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15 hours ago, Towelie said:

Is there such a thing as a chocolate icecream forum?

Yes mate, didn’t you know. 
 

Chocolate icecream 2 starts…. Soon.

On 10/6/2021 at 2:16 PM, Free Bird said:

Either Sugar Ray Robinson or Roy Jones Jr

Nah, Mike Tyson for sheer wow factor 😊

10 hours ago, Coma16 said:

New GOT teaser trailer came out 4 hours ago and already has over a million views

Who is GOT? 

10 hours ago, Gunsdrummer63 said:

Axl rose releasing 2 statements on social media in the span of a month? Beta and the GNR social media posting pictures of Axl rose not during a concert? 
 

is Axl Rose back? 

Yes, it is Axl Rose’s back. 

On 10/2/2021 at 10:12 AM, mystery said:

Beta and her family have been a constant in Axl's life since he and Stephanie Seymour broke up in 1993. She was there during his recluse period in the 1990s when it seemed like he went through a whole lot of personal anguish and all through the 2000s when the weight of recording and releasing Chinese Democracy beared down on him.

Exactly, I know we tend to complain a lot about TB but seriously without their support to Axl then who knows if he would even be here? He obviously went through multiple dark phases in his life since the 90’s and people like them, and Del James, have surely propped up Axl’s mental well-being so many times. Not to say they have been perfect, far from it, but he needed someone on his side right?

18 minutes ago, WhazUp said:

I quite like it too, it is definitely a melodic callback to The Garden in a way, and I am totally digging it.  The break in particular to me is the most " UYI-esque" thing to come out of GNR since the breakup

Yeah, I agree. I love it. Wish they would revert back to that UYI sound. Not Chinese Democracy or any Industrial/Electronic/Rock fusion stuff.

A return to classic UYI sound and type-songs would get so much positive attention globally in my opinion, and serve their interests the best with their seemingly endless desire to tour. Axl at the bare minimum can probably punch out great songs like that (UYI type hard rock), with the potential that the odd one or two may actually be incredible now, with Slash and Duff involved. 

13 hours ago, oneway23 said:

Maybe I'm missing a piece of some larger point out of context, but, this just isn't true. 

In the last couple of months, I've received Iron Maiden's Senjutsu, Carcass' Torn Arteries, and River of Nihil's The Work day and date with the release day from Amazon.

There are some lingering vinyl production issues stemming from the pandemic, of course, and, most every band is doing limited edition colored vinyl restricted to a certain number, in order to maximize profits against cost, but, I'd say, by and large, other than some smaller bands who do delayed pressings based on the number of orders, most mainstream bands are not shipping physical releases months after a release date has passed.  

Again, I might be missing your point, but, it's all about capitalizing on the first two weeks of release to the die-hards.  Any later than that, these days, and it's on to the next thing.

How is Carcass’ Torn arteries mate? Any good?

10 hours ago, Paulywauly said:

He looks in such good shape, that’s great!

He looks amazing for a guy in his late 50’s. Good on him, seems happy too which is more important 👍🏻

25 minutes ago, Martin Riggs said:

Uh because some people like to own an actual copy of tracks they like? Every song on that list is also likely available on Spotify, Tidal, etc to be streamed. They’re also all on YouTube. This is the list for people willing to purchase a digital copy. So if you’re a fan spend the $1 for the song to go along with your hat and t-shirt. 

In more positive news, I also looked up the Amazon MP3 song chart and it’s at #32.

Probably don’t have the stats available, but it would be interesting to see a breakdown of the age group demographics for the ‘single’ purchases. Like if they broke it down to 15-25yrs, 26-36 yrs, 37-48yrs, 49-59yrs or something like that, to see if Hardskool was in the top 10 for the latter two groups and much lower for the first two groups? Those companies might have that sort of info. I consider myself a big GnR fan but I haven’t purchased it. I just couldn’t be stuffed. I would happily pay $100 for a new album. But for a reworking of an old song released as a new single, nah not for me. 

1 hour ago, SoulMonster said:

I already had it on speed dial.

You’re the voice at the end of it... 😃

9 minutes ago, Italian girl said:

Virgin radio Italy played It some ho

urs ago! 

Nice one! I managed to time it right and was driving in the car when the radio station played it here, it was cool to jack up the volume and listen to it loud. It sounded awesome as I only listened to it these past 12 hours on my phone.

The boys did a great job re-working this song!

Really cool hearing promotion for this new single in the form of snippets this morning on the radio while driving in the car. Triple M here in Brisbane (Australia) are building it up and saying they are excited to be playing the new song in a few hours at 11:30am. Triple M is a big radio station around Australia. I’m thinking this is all leading up to the bigger picture. Who knows? I don’t remember Absurd receiving similar attention here when it dropped.

4 hours ago, jimisbatman said:

AUS is good for Russell Crowe and Crowded house,but NZ get HS first 😂 

Actually mate, truth be told, I think Russell Crowe and Crowded House are from New Zealand anyway, so we can't really claim them 

4 minutes ago, downzy said:

Changed the title so as to not confuse people who don't live in Australia (or that part of the world).

