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  1. Well, how can you consider Fortus a "true-member" of the band when he's playing with dozens of other bands at the same time?

    Even though i'm a supporter of Axl's vision on GnR post-breakup, there is NO WAY you can consider it a REAL BAND.

    There is a core consisting in Tommy/Dizzy/Pitman (probably Finck was in it too) that can potentially have an influence on Axl, but the rest are just orbiting around Axl and wait for whatever decision he and the horribly incompetent management take.

    GnR 2014 is not a REAL band. They are a band like MSG can be, or like Megadeth (who just lost 2 members today).

    There is one leader, 2 or 3 generals, and the rest are soldiers (or journeymen).

    Still, I loved CD, I loved the shows i've seen, and I'd love to hear new musics.

  2. How many times does it need to be said? Dealing with Axl isn't like dealing with Ratt or Bieber, or whoever else. You're talking about the guy that milked 13+ million dollars from them, supposedly didn't even promote his own album and you think they're wanting to go that route over a declining act with mythical "A-list material" that was recorded around the time of the not-so-well received and mythical Chinese Democracy?

    What's the selling point? "Do the work and hope for the best?"

    Nah.

    The DVD milks the old material. It's the same type of choice the label made with greatest hits.

    The selling point? they've made a profit with Chinese. Even if the process was shitty. Still found a way with the Best Buy deal. Now that kind of deal will probably won't happen, but Axl have always made money as a recording artist. Some money is better then no money at all. They'll lose what was invested by them to record CD ll if they won't release it.

    The label can drop Axl if they want to no? why didn't they if Axl is such a losing horse for them? it doesn't quite add up.

    whenh you spend 13+ million on an album and you get a deal for 14 million with Best Buy, where's that profit you speak of?

    Who said they should drop Axl? If anything, they'd hold out for a reunion and wait for the profit from that. They wouldn't sit by and watch their only leverage dry up by releasing mediocre records that net tiny profit.

    No one is anticipating CD II as much as people were with CD. That's not a guess.

    A reunion will never happen. The label knows that better than us I guess.

  3. Amazing how much career mileage you can get with a novelty hat and a catchy ballad intro.

    Yeah, nevermind the signature style and sound that made him an icon. Nevermind that he was a huge part of a band that were on top of the world. It's just the hat and SCOM. Seriously. F off with that.

    To be fair, HE was not the sound. All five guys were.

    Classic GnR guitar sound was Slash + Izzy. Slash outside GnR never drew as much people or money (and it's totally understandable).

    I don't think Slash brought more to the AFD table than Axl or Izzy. And his style is great & recognizable, but not revolutionary.

  4. In my personal opinion, Slash hasn't really done anything to rival his accomplishments in the 80s and early 90s, so I kind of agree with the assessment that he has lost the artistic ability that partly made GN'R great. And I am not talking about the mediocrity of the songs he has released, because I think Slash himself would agree he is not much of a song-smith, but about his solos and riffs, which, although, technically well executed, comes across as just boring blandness to me. Like a very gifted but uninventive Slash copying an original and innovative Slash. If GN'R was to become musically relevant again the last thing the band should do was to bring Slash back in the band to regurgitate the same old 80s guitar tricks. No, what the band would need was someone that is in their prime, musically inventive, updated on the musical zeitgeist, and who had everything to prove. Unfortunatelly, Axl's attempts at that has failed miserably. But going back to the old top hat would be even worse.

    I find your comment quite harsh because there are lots of his solo accomplishment that I find at least quite good (I think he has an album worth of great songs in his solo carrer).

    Snakepit was great IMO, his solo albums are good, but I don't like his association with a generic singer like MK.

    I'd not compare his accomplishments to Axl's, but I don't think he ever came up with something as memorable as he came up with when he was in GnR. (same goes for Axl and Duff to be honest)

    Most people say that during a GnR gig, people only cheer for old classic GnR tunes; To be honest, same thing goes during Slash gigs in my opinion.

    Slash was/is great for adding a great & memorable solo to a great tune, or come up with a great riff that becomes a classic song.

    As a guitar player, he's incredibly gifted in his own style, as a sole songwriter, I don't think he's THAT great. (same thing goes for all the other 4 guys to be honest, maybe Izzy was the best songwriter of them all IMO).

