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5 hours ago, BlueJean Baby said:

The point is he was at home, pics were obviously taken of his pets, his legs just happened to be in the background. You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how embarrassing it may be. He may be a rockstar, but he is also a normal person when he is at home, he should be able to dress how he wants without being subjected to criticism 

God is that a serious Axl defense over the criticism of slippers? Really? Both the slippers and the bathrobe are horrible and no amount of fighting for their good name can change it

And as for the picture, what I'm saying is just that someone gets paid for the PR and taking care of his image on social media and I think the job can be done a lot better than by posting pics of Axl in grandma slippers, that's all. All in all it's kinda idiotic to speak of this matter seriously and it wasn't originally my intention but all those serious defense posts kinda drove me to it. So, once the damage's done and to my own disbelief I am seriously analyzing Axl's slippers and socks combo, I do believe that this kind of image which TB likes to spread around is not doing Axl any good, that's all. Then Axl will rant about how people consider Slash so much cooler than him. Well, I dunno what kind of luxurious slippers and bathrobes Slash is wrapping around his feet and ass in the privacy of his mansion but the point is we don't get to see it. And that's part of the reason Slash is not seen as an old fat grandma but as the cool rockn'roller despite the fact that he's just as old and just as fat as poor old Axl himself. The magic of good PR people as opposed to TB.

1 minute ago, janrichmond said:

I think the slipper/sock combo would look fab with his robe 

I thought of that robe the moment I saw those slippers. They must be from the same store.

5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

Repeat ''Axl/GN'R doesn't owe you anything'' a zillion times.

I'm more disturbed by the grandpa slippers...

4 minutes ago, sabian11 said:

Thumbs Fuckin Down! 

Yup, end of story. Funny how they managed to make me lose all the sentiment I ever had for them by making a reunion. Last thing I ever expected. Life is full of surprises.

2 hours ago, Hollywood Gunner said:

why does fortus' comment mean hes not involved? and why is his involvment even necessary for a new gnr album? hell id be happier than a pig in shit if he wasnt involved and izzy was back but i highly doubt that... if anything i think his comment further solidifies the fact that this is gnr related

 why do i get the impression here that new gnr fans dont want this to be true? its like the pre reunion days all over again lol

I don't think it's the matter of new gnr fans not wanting it to be true. I think it's that the fans of this band have been disappointed so many times over so many years that their caution and fear of being dissapointed again have grown so big, they will keep on denying facts until they hold that record in their hands And it is sort of hard to blame them...

Seriously though - Slash is working on something, doesn't say what, he makes a photo shoot at GNR's rehearsal space, between the GNR cases, definitely not a place where he would record for a side project or photograph himself in relation to a side project. All his Gibson photoshoots so far were without any reference to Guns, so why would it change so suddeny while the band is on hiatus? Plus all the rumors and the talking. There's definitely something going on, at this point it is undeniabale to me, and all the attempts to find other rational explanations that are becoming increasingly irrational, just to avoid admitting it, are slowly becoming slightly funny...

I don't think any of them talked about this specifically but I remember Duff saying in one of his interviews from years ago that they had some special relationship or special closeness or whatever(I don't remember the specific wording) and that it would be absolutely impossible and unthinkable for him  (I think he actually laughed that possibility out or shrugged at it or something like that) to have that kind of relationship with any other man. Sorry, I have no idea anymore where I saw it, I only know it was some short little conversation with someone during some event or something and I'm pretty sure I can't find it now but I sort of recalled that in relation to that cuddling question.

5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

An Abba reunion would actually be bigger than a Zeppelin tour and both would be bigger than Guns. I cannot conceive of a bigger thing than Abba reuniting, unless John Lennon and George Harrison were brought back to life. The four of them are really not motivated by cash to constantly turn it down. I think it has been Agnetha who has been the most opposed. The two blokes probably would've done it ten years ago. 

Since when is Abba a rock band though?

2 minutes ago, soon said:

The producer stipulations are indeed jarring to read on paper.  At the same time Nigel Goodrich famously rejected Paul McCartneys demo submissions three-times-over before accepting to work on the material.  Goodrich also heavily edited Roger Waters submissions for his recent album.  Corgan admits he needed to bring in a heavy like Rubin to tell him when he's wrong on his latest solo album.  I think many mature artists become open to an outside, dissenting voice at a later point in their career.  

And if Guns indeed has no label, that means no exec and no A&R carrying out the role of editor.

If it was hard for Axl to accept the terms (not at all convinced it would be actually), its also a positive for him in that Axl used to be the one to reject and dissect Izzy and Slash's riffs.  Now the producer could be the one to make them grind, leaving the current good vibes in place for the band..  Axls priority is always to be pushed by the material.

