mix, which is pretty good. I'm expecting a 7 minute plus song of epic proportion. Yes it's a B side, but then again, we know Axl wants nothing to do with promoting his music anymore. No promotion for CD. There Was a Time is the best NUGNR song and was surprisingly never released as a single. Locomotive, another epic song that I consider one of the best ever also was not released as a single. So, the General being released as a B side means nothing to me. My anticipation of the General releasing is up there with CD releasing. I could care less about the Boring Stones.

It's true. The Stones haven't had a hit song in 40+ years and Axl Rose is about to release an epic masterpiece, which could potentially be the greatest song ever recorded, called the General. Just hoping Slash doesn't screw up the solo like he did in Perhaps. I have zero interest in new Rolling Stones material, but I anticipate listening to the General maybe 1 million times.

The Stones who haven't had a good song since like the 60's or 70's? Versus what may be the greatest song ever recorded in history, as long as Slash doesn't ruin the solo.

Slash and Duff not being on it would be a dream.

If Axl releases CD in 2002 in support of the tour, There Was a Time as lead single a long with epic music video, doesn't no-show in Philly, does full promotion of the album, it sells 10 million plus guaranteed. Thank God the record company forced out the record. Otherwise all of epic Robin solos would have been ruined by Slash's replacements.

No way in hell has Axl Rose ever visited a Dollar General.

If Axl could go back, he wouldn't have no-showed in Phili, which cost him the tour and Buckethead, and forced him back into hiding until 2006.