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That makes so much sense, Perhaps sounds miles ahead of the other two in terms of a coherent mix. Hard Skool sounds mixing-wise more like a demo than the actual demo which is a shame because I actually quite enjoy Slash's guitar parts and solos he added to it

Axl must have been really feeling confident that night, the dude took it up an entire octave than he usually does - one of the coolest Nightrain opening verses of all time for sure! Man 2009 was such an exciting time, I remember when these concerts were happening the forum was super active, the band was finally touring for CD since the album came out, Axl was sounding like this, etc.

Yeah that would be a cool interview, and I agree, Rick being a internet personality based on musicians talking to other musicians would also circumvent the trappings that come with clickbaity journalists asking meaningless questions

This is what is gonna happen no doubt, they aren't just gonna keep it relegated to side two of the other single lol. The vinyl thing to me is clearly to drum up discussion and excitement about The General instead of it dropping it randomly digitally, while also making the physical vinyl copies of Perhaps have attention given to them as well

Vince Neil in 2023 makes Axl Rose in 2023 seem like Axl Rose in 2010 by comparison lol

I dunno, I think the idea of releasing it on vinyl at first and then a later digital rollout is a potential move they might make - what better way of drumming up hype than people getting the vinyl and talking about the song, creating even more anticipation? Same reason why I think Perhaps being released on Jukeboxes prior to release was not an accident - it got all GNR fans talking about Perhaps' imminent release way before it was ever released or broadcast via radio

It sounds like a re-sample to me, the kick drum sounds fairly beater-heavy and present for sure. Perhaps sounds way more organic sounding in its mix compared to both Hard Skool and Absurd

Axl is looking to be in great shape, compared to like 2017 he has slimmed way down - good for him!

Based on how many times things got recorded over and over each other on the same song, the constant changing of members, and only 1 album in 20 years to show for it.... yeah I am guessing it wasn't a happy-go-lucky enviorment in GNR land lol

Rick got extremely lucky with the Locker stuff knowing the right people to be in touch with with that.... everything that isn't the locker leaks and purchasing the disks themselves he is for sure just making shit up I had a feeling when he made up the Zodiac w/ vocals bit that he took a page out of MSL's playbook of adding a bunch of made up shit in with actual legit shit (the locker leaks) to make you seem more in-the-know than you actually are

I am sure it would draw out maybe quite a few people who have always liked GNR and known a thing or two about them, but in terms of filling up these huge venues compared to now, I am not sure. For the vast majority of folks there I doubt they even are aware that Richard Fortus isn't Izzy lol and will only notice the drummer when he is on the big screen for 2 seconds after Axl introduced him during the band introductions

I would put his vocal delivery at the 2002 VMAs as on par with RIR 2011 and bad-day Mickey shows from years onward in terms of cringe, personally I never quite understood years ago the high demand and mystery around the rehearsals for it. So for me I just would be interested if there are more clips of Axl complaining to the sound crew in between songs lol

They are all musicians we don't know related to a rock band we leisurely enjoy, I am not pissed off at any one of them

Fake news, the track listing needs "El Hermano" in order for it to seem legit

That is what we in Los Angeles call the 7th inning at Dodger games, time to go and beat the traffic

This may be controversial, I genuinely think my initial impressions of Perhaps' final version is more favorable than how I have always felt about like, a third if not more, of Chinese Democracy I would definitely place it above Riad, Scraped, Shackler's and Sorry just regarding my own personal tastes

Yeah I never thought it was all legit. I think I vaugely recall years ago either in forums or Discord, even MSL himself saying part of his whole way to get more leaks and stuff was to take tiny bits of legit info and obscure it with a bunch of BS to make it seem like he knew way more than he actually did to fool people He never said that about the whole email list fiasco, but it just seems way too extensive to be real lol

Maybe Pitman just ended up... throwing in the towel.... so to speak

I know leaks aren't technically the most morally upstanding thing inherently but they are just part of the nature of the beast - if GNR wants to sit on material for 20 years they are also taking a risk that maybe in that time some stuff may leak early. While I agree that it does create a familarity bias with parts we come to get so used to, I can't blame the fans for wanting to download leaks and naturally getting used to how they sound That said I do find it funny how Robin's Perhaps solo is now being highly regarded, to me it sounds like a placeholder solo and even if Slash's solo is far from Estranged level epicness, at least it does sound thought out with the double tracking and following the progreesion with the licks at the end of it

What exactly is shit about it? I know it is a different approach for Slash and it isn't this like epic bombastic bluesy solo like on Estranged or other piano driven tunes he has played on, but I personally think it is a cool sound with the double tracked guitars and going for more of a thought out weaving through the chord progressions

I am assuming the leaked version you are talking about may be the version made for the remix album that leaked that have newer raspy Axl vocals on it. If so, I agree Axl does sound great on that - that said I do like the original instrumental more overall

I think Slash overall is doing just fine post-2016. Can he shred it up at times? Sure but you know what, when you are seeing GNR live he is just as much the star of the show and the big screens as Axl, if not more at times. People like him there and hearing his way of playing And I have long since thought the hate on his TWAT and TIL live renditions have been long overblown. I love Bucket and Fink's solos on those tunes respectively but at least when I saw Guns live, Slash sounded fine on both and even on TWAT took some of Bucket's melodic lines and used them Like his Perhaps solo or not, the fact it is double tracked to me shows thought went into it. I personally like that it is a slowed down, more textural showing rather than a shred fest and have always said on here the double tracked bends reminds me of how George Harrison played lead lines on later Beatles albums. So (all things considered) I have no worries about him on The General

From what it sounds like, Axl said the second half of Chinese was pretty much complete and a remix album in addition to that. Take into account Soul Monster and some other tracks he mentioned in the 2008 forum chats I personally am of the belief there is a bit more there than just those up above

Or Buckethead secretely has a Slash voodoo doll cursing him for not even attempting to sweep pick on the tunes he was on