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Wow Sweet Sound of Heaven is great. Really exceeded my expectations

Gravedancer is top tier.

Didn't even know they'd played Back Off Bitch before Judging by the type of song Shackler's Revenge is, I don't think it will ever be played by GnR again, at least not with this lineup. Too bad tho, I'd much rather have Shackler than Absurd.

Nice to read about your GnR story @ZoSoRose! I used to know GnR very losely, knowing basically SCOM, Jungle and PC + idk... KOHD and Don't Cry, maybe? And I remember two of my friends, who were also into rock music, used to say GnR was dead, etc... One day I saw the Dirty Little Thing music video on MTV or VH1 and I thought "wtf? this dude's dressed as Slash from GnR!" and I remember taking it to those friends like "dude I saw a videoclip with a guy cosplaying as Slash lol" and eventually found out it was Slash in his new band, but I never told them which clip I was referring to, to avoid all the jokes I remember there was a show called "Top Top MTV" and they listed the VMAs performance as one of the most disappointing TV performances in rock history and I remember thinking "wtf is Axl doing with these freaks?" so yeah, I never really took the time to properly enjoy GnR. I was, though, kinda into VR. At one point, though, I remember that CD (the song) leaked and it somehow found its way to me - but it didn't have the Bumblefoot fretless in the verses or the higher pitched vocals in the chorus. I remember thinking it was kinda meh. Then, one day, in 2008, I went to a FNAC near my home and there it was - Chinese Democracy. I remember thinking "WTF, isn't this the mythical GnR record that became like the most expensive record ever and took a million years to put out?" so I just bought it. I never even listened to it before I bought it. So I put it on my car one my way home and I was like "ok, this is good" up until If The World. Then when If The World started, I was "wow this is really good" and then I got home, listened to TWAT and was completely blown away. I fucking loved that song from the first time I listened to it. In the next few days, I was listening to GnR on repeat, and I started visiting these forums, looking for news as the official website had "Saw hello to DJ Ashba" for months. Then, in 2010, GnR came to town and I went to see them live. It was by far the best concert I had gone up until that point. I was sure I had just witnessed the greatest GnR show ever, but that was the rule back then. It was such a great show you thought it must've been something special. Not long after, I joined these forums, I think. I remember being REALLY hyped for 2011's Rock in Rio thinking "CD2 starts now" and shit. Then being really disappointed and almost on denial about how bad that was compaired to 2010. In 2014, I decided to go see every GnR show in their brazilian tour. That was so disappointing. They basically played the same set though out all the shows, with mickey mouse Axl. After that, I never went to see GnR live again. Not even after the reunion. What I mostly miss about NuGnR is the pre-2011 aura of mystery that surrounded them. In 2010, I thought Axl was focused on proving something, on the music itself, etc... After that RiR 2011 performance, I saw that it wasn't really the case. I wish I had seen the 2001/2002 line-up live. It would have been a dream. Today, I'm a huge Buckethead fan and I would love to see him live some day but to see him with GnR would have been magical. I also think the 2006 Rock Am Ring show is one of GnR's greatest live performances ever, better than many of the classic line-up concerts and I was also blown away by those first 2010 Asian Tourdates. To this day, TWAT is one of my favourite songs, perhaps my favourite, by any band, of all time. And I still dream to see what NuGnR has in their vault. A documentary/book + boxset from that era would be a dream. I love reading about it. Some weeks ago I read all of @SoulMonster's and @Blackstar's material at A4D and I loved every moment of it.

I enjoyed it too. They'll have to really fuck up the last episode for me to not consider this the best Disney+ series so far.

Slash's best solo is SCOM. There's just no contest here. That solo is singable from start to finish, people know each note and sing along every time. We're just kinda sick of it, but it's pure genius. One of the best solos of all time.

Get your iphones ready, boys

Picked up this baby today. God, I love this album.

Yeah, you're right. I need a caucasian person to tell me on the internet I have no right to be offended by people tattooing a symbol worn by those who defended slavery

Or maybe people were unaware of this fact, like I was

I agree. Of course he can, and I have the right to not like to see him referencing it

Yes, and I think it sucks that he did. He probably wore it "because it was cool" at the time, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't wear it nowadays.