Just wanted to make it clear that it appears this song is being officially released on the 24th.

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The song sounds like it came from and AFD session, with the guitar breakdown coming from the UYI era. 

Great song.  Love the opening base line.  Chorus vocals sound great.

Hopefully they break it out tonight in Columbus.  

Pretty much what I was going to write. Great little bass intro, vocals are fantastic, and yeah that guitar breakdown from like the two minute mark for 45 seconds is very UYI. Chills out a bit, like Locomotive outro or something? 

2 hours ago, megaguns1982 said:

Does anyone think the Aussie dates will go ahead?  My airline cancelled my return flights to Adelaide today so I thought fuck it and cancelled my hotel as well. Now I just need the trifecta to get my GNR $ back.

I doubt it mate. I reckon if the shows were in December then we might have been okay, like giving all the states more time to reach 80% vaccination rates and therefore opening up. But it’s early November so may be cutting it too close. 2022 is more realistic.

5 minutes ago, LlamaRenegade said:

Out in New Zealand now

Doesn’t play for me - It says not available in your country! What! Since when is NZ more important than Australia! 😁

8 minutes ago, HollyWoodRose84 said:

Hey guys I just wanted to put this in here. For all of the heat that’s being thrown Axl’s way, he is sincerely trying his best. It’s been completely evident since the start of the tour. I feel more so on this tour since 2016 when the reunion happened. He’s never going to sound like he did in the past. If anything, we will probably get some glimpses of that old sound in recordings. But in a live setting? It’s just not possible for him to pull off every single note the way it was recorded on the albums. He has done so much with his voice and was so versatile in all of his recordings. That is his gift. He tried so many different things and so many different styles that it is physically impossible to sing exactly the way the songs have been recorded.  We should be happy that he’s still out there giving it his all. He’s happy, he’s healthy. Let’s acknowledge that. 
 

On an unrelated note, I am personally not doing well. However, it brings me happiness to still be able to see my favorite band of all time in a live setting and via YouTube recordings. Axl and Slash are together. Imagine that? Something NOBODY thought would ever happen. Let’s all take a step back and look at the big picture and enjoy what we, as fans, currently have because it’s not going to last forever. 

Nice post mate!  Axl always brings it live. Does his best. Treats every show like its the only one that matters. I admire him for that. 

Hope you pick up personally soon!

47 minutes ago, darkside259 said:

On 7/9/2018 at 4:28 PM, darkside259 said:

can somone please dm the link of this song the video was shut it down 

Me too please 😊

Just now, Blackjacker said:

7,000 max from what I read.

Oh wow! Fuck that is small. I would love to see them in an intimate venue like that,  thanks mate. I think the smallest crowd I have ever seen Guns live in was around 15,000. And the largest like 80,000 - 100,00 people.

4 hours ago, Blackjacker said:

Predictable set list aside, show was killer. Band was super-tight, Slash playing as well as ever, and Axl sounded the best out of the 10-11 reunion gigs I’ve been to (Vegas, NYC and NJ.)

Axl was in a great mood, which never hurts. At one point near the end (maybe just before PC?) he was on Duff’s side and backed into Slash and said “What the fuck are you doing over here?”

Small venue definitely the way to go. Charge more, play multiple nights.

Even managed to grab the lithograph inside 50 minutes after doors opened.

Looking forward to tomorrow’s show.

How small is the venue mate?

1 minute ago, davesaabat said:

Footage of Axl at Pre show Launch

I thought that was good rasp on “stopppppppp”

45 minutes ago, Gibbo said:

It won't be a live album. I'll put my left testy on it 

I agree mate, I’ll put my middle testy on it 😃

9 hours ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

She attacked margott just a cpl months ago 

Just a few days ago she told someone the world would be a better place without him just cause he didn't like absurd

Just gonna sit on the fence here. I’m sure Margott is a lovely person and doesn’t deserve criticism from someone who doesn’t know her.
 

But, Unfortunately that’s the basic premise behind a lot of the ill feeling directed towards us fans too though. There are a lot of fans, random people, the public, us, that talk shit about Axl, Fernando, Beta and others, that don’t actually know them at all. So how can they deserve that? People form their judgements based on virtually nothing. Now I’m as frustrated as the next person about a lack of new music and a severe lack of any information about that, but I can’t say I know the intricacies of the background to have an informed opinion.

I’ve only met one member of the Lebeis family, Vanessa, a few times, and she was absolutely delightful. A truly beautiful person that wouldn’t be like that if she wasn’t brought up well. Others have commented that Beta and Fernando are really lovely too, when they have actually met them or got to know them.

Beta and Fernando go into over-protective mode when shit gets talked about their loved one, Axl. I’d hope that I would react the same in similar circumstances. Wouldn’t you?

4 hours ago, megaguns1982 said:

I don’t think the Aussie dates will happen.

I agree mate, I’m ready to collect my over $2000 worth of tickets refund, so just hope they announce it officially soon. Probably leave it to the last minute so they (whoever stores our money ? Ticketek or ? the Promoter) can maximise the money they get on the interest gained in their accounts. 
 

Hopefully GnR can reschedule an Australian tour early next year.