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I think in the case of Plant that maybe he chose to do other styles of music not just because singing hard rock in his style was brutally demanding, but also cause he had an interest in exploring new styles so even if he was still able to do hard rock at his peak level, maybe he would still do other things and not just limit himself to hard rock. he did a lot inside the genre of hard rock and he changed his style quite a bit. just my opinion of course, I love his later day work and in Zeppelin.

when did I act like a "forum monitor"? if I don't agree with something, I share my opinion and I think I'm pretty objective when it comes to all Gn'R members. if you don't like it, keep scrolling or use the ignore feature. my earlier reply in this thread wasn't even specifically directed at you.

no, it can still be improved. what's with the shit attitude? you don't have to agree or take Gn'R shit personally and get upset just cause you didn't like what I said in my post.

no way to know when an officially released version of Monsters will happen (if it happens) I think it will get released. maybe at some point next time Gn'R is on tour.

^^^ again, perfectionism doesn't mean high quality and your idea of what is good is not the same as what Axl thinks is good, great, or perfect. Chinese sounds like Axl obsessed over it, like a perfectionist went through it, tinkering with it for years. other respectable musicians also said as much in Alice Cooper and Brian May ("at some point it must be good enough"- Alice Cooper after working with Axl in the studio recording vocals for The Garden and "he's utterly meticulous like Freddie was"- Brian May)

I speculate that Slash doesn't care about other guitar players and that the pacemaker has nothing to do with his current approach. what he said about Bucket years ago was that he's not interested in "that type of playing" or something like that. he has since changed his mind about Bucket as a guitar player or at the very least his work on Chinese. he also said that instrumental guitar music is not his thing. when you're the type of player like Slash is, not really interested in sitting down and learning even your own material when it comes to solos and you prefer to improvise as much as possible with doing as little thinking as possible while playing (nothing wrong with that) then in your less inspired moment an easy out is to just noodle/shred and fill the space with....something. Slash also said that back in the old days his alcohol intake probably made him play slower or hang on a bended note longer. he also said that the excitement of playing live nowdays sometimes makes him play faster. I think that he's not nearly as inspired as he once was. he wa always a noodler, but he could rely on his feel to give it way more direction. now it's much more hit or miss but it's a common thing among not only older guitar players but also in any age group. it's not easy to not overplay and since being sober it seems that for whatever reason you choose to believe, he overplays a lot more and his phrasing is not as good or at least as consistant as it used to be.

especially since the Angel Down sessions went fine with Axl guesting on 3 tunes on Bach's record and even writing his own lyrics and vocal melodies on Stuck Inside just a couple of years prior to Slash working on his solo album.

it also wasn't a joke that Slash thought Axl could sing the shit out of any of Slash's solo tunes so the way you've presented it was misleading. He never considered to actually contact Axl cause he knew it wasn't even worth it to try cause Axl wouldn't want to talk to him. not trying to make Slash look bad, but this is what I think happened.

heh sure... Slash didn't make that phone call for the reason he stated here, not at all because he knew there was next to zero chance Axl will want to talk to him after his failed 2005 attempt at reconnecting. adorable.

it wasn't a joke, Slash thought about it and how it would be a cool thing to do imo

he's talking about the "Slash" album (Slash and friends) Slash said at the time that he did think about Axl guesting on a track.

we do get some things, a release here and there but it's not very much is it? since 2016 we officially got 2 box sets and Absurd, HS, Perhaps, and The General. cool setlist changes as well and 2 music videos. I like what we got for the most part, and by now every hardcore Gn'R fan should know not to expect Axl to be prolific, but sometimes when you're starving and you get just a little piece of bread to eat, it can make you even more frustrated with the situation. Especially when it's been so long since Gn'R released a full album of new material and communication from Axl is non existant. it's Axl's choice and his right to do whatever the fuck he wants to do or not, I'm just saying that it would probably be very easy for Gn'R to do much more, but Axl chooses to drip feed old Chinese era material and at least for me, the potential to do much greater things is still there, but I don't think Axl is in any rush to do anything, even if I believe it's possible they'll eventually really go for it and try to create something fresh which is something that a lot of fans want and still believe is possible I think.

they say a lot of things to "sell" it, it's like a commercial. doesn't mean that Gn'R will definitely won't release more products this year in their downtime, just that anything promoted by them in social media should not be taken at face value. oftentimes, they hype it up to being something more than it really is, labeling it as "special" or some shit.

Myles being the guest singer on this new Slash solo album's first single would defeat the purpose of it imo. I'm guessing that's highly unlikely. I would also imagine that Myles would want to give Slash the chance to work with someone else, at least for the first single. The conspirators are going to release another full album with Myles anyway.

it's Gn'R doing Korn to my ears and it works for me. The chorus is catchy and strong and the part you mentioned is my favorite part of the chorus. only Axl can sing it like that. good outro as well imo. this is a song that was mentioned 20 years ago with also Bach talking it up (not his fault) so maybe it's just another case of high expectations, it seems like many posters here just expected something else, maybe more elaborate or grand while others probably just didn't like the song, it happens. I also think that some fans are just starved for new material, they want a full album so that potentially makes it worse cause everytime Gn'R releases a single or two and they're not feeling it, they make a big deal out of it cause Gn'R releases of never before heard material don't happen very often, still, most of us here seems to dig Monsters so maybe for some it's not specifically or only about The General, but also that it could have been some other song in its place that maybe they would have liked and now they would probably need to wait again until Axl decides to release more material. honestly, my guess is that there are specific style of tunes that are more easily liked by a certain type of Gn'R fan: more old school or at least contains more classic Gn'R elements so while The General does include such elements like the power chords in the chorus you've mentioned and other shit, I think Monsters if more easily digestable and with a more melodic and familiar Slash guitar work.

from what Soulmonster has posted and making fuckin' videos, I now think that it's very possible that it was a mix like Janrichmond said it was. as for Slash himself talking about it, I do remember an interview where Slash has clearly said it was a double, but I couldn't find the link before I got too lazy. one thing I'm sure of and that for some of the shots where Slash emerges from the water, they used a double and it wasn't really Slash.

on second thought, maybe you're right and it was a mix. I just found this excerpt: - They do reveal that for the second guitar solo where Slash rises up out of the ocean, he indeed had a stunt double (there's a cute part where he encounters the stunt double). Slash had to wear a wetsuit under his clothes for the parts of this shot that are really him. Headbangers Vault - Heavy Metal Videos: Guns N Roses, "The Making of 'Estranged'"

but you can see it's not Slash if you look closely for the full duration of the scene iirc Doesn't look like Slash's body and not really how he moves.

Slash said it was a Slash double and that it wasn't him in an interview where the interviewer mentioned that scene. I think because of the risk involved.

that was a Slash double right? Estranged music video is another cheesy and clumsy attempt from Axl imo. I think Slash came up with the outside scene in November Rain cause it was too cheesy for him to do anything else instead inside the church. at least the UYI music videos served their commercial purpose, especially YCBM (which I think is a fun video), Don't Cry, and November Rain.

I think it's both cheesy and iconic. It's also a pretty iconic looking band. I'm pretty sure that scene outside the church was Slash's idea. Gn'R never really had very good music videos which had a clear story/concept. My favorite Gn'R music videos are from the AFD era where things like great editing of live footage like PC or capturing the personalities of the band members made it cool. also WTTJ Live Era music video works for me for the same reasons.