    I'm not trying desperately to diminish his input in GnR, because I think that he was as much as a defining element in the magical chemistry on AFD as any other member.

    Just that he needs an other member to work with him on his great ideas, like Axl or Izzy did on AFD with him.

    Still, he's by far the best of all the other classic-GnR members when it comes to public image, media exposure and "looking cool". And it's not an easy job when you look at all ther other members.

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  5. Indeed ... Axl is the devil.

    Kill him with fire ... oh hell, you can't kill the devil with fire, I think ...

    KILL HIM WITH WATER!!!

    I never said the guy was the devil, just a control freak who saw a chance to have it all, grabbed at it and then found out that he couldn't cope with what he got.

    Juts looks like the guy who constantly criticizes his managers, then finally becomes manager himself, sets rules so that he never gets fired and does not do jack shit.

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  6. As long as there will be a majority of fans happy with the constant & blabant AFD milking and hiatus on releasing new music, we won't get anything.

    As long as there will be a majority of fans happy with Axl being out of shape, out of breath and needing 10 gigs to have a decent voice, there will be no change.

    As long as the tweets and comments on GNR social media will be filled with "Axel your the best" or "come to brazil we loves you" , they will never feel it's time to change anything.

    What they need is a massive negative response to an eventual new AFD+3 CD songs tour.

    Of course the chance that Axl will go hiding in his garden shed is immense, but the guy needs to get his ass kicked in the studio once and for all.

    If he truly does not owe us anything, they he should just retire, because he does not seem to enjoy being on stage anymore. If he did, he would do the best he could to sound and look good.

  7. So?

    You think that keeping such a lifestyle does not impact the way your band works?

    I'm not saying that Axl (or the management) took the best decision by making those documents, but something should have been done years earlier to stop Duff & Slash in their self-destructive lifestyles. Those lifestyles were jeopardizing the band's future.

    To quote November Rain and Axl: "Nothing lasts forever....."

    Ok, more seriously, their lifestyle didn't affect the shows. They showed up. It didn't affect rehearsal. They showed up. It didn't affect the relationships, they were like family.

    The one that was the most crazy, erratic and seemingly unreasonable was the one that probably NEEDED something to take that edge off and just have fun.

    The most detrimental thing to GNR was Axl. :shrugs:

    I never said Axl did not have problems on his own.

    Axl's issues were not addictions; Just overall lazyness and being a control freak.

    It's just that the management thought they could deal easier with crazy Axl than with High-on-drugs Slash or hungover Duff.

    They have been proven wrong since Axl has not released anything close to the succesful AFD/UYI and fired all managers he has been working with.

    On the other hand Duff & Slash enjoyed success with Velvet Revolver and with lesser extend with their own solo work.

    I never said otherwise.

  8. No, I'd rather go with the guy who shows up hours late continually, costing the band and management infinite amounts of money in overtime fees--basically throwing money down the toilet.

    I'd rather go with the guy that shows up hours late continually and puts everyone in the arena's safety at risk and destroys the band's reputation and future in being able to tour.

    I'd rather go with the guy who storms off stage like a 3 year old, again putting everyone at risk and yes, you guessed it, costing more money, sullying their reputation some more.

    I'd rather go with the guy who bad mouths the people he fucking works with daily...that swell guy, that mentally stable guy.

    I'd rather go with the guy that's cause multiple riots.

    On second thought, I'd rather go with Slash n Duff, the guys that showed up to work everyday and acted professionally.

    That goes a loooooooooooooooooooooooooong way, in my book and also in multi million dollar enterprises eyes

    I'm with you regarding all of the above, but showing up to gigs high on heroin, cocaine and inebriated is far from "acting professionally" in my book.

    They're musicians, not doctors. Find me completely sober musicians and I'll show you musicians that write boring shit.

    So?

    You think that keeping such a lifestyle does not impact the way your band works?

    I'm not saying that Axl (or the management) took the best decision by making those documents, but something should have been done years earlier to stop Duff & Slash in their self-destructive lifestyles. Those lifestyles were jeopardizing the band's future.

    Yeah, look at how it all turned out. Your theory is soooo correct.

