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10 hours ago, Blackstar said:

He surely voted in 2016 and in the mid-term elections in 2018 (he had even tweeted about it).

He told Kimmel in 2012 that he didn't vote, but in 1992 GnR had "Rock the Vote" at their shows and Axl then said he had registered to vote but there was no one to vote for as far as the president went (he preferred Clinton over Bush but didn't like Al Gore). Maybe Axl hadn't voted for a president until 2016, but had voted for congress/senate or in local elections.

Besides, even someone who doesn't vote can be critical and have an opinion on politics, if they have a political reasoning for not voting. For example, especially in a two-party system like in the U.S. someone may not agree with either of the candidates' politics.

This is true, good point.

1 minute ago, Blackstar said:

He has voted.

Is that a fact? I remember when he appeared on (?) Kimmel show he stated he doesn’t vote.

9 hours ago, Route66 said:

Solo album on the way.. OR he just wants to maximize his income from a new GNR album/videos/singles. Smart move imo.

 

Nah, Axl Water coming to a store near you!

17 hours ago, dontdamnmeuyi2015 said:

At least Axl Rose has common sense, something the present President doesn't have at all!

I doubt Axl would ever run for any political job. Too many rules!

He doesn’t even vote though does he? If you are going to be critical then you should at least vote.

7 minutes ago, DurhamGirl said:

Tawdry...and disturbing or maybe I am being naive

I’m not saying these girls were underage, but they were young, and just a bit sad if they are say 18 yr olds being led away to meet a guy three times their age. Anyway, the privileged life of a Rock star hey!

12 hours ago, StayofExecution2020 said:

No. That was a scumbag piece of shit called Andrei

https://pagesix.com/2017/01/08/leos-wingman-is-the-real-king-of-the-p-y-posse/

 

I’ve actually witnessed that first hand. At an after show party here in Brisbane, Australia, when DJ Ashba was taking a couple of girls from the party down a hall way and Andrei yelled at Ashba and screamed that it was his job to take the girls down to Axl. I found it quite disturbing in a predatory way with these girls being like less than half Axl’s age. I can’t say I know what happens when they go down the hall way to meet him, but the whole thing reminded me of a certain infamous individual who is now dead and his ‘wingman’ or ‘wingwoman’ who has finally been caught to answer some charges too. 
 

19 hours ago, Sisyphus said:

From my recollection.... He hated the movie it was made for with passion. He also wanted to put his own spin on it but Axl wanted the song to sound more like the original which is silly. Why not use The Stones version then? And then there's Paul Tobias' overdubs. Slash hated that too. He didn't want to do the cover and he didn't like the final product. "That's the sound of the band breaking up," he said in VH1 Behind The Music in 2004. 

Oh thanks mate! I forgot all that stuff. I actually like their version, that’s not to say Slash’s vision for how the song could have been might have turned out better. 

2 hours ago, Sisyphus said:

Hold on. They're going to release a vinyl for a record they tried to block legally 16 years ago? And to add insult to injury they're going to include a 35 year old song as some sort of enhancement? As if passing SOYL as somewhat of a "new track" on this tour wasn't ridiculous enough?

Is Slash agreeing to put Sympathy For the Devil on a Guns N' Roses greatest hits? 

How the mighty have fallen.

Easily the biggest joke of a band on the planet.

What did Slash have against SFTD ? I haven’t actually heard that one?

1 hour ago, GNR_RNR said:

Not entirely true, bit I get the sentiment. 

The popular definition for 'Liberal' has for some reason been expanded to include people that believe in things that are at odds with liberal ideals. I think some people seem to think that if someone is on the left then they're a liberal, which is just silly.

I think you are all a bit too liberal with your overuse of the word liberal 

On 20/07/2020 at 11:01 PM, Sydney Fan said:

I would take the stuff he did with audioslave than his solo stuff. Audioslave need props for putting rock back on the map in the early 2000s.I find the lyrics to his solo stuff to listen to as generic as listening to myles kennedy. But each their own. But SG is on a different level.

 

Totally agree, I love SG and Audioslave a close second to that, but his solo stuff was a bit soft for my liking. Regardless, he was one of the best rock singers of all time, like the very top echelon stuff. No-one could really touch him, as far as his signature screaming vocals. Mercury probably sits above them all but CC is up there with them.

As for this cover, to be honest, I don’t think it showcases his talent doing a song like this. Axl sings it way better with more range and dynamics that demonstrate passion & emotion to me. Cornell is a bit bland on it.

33 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

Although he was critical about some things, like that GnR had girls in the crowd show their tits and the over-indulgence of the Estranged video, he had stated that the success of AFD had played a big role in bands like Soundgarden getting noticed and signed by major labels:

In 1985, Seattle was just another city in Northwest America, with Jimi Hendrix as its sole musical legacy of note. Then, according to Cornell, apropos of nothing, came Guns 'N' Roses.  [...] "For a decade," he whispers, "youth culture was represented by guys who presented themselves as really decadent: a drugs, alcohol, women, limousines lifestyle in front of all these kids. Starting with Guns 'N' Roses, when they were just a rock band, before they were stuffing $100 bills in their pockets, the kids realised that there were people who looked like their friend at school who can represent them in some way, playing the sort of music they like and can deal with. Ultimately, people would rather go out and buy an album by a kid with long hair and a backwards baseball cap than a 37 year old balding guy in spandex." [...] "Nobody from a major label ever went to see an alternative band," claims Cornell. "We were just jerkoffs, an urban wankfest - you couldn't dance to it, it didn't remind you of anything on MTV and it didn't sound like Huey Lewis or A Flock Of Seagulls." Enter Guns 'N' Roses and their megahit album, Appetite For Destruction. "It was nothing, nothing, nothing. Then all of a sudden it was A&M and Warners at the same show," says Cornell. [Q Magazine, October 1994]

http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/q_10-94.shtml

He also thought it was cool that GnR covered Big Dump Sex and defended them over the Manson song.

