Gordon Comstock

He announced some shows in New York and Philly... the pikes website says 'Live shows on the way with special guests'... I really hope he tours with a band again, and comes close enough that I can see him.

I wonder if they filmed any parts of the 01-02 tour. Some combination of that, the 2006 footage and Forever Together (SA 2010) would be great. Of course any studio footage would be great, but I doubt there's much of that...

Silkworms had been re-structured into Absurd by 2006, the demo with Bumblefoot leaked around the same time as OMG and Going Down. I'd guess Perhaps was close to the Village demo but Hardschool was probably closer to the NITL single around that time. If Atlas was extended and enhanced like TWAT it might be salvageable, but I think we've already heard the best version of it...

I know you're not a fan of the CD sound, but Monsters is a top 5 song from that era. It isn't really comparable to anything else in their catalogue but for what it is, it's great. It's not WTTJ or Estranged and people shouldn't be expecting 'classic' songs at this stage anyway. But Monsters is a good, album-worthy song, which is more than I can say for the other singles...

Welcome to a gunsnchalupas thread, 'take it for what it is'

Mathew Lillard as Dizzy 🤞

No. Obviously the quality is shit on the phone recording, but the structure is different, which makes it interesting. And I definitely wouldn't say they've all been improved...

The phone clip sounds really interesting, hopefully we hear a 2004-06 mix eventually, in a box set or a leak. All the singles have been simplified compared to the demos, but Monsters is such a good song that even the NITL version is strong.

I was hoping for more songs like this tbh... Only really listened to the album once so far but this was the other highlight

He doesn't seem to take things like titles very seriously. This is a guy who named his album Kevin's Noodle House because he saw it advertised on a sign as he was driving to the studio

This is the only clip I've seen so far https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3xjQizrG98/

It's a bit much, but it also works as a sort of '3rd verse' and is over the top in a very Axl kind of way. Imagine hearing 'I wanna tell you a story' then the quotes end like 3 bars later. The solo underneath is great though, I'd be happy if they cut the quote montage from the live versions...

According to Brain, it's just a working title that stuck. They wrote it while eating General Tso's fried chicken, so they called that instrumental The General.

I don't know if my expectations are too low, but I was pleasantly surprised by the solo. Definitely better than whatever he was doing to Don't Damn Me... I've always thought Bad Apples is one of, if not their most underrated song. Great to see Slash bring it out.

Holy shit

Yea Baz was the only one that talked about it, but we'd heard the orchestration which made it seem like the song would be an 'epic' like the other Beltrami songs... I don't necessarily agree about not being able to live up to the hype. On one hand the song had become kind of mythical, of course those who were expecting Estranged Pt 2 were bound to be disappointed. But before 2008, Prostitute was probably the most 'mythical' song and it's my favourite CD era track. Monsters lived up to the hype. A good song will be well-received even if it isn't exactly what was expected... The General is a good idea that falls way short of what it could've been.

I like the chorus on Monsters, it's a bit jarring at first but it actually works pretty well. GNR albums (aside from UYI II) all have great closing tracks, and I think Monsters is good enough to be an album closer. Madagascar might have simple, repetitive lyrics but they work for the song. It's not just literally copy/pasting the first half of the song, like Perhaps, The General or Absurd. I'm listening to a CD playlist now with the 25~ songs we've heard with vocals, just listened to The General again and honestly, there's a good song buried somewhere in there. I would've mixed it completely differently - crank up the orchestral parts and turn the guitars down (at least in the verses). But again with the simple copy/paste vocals, it feels incomplete. For something that was hyped as an epic, with lyrics about such a serious subject, it feels more incomplete than anything else they've released.

Yea, it's crazy that some people still seem to think AFD5 is an ace up their sleeve. Bringing back Izzy and Steven, or Matt and Gilby (LOL), would make zero difference to the stadium crowds. They could do a theatre tour with obscene prices, but they could also do that with the NITL lineup. In reality, they'd still play CD and UYI songs, they'd still have at least Dizzy and probably Melissa, they'd probably even keep Frank (obviously Steven's great but I don't think he's physically capable of playing 3+ hours a night for months at a time, people conveniently forget he's had his own issues in recent years)...

An AFD5 reunion isn't gonna happen, and Axl can't sing most of the 80s songs anymore anyway... but I'd actually love to hear Steven's drumming on Shackler's.

I almost posted Go For A Soda and some others but didn't want to get carried away lol. That version of You're Crazy was fuckin awesome.

He wouldn't let Bucket outshine him on his own album. Maybe Paul can play some rhythm guitar. I wouldn't be surprised if Steven is on a song again, Brain would be awesome and Josh is a real possibility. After Matt's book, I doubt he'll be included in their solo projects again...

I think an original song with Axl is too much to expect, but I'd love to hear a studio version of You Gotta Move... or Sway... or Wichita Lineman...

Todd is great at what he does - singing covers in a bar band. I mean that as a compliment, I'd love to see a Slash show where Todd sings some GNR songs, Always On The Run, Dr Alibi, etc... Toque seem like a fun band.

That's fair, I prefer the demo but that doesn't mean I hate the single, I can see why people would prefer either version.