Bruno P.

That was great Fernando is a cool guy and Vanessa is a goddamn sweet and really fkn' nice girl I think she has a FB account, not sure...

PM Fernando, Ashba, Beta, Jarmo or Ron to ask about your poster. It's probably signed but Vanessa certainly couldn't find you to give it back to ya...

I personally think Oh my god is a poor song and is over rated. I love all GNR stuff and I respect all your opinions put for some reason never took to this song and I'm easy please when it comes to GNR. I dunno I would just rather they played TWAT, Bad Obsession, Coma or even IRS rather than Oh my god.... It's interesting to see the diversity of the GNR fans tastes, which I suppose is really cool.

Anyway peace out

You really haven't heard the new version at RIR soundcheck I guess.

It sounds so fkn' much better...

Ok....I retract that...based on the EOD soundtrack it sounds shit... the jam you have posted sounds pretty good in fairness. Thanks for posting as I never saw it before

Obsession is a great song live...anyway I was only giving an example. Saying that, based on the above I am actually warming to a live Oh my god.

Where ever did that song called "crash diet" go? Or am I imagining a unreleased GNR song called this.

I can't take the wah wha guitar on the chorus off my head. It's stuck there. I wanna hear that song now! Haha

Some diehard fans could sing the chorus for the band... it's easy to remember and band members would recognize and tell Axl

Damn... I wanna hear the new version so much! Another interesting song reworked would be Silkworms. I can totally see Bucket and Ron kicking our asses on that song.

I personally think Oh my god is a poor song and is over rated. I love all GNR stuff and I respect all your opinions put for some reason never took to this song and I'm easy please when it comes to GNR. I dunno I would just rather they played TWAT, Bad Obsession, Coma or even IRS rather than Oh my god.... It's interesting to see the diversity of the GNR fans tastes, which I suppose is really cool.

Anyway peace out

You really haven't heard the new version at RIR soundcheck I guess.

It sounds so fkn' much better...

I honestly don't even care for a reunion. I just want more new music. That's all.

I just want more new music[2]

I just want them to stop performing the old songs, as only Slash can plays those like they should be played.

I agree, this new band should make some attempt to create new music, tour it, and earn a living off of it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

Estranged 2011 » Any other version

Just to name one, and Slash & Myles Kennedy is even worse.

Besides, Slash even plays the same goddamn Godfather solo before Sweet Child as he did in the 90's. Talk about creativity

Slash:

Ashba:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7digXMqXRI

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Why didn't you try that with Ron? Hmmmmmm.... I wonder . It must suck for a Slash fan to see him get owned on his own solos . Cheer up though little guy , you still get Slash's stunning, amazing, wonderful, abysmal covers with Myles .

Oh look what we got here, Axl ass kissers! Slash hasn't been owned in that solo. Try to believe the opposite, if you're dumb enough to think that way, it ain't my goddamn problem . And I'm cool with everything, like I care about your pointless and stupid opinion

Almost forgot, I couldn't add the Ron part because there's no video of that particular solo. He did a decent job, but; better than Slash? Never.

Look at this retard. I know there are some pretty dumb Slash fans that crawl around here, but you are doing your best to move up the ranks. I can't believe you are stupid enough to think Slash can keep up with Ron (Wouldn't that make me a Ron ass kisser? Dumbass.) in any way shape or form. I would love to see Slash attempt anything from CD. The sad fact is that Slash can't even play his own stuff right live, much less improve on it. If you clean the shit out of your ears from having your head so far up Slash's ass, you might be able to hear that.

I know you want to show him how stupid his statement is, but there's no need to point out the obvious. Only on the GNR Dreamland a virtuoso can't play Slash's or Izzy's (technically mediocre at best) stuff - just like Brain couldn't play YCBM because it apparently was a challenging song for him. It's funny to notice that some of them even believe that guys like Bucket, Brain or Ron aren't better technical players than Slash, Izzy and Steven and when they do, they use the "feeling card"... HAHAHAHA! Yes, everyone knows how feeling is a subjective (internal) experience and nobody else can feel it for you, but they keep the stupid (and subjective) argument because... I don't know why, but it is indeed stupid.

Horribly translated.

tell it to google translator.

the site is brazillian.

anyway, you can do better...