A song called Big Dump Sex ?  Eewwww...  (just kidding)

One of the many GnR books I have read quotes Axl as mentioning this amazing guy out of Seattle and how this emerging singer “buries me”. Or something like that, so Axl clearly recognised and appreciated Chris’ vocal ability. 

18 hours ago, Creed said:

My gf says 'fuck me, daddy' a lot. But am i her father? No.

Did you 'hit' Axl's Mother too?

9 minutes ago, Sweersa said:

Sounds like a great CD2 remix album or EP

These leaks were hidden by the Chairman on the website CornrowHub

12 hours ago, nikosgnr said:

Watching the remastered version by @FRANSAD who did again an amazing job! Thanks man for everything you share!

What an amazing show. Axl was phenomenal. I really miss these -vocal- years.. 2009/2010 were pure gold. I never get enough..

TIL is fckn' killer. Don't Cry probably the best live performance in the last 20 years.

I love that little video at the bottom of your post. It’s like Axl is saying to Slash “we’ll tell them we are working on new music together, string them along for years, and empty their bank accounts with them buying concert tickets...”

1 hour ago, Tom2112 said:

When the democrats are in power they get criticised. Right now it's a republican led government and it's their turn for the lashes... and regardless of your politics if you look at what's being said and done you have to agree the handling of this pandemic is terrible. Trump couldn't have handled it any worse! Held off closing down the country for weeks past the time he should have, reopened (against advice) far too early, refuses to promote mask wearing, puts out false information that his scientist advisors advise against "It's no worse than the flu".

I don't like either party, both are morally corrupt, vote independent! and don't get your news from Facebook, Fox (or any news tv show) or John Oliver! go to unbiased sources!

Great post mate 

23 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

Sadly I think the dial will swing the other way - the Live Nation/Ticketmaster are already increasing their stranglehold on the industry, insisting bands get paid less for their rescheduled shows, that if the band cancel they are forced to pay Live Nation etc. etc. The fans will get equally screwed. 

Sadly though, with the monopoly, it comes to a point of "go to concerts and get ripped off, or don't go at all". I try to buy my tickets from ANY place possible that isn't ticketmaster/live nation, as a very small protest, but really it makes little difference as many venues are entirely controlled by them anyway. 

Like you though, I do hope the whole concert ticketing system comes crashing down and is replaced with something better and more fair. 

 

Yeah mate, you’re exactly right. And yes it is really frustrating and sad that it is either you go to a concert and get ripped off, or don’t go at all. I mean, I’m fine with paying a decent amount for attending a show that probably cost a lot to put on, and I’m even okay with the bands and artists I love making a lot of money, but the ticketing companies just use a lot of smokescreens and deception when selling tickets to really gouge their customers, us... 

11 hours ago, dando said:

Oh dear, really? They're great tracks by the band... Huge hits but live, poor really.. If it takes a crowd to make the song good that says a lot

The better live tracks we're always the opening 5 in 2017, civil war, Coma was ace back then & Patience and the seeker, all brilliant, but ill stand by it... Live, scom and nov, are weak

I agree with the songs you listed that you consider good, and I must be one of the few that actually love The Seeker and how the band and in particular, Axl sound on it. In fact, forget all the layered complex bullshit demos and industrial ambitions of the past, I would dearly love to have an album of Axl just doing straight up 70’s & 80’s style rock. He sounds like he was born for it, and watching him live a few times singing it he looks like he really enjoys it. 

While they hang on to your money they control it and can potentially make money off the collective cash they have stored up. I’d be doing everything possible to get a refund. It is criminal, I’m hoping the whole system of concert ticketing comes crashing down and more decent companies come along one day that makes it a fairer transaction for the fans. I hope companies like viagogo and stubhub burn big time, I’m very reluctant to even go to gigs in the future due to the way fans are ripped off. 

On 05/07/2020 at 4:01 PM, Padme said:

Agree. Fear n' Division should be the name of the new album  

Or American Democracy 😄

3 hours ago, Georgina Arriaga said:

Awww....

 

Fear n’ Division by Guns n’ Roses. I like it ! Could be a good title for like a new album or something Axl. 

51 minutes ago, StayofExecution2020 said:

People who are fans of this guy must be mentally retarded

Hey! Shut your dirty mouth, he’s better than the ‘old one’ ! 

21 hours ago, Sydney Fan said:

Personally thats the conversation they should have had during 2017, if axl had some passion about GNR. Sounds like axl is shit scared about releasing new music, especially 4 years since NITL started. If axl is "vaguely contemplating" releasing new material then axl is quite content with GNR being a touring band only and the only "new" song that will be added to the setlist is a reworked 20 to 30 year old song.

Yeah mate, I was obviously joking. Being witness to Axl attempting to release music for decades now is like watching a woman trying to give birth to an Elephant !