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It’s an odd statement as Axl has no side projects outside of GNR, I’m gonna assume she means that she likes his look?

7 hours ago, Dean said:

Another favorite of mine was when a member was at a party of a friend who had a load of Portuguese friends in attendance and there was an unheard GNR song blasting through the stereo. The guy then attempted to break in and grab the CD but was caught.

Obviously it was all BS, but I laugh at how imaginative people are and the lengths they go to in order to attempt to troll. 

I also remember the one where some guy heard unreleased GnR songs getting blasted from a rooftop at a record label or something but obviously his phone wasn’t working correctly to record anything. 😂

6 hours ago, El Guapo said:

I guess it would be over, which I wouldn't mind.

It feels like it's kinda over anyway now since Axl seems to be done as an artist.

That’s exactly how I feel about it.

I didn’t even bother seeing them on this current 2022 tour and my friends and family were shocked… I was kinda shocked too.

Earning copious amounts of money could be all making them get along, I know I’d just shut up and enjoy the ride if  it meant endless $$$. 
Duff and Slash have creative outlets besides GnR so I don’t see why they’d leave, but if they did, I doubt we’d hear from Axl ever again, he’s made enough money…. The Art means nothing to him anymore.  IMHO 

Next thing they’ll sue the pressure washing guy near my house called “guns n hoses” he even has thorny roses around his logo too lol

im not kidding either

That whole situation with the better video is just more confirmation (to me at least) that Axl is totally unsure of himself. 
I remember an old interview where he said that the UYI records didn’t come out how he’d hoped and wished he’d had more time to tinker with it.

We should be grateful that we got any music after AFD really.

1 hour ago, Joraz said:

I would but i wont be able to unfortunately. my first huge concert idk what the go is with doors, seeing opening act etc!

All good man, I was only kidding. Enjoy the gig. 2017 at the mcg was awesome, 

1 hour ago, Joraz said:

Wow, surprised someone so close by is on this forum, i live in Launceston, fly out next friday to go to the Melbourne show. Im 22 and its my first time seeing them live im hyped asf, only just missed out on the 2017 tour so im super hyped up!

Yeah it’s a small world huh, I’m doing a three month trek around Tassie, currently camping at bay of fires, awesome spot.

I was meant to fly back for the show then return but can’t do it now, wanna grab me a Melbourne lithograph? 😂

Are there any good natured lads able to pick up the Sydney lithographs for me? I’m stuck in Tasmania with Covid and can’t attend the show, I’m beyond crushed so thought I’d put the feelers out to see if I can still at least get the lithographs. Cheers

I hadn’t listened to UYI in full until now after getting the remasters. I couldn’t tell a huge difference on my car stereo except November rain obviously.

I don’t think they had so much “filler” as it was stated way back then that they were simply “clearing the slate” by releasing everything they’d written upto that point and apparently allowed them to focus on all new compositions moving forward. They broke up instead.

It’s funny that for 30 years I thought that last line of “get in the ring” was Axl but I actually think it’s slash saying “this song is dedicated…….” Am I right?

6 hours ago, Carburetta said:

“And what for?  No, not anymore”

Instead of

”any more, and what what for?”

New alt lyrics to Estranged.
 

I wonder whether these were ‘alt’ lyrics at one point, or whether Axl forgot a line, and made something up off the cuff? Very cool anyway.

 

Probably the best Sweet Child I’ve ever heard from this concert.

The end of the rant in YCBM is different too, if they’d only just recorded the songs and hadn’t performed them live yet it would be safe to assume he simply forgot the lines. But who knows, I mean… the guy used a teleprompter for his own songs lol

13 hours ago, DustNBones1990 said:

And the only thing that tops that was CD release in late ‘08 and the tour kickoff in late ‘09, forum was crazy! 

I remember the best times were when the snippets of Better leaked and everyday for like a week we got leaks of irs, twat, and cd. The forum was insane… that would have been around 2006

52 minutes ago, Rovim said:

wrong thread, just saying.

You must be fun at parties. Just saying

The whole blu Ray has been on YouTube for about 24hrs, GnR is getting slack with their take downs

20 hours ago, BucketEgg said:

my guess:

 

i heard Steven has back problems so he probably can't follow them on their long and massive touring schedule, which is what they're mostly doing now.

I wonder if Izzy would come back if GnR suddenly reach a loot-splitting negotiation that Izzy was happy with, or if Izzy is already happy as he is now, and GnR are happy with keeping Fortus.

Obviously there were negotiations and they weren’t prepared to give Izzy an equal share which is a real shame because I think in the long run, that would have led to new original music sooner

21 minutes ago, Trin9498 said:

Just watched Don’t Cry and S. Hoon. The band was so good back then. The energy they put off was off the chart. I was a freshman in HS in ‘91 so I remember how popular they really were - do you think it was all of Axl’s diva behavior that truly broke the band?

I watched it and thought, hey camera man, there’s other members, not just Axl and Shannon 

2 hours ago, TheSlashrose said:

Blu-ray torrent is COMING 

Did it leak or something?