    Duff & Slash died of drug and alcohol overdoses and Axl went on to make GNR an even bigger, more successful recording band.

    The fact that the absolute opposite is actually the case should be enough for you to take yourself back to the back of the class and try working on your theories again.

    When did I say it was the best move or that they were right?

    After all, Duff & Slash acted (or their family) in order to make them go sober and/or clean.

    Of course, nobody will deny the fact that Axl has miserably failed and Slash is the big winner when it comes to productivity and media exposure.

    I still think that in the mid 90's, the label and the band needed to act in order to help Slash and Duff to fight their addictions which were leading them to death. They both agree on the self-destructive nature of their lifestyles.

    Was signing the name over to Axl the best option to prevent them from killing themselves? Of course not. They did something at least...

  9. No, I'd rather go with the guy who shows up hours late continually, costing the band and management infinite amounts of money in overtime fees--basically throwing money down the toilet.

    I'd rather go with the guy that shows up hours late continually and puts everyone in the arena's safety at risk and destroys the band's reputation and future in being able to tour.

    I'd rather go with the guy who storms off stage like a 3 year old, again putting everyone at risk and yes, you guessed it, costing more money, sullying their reputation some more.

    I'd rather go with the guy who bad mouths the people he fucking works with daily...that swell guy, that mentally stable guy.

    I'd rather go with the guy that's cause multiple riots.

    On second thought, I'd rather go with Slash n Duff, the guys that showed up to work everyday and acted professionally.

    That goes a loooooooooooooooooooooooooong way, in my book and also in multi million dollar enterprises eyes

    I'm with you regarding all of the above, but showing up to gigs high on heroin, cocaine and inebriated is far from "acting professionally" in my book.

    They're musicians, not doctors. Find me completely sober musicians and I'll show you musicians that write boring shit.

    So?

    You think that keeping such a lifestyle does not impact the way your band works?

    I'm not saying that Axl (or the management) took the best decision by making those documents, but something should have been done years earlier to stop Duff & Slash in their self-destructive lifestyles. Those lifestyles were jeopardizing the band's future.

  10. No, I'd rather go with the guy who shows up hours late continually, costing the band and management infinite amounts of money in overtime fees--basically throwing money down the toilet.

    I'd rather go with the guy that shows up hours late continually and puts everyone in the arena's safety at risk and destroys the band's reputation and future in being able to tour.

    I'd rather go with the guy who storms off stage like a 3 year old, again putting everyone at risk and yes, you guessed it, costing more money, sullying their reputation some more.

    I'd rather go with the guy who bad mouths the people he fucking works with daily...that swell guy, that mentally stable guy.

    I'd rather go with the guy that's cause multiple riots.

    On second thought, I'd rather go with Slash n Duff, the guys that showed up to work everyday and acted professionally.

    That goes a loooooooooooooooooooooooooong way, in my book and also in multi million dollar enterprises eyes

    I'm with you regarding all of the above, but showing up to gigs high on heroin, cocaine and inebriated is far from "acting professionally" in my book.

  11. I'm just trying to be normal, I'm not that good at it.

    To me Out Ta Get Me sums up AFD era. That song had the edge no other band did. Again on UYI isn't Locomotive the new Achilles Last Stand for the 90s?

    Out Ta Get me is one of my favorite Appetite tunes. But it makes sense cause Izzy came up with a badass riff, Axl's lyrics let you in and you get how paranoid he can be.

    Slash said about the OTGM riff that Izzy can always come up with a killer riff you can play with or something like that.

    I think the subject matter is just not as epic as Nightrain's. It's not about drinking. But it's angry as shit and it's a homerun just like Nightrain was, so the song is on the same level for me if we're talking about the intent, the execution, and the amount of feel.

    But the solos and feeling of total disregard to consequences and out of control vibe really speak to me. Appetite really is a masterpiece. I get tired of it sometimes, but then I listen to it again and almost every song hits you in the face with it's quality. And yeah, you suck at it.

    Indeed.

    There is NO-THING bad about AFD, the album is truly perfect.

  12. Who said that?

    Nobody I guess. You like to make things up.

    There ain't no sane "Axl fan" who hates Slash.

