Gordon Comstock

Honestly, one of the most surprising things about this thread is that people still rip songs from youtube and soundcloud

Actual leaks, full songs with Slash and Duff on them. Monsters = Soul Monster. It's definitely the better song...

First time since 2006 Axl has played a song that hadn't been leaked years earlier. Credit where it's due, he's giving 100% on that outro and really taking a chance on an unreleased song. He would've killed The General, Soul Monster, Hardschool, etc at any time between 2001-2010 but it's better late than never... honestly this is more than I expected from this era of the band, it's great so see them do something like this again.

"Ok, so we're gonna try a new song... one I haven't sang since this tour started somewhere this spring. This could be very interesting. If there's ever a better place to fall on your face, I think this fuckin' counts... this is called The General."

When did this become a fact? There was some videos with the chorus backing vocals but I don't think we ever heard Axl sing it during a sound check. The pre-recorded vocals mixed with Duff and Melissa made some people think Axl was there, but it definitely wasn't a fact...

Also the Hollywood Palladium 2019 show according to people on here that were at the show, but there's no recording. It was also on the setlist. Mexico 2020 is just the first recording we have of it.

It wouldn't make much sense, but they were apparently sound checking Hardschool at some of the 2019 shows... so it might still be a while until they play it. I'd like to be wrong though.

Cool that they actually sound checked it. If they play it, what are the chances Axl uses the studio effects on the chorus? He's done it before and it's not uncommon among big artists... and it would probably sound better than straight up mickey...

We're waiting for AtlasIllusions to post his video

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He's obviously going to butcher and barbecue a donkey.

Yea it seems like he first mentioned a solo album well over a decade ago? Then a few years later did some songs with Corabi which seem to have been scrapped... This single is ok, I'm really interested to hear the full album. I ordered the vinyl.

https://shop.mickmarsofficial.com/ The legendary guitarist, whose riffs, solos and overall devastatingly heavy sound powered the L.A. icons through four decades of world-conquering, multi-platinum sonic mayhem is, as he demonstrates on his debut solo effort, still a serious force to be reckoned with. Only now, listeners are reckoning with more Mars than ever before. "When it comes to my playing, there's the MÖTLEY side and the Mars side," the guitarist says. "Either way, I always have a very clear vision of what I want to do." On the aptly titled "The Other Side of Mars", fans get that vision in its full, multifarious glory. To be sure, there are plenty of characteristically riff-tastic, tough-as-nails hard-rock anthems. The album also presents the guitarist heading into new and uncharted territory, tearing through caustic, modern metal, conjuring gothic-tinged soundscapes, and digging into anguished, slow-burning power balladry alongside unspooling bluesy, cinematic instrumental workouts. The music throughout the collection is otherwise studded with slide guitars, violins, violas, keyboards, glitchy freak-outs and all manner of sonic surprises. "There's a lot of ideas that I have that, I don't want to call them 'left,' but they are, you know what I mean?" Mars says. Regarding those stylistic turns, he continues, "My feeling has always been, I might gain some fans, I might lose some fans. But what they're hearing, it's all me." The guitarist enlisted a crack team of musicians to help him along the way. A key contributor to the project was WINGER and former ALICE COOPER keyboardist (and, like Mars, Nashville resident) Paul Taylor, who, in addition to performing on the record and assisting Mars in co-writing many of the tracks, introduced the guitarist to powerhouse vocalist Jacob Bunton. "Jacob came into the studio and it was like, bam!" Mars recalls. "And I just said, 'Yeah, he's the guy.' And most of his vocals were one take." The supporting band was rounded out by KORN drummer Ray Luzier, bassist Chris Collier and singer Brion Gamboa, who contributed lead vocals to two songs. Mars reflects, "those required a little bit more of an angsty, desperation kind of thing. And Brion really came to the table with that." Alongside playing bass on all songs recorded, Collier mixed and mastered the debut solo album. But while Mars surrounded himself with a new cast of players for the sessions, there was one figure who represented a significant link to his storied past: Michael Wagener. The much-lauded German producer and engineer worked behind the boards on MÖTLEY CRÜE's 1981 debut, "Too Fast For Love", and his relationship with Mars stretches even further back. "I had known him for a long time, and I actually brought him to MÖTLEY," Mars says. Working with Wagener this time, the guitarist continues, "he had such an understanding of where I wanted to go with the material. And he never said 'Hey, do this,' or tried to change my mind or anything like that. He was just really adamant about recording what I wanted to record, and making sure we recorded it right." The result is a record unlike anything Mars has offered up in his more than 40-year career. To that end, he says that even as he unleashes "The Other Side Of Mars" on the world, he's already working on a follow-up. He offers, "I'm trying to keep growing," Mars says. "Because if you stop learning new things, if you stop playing new things, if you close your mind, you're done. You have to keep moving and creating. Next!" "The Other Side of Mars" track listing: 01. Loyal To The Lie 02. Broken On The Inside 03. Alone 04. Killing Breed 05. Memories 06. Right Side Of Wrong 07. Ready To Roll 08. Undone 09. Ain't Going Back 10. LA Noir https://blabbermouth.net/news/mick-mars-announces-the-other-side-of-mars-solo-album-shares-loyal-to-the-lie-single

