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4 hours ago, jekylhyde said:

Beating a dead horse here, but Alice Cooper just released a new song freshly recorded with a video, which has sections/frames self-filmed by his fans at their homes.

That's how you keep your fanbase engaged.

Guns just keep us enraged.

Engaged, Enraged. Same thing , you just swap the g and r... 😁

or gnfn’r I should say.

8 hours ago, GnR Chris said:

It's almost certainly that clown Mojo reporting all the videos. His ass is so far up Team Beta, he can taste what Beta ate for breakfast.

So far up her ass he can probably taste what she’s gonna have for breakfast the next day too...

On 12/05/2020 at 8:14 AM, Gambit83 said:

Not upset and I understand where you're coming from. To be honest with you, I'm not trying to build a rep by asking "hard-hitting" questions yet. I'm generalizing a bit because depending on the guest, the interview approach will vary. But overall I want just a "fun" and hopefully interesting approach. 

I will give real examples. Tommy Stinson's people really expressed to focus on Bash n Pop and Cowboys in the Campfire. My first contact to Tommy was nice enough to suggest I change my original email to write GNR lower down in the body as a topic before it was sent to Tommy. Same with The Replacements. Not that Tommy didn't want to talk about them, but he needs to promote his new stuff to earn a living. And mainly, this is important, he has been burned before by interviewers. Many have. This is all to common. Promises to promote something new (their job) with barely a discussion to only focus on the "famous" parts of that person, if that makes sense. I didn't take it personally and they have every right to be cautious. Tommy came on twice. Who knows if I would have gotten 1 with wanting to ask hard questions. I have no doubt Susan McKagan would not have come on again nor confirmed new music on her own...I didn't ask her. Listen to Gilby's interview. He's sick of the same old questions. They all are. I don't blame them. There are a lot of bad interviewers out there.

Another reason I do it this way is because I am not Howard Stern. Howard, and other big interviewers (From Rogan to Barbara Walters) are known. Guests know what they're getting into. I'm not famous nor is my social media huge. These guests probably have no idea who I am. While I majored in Broadcast Journalism in college and have had a professional career, the name "Brando" doesn't exactly come with cachet. All the articles in Blabblermouth, Loudwire, etc def helps! 

That all being said, believe me when I say I either try to make the best of the opportunity or honestly get mad at myself afterwards for not asking certain things. It's a dance. Episode by episode.

You do a great job, it can’t be easy and you need to develop rapport and relationships which is a slow burn. Doing your homework on them and focusing on their present and future is going to earn you their respect. But you are doing fantastic so keep up the good work!

27 minutes ago, nikothebellic said:

As The Stones is my #1 band, probably I would be bias and say that I'm hoping the farewell tour won't happen in the nearest future, but if to be realistic, it is up on the horizon. Still, I think 2022 is too early as there will be for sure a 60th anniversary tour and a show in London. Maybe even in 2023 as they did in 2013. Unfortunately, it hard to tell from this point as only Mick knows for how long he could keep his shape. He will be 80 in 2024, so probably 'Farewell+anniversary tour 2022-2024" is the most logical assumption. However, if to recall earlier interviews, all band members more or less agreed, that only death will apart them and are going to play as long as possible. Therefore, several tours after No Filter is still a possibility and 65th anniversary in 2027 and 70th in 2032 could actually happen. Most likely it will be one at a time shows with 5-10 songs in setlists.     

Those guys are phenomenal!

6 hours ago, Uncle Bob said:

"New music bad"

“Keyboard Warrior funny”

I actually don’t disagree with all you Billie lovers. I think she has an amazing voice and is immensely talented. But last year she played here in Brisbane to 10 000 people, and GnR played here a couple of years ago to 50 000. So when she is doing those numbers in the year 2050 , I will say she has had an incredible and sustained career. 

But yes, she leaves Guns N Roses for dead when it comes to actually being an active and relevant artist.

2 hours ago, jamillos said:

Ya guys expected this to have happened within 24 hours?  Holy shit, we never learn, do we. 

I know right... replace the 'hours' with 'months' or 'years' and you will be less dissapointed. Still dissapointed, but less so... 

On 5/9/2020 at 7:42 PM, alfierose said:

I dunno. In terms of instagram 4.7 mil followers isn't a lot. Not when you have self styled youtube 'make up gurus' who have follower counts upwards of 16/17 mil.