It’s just Daren saying how he felt at the time trying to protect and justify his spot in the band… by that point not many A list guitarists wanted to join GnR, the B and C  lists guitarists like Daren jumped at the chance.

4 hours ago, WillBailey said:

I think we all agree on this. Basically, they should, they could, but they won't (most probably). 😁

Cant say they're really good on marketing  either. I mean most countries are undergoing prices crisis. Who releases a 400-500$ boxset with barely no promotion during that period? The smart move would have been to release a stand alone version of the Blu-ray for 25-30$, most people could afford it. And if you're really good, you release a "deluxe version" of the Blu-ray in a special packaging, and an extra (video) disc of...Vegas 92 for instance and you release it for 50 bucks. 49.99 and you have almost everyone on board.

Regarding a new album: it was 17 years between UYI and CD so maybe in 2025 if we're lucky?

They ain’t getting my money, the only thing of interest to me is the blu Ray and I’m sure it’ll be on the torrents, it’s enough paying $200 for a ticket to see Axl choking and sputtering his way thru a show, fuck them and their box set. 😂

This sounds exactly like slash in about 1995.

then he quit

Lol is that Matt singing?  Stick to the drums champ.

8 hours ago, Dean said:

I got the below email a few hours ago regarding the future of the show. Looks like that going forward it'll be produced under another Podcast Network that will have an already established audience that will help fund the rest of the series to tell the story of GNR's formation and early days. I thought something like this would have had much more of a significant impact on the fanbase in terms of subscriptions, even to the really high hundreds, but for whatever reason, it just wasn't to be. The effort going into the podcast's creation is of top quality and all the episodes were brilliantly crafted, so I can only hope that going forward it remains to that standard under the new producers.

Cheers for the great work, Marc, Jason and the rest of the team behind the scenes!

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Hi Patrons. We hope you are still enjoying Season One and we have a big update here about the future of the show.

It was a tremendous effort by our amazing team to write, record, edit and publish Season One and upon completion, we needed to find funding to continue producing the remaining seasons. Our Patreon subscriptions targets fell well short of what we needed to self fund this project, so we began looking for lead sponsors who would fund the show to completion.

During that search, an opportunity was presented to us to license the show to a major podcast producer who has five number one hits shows behind them and let them recreate The First 50 Gigs in a new format. After telling the GNR origin story, they would go on to profile other band origin stories in other cities, including Seattle, New York, London, Austin, etc.

We decided to move forward with them, since they will be bringing thousands more listeners to this great story.

What that means is that our current version of The First 50 Gigs will remain here on Patreon until January 2023 and then we will begin to post new content and behind the scenes content from the new show in development. You all will get exclusive and early access to that production in 2023.

So while it’s a bit of a bitter sweet end to Season One, since the show will be produced with another team, we are thrilled that the project will continue in a different format and reach thousands more people. We will be posting more about this new show soon.

What that means for our subscribers moving forward?

You can continue supporting the show at your current subscription of $15 a month and have access to everything we’ve published.

In November, we’ll be lowering the annual payment from $100 to $50 and that will also give you access to all of Season One content for a year and allow you to be the first to see material from the new show without having to pay every month.

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I’d say Marc has had the GNR lawyers in touch with a lot of threats. They’ve become a brand who doesn’t give a fuck about what they originally stranded for, now it’s just $$$

2 hours ago, Stro said:

This is dumb. It's been 6 years with this line up, with tons of great shows. There's obviously chemistry with all involved. Chemistry is certainly not the issue when it comes to this band making or putting out new music.

It’s impossible to say for sure. CD was a dumpster fire for the most part and nobody would have even noticed it if it didn’t have a GnR label on it, IMO of course.

and yeah… 6 years of playing covers every night… that don’t take much chemistry,  just practice.

Sticking a bunch of good musicians in a room doesn’t mean they’ll make something good. That’s a fact.

They had their chance with robin and buckethead to do something great and Axl blew it…. Again. Now we have a legacy act.

9 hours ago, Billy Cundy said:

Really? Do you actually think Duff and Slash, who are

a) artistically satisfied by other ventures (SMKC, Loaded et Al)

 

b) getting an enormous nightly wage touring

c) approaching 60 years old 

..are going to leave or risk their insanely lucrative position in GNR because there’s no studio time booked? Studio time with their nightmare bandleader who’s a renowned perfectionist/sociopath? These guys have DONE IT. They’ve climbed the mountain. They’re not hungry 20 year olds with an artistic point to prove. They’re collecting cheques and colouring within the lines to provide for future generations of their families. You’re nuts if you think theyre going to jeopardise their golden ticket in the name of ‘creativity’ at this point. 

Not to mention that Axl has incompetent management and there simply may not be any musical chemistry with Richard, frank or Melissa to actually create something new and Axls voice is completely shot.

It will be an uphill battle to make a new record so if anything, it will be CD leftovers, fans should prepare to be disappointed.