They translated Axl's quotes regarding the 91 tour and said that he (still!) blames Slash and his manager for his lateness. They also said that he was 2 hours late in RIR, haha - and an user commenting the article said that he only took the stage 4 a.m. in Rio last year. Yeah, nothing unsusual... media bullshit and lies as always.

rio...last year?

Yes

Horribly translated.

tell it to google translator.

the site is brazillian.

anyway, you can do better...

They translated Axl's quotes regarding the 91 tour and said that he (still!) blames Slash and his manager for his lateness. They also said that he was 2 hours late in RIR, haha - and an user commenting the article said that he only took the stage 4 a.m. in Rio last year. Yeah, nothing unsusual... media bullshit and lies as always.

That was funny, first time I've been in one. Ron answered a few of my questions, and POC wanted to ban me for asking about Axl. She seems very ditzy and dumb, but she is a 21 year old singer, so I guess she's not getting paid to be intelligent...anyway, that was very cool, Ron's awesome.

I got to meet Poc when I went backstage in Houston and she was very nice and sweet! Took a great pic with her Ron.

Yeah she's very sexy...I'd love to meet her! Just sayin' she doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed. But hey, who cares, half the girls I've dated have been borderline retarded but looked great I'd love to hang with her.

She's not dumb. It's just the language barrier. English isn't her first language.

This is right. I can't understand what some people say sometimes and I can't exactly explain what I'm feeling sometimes as well. That's annoying for us, that's for sure.

This is one of the best GNR performances ever, no doubt. Ron's guitar lines and even his backing vocals are fucking A, Axl's singing was perfect (I prefer the clean version, but this one really do it for me as well) and everything else seemed like a perfectly tuned machine :xmasschef:

A. Sixx A.M., we just put out another record. We have two songs in the top 20. "Lies of the Beautiful People" No. 1. We have tons of fan support out there. Everybody's calling the stations. We released the album, and Nikki has this photography book, so we put them together. It's a really cool, really fun project to be a part of.

I have my clothing line, Ashba Swag, we're putting out stage clothes. You can check it out at ashbaswag.com.

Is that really necessary? *Nobody* asked him that - they asked about music.

They asked him about his other projects. Is Ashba Swag not a project of his?

I find it hilarious when somebody fails as hard at reading comprehension as you did.

They were obviously talking about music, not about anything else. It's pretty obvious, I guess. Ashba was only promoting himself - if it was a musical project, fine, but it is not.

the people didn't "bail" on GNR. GNR bailed on the people.

one day they just disappeared....

Hopefully one day you'll just disappear from these boards. One thing I do know though- GnR always has, and always will have more talent than the never-was in your sig.

:rofl-lol:

But there is a huge risk in playing the new songs. This is exactly the same problem GnR had when they were trying to get the radio stations and MTV to play their music. Nobody wanted to take the RISK!

This is correct. That's why Jungle wasn't a hit when it came out - they needed a pop/rock song to make their sound more accessible to the mainstream and Jungle wasn't. That's why they released Sweet Child as a single.

Great questions with equally great answers, especially about the next album. Way better than the ambiguous responses we've been getting from others lately.

Yes, because they're not like some band member (attention whore) saying "Hey, I've written music with Axl and it sounds better than November Rain...! We'll release it soon, stay tunned" and then it never happens.

In all recent interviews, he seems pretty confident that we will hear new music reasonably soon, but we've seen that movie before ...

He's been saying the same bullshit for about an year now I guess. It never happened, we haven't heard new music yet. This is getting ridiculous.

He joined the band in March 2009. He's not even been in the band for 3 years . Other than that, it's a good interview...

Yes, his interviews aren't the most reliable interviews...

A. Sixx A.M., we just put out another record. We have two songs in the top 20. "Lies of the Beautiful People" No. 1. We have tons of fan support out there. Everybody's calling the stations. We released the album, and Nikki has this photography book, so we put them together. It's a really cool, really fun project to be a part of.

I have my clothing line, Ashba Swag, we're putting out stage clothes. You can check it out at ashbaswag.com.

Is that really necessary? *Nobody* asked him that - they asked about music.

Pink panther

QFT

To be honest I don't know. Neither of them appeal to me but they're OK.

Ron jammed live with Joe Satriani on this song at one of his gigs a few years ago.

Thought the same even when I read the title of the song on the RIR setlist. Ron played it with his fretless and sounded pretty cool. Looking forward to hear it live

Right on: CD > AFD !!!