And if you could sing like Axl Rose would you fear a producer?  C'mon!

In a way I think such move would be brilliant. It would free them once and for all from the problem of Axl having to decide which riff to reject and Slash telling Axl these lyrics are shit or whatever. Neither of them would have that task that could so easily make things sour between them again. That way Slash may consider Axl's song a piece of shit and still keep saying it is very good, God only really knows why the guy doesn't like it, lol.

Anyway, weird as it may seem at first, I can see them making that decision just to be sure that the work on the album won't ruin what they so miraculously managed to rebuild. I think it is a good move, on condition they find someone reasonable to be that producer.

Also I think we need to understand it with some restrictions. In reality I don't think it would go that far that if the whole band wants a certain song badly  the producer can say no or whatever. It would prbably be limited to situations where they're not single-minded or something.

I'm not all that much acquainted with what other bands are doing but this piece of information just screams Guns N'Roses. The money for recent tour, the remembering how good they can be, I mean, who cares about Kiss or Smashing Pumpkins or whatever? This was the comeback of several decades that brought hundreds of thousands of people to the biggest stadiums.

As for something they'd never do - well they had said they'd never do anything together again, so it includes an album as well and it could be a reference to that. Half-assed efforts to me relate to what they were doing before the split - Slash doing Snakepit, Axl not showing-up and all this drama. Whether it's true or not I don't know but I feel pretty sure it is about GN'R.

1 minute ago, purplestargirl said:

No. I like it too.

Thank you, that's comforting

I love the Sid painting, I think it's great, does that mean there's someting wrong with me?

Seruiously? Axl doing new material with Ashba after he got Slash back? If that's true, then that guy is still far more ridiculous than I've ever thought and he will never cease to amaze me in this respect. It would be the most pathetic and idiotic thing to do ever

Anyway, I'm glad I haven't bought any tickests for the European leg. Even if Slash is there to play new Ashba material, I say no, thank you

So is it all over now until June next year? Anything happened on that last show - any big thankyous, farewell speeches, promises to return, promises of new music, tears, hugs and kisses or did they just go home as usual?

Just now, Padme said:

They said in their books that during the UYI Tour how pissed off they were with Axl because he was always late. And they also said they were wasted with so much drugs and alcohol. And how little they talked to Axl. How could they discuss new songs and album direction?

Well, because they werent pissed 24/7 most likely. If you listen to their interviews from the 90-s there are plenty of cases where they mention discussing this or that with the other yesterday or the day before. Both Axl and Slash. And not only album direction but every day stuff.

Me neither but I like this picture

2 minutes ago, Padme said:

I'm not so sure Slash and Duff were in a position to reject or support anything.

How were they not when they had to agree for everything Axl puts on the record, not to mention they had to write their guitars to it? They were equal partners in the band. They were in a position to support and reject everything.

4 minutes ago, Padme said:

And Axl had little relationship with both of them

Apparently not, considering how hurt and for how many years he felt after what they've done.

10 minutes ago, Tori72 said:

Glad I could make you laugh! 

And yeah, Lortusfortus has been saying that forever. 

And in 30 years from now you will all, people of little faith, see that he was right...

4 minutes ago, Mararoyce said:

Taking a chance to create more music is a risk. What if it stinks? It might be best to leave it alone, instead of risking making music that doesn't compete with AFD.

That's rubbish. I'm sorry but in that case half of UYI should have never been released. If they can come up on the new album with songs of the quality of Coma or Estranged or many others that had no Izzy on them, I'll be more than ok with it, as will be millions of people.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they can or are as creative now as they used to be. This I don't know. But I hate the argument - don't release anything cause it might be worse than Appetite. So what? So it will be.  But maybe it will good. Noone knows that until it's done, until they at least give it try. Also, I really don't think they regard Izzy that high and fear making music without him. If they never release anything, it will have absolutely nothing to do with Izzy but with some other bullshit factors.

8 hours ago, Oldest Goat said:

Mark my words, the SMKC album will come out, no one will care, they won't tour it(at least not for long) and then Slash will just continue with GNR.

This exactly.

40 minutes ago, Sekh-met said:

Every now and then someone points that out but it is just an old tatoo..the ink gets runny with time.. I believe Axl himself said that he tried to have it corrected (tried to save it) but it did not help.

I don't believe for one second in the ink getting so destroyed only on that one particular tatoo. I'm sure he blacked that out back in the day. Nothing like this ever happened to any other of his tattoos.