    And I guess there ain't no "classic GnR fan" who hates Axl. (I hope, because if he does, he does not like GnR at all).

    Only in #demented minds such a war exists.

    As far as I'm concerned I like GnR since 94, and Slash has never been my favorite member, still I have all his solo albums, I love Snakepit and I respect him 100%. He does a great job in doing the music he seems to like writing/playing.

    The war between Axl and Slash only exist in their respective hardcore fans' minds. pertaining such hatred is foolish and counter-productive.

    Axl's being out of shape and not releasing music has nothing to do with this. There is no reason for a real GnR fan to HATE Axl or Slash.

    Axl fans? I thought we were all Axl fans here. New Guns fans probably hate DJ more compared to Slash. Even if you don't agee with what Slash has said and done, how you can hate him? lol. Most people here don't even know him, and he is still a classic gunner and he took with him a major part of the classic Guns sound. (duh)

    I love Slash, but I don't agree with some of the shit he said and done, but hate him? lol never. If you're a Guns fan and you hate Slash then it's weird I agree.

    Well, I understand your point and it's valid, but some here like to think that people who support Axl's vision (and I say vision, not accomplishment) are exclusive Axl fans who hate $£A$h!

    I wonder how many "Axl fans" here really hate Slash. I'd guess not that many.

    About the same amount of Slash Fans who hate Axl I guess.

    And I make no difference between Slash fans who hates Axl, 2014 Axl, post break-up Axl...

    There is no real reason to hate a guy because the band broke-up almost 20 years ago.

  13. I would have admired Axl a lot more if he had actually done something with the fuckin name. If Axl had released three masterpieces now, which thump Slash's buttrock albums, you would be saying to yourself, ''oh well, I suppose Axl was GN'R after all''. Unfortunately, sitting twiddling on overdubs for ten years before finally becoming a Vegas band does not justify Axl's usurpation.

    This.

    I've always liked Axl more than any other member, but the fact that he does NOTHING with the GnR name is making my blood boil.

    Since the day I had internet, I started looking every info possible about what genious move he was about to do to make NuGnR relevant.

    And he blew everything up. BH leaving, Finck leaving, CD 3 times postponed, tour cancelled, no CD promotion, no real CD tour after the release, no music video, still waiting for the follow-up...

    Axl would get a lot less hatred from the general public if he had been releasing 3 or 4 albums between 99 & 2014.

    I would have loved an Axl autobiography too. That would have been something released at least...

    One album in 23 years is fucked up. I wouldn't say he did nothing with the name, but he did very little with it. Maybe not enough. Not enough for it to be accepted by a lot of old Guns fans. Maybe he tried and we don't know the whole story, but bottom line is he waited too long with the music, and he waited too long to perform again after the old line up was no more. Time and tide waits for no man.

    That's why I want an autobiography or some REAL book about the post-breakup period

  14. Who said that?

    Nobody I guess. You like to make things up.

    There ain't no sane "Axl fan" who hates Slash.

    And I guess there ain't no "classic GnR fan" who hates Axl. (I hope, because if he does, he does not like GnR at all).

    Only in #demented minds such a war exists.

    As far as I'm concerned I like GnR since 94, and Slash has never been my favorite member, still I have all his solo albums, I love Snakepit and I respect him 100%. He does a great job in doing the music he seems to like writing/playing.

    The war between Axl and Slash only exist in their respective hardcore fans' minds. pertaining such hatred is foolish and counter-productive.

    Axl's being out of shape and not releasing music has nothing to do with this. There is no reason for a real GnR fan to HATE Axl or Slash.

    Axl fans? I thought we were all Axl fans here. New Guns fans probably hate DJ more compared to Slash. Even if you don't agee with what Slash has said and done, how you can hate him? lol. Most people here don't even know him, and he is still a classic gunner and he took with him a major part of the classic Guns sound. (duh)

    I love Slash, but I don't agree with some of the shit he said and done, but hate him? lol never. If you're a Guns fan and you hate Slash then it's weird I agree.

    Well, I understand your point and it's valid, but some here like to think that people who support Axl's vision (and I say vision, not accomplishment) are exclusive Axl fans who hate $£A$h!

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