Yes. Is DJ Ashba a museum?

I was "triggered" by that flag since I studied US history and found out what they defended.

Just rewatched Bridge School. It's pretty bad. Thing is - that has become the norm nowadays (or maybe it's even worse now) so we lowered the bar, IMO. The Axl mistakes on WTTJ make it so funny "Because YOU! ME! You gonna the money honey, we got your disease!!!" (proceeds to almost choking) But having to look at Ashba makes it much worse, IMO. Especially when he got that goddamn confederate flag tattoo exposed like that.

I really enjoyed it. But I gotta say: Thrawn's make up sucks.

Really? Hardskool/Absurd didn't, did it? Fuck, this "vinyl only release" rumour worked wonders in their favour.

You can always go to Oklahoma and listen to the demo version.

Bad news, guys...

5 GNR concerts, only 24 different songs. Half of the songs were present in ever show I went to, half weren't. Yes, 3 of these concerts were in the same tour. But still, fuck me Chinese Democracy x5 Welcome to the Jungle x5 It's So Easy x5 Mr. Brownstone x5 Better x5 Live and Let Die x5 You Could Be Mine x5 Sweet Child o' Mine x5 November Rain x5 Knockin' on Heaven's Door x5 Nightrain x5 Patience x5 Paradise City x5 This I Love x4 Rocket Queen x4 Estranged x4 Don't Cry x3 Catcher in the Rye x3 Street of Dreams x2 Sorry x2 Civil War x2 Whole Lotta Rosie Nice Boys Madagascar

Which is kinda strange, as Lies' acoustic studio half has only about 20min of length, and an "album" starts at about 25min. Anything under that is basically an EP or a single. Plus. since the other 15 minutes are live songs, they don't really fit into the "studio" part. Yes, I know they're fake live songs, so yeah, that might be where things get really hazy

With Buckethead's and Robin's original recordings.

True, if Bucket solos like he does on Sorry, for example, no one would know. But they wouldn't be able to advertise Slash and Duff with the song - the fact that Slash and Duff are on the song is more important than their actual playing, to many fans. They will most certainly repeat the "Lost song form CD sessions, re-recorded with Slash and Duff" subtitle on press releases.

Idk what's sadder: The fact that people are all worked up about the slight, improbable possibility of The General being a "vinyl only release", based on what an italian website said, which would would imply on fans having to upload the song to their libraries in order to put it on playlists, or the fact some posters are already speculating if that would mean Slash and Duff aren't on the single. Of course they are. GnR is a brand, and Slash and Duff are two of the few pillars that make this brand valuable. No one outside these forums give a rat's ass if Robin and Bucket played on the original version. They want Slash on the guitar. Don't get me wrong - I would love to hear the original version, more so than a re-recording with Slash and Duff, but that's what we'll most probably be getting. Imagine if GnR releases The General, their most awaited single so far, as a vinyl exclusive without Slash and Duff... they might as well burn their money. I'm not saying The General will be a popular song that gets media attention and plays on the radio - it most certainly won't get too much attention, but they don't want to discard the possibility of maybe - who knows - releasing a song that hypes up more tour dates with media coverage. They're milking the classic GnR image, they want to be seen as the reunited GnR, they're using the classic logo, putting Duff and Slash on every possible tour lithos and merch available. It makes no sense in the world not putting them in the song. They even re-recorded Silkworms - which has nothing to do with Slash's style. And about the Vinyl-only release, it won't be. If they had released a full album and The General were the single B-Side, or a special edition bonus track on vinyl or whatever, ok. But they released 3 songs in 15 years. They're not gonna waste the opportunity of releasing The General in the way that reaches the most fans possible. Quit overanalysing everything - it's coming. We wanted The General for more than a decade, almost two, and it's coming. No need to panic. We'll all hear it very soon.

Gotta hand it to Dave. This album isn't even that good. It's ok. But the main riff in this song is better than anything on the last Metallica album.