I think that's a reflection of what youth culture is about now rather than anything else. Lil Peep has 5.5 mil followers and he's been dead a while now.

I haven't looked but I would expect Guns to have a higher following on FB due to age demographics. 

Oh, okay. I stand corrected, shows you how much I know or care about social media. It sounded impressive to me but as 'James Bond' pointed out above that doesn't compare too favourably to someone like Billie Eilish. 

I will have a parting shot though at some of the popularity of those artists - here we are discussing Guns N' Roses, and they are attracting huge crowds to shows, featuring on twitter trends etc... some three decades or more after their debut album. 

My guess is no-one will even remember Billie Eilish, and countless others like her, in one decade let alone three decades. 

On 5/9/2020 at 5:04 PM, Zinia_29 said:

Gnr is pretty popular despite their lack of music and various mess ups. It still amazes me that they have two 1 biliion viewed song while Michael Jackson has none. Contemporary pop artist lady gaga has only one. 

That is actually quite incredible. Imagine if they actually made music 

Looks promising. I don’t actually follow Guns N’ Roses on social media or anything, I just couldn’t be f*cked and lets face it there’s nothing to follow. But I just noticed the above Instagram (?) post of theirs and it suggests 4.7m followers. Now ‘m’ either stands for million or mediocre (jokes) but if it is 4.7 million then that is pretty impressive. How does that compare to more popular contemporary artists  and bands? Seems decent popularity. Maybe they should release new music and capitalise on that :-)

19 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

Just so it doesn't get lost in the General Musings thread or something, I thought this deserved its own thread.

Fernando is posting on Reddit again:

 

 

If they actually do post old shows on youtube, I'll add all the links to this post.

Hopefully this works out and we get to see some cool stuff.

that’s funny, when Fernando put it out there a couple of weeks ago for suggestions I emailed a similar thing to the above. I mentioned how the Stones played a song on the weekend for that global Covid-19 isolation tv special, and asked him why Guns couldn’t do a similar thing and feature the song Patience, being obviously relevant. Then some days later it is on their fb! I wonder if they are actually listening? Possibly...

1 hour ago, NicoRourke said:

If there’s a political song, I hope it’s one that eviscerates that Trump clown and his cohorts. But at this point I’d even take Axl singing pancakes recipe - that’s how badly I want something new.

Same here. Axl could sing a song for a recipe about hash cookies like Tool did, and I would buy it 😊

1 hour ago, DTJ80 said:

Rick himself has called these out as fake

So Rick posted it on discord then has stated it’s fake?

7 hours ago, axlvai said:

Luc Longley would be Pitman.

F*ck that. As an Australian I’m sticking up for Longley, Pitman would be more like a Bull’s cheerleader waving a towel...

2 hours ago, Creed said:

I would be even more pissed, when this version of GnR will have billions of views like Post Malone, if the songs on CD2 will be as mediocre as the Post Malone stuff.

OldGnRs most ambitious moment muscially was Estranged. But it failed in record sales. I'm totally fine with that. Just wanna hear great music and and a great production. 

I agree. I don't care if it is popular or not. As long as it is high quality good music then the masses don't need to give it their approval for me to care. 

I don't even know who Post Malone is. I'm so old... :-)   Is it like post punk?

5 hours ago, Alejandro GNR said:

GnR live expirience is still very enjoyable...much more than watching YouTube videos of shows.

I have enjoyed the shows A LOT and Axl sounding whatever he sounded like in 2010,2011,2016,2017.

I agree, I certainly loved the three shows I went to here in Australia a couple of years ago. And Axl's voice sounded great live, it is of course blended in with the sound of the band but even still, they sounded great as a unit. I know alot of friends that are harsh critics of Axl's that came along to the shows,  and they thought he was awesome and put on a fantastic live show. 

1 hour ago, GNR_RNR said:

Absolutely untrue, just look up Arctic Monkeys and the guy that trolled them with the 'salt and milk' album.

Some people just love trolling.

https://old.reddit.com/r/GunsNRoses/comments/g6u6kh/how_many_tuesdays_are_left/fodxeyz/

the Flebeis user (maybe)

The comments after his fake comment are pretty funny, “can we have a Chinese democracy yo-yo?”  Hehe

17 hours ago, Kranich said:

Well if Bruce sings as if he was taking a shit then how does Axl sing ?