Thanks @FRANSAD for remastering my videos from the Vancouver show

The final version of Hard Skool is fine. Not the worst thing they could've released but far from the best. The drums, vocal effects and overly loud mastering really bring it down compared to the demo. And that stupid bell Monsters is the first leftover song that Slash and Duff really fit into, maybe because it's a weird Axl song that pushes them out of their comfort zone, maybe because we never got attached to a demo version, or maybe a bit of both...

Technically yes, they're 2 songs. Whenever they're officially released, they might be 1 song. But really, who cares? The version I'm listening to most now is the edit someone made where the songs are stitched together using the 2006 intro. The General - short interlude - Monsters. It sounds awesome.

How did that comment about Seven get pinned to Fortus!? I'm 99% sure the "Seven = Circus Maximus and D Tune" thing came from that kid who posted lists all the time. Atlas1997 or something like that? I guess he posted it enough that people just started accepting it, and somehow it became "Fortus mentioned it to a fan..." but I don't think Fortus had anything to do with that.

Well, it was the combination of the Elvis titles and the 'Black Sabbath' comment, I can see how that description could fit that instrumental. Nice to have it cleared up now though... Soul Monster definitely lived up to the hype

It seemed likely, but yea it's nice to have confirmation. Hopefully that means Me & My Elvis became something else later, and wasn't abandoned. I still want to know what Monstrocity is, too...

I hope they don't try to cram both songs onto one side of a 7" record... hopefully now that it's leaked, we'll get Monsters and another song by the end of the year. But the Perhaps single should've just been a 12" 45 all along. Overcharge me $35-40 and take my fucking money. Perhaps, Wichita (live or studio, doesn't matter) or a Duff song on side G, and these two songs on side R. Throw Atlas in there if they're feeling really generous. It's crazy that Axl sat on Monsters, an actual 'big gun', for 20 years... imagine hearing it live in 2006 or 2010. Even though the lyrics are fucked up, I smile every time I hear it, especially the 2nd half. It's so fucking good.

Oklahoma would be an easy one, they can say it dates from the mid-90s and we just heard the nuGNR interpretation of it. Same for basically anything piano driven that we haven't heard (supposedly at least one song from that 2010 after party) and stuff like Nothing. Stuff like Zodiac, Dummy, etc will probably be abandoned unfortunately.

If they're gonna try to recapture the classic sound on future material, then it should be Lies, not AFD. Wichita Lineman has been one of their best live songs for years, stick Axl, Slash, Duff and Richard in a room with some acoustic guitars and you'll probably get some good songs. I'd rather hear them do a covers album of their classic rock influences (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, etc) than attempt a new 10-12 song album of rockers. That said, I hope we eventually get to hear more 'experimental' stuff like TG, Monsters, SOG, etc.

They'll never recapture the AFD sound even it they tried. It would just be SMKC with Axl on vocals... give me experimental stuff like The General and Monsters over the bland riffs from 4 every day of the week. People were talking about the 'as good as November Rain' quote earlier... they're not musically comparable, but Axl kinda pushed Slash outside his comfort zone on these songs and the result was great. Monsters is basically what I was hoping for from 'CD2 big guns', if it's the last CD era song we hear then they closed the chapter with a bang.

Ah yes, the first reunion track from Axl, Slash and Duff... and they still didn't use Frank on drums.

If it's Soul Monster, someone on here (I forget who) years ago figured out it was likely 2004, since that's when they had a studio booked at Christmas time.