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Silkworms is horrendous. What absolutely unlistenable tripe.

The same billboard in the OP is up in West Los Angeles. Drove by it on my way to work today. It has all 5 skulls.

Not sure why they would put all 5 skulls if Izzy/Steven weren't involved in SOME form.

The phrase "it's better to burn out than fade away" certainly applies to GNR's dropping off the face of the earth after 1993.

It added to the band's mystique and made the subsequent comebacks a much bigger deal.

Wow, that dude looks like Mitch Hedberg.

New record is actually pretty fucking killer. Easily the most inspired playing from the DeLeo's in more than a decade. Gutt holds his own. 

Those slower ballads, Thought She'd Be Mine and Art of Letting Go, could fit on any STP album post-Plush. 

Middle of Nowhere, Never Enough and Finest Hour are all pretty good tracks too.

Kushner was jamming with Slash and Duff in the very, very early stages of what VR would become, after Slash, Duff and Matt reconnected at the Randy Castillo benefit show. He was essentially in on the ground floor of the formation of the band so with that – and considering that the early plan was to have Izzy involved as well – there really would have been no room for Gilby.

4 hours ago, F*ck Fear said:

I remember when this was the worst performance. Now there are the likes of Bridge School and both Rio '11 & '17.

Madagascar sounded geat back then.

Taking into account the fact that Axl was 40-years-old at the time and should have theoretically been in the prime of his career, I can pretty easily say VMA 2002 is his all-time worst performance.

Great voice. People need to give it a rest on the comparisons to Weiland, who is ever going to measure up to prime Scott Weiland?

But let's face it, prime Scott Weiland died a long time ago. Way before the man himself physically died in 2015. It's been years since Weiland was the same singer or performer that he was in his heyday.

10 hours ago, Towelie said:

Well, it doesn't stop bands like Metallica, U2 and RHCP from making new music (all of whom have back catalogues equally as revered and respected as GNR). Hell, even bands like Sabbbath and Judas Priest, that were around 20 years before GNR are still putting out new music. Why should Guns N Roses be an exception?

Because they don't want to?

I mean, not to be dismissive, but I think it's really that simple. The members of these other bands appear to be – at least on the surface – still friendly, enjoying being together and enjoy creating new music together.

My guess would be that isn't necessarily the case with our boys. Not to say they don't get along, because it appears things are moving along smoothly now, but there's a difference between being cordial enough to tour together and exchange pleasantries, and actually spending days/weeks/months in a studio together churning our new music. Especially when there's no real pressure to do so.

Maybe there comes a time when the shows stop selling out, and people are tired of hearing the hits, and they feel the heat to put out new music, but it's hard to see that day coming anytime soon. There's a big thirst out there in the marketplace for seeing a reunited Axl and Slash, and let's face it... nobody is going to a Van Halen show in 2017 to hear DLR and Eddie play tracks off "A Different Kind of Truth."

6 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

Creativity perhaps? Following their muse? Because they are supposed to be - you know - 'songwriters'?

Must everything follow the dictates of pecuniary gain?

Slash and Duff have other creative outlets they can record music with if that itch absolutely needs to be scratched.

Axl, for all intents and purposes, appears to not care one iota about recording new material at this point in his life. We can talk about him being a perfectionist, or being lazy, or whatever the excuse has been. The last 20 years – but ESPECIALLY the last 10 – have pretty clearly shown us that creating and recording new music is not something of any significant importance to Axl Rose.

5 hours ago, Towelie said:

I don't think he really cares. 

Axl is a master of procrastination. Why else would he have toured virtually the same setlist since 2009? I think he only agreed to the reunion because NuGuns had exhausted every possible market, and were unlikely to keep selling out arenas without new material. So when faced at the crossroads of whether to put out another record with NuGuns or give Slash a call so he can carry on aimlessly touring, he picks the latter, such is his reticence to record and release new music.

 He seems to think every album has to be this sprawling epic magnum opus, instead of just making a solid rock album with the best he has to offer. 

I can't figure out why anyone would expect Axl, Slash or Duff to give a single fuck about recording a new album at this point. They're old-ish men who are going to make money hand over fist with or without a new record. A record which - by the way - would probably be critically panned no matter how good it ends up being. There's just no way at this point in their lives they can live up to what they created in the past, so whatever labor-intensive work they put into writing and recording a new album, would probably lead to a "ehh.. they should have left well enough alone" end result from fans and critics.

1 hour ago, default_ said:

I know its childish but we should do a repulse/disagree spam over Fernando's social media accounts, these people really need to know whats going on the fanbase right now.

This is a handful of people on a message board complaining. I don't think this is representative of the Guns N' Roses "fanbase" when you consider the fact that they're trying to fill 10,000+ seat arenas.

The majority of people don't care. They just hear Guns N' Roses is coming to town and want to buy a ticket.

I'm surprised how well Stapp's voice has held up.

Were they selling regular food at the stadium for the concert last night? I'm going tonight and dying for a Dodger Dog.. I haven't been to a game in like six years.

What time did you all get to the show last night and how bad was traffic getting in?

3 minutes ago, marlingrl03 said:

del james @deljamesgang

"LA concert goers: the GN'R show(s) at Dodger stadium start earlier than usual so be advised. RT 5:00pm: Doors 6:30pm: The Cult 8:00pm: GN'R"

so they will be starting their show early...like SF. Good to know! Cause that means 7 for me....gotta  get the Periscopes ready. 

 

Great! I'll be home in bed by 11

What time are you all planning to get to the show tomorrow?

Green Day would be fucking awesome and makes total sense. They have the perfect catalogue to be able to knock out a fun, quick opening set.

Thanks to this lame ass piano tuning, we're going home!

I don't hear any piano/keys at all in my stream.

What the FUCK is that?! LMAO

Such a shitty song but Axl's voice is on point tonight.

If they keep both Sorry and This I Love in the setlist, I'm going to have a really tough choice to make on when to take a piss break at the Los Angeles shows.

Axl tonight sounds the best he has with GNR in years. This is definitely the best performance he's had since the reunion.