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Finally RQ has some groove again. Loved that they fixed the tempos.

It seems Axl's at least regaining some strength on the high notes, even if still mickey. 

Very cool Slash solo on Better!

4 minutes ago, KURT19 said:

He sounds absurdly good tonight 

Dude send me the link you're watching 

Just now, Blackstar said:

I looked at their social media and noticed the comments about Axl;s voice, too. Basically most negative comments focus on that.

I like his low voice and I wish he used it more, but it seems that it'll be a problem with the casuals. They're not familiar with this voice, whereas even Mickey "works" for them in a live setting.

I noticed that his low voice aged and has transformed into this devilish voice we hear in Better chorus for exemple, it is ok to me, I can't expect a 60 y/old fella to not sound like so. But some people just don't get it, as if Axl was some kind of ageless superhuman.

I can't believe I can't get these Absurd lyrics out of my head, not even the guitar riff. 

Here's hoping for some Hard Skool tonight and wishing a great time for those attending! 

Listening to Nightrain and not worried about Axl's vocal shape anymore. The concern is now his state of mental health, which is ABSURD! 

4 hours ago, SAU3R said:

There’s also a video of the NR soundcheck:

 

And it's gone! How bad was it?

Seen Rio 11, seen Bridge School, seen Berlin. It's just another disaster and he's gonna recover from it. But srsly, talk about some nerve to face a US Tour in this kind of vocal shape.

Man, what a strange feeling it is to listen some creative work from Guns nowadays. Can't deny I'm so "f'n" anxious to see this played live!

4 minutes ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

Hard School is happening boys!!!!!

The instrumental sounds great. Bring it on!!!!

The demo had already great potential and Slash delivered such a classic GNR vibe. It made me believe that there's at least some work in progress in terms of new material since it's the first concrete proof we have. Loved that they removed the unnecessary intro/outro parts from the leak and added a very nice slow section that kind of reminded me of Estranged.

Man, what a strange feeling it is to listen some creative work from Guns nowadays.

2 hours ago, SAU3R said:

This unhealthy rasp that he had in mid 91, late 92/93 is the main reason why he sounds like Mickey these days imo 

I think the mickey thing is mostly because he's just to lazy to do some vocal coach season with Ron Anderson like he did in 2016. If he did that every leg of every tour, we'd never have a single thing to complain about his vocals. 

I'm part-time singer (nothing too professional or anything) and the GNR material is just too challenging to face (let alone a tour of 3h concerts) without a vocal coach. Our redhead still has the range and everything but considering the current state of his vocal chords, he has to develop some kind of a muscular memory to sing consistently well for a period, pretty much like going to the gym. On the last selects video, specially on TWAT, you can see how great his vocal shape was in 2016. 

Just now, Tom-Ass said:

You don't like the LIES version?

I do! But the fact that it's a raw recording (i mean the instruments were recorded all together), doesn't do it justice. They should've done it track by track with Clink on the AFD sessions and released as a single b-side maybe. 

12 minutes ago, Tom-Ass said:

IMO Reckless Life is their most under rated song..

At least 10 times better than SOYL.

It's a pitty they never recorded the song properly on studio.

6 hours ago, SoulMonster said:

I get that I am in the minority but I have never been a fan of Axl's heavy use of rasp during the UYI touring. I find it grating. To me he was better in the 80s and in 2006 and later. 

Agreed. The reason I grew up loving GNR was Axl's rasp and Slash's solos. But as time went by and I've come to dig other artists, this '93 100% raspy voice started to seem a bit boring for my ears and actually like poor technique, as if he was really hurting himself. In 91-92 his voice was also very raspy but had more spice in it, very interesting to hear and with great performances.

I went see him live in 2010 and felt the same way (amazing show tho).  But for me he's found his best mix during the 2006 run, and for a little while in 2016.

4 hours ago, Klay said:

Great question, I have it sampled from the Think About You intro on my edrums kit.

That would be my dream. I always tinkered through the tones of my edrums to match Appetite's drum sound, but never got close enough.  It has a nasty reverb that sounds the same though. 

Put the bong down!

59 minutes ago, James Bond said:

Pretty Tied Up in particular sounded great. Further proof that they should stick to songs that allow him to sing in that range!

Bad Obsession would be nice too

Do you guys think it might be a bit frustrating for a guitar hero like Slash, having to learn a song from other era to play in his own band? And even so, a 4 chord song? I mean, I really like the song, it's a good rocker and stuff, but it can be a tricky situation. The band is reunited and the first song that comes to mind in terms of releasing something is an old Chinese leak. Axl wants to revisit the chinese era rather than do something fresh. Never thought about it that way, since I was really pumped when the rehearsal video came up.

1 hour ago, Chester 524 said:

. I mean Axl trade marked his own name, right?

I wonder what that was about...

2021 and we are debating version of a 'beaten to death' tune released in 1991. It really says a lot about this band we follow.

Just my 2 cents:

I love the album, but imagine if they had re-recorded the LLAS half in 88/89 with Clink... I think Reckless Life is such a great rocker but suffers from it's poor recording, same goes for the Mama Kin cover.

Man, a remix of UYI without the awful drum tone and hall reverb / bass chorus / weird ambience / weird Axl's voice effects would make my 2021. The whole production made the record age so poorly in comparison to TSI.

Note: I'm not bashing UYI, it's just that the mix doesn't do the songs much justice.

6 hours ago, Sweersa said:

From a technical standpoint, is Frank the worst GN'R drummer? 

My view as a drummer myself: he's one of the best drummers GNR had. But the mostly he's a bad fit. He's seems to me more of a Soul/Pop/R&B kind of drummer. He makes terrible style choices on playing and drum tone, don't know if they're intentional, or just his bosses give him a lot of freedom on the matter. Never heard any of his previous works, though. In some songs he really shines, like Locomotive. But he seems to struggle playing some straight-forward rockers.

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