TheSeeker

I've blocked out the past 3 years in my mind much like I've blocked out 2001-2002

No one wants to see that shit

GNR has avenged the Montreal riot of 1992 with a show in 2010

GNR has avenged the Vancouver riot of 2002 with a show in 2011

GNR has avenged the Philadelphia riot of 2002 with a show in 2012

Will GNR ever avenge the St. Louis riot of 1991?

Let him sing lead

Marc, Axl said this in his 2000 interview with Rolling Stone:

http://htgth.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=30

Having stayed publicly silent so long, Rose appears to view the album as a final offering-up of his side of all his myriad battles - notably with his estranged band mates and, even more painful, with his one time fiancee, supermodel Stephanie Seymour, with whom he had an ugly split. He speaks of his desire for Seymour's son to someday be able to come across the new record. ''I hope he'll hear it when he grows up, if he ever wants to know the story, to hear the truth,'' Rose says a little quietly

Do you think the completed Chinese Democracy album was primarily Axl writing about his breakup with Stephanie, or do you think it ventured into other territory (the band breakup)?

I know you've listed "There Was a Time" as one of your top GNR songs on here - did Axl ever specifically say what that song was about?

Did he ever mention if any of the Chinese Democracy songs were about specific people/events? If so, can you share? I'd love to know if any songs were specifically about Slash and the breakup.

Axl seemed reluctant to say that "Sorry" was about Slash in his forum chats.

There isn't an important member aside from Axl.

Correct. They're all replaceable.

Holy shit, can't believe Fortus turned down Bowie. What the fuck for?!

Seriously - turning down Bowie for NewGNR is possibly the worst career move I can think of as a musician.

Ritz88:

somewhere in between the songs (i think more towards the end of the show) you can hear a fan screaming "MTV sucks ass" near to a camera (shot from the crowd a little back). i do rate this as some kind of proof that MTV was filming the show. audio was "Westwood One" though.

You're dumb and I'm sorry for you.

Westwood One was a local New York City radio station that broadcast the show.

Ritz88 masters are in MTV's vaults.

Not necessarily - the raw unedited footage of the whole show leaked out after the broadcast, and Alan was the one who commissioned that concert be filmed along with Great White the same night (since both bands were managed by Alan). It's possible an independent company filmed the show and then MTV edited it for broadcast.

Someone should contact Alan Niven and ask him if the Ritz 88 show was filmed and if so, who has the master reels.

I think Axl would even be in support of Ritz 88 coming out on Blu Ray.

Queen Wembley was 1986, right? the FM92 Tribute was a one-time-only event with multiple big stars on there, also broadcasted live (on PPV at least) in several countries. i'd still stick to my theory! but in the end i'm sure Queen fans would have gotten more info already??!

You don't understand - it became increasingly popular in the 80s and 90s to shoot everything using video cameras as opposed to film cameras.

If the Freddie Mercury Tribute *was* shot using film cameras, but edited and archived on video tape, Eagle Rock would have to go back and find all the individual film reels for each camera that was shooting that day (if they even still exist) and transfer each reel/sequence each shot to match the video feed. That would take a ridiculous amount of time.

Eagle Rock did that very long, tedious process with Peter Gabriel's "Secret World" concert (converting 16mm reels for a Blu Ray release) and they put a documentary about the process on Youtube:

I think the last Rio performance killed off whatever remaining fanbase they had in Brazil

No. GNR get a $h!tstorm for still calling themselves Guns N Roses and I admire them for it.

There is no "calling themselves Guns N' Roses" - Axl owns the name and has chosen to continue using it with hired musicians.

There is no band.

That's not strange. That's exactly how I would expect you to feel.

Yeah, I tend to root for the underdog. It's not much I can say I respect Axl for -- not knowing the guy -- but the way he refused to give up when everything was stacked against him really impress me. Hopefully he will add more records and tours to the legacy of GN'R.

I'm not sure you are using the word underdog correctly here.

The name Guns n Roses is a powerhouse brand, that gave him a tremendous advantage in all his musical business ventures. From getting money from the label to drawing crowds at concerts.

Axl would have been the underdog if he had abandon the GnR name and tried to make a career with a new band name. And if he did it on the merits of the music he created post GnR. Still play his 4-5 favorite or most personal GnR songs, but then carried his concerts by playing his solo or new band material. Lets see if the world will accept Axl Rose and his new band, without the benefit of GnR to back it all up. That would be an underdog situation.

But keeping the GnR name and playing 20 GnR songs at every show........that's not being the underdog, IMO. That is playing it safe and not taking a risk at all.

Right - Axl took the easy way out.

The old members who left abandoned security because they couldn't deal with Axl. Instead of reflecting inward and realizing what had happened, Axl did the immature thing and continued on with new members...most of which ended up leaving themselves!

Axl's a narcissist with no sense of humility. He plays the victim when he's the enemy...of both himself and those who he tries to control.

Sad, sad little man he is.

I dare Axl to do a show as "Axl Rose" and draw anywhere the same crowd he does under the Guns N' Roses name.

He's washed up and living off the past.

I refuse to believe that Scraped is better than every song in the vault.

When I found out that demo was "Prostitute" and we had been led to believe that was a "big gun", I knew we were in trouble.

I'm curious to see how bad the outtakes are.

St. Petersburg 2010:

The Blu-Ray is only going to be in Standard Definition

Who cares

The studio version of "SIlkworms" will surely set the music world on fire and make Axl a billionaire

There is no new album.

Actually a good question - would Team Brazil allow Slash and the old members into Axl's funeral?

What if Axl dies tomorrow?

Team Brazil gets paid

Slash wouldn't have known at that point that Axl would try to force Paul Huge into the band. The contract was signed a few years before that mess happened.

No the band is alive.

UCR Tour of The Year 2011 Winner

UCR Tour of The Year 2012 Winner

UCR The 2013 Ultimate Classic Rock Bowl Finalist (GNR defeating the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles)

Billboard 2012 Top 5 Catalog Albums

Billboard 2012 Top 8 Catalog Artists

The Ultimate Classic Rock polls were votespammed by THIS VERY FORUM, so that's not accurate

And I highly doubt Chinese Democracy sales put GNR into the Top 5 or Top 8 anything last year. It's all from Appetite for Destruction and Greatest Hits.

Because everything this band does is fucking retarded.