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Both are valid arguments. Hard Skool and The General seemed to suffer most from poor production. The unwelcome guitar parts just add to the chaos. Interesting, I’ll test mine out when it comes. Is there still clipping on TG? A waveform comparison would be definitive.

Maybe on the vinyl if you play The General backwards you hear Monsters?

I don't know. I guess it's exciting to have a real piece of CD2, even though it's mixed like shit with mediocre lead guitar compared to the Bucket/Robin versions.

I believe so.

Wow, way cheaper too! Release date tomorrow according to that page.

I wonder why they are only seemingly doing a Japanese CD release this time. Hard Skool and Absurd got the works, trifecta. CD, vinyl, and audio cassette!

Like with most Guns leaks, I wish Monsters and The General leaked in a form previous to NITL working on them. That way, we have different mixes to compare.

I'm in the US and my Perhaps vinyl has the Czech sticker and no pixilation issue.

Caram didn’t make that job easy!

They may take the South Park route and parody unreasonable COVID restrictions as well.

Don't forget: Joe Biden AOC Ted Cruz Alex Jones Dr. Fauci I'm sure I'm missing some others.

The General and Monsters do compliment one another well. The General sets up the field, and at the very least, is interesting. Then Monsters goes in for the kill and is a pretty good song. Monsters also sounds a little quieter than The General when playing back to back on the CD, so I wonder if it was mixed/mastered differently from The General. Let's hope the same folks who mixed and mastered Perhaps did Monsters too, but I doubt we are that lucky.

Forget makes more sense because it rhymes with regret. Didn't we get official lyrics for The General yet? I thought it was confirmed there.

I've wondered about this too. The song breaks down in the 2010 version, you hear orchestra, then Axl doing the repeated "oooo oooo" (which are backing vocals on the leak) high in the mix on the 2010 version, you can clearly also hear a Bucket/Robin guitar kicks in, not sure if it's a solo or the melody of the song with that guitar lead. I need to listen to it again to see if the guitar is before or after the "oooo oooo" bits, but I think the guitars pick up again after Axl's bridge. The arrangement of the song was clearly changed from then to the leak.

The pain, it just won't stop. Maybe Axl was singing about hearing damage. That would explain the obvious clipping pops.

I was 1 or 2 when they came out, but one of my earliest music related memories was seeing a cassette tape labeled Guns N' Roses in the back of my aunt and uncle's van, where I was riding. I apparently could read then, and thought it was a cool name. I can't remember any other details. I think the double-album has about one album worth of good material. I am still happy they released most of what they had then, I wish they did the same thing in 2008.

I thought about that too. Would be a nice Christmas present! Especially if it included a bonus mix of the Buckethead version.

Indeed!

Haha yes, my Grandpa Duane.

My grandpa on my mom’s side was bald in his 20s. That gene skipped me and my brother!

I remember that rumor in 2010. I was very excited. Even back then, I was concerned about Bucket and Robin's parts being intact. Now, it's far worse.

If they ever finished Me & My Elvis, that would be a contender. It would be slightly longer too, assuming someone recorded a guitar solo for that song. If you listen carefully, towards the end of the song, you can hear Axl carrying a lower scream. Something like: "AhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhOhhhhhhhAaaaaa!"

It's the 23rd for me. Thank you! Happy birthday to you and @Cosmo too! I too feel like I'm 25. Got some gray already But mostly in my beard.

I think I'm 32 but turning 33 in a few days.

The hell is this this place.