Cosmo

Hey folks, it's with great pleasure that I'd like to announce my band's (Gods & Punks) first release in over 3 years!

Get Mountains of Garbage - EP for $2 at www.godsandpunks.bandcamp.com and support the band!

Mountains of Garbage is also available in all digital platforms: https://linktr.ee/gods_and_punks

Let me know what you think! Hope you all like it, cheers!

15 minutes ago, Free Bird said:

Of course she is more relevant now but Madonna is what? In her 70s? She isn’t relevant for 20 years now. And still we’re here comparing her to Swift. Will Taylor Swift has the same standing as Madonna has, when she is a granny?

We don't really know how relevant Taylor Swift will be in 40 years but if everything continues as is, she will be really relevant, still. There is nothing that points to the contrary. She only grows her fanbase each year, for almost 20 years as an artist.

Taylor Swift is bigger than Madonna nowadays. She's the most relevant artist in the music business today. 

- Mos Def plays MF Doom January 20th (X)

- Lucifer February 16th (X)

- Sunn O))) April 6th

- Judas Priest April 8th

- Stoned Jesus April 18th

- Slash April 29th

- Tenacious D May 15th

- Megadeth June 19th

- AC/DC August 13th

- Sepultura October 30th

- Iron Maiden December 7th

The best, IMO:

- Judas Priest with Rob Halford (2003): There is no Priest without Halford. IMO, the Ripper years were really dull and forgetable. Since Rob came back, the new material has been hit and miss, but Firepower was the most solid veteran band release I've ever heard, IMO, and Invincible Shield seems promising.

- Maiden with Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith (1999): Not a fan of Blaze Bayley. The X Factor had some good tracks but he wasn't very good live, especially singing the Bruce material. Bruce and Adrian came back, and Maiden immediately got back in great shape, consistently releasing solid albums and tracks since then, and with Bruce showing amazing vocals live.

- Black Sabbath (2012): This is, IMO, the most triumphant and important reunion in the history of heavy metal. I really wish Bill Ward was also a part of it, though. But man, seeing these three guys together live is a memory I'm carrying with me til I die. The best concert I've ever been to. 

The Worst, IMO:

- KISS with Ace and Peter (1996): Peter was completely out of shape, he could barely play KISS's most famous songs live, and the setlist had to be the same for three straight tours because of that. Psycho Circus was a complete fakeass reunion, and it all really fucked up what could have been a genuine reunion.

- Red Hot Chili Peppers with John (2020): I like Frusciante but, IMO, what they were releasing with Josh was far better than what they delivered with John since the reunion. It all just sounds uninspired, rushed and on autodrive.

Where the fuck do they even find these companies? Holy shit, they're really replying to every criticism, making it worse.

2 hours ago, adamsapple said:

Nothing is happening.

Management contracted some cheap ass generation fuck all startup, then somebody typed in "the music group guns n' roses" + "skeletons" + "children" + "boys" + "dystopian urban landscape" + "night" + "neon colors" + "inspired by the movie Blade Runner" and then clicked on "morph with live footage" and "auto edit".

The result is the "music video" of The General.

There is nothing to "get" or understand. There is no direction, no cinematography, no acting, no storyboard, let alone a story or message to begin with. It's just what happens when people on very bad drugs living in their own bubbles are doing their thing totally disconnected from the outside world and their audience, hence their (in case of GNR non existent) reaction to the majority of initial reactions. They might have gotten the "artificial" part, but as far as "intelligence" goes they got a hell of a lot of living to do.

I said it before, just think of what Michael Jackson would have done with AI technology. You don't have to be a fan of his to understand how far off the rails this band and their entourage of coked out yes men have already gone.

I'm actually a little offended by contractors telling me I don't "get" a band I have already followed, recommended and supported 30+ years ago while the majority of those Starbucks hipsters were still shitting their diapers. I'm even more offended by the band not telling them to shut the fuck up. If anyone is in the position to tell people they don't get it, it's GNR not their coked out payroll people obviously not getting it themselves in the first place.

It doesn't even have to be a startup. It could literally just be Fernando with an iphone, uploading the live footage and choosing which style of AI he wants. I have done this before and it's so bad I discarded it. You literally just need to download an AI video generator app and it will have this result. And it's cheap. Like for 100 USD he'd have all of those images he generated.

The November Rain video is cringe. Especially nowadays. That being said, The General is far, far worse. There's just no comparison. November Rain wasn't a 50-dollar video made by a cellphone app and live footage. C'mon, guys 

I'm baffled. These dudes are not touring, or at least most of them aren't, they're all alive and live in the same damn country, yet it is completely out of the picture for them to go to a studio one day and record a damn music video. Linkin Park released an AI video but that's coming from a band whose frontman killed himself, and it felt like a homage to him. But this? It makes no sense. A simple video of them in a white room playing this would have been so much better. This was done by a fucking app. I mean... there are literally apps in the apple appstore that you can just download them, pay a subscription, which is usually not all that expensive, upload a live video and it will generate these AI images in a few minutes. This video probably cost, idk.... 50 dollars to make. And this is GnR.

My band is currently facing the issue that we're all in diferent cities now (I am in a different continent) and even though, we completely discarded the possibility of making an AI lyric video cause its just still too bad. In a few years, this will be seen like the CGI on that Pet Shop Boys music video of the 80s currently is.

