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Slash likes salt and vinegar chips! Already worth the listen.

Nightrain is the ultimate opener. 
 

ISE is cool, but for a band at this stage of the game, open it with an epic punch in the face. I mean the train horn and that A power chord.... way better than the endless jungle intro for pumping you up!

Also, move Paradise City into the main set. I know they won’t, but closing with Rocket Queen would be cool.... since it’s the epic finale of AFD. It might give Paradise a new lease on life and feel less obligated. You don’t enjoy it the same when there’s confetti everywhere and you’re thinking about getting to your car.

NITL is dead! Long live NITL!

so many dates have tried, to say the tour has dieee-ee—ied, but baby it ain’t over till it’s ohhhh-ver

1 hour ago, amaninjapan said:

My opinion on the Voodoo litho has changed. I'm still very disappointed but nowhere nearly as disappointed as when I first saw it. Knowing that it's just a bad execution of a reasonable idea makes it less terrible. I spent five minutes in Photoshop making (what I think is) a better version. They're subtle changes but I think it would have felt far less disappointing.

Original poster - original inspiration - my modified version:

I like your changes.

The worst part of the OG is the Tour 2019, and that font suits the band name way better.

pretty pleasant little thang 

28 minutes ago, MildlyArtistic said:

the 'frog rasp' 

Is this a thing? I think we’ve reached peak insanity as a community 

11 minutes ago, Giblet said:

Jesus christ, you have no idea about tone, these are like ducks quacking.

It's fine, you like vanilla, and if anyone dared put anything else on your ice-cream, you;d be upset.

 

Don't tell everyone you like ice-cream though...

Forget the tone, his point was improvising more within the melodic ideas of the original songs. 
 

TMAC your posts always have a “I just did a few rails” vibe. Maybe it’s the emojis . /nightrain whistle

6 hours ago, Ralphelmo said:

Where's that coming from?

TMAC20 (OP of this thread) said in another post he heard it from a Myles / Tremonti interview on Blabbermouth about a month ago. I only have the second-hand info -- maybe he can link it. 

1 hour ago, thunderram said:

 

I think the millennials on this site just like to use the word 'noodling' for effect. If this site uses filtering, that word should be on the list. They don't have any idea what it means. Just used wherever they don't like something. Which is pretty much everything since incessant bitching is 95% of what goes on around here. They'll bitch about this reply.

Are you making this a generational thing?? haha. Damn kids wouldn't know guitar if a Les Paul smacked 'em upside the head. And another thing!... 

I love Slash, he's the reason I play guitar, but I think it's fair to say sometimes he can sort of lean on meandering shredding, especially now that he's technically way more proficient. Especially on songs he didn't write... probably because they don't inspire him as much, or he's sort of searching for ideas as he's playing them. But even his own stuff... the RQ solo during SMKC really started to get a little... ponderous (Noodle-y!)  . For a counter-example, the new bluesy solo spot... very emotive. 

I wonder how Slash decides what goes to SMKC and what he hangs onto for Guns.
 

I know the prospect for a new Guns album is shaky but I think Slash is preparing on his end. I wonder if it’s a quality thing, like this is too good for SMKC, or a vibe... and If it’s a vibe, I wonder what that vibe is! His conception of the GNR sound was really different in 94 vs 87, let alone 2019.

Mark Tremonti got a preview apparently? And it was super groovy? That’s exciting. I wonder if Fortus can groove.

Doin Fine, What Do You Want To Be, Beggars, Mean Bone, You Got No Right... those are the songs I wish I could effortlessly tear into on guitar. 
 

someday soon!

49 minutes ago, Antonio said:

So fine today(I'm feeling)

Please!

And I want Duff and Axl to stare into eachother's eyes... just get weird with it. Put down the definitive version tonight. 

3 hours ago, ChrisMaciel said:

I don’t like Axl’s current voice, but you can’t say that he is never going to sing again like 2006/10. The guys is unpredictable. 

I agree! You never know, man. Nobody would have thought around Appetite for Democracy that Axl/DC woulda sounded like that. 

I don't know why people assume he's not trying. We don't know what's going on with him physically... he's thick but he doesn't look like Vince Neil... he doesn't get winded... Duff says he puts a lot in on vocal exercises (although Duff says a lot of things, haha).

Judging by that literal impression of Mickey Mouse he did in 2016 it's obvious he's aware of the discussion around his voice, so... I don't know why he'd hold out -- it seems like he prefers rasp when all cylinders are firing!  Maybe it is a finite resource kind of situation, as some people think, and AC/DC was sort of legacy defining in a way that the trailing legs of NITL are not... could be considerations of capacity for new studio vocals... we'll see!

This is nuts. Life would be so much fucking simpler if I was a Foo Fighters fan.

I wish I could just get stoked about crushing Buds and seeing the Foos. 

On 10/26/2019 at 3:31 AM, F*ck Fear said:

At the beginning of 2016 I thought Axl sounded pretty solid. Acceptable, anyways. Then he joined AC/DC, and that's the voice everyone remembers. 

Since AC/DC ended, its been all downhill.

To the point where I can't understand how people can enjoy it.

 

Yeah there was some pretty great 2016 shows... 

That sounds pretty rad to me! I'd pay to see that. I wonder why it's fallen off. Anyway, not hating, Axl rocks. 

23 minutes ago, Towelie said:

but in the grand scheme of things

*all things considered

Guys we all owe KISS a serious debt of gratitude. They gave us this beautiful, swingin’ soul...

3 hours ago, Gnrcane said:

It's weird how his voice reverts to 1992 rasp only for the word "smilin'"

So curious! Exact same place as the previous show. 
 

Axl’s voice is such an enigma .  Maybe he should write a song called Smilin’...

... that goes for you Beta and Team Brazil, Fernando, Wanker at GNRevolution — what you pissed off ‘cause MyGNR gets more pussy than you? Fuck you! 

I don’t like youuuu, I just hate youuuu, I wanna watch Saskatoooon! Aww yeeeaahaah! yeah!!!

Who is Margot?

I really miss Axl's raspy godliness... but I don't think he's not trying.

I think history has shown he does it when he can... and Duff says he does vocal exercises for like 3 hours a show day. And they do 3+ hour sets... I couldn't even talk for 3 hours straight.

I know he gets a crazy amount of cash per show but... Vince Neil, David Coverdale, DLR, Jovi, Bach, Rob Halfford... I mean, they all sound like shit now, relatively speaking.

The only guys I can think of that can still (sort of) get to their magical place are Steven Tyler and James Hetfield. And even then...

So... don't be toxic with respect to rasp . BUT THAT MEANS WE NEED SOME FUCKING CLASSIC OFFICIAL RELEASES.

27 minutes ago, lame ass security said:

Whew, I'm glad I read your post, I was gonna go to their GoFundMe page and donate.

Glad you were listening, Mr Security Man.

I’d rather Axl go on the Marc Maron podcast.

Eddie is too much of a fan.

Bring on So Fine!