Greater than? No. But it's definitely a brilliant record, and I myself prefer it to Appetite. But a "great" album usually is the album that brings acclaim and popularity to a band, I would think.

Kind of like your favorite song may be Breakdown, but SCOM will always be greater because it's a song that will always be relevant on the radio. Even though (in my opinion) Breakdown might be the better song.

I don't and certainly never will care about popularity more than quality - it's the quality that matters. That's why I like Chinese more... and by a long shot.

lets see if any news publication websites pick up this concert with the band doing a 3+hour show with the Lead singer suffering from bronchitis.

Yes. Let's...

Yes....

Obviously not. Remember when Ron said that he could be here screaming till he gets blue that there was no gag order in Guns and people still wouldn't believe because that wouldn't entertain them? That's it. No matter how much good news people post out there, it simply won't be true or will be forgotten soon.

Look, Rio had some brilliant moments in Estranged, November Rain, You Could Be Mine, Sweet Child, Chinese, Sorry etc (I could go on...) but people only talk about Axl being out of breath and singing clean. I don't care - I still heard several brilliant moments and they made the show for me. To be honest I usually focus on the band, though, and I'm always very happy with them.

Is it confirmed that he suffered bronchitis when he played in Rio? If yes, that'd explain him being constantly out of breath...

Great, but they should have posted the whole vid. At least that YCBM performance was fkn great - nevermind Axl's voice for a sec and it wasnt that bad. The instrumental is brilliant and that fretless slapping was very intense! Now I finally could listen to Ron's licks at the ending properly and man doesn't that sound great rock1

That's what I usually say - if you focus only on Axl's vocal performance you're missing a whole lot of brilliant moments. In fact most of the time I dont even mind Axl's vocals - I listen to the band...

The three guitar combo makes the songs much more powerful, intense and sound fuller.

Dj ashba can go as slash...he can go on stage as is easy costume idea

Yeah it'd be refreshingly different to see him up there with a Les Paul, cig, top hat, and flannel...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

Ron should totally go as Bucket

Absolutely.

I miss Pitmans synth bridge before the 'nana nananaas" from the Demo version.

This is exactly what I miss the most.

^Uh, how can you be so sure it's obviously a lie?

Because I've never seen anyone mentioning it before and all of sudden there's a demo with Buckethead playing lead out there? Please. We've seen this kind of lie countless times. I never said it *IS* a lie in fact, but I highly doubt it exists.

Bull-fucking-shit. I'm not saying Bucket didn't play on the track but there's no Bucket on the demo. I've never heard about a Catcher demo with Bucket playing lead... that's certainly a lie. Anyway I'm glad Axl did chose Ron because it's my fav GnR song ever and the outro is GnR's finest moment to me by a fuckin' mile.

In my post I was suggesting was that some parts of the guitar work on the demo sounded like an echo/guitar effect that Buckethead would do.

Otherwise the other comment in relation to Buckethead was speculation as to whether he may at some point had attempted a solo on a version of "Catcher".

It's ok, my post wasn't directed to you - I was talking to people claiming that there's a Bucket version out there which obviously is a lie.

Bull-fucking-shit. I'm not saying Bucket didn't play on the track but there's no Bucket on the demo. I've never heard about a Catcher demo with Bucket playing lead... that's certainly a lie. Anyway I'm glad Axl did chose Ron because it's my fav GnR song ever and the outro is GnR's finest moment to me by a fuckin' mile.

They sound like generic pop punk kinda of stuff which is really not too impressive IMO. I've heard a couple instrumental tracks by DJ a while back and I thought the guitar playing was nice, he's far better than this territory but I guess it's alright if he wanted to make that stuff. Axl wouldn't like to delve into that territory i'm pretty sure however.

While some of the solos are cool/nice, they lack something. Something a GNR guitarist should have. It's like we're listening to that good/OK guitarist but he can't seem to go further - he's a good guitarist and pretty much it. Generic soloing all over the place and generic songs as well.

I really hope Axl doesn't remove Finck and/or Bucket to have this guy's generic soloing all over the next record. I know I haven't listened to any of his work with GNR, but judging by his own solo stuff (and stuff with Nikki) there's no way he could write something as original as Shackler's or beautiful as the SOD and TWAT solos.