Like a shit was taking an Axl

17 hours ago, Kranich said:

Well did you hear the new Rolling Stones tune that was dropped an hour ago ?

 

Only heard a few seconds on the 6 o’clock news. Was it any good?

13 hours ago, rumandraisin said:

It's been full since 2011. We had a couple of Axl interviews that were fairly dull. The reunion was exciting until it became apparent it was just a continuation of the endless tour but with Slash and Duff. 

Aside from the leaks the most exciting thing is Rock the Rock

I would take an Album, or two, of Axl singing cartoon songs. Use your Looney Tunes I & II. I would buy it.

In all seriousness- I think he sounded great on it and it was lovely to hear his voice. 

56 minutes ago, vloors said:

You sure about that? How many artists are kicking around in their 60s and 70s at the moment and still touring and releasing music.

Lets name a few steve tyler, mick jagger, bryan adams, joe elliott, steve perry, Morrissey, phil collins, alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson, sammy hagar and plenty more.

I dont think his going anywhere unless he fucks up his vocal cords again.

Did you hear Jagger doing a song on the weekend with his band to broadcast to the world? He sounded fantastic. Axl has had much more challenging songs to sing during his career and unfortunately that has taken its toll. I think only a couple of years left then it will just get ridiculous hearing Axl try to sing the majority of his catalogue. 

16 hours ago, SoulMonster said:

I have been around for a while, too, and I have seen plenty of ugly messages from parts of the fan base towards Fernando and his family. That doesn't excuse unprofessionalism from TB's side, in fact, such circumstances provide an excellent opportunity to demonstrate professionalism, but I have no problems understanding why TB is reluctant to deal with aspects of the fan base and no problems accepting that both sides are to blame for the current situation - although not necessarily equally. 

Disclaimer: This message is not meant to imply any criticism of the current administration of mygnrforum or any other fan sites.

Well balanced comment. I can also understand why Axl has been scared off the media side of things for decades, and why he as well as management are reluctant to engage with the fans. Doesn’t excuse however, the sheer lack of creative output or progress that has plagued Guns N Roses for such a long period of time. Surely there are ways of less risky engagement to give your fans some joy? Hell, I would even take another Del interview of Axl just to have some communication and insight from the boss man. But maybe there is nothing to communicate? 

6 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

"What the fuck do you know? That's right! You don't know jack fucking shit you fucking ignorant, know it all, fucking deluded, misguided, self important, self righteous, pious, small minded, clueless, loud mouthed, arrogant cunt. No one needs your opinions n' having to deal with your constant abuse of privileges or the miniscule amount of power you've had here you wield like an angry, lesbian, wannabe, high school parking lot rent-a-cop always mouthing off like you're some kind of authority which you're far from. I have to say it saddens me you continue to babble your horseshit to unsuspecting fans n' any names n' numbers you have are of people like you who try n' hurt others to promote themselves at their expense. That's the only real thing you got bitch. It's like Revolver's if not edited, cloudy recollection of events as I've never asked for anyone's shirt bein' thrown out of anywhere let alone say I did but hey he won a contest so he must be credible, whatever, no good deed goes unpunished. I don't work for you or have to do a goddamn thing you think ever. Your opinions of anything whatsoever don't count or mean jack shit to me or anyone in this camp. You're garbage, plain and simple. You're not a fan or a voice of reason... you're a sick n' diseased mind spilling it's bile over the internet. Well now you can drink up the rewards of the crap that's been spillin' out of your pie hole forever here n' enjoy the fermented, feted n' vulgar response you've been cultivating n' aching for... for so long . Find another board this one doesn't need you. Oh n' feel free to jump in all you wanna be web warriors, ho defenders n' bitch boi's, you ain't needed either. For the rest of you... Surprise gigs comin'!!"

- W. Axl Rose, 2010

I wonder if Axl actually has used the word ‘ pious ‘ in scrabble? I bet he has, Legend...

Iggy looks like Anthony Keidis

16 hours ago, Joraz said:

I live in Oz in Tasmania but i didnt hear SOYL once but if i did damn i woulda been happy lol but i dont think they’ll ever reach mainstream success ever again but id be welcome to be wrong lol.

 

also good to see a fellow Australian here lol

 

I’m from Brisbane mate, there’s a few of us Aussies on here. And Tasmania is beautiful, only been there once but I remember freaking out climbing Cradle Mountain and worrying about Tiger snakes biting me :-)