2 minutes ago, fabrph5 said:

GITR is a better song

In no way, shape, or form, under any circumstances, I could consider GITR a better song than Catcher. Catcher is miles ahead of GITR in my book. There's just no comparisson. It would be a fair fight if to compare GITR to Scraped.

Between those three, I prefer Slash. While Randy Rhoads is, without a doubt, the more technically skilled guitarrist of the three, he's the one I like the least mostly because of his style. I think Zakk is an amazing guitar player, and an awesome singer, too, btw. By preference, It'd be Slash > Zakk > Randy. Who I think is better as a guitarrist though? Probably Randy > Slash = Zakk.

2 minutes ago, Voodoochild said:

Fiona Apple last record was made in Garage Band and it was awesome. 

Gorillaz made an album entirely on Garageband for ipad while touring and you can barely tell there were any limitations! And that was almost 10 years ago, I think. Technology is really facilitating the music creation process for many artists.

16 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

I can't think of any 70s bands (beside Sabbath) that drop tuned. Maybe Zep on some acoustic tracks? I'd hardly call that "popularized".

It originated two new genres of metal music: Doom Metal, and Stoner Metal. Both heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, that used down tuning as part of it’s identity and sound. Some examples of iconic bands from these genres that used drop tuning were Pentagram, The Obsessed, Witchfinder General, Pagan Altar and Saint Vitus, for example. I know they’re all not huge name bands but it was the beginning of what would become a very famous and influential metal subgenre.

4 hours ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

Drop tuned guitars were pretty rare for rock bands in the 80s, I can only think of a handful of examples of bands that even used them during the 80s era before grunge hit and made that popular. Beggars (already 1995) is the earliest one I can think of with Slash that had the strings tuned considerably lower, if you pay attention to it you hear how heavy the low string on Beggars actually is, even though it's not technically a drop tuning.

Eddie Van Halen, always ahead of his time like always, used Drop A tuning in 1986 (!) which for anyone familiar with guitar, is completely insane for that time, this low of a tuning only came popular starting in the early 2000s or maybe late 90s. It's what you hear all the metal bands use nowadays. No surprise Slash didn't start to mess with it until after grunge.

Drop tuning guitars were popularized in the 70s by Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath, though.

Sebastian Bach made it seem like it was gonna be an epic and super heavy track. Like it was some kind of masterpiece 

6 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

I didn't realize it came across that way, I definitely wasn't trying to imply Izzy is prolific, but he seemed to write quickly and would fit the role of a songwriter for this lineup. But like I said, I doubt Izzy would even be interested now...

While I agree Izzy would be great in theory, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be interested. He damn well knows if he snaps his finger, he could tour with GnR and gain millions. He knows that and chooses not to do it. Gilby would be cool to see, since Fortus is definitely underused. And if Gilby rejoined, they could call in Matt or Steven. Probably Matt, with Steven appearing for a few tour dates, I think. That would be a great farewell tour. It's probably the best possible scenario for them right now, speaking in real possibilities.

2 hours ago, ZoSoRose said:

Fair enough! I got it as soon as it went up because as far as I know, only 2 NuGNR live albums exist on vinyl, including this one

Its crazy, there is only 1 reunion one too

It's really insane 

It's like they don't want money lol

55 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said:

I just picked that one up. Do you know what shows it has? Paradise City seems to be Leeds 2002, but the album also has My Michelle which i don’t think they did that night 

Don't really know, man! I actually didn't buy it, just took the pic to show you guys

Found this on FNAC. Funny it's a 2002 bootleg with a reunion artwork cover 

EDIT: Just noticed they drew Steven Adler on drums 

I like The General. Is it a disappointment after all the mystery surrounding it and the expectations set by Sebastian? Certainly. Is there stuff I hate in it? Hell yes: the "sitar" effect sucks, the bass line in the intro is one of the most uninspired I’ve ever seen and the final solo is buried by Axl’s vocals. But other than that, it’s ok, I guess. Better than Hard Skool and Absurd, that’s for sure.

10 hours ago, Draguns said:

I don't think a farewell tour would be best for them at this point in time. I think IF they did that, it would be like KISS or Motley Crue. I don't want them to do that. They still can tour for at least another 10 years. 

I think it's quite the opposite, really. If they did it now, it would be gracefully. I think in 10 years, most people will probably be taking the Slash/Axl/Duff reunion for granted, and Axl's voice will probably be even worse. I think the best scenario for them in terms of media coverage and maybe even hype/ticket sales would be to disappear for 3-4 years, then a huge farewell tour and go out with a band. Hell, if they reunited with Adler or Sorum and Izzy or Gilby, it would be huge.

On 12/15/2023 at 5:08 AM, Cosmo said:

So far:

- Mos Def plays MF Doom January 20th

- Lucifer February 16th

- Sunn O))) April 6th

- Judas Priest April 8th

- Stoned Jesus April 18th

- Slash April 29th

- Tenacious D May 15th

- Sepultura October 30th

- Iron Maiden December 7th

Just bought tickets for Mos Def playing an all-MF DOOM set in Montmatre. Hyped!!

1 hour ago, DSTK said:

Pretty sure Tommy owns the rights to going down , sure he said it on a podcast a while back.  It'll never ever see the life of day on a Guns album, he could remove Axls vocals & release it himself 

He's done 2 good albums 

Going Down is my favorite track of the leaked/released CD2 ones so far. Perhaps comes a close second. But Going Down is so catchy. Too bad they'll never release it.