This guy never impressed me (and countless fans) and hopefully won't impress Axl as well. I don't want to hear the same solos we've been hearing over the past 40 years. Give me Scraped or Riad over "Mi Amor" any day of the week, month, year or decade.

That's the best version of the song to date. At least to me. A good mix can do wonders to a song, right? (I'm pointing at you RIR mixing guy)

There's nothing wrong with it. The song, Axl, DJ, Frank... nothing. And Ronald, man... the guys' a fuckin' genius. The tone, the playing... he nailed every note, every bend... everything.

Ron just fuckin' nails it! Never thought I would hear a guitar player play it better than the creator.

I wouldn't go that far (especially regarding the solo) but he plays it well.

You make it sound like if Slash's Mozart or Beethoven. What's wrong with the solo? Nothing. He's playing it how he wants to play it and much better than the other guy played it.

I'm not talking directly at you, but...

Seriously... what's wrong with half of this forum? PLEASE. Slash is a decent guitar player and every virtuoso could play exactly like him if they wanted. I mean, better than him because they wouldn't hit wrong notes and out of tune bends and all. Stop with the "He can't play like Slash" shit. It's getting old. And it's a pretty known fact that Slash ain't even on the same world as Ron (or Bucket for that matter) technically. Stop acting like that since some of you would be a laughing stock outside of these forums. Stop the clueless and retarded comments regarding Slash's ability to play a song like anybody else could.

Ron doesn't like this "Guitarist A vs Guitarist B" thing but some of you simply can't actually accept the reality as it is. It's unreal, it's retarded.

I know you mentioned this wasn't neccesarily directed at me, but I honestly really do prefer the way Slash plays it. Just like how someone can prefer BBF, I can prefer somebody else. My post wasn't intended to be a slight on Ron's end, but it was me being true to myself and honest about what I have preferred musically thus far. Nothing's wrong with the solo, I just perfer the way that Slash played it, that's all.

You never said that Ron wouldn't be able to play it, you just stated that you prefer Slash's way to play it. Nothing wrong with that, really. The real problem is that some people claim how Slash's stuff can't be played by someone else. It wasn't directed at you by a long shot and even the first line of my post wasn't directed exactly at you. My bad.

Have you guys heard Govan play "Who's best?". He plays every note of the piece of music he wrote just like any virtuoso out there (and hits all of them perfectly) and that's the pinnacle of skill and even taste since he created an amazing piece of music incorporating those guys' style. It's amazing to think how a guy like Govan (who's mastered every aspect of guitar playing if you ask me) would say that Ron's hands down the best guitarist out there. So trust me, Ron would hit every note how Slash used to hit. He simply doesn't want.

Since moreblack mentioned Yngwie I'm gonna post a piece of music much harder than anything Slash has ever played. This is a "Far Beyond The Sun" jam. Ron took a lil break of the clinic to play a part of that song...

Could you honestly say that this wasn't played by Yngwie if someone played you only the audio? I wouldn't certainly.

Oh, and here's Govan's vid if you want to check it out...

I agree with you with the fact that Govan is great. But like I said I perfer the way Slash plays the solo, and that's cool. It isn't all about technical skill, its also about the ability to create great sounding music using any method the musician wants to in order to achieve the sound they want. I still maintain the fact that i doubt Ron can copy Slash's exact sound (nor should he in the first place) just as I maintain that nobody can copy the soundscapes created by Page, Hendrix, Gilmour, etc. Which brings me to the point of the pointlessness of objectively comparing Slash to Ron - because music is innately subjective.

But there's not an actual comparison, but rather me saying he'd sound like Slash if he wanted.

I could be wrong, but I think Ron himself said that nobody could play Van Halen's "Mean Street" like Eddie, but then a friend of Ron said that he played it in front of him exactly like Eddie, no more no less. I've heard him playing "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" perfectly (Poc Stream) and "Little Wing" (Inland Invasion 06') as well, but I get your point. The man himself says nobody can play exactly like others and I agree to a certain degree. But guitarists like Ron or Govan can play like anyone else if they want. I'm using my opinion based on a few vids of them playing someone else's music flawlessly (Fuck, Guthrie played even Shawn Lane's licks... that's scary!), but I could be wrong of course and I certainly haven't a perfect ear (Perfect Pitch anyone?) to guarantee you that