Italian girl

I knew from the bottom of my hearth, since 1999

me too

I hope it, too!!

Anyone heard anything about Reading Festival? They're supposed to be announcing the second of their three headliners this week...

Not a chance of that happening

:'(

lucky you!!

I did it too!!

happy b-day!

the same for me from Italy!!!

Nice to see another italian user around here!

Back in topic: this is one of the bootleg dvds I like the most and my fav GNR line-up from 2000 on hands down. 2002 with Fortus replacing Huge could have been as good as this, but Axl sounded much worse then.

Ciao!

Hi people =) here we go, afd cross on triceps and gnr logo on shoulder, maybe bind them with roses or something in the future =)

And i recently put up Axl & Slash in my apartment, feels great! and maybe you see the small gnr guitar also on the shelf

I don't see anything after first photo :-D

yes, me neither

Have been listening to this full show, and I truly have to say, absolutely phenomenal. Nearly everything about it from Axl to the band sounds on point. This lineup did a great job of keeping the feel of the original songs but adding some of their own flavor here and there. It makes me wish we could see some more of Paul Tobias, because I feel like he really would have been a perfect fit for the band if he weren't adverse to touring. Another cool side note listening to this through for the first time, Axl calling Paul "Paul Hew-Gee". I think we all assumed the name was how it looked, Huge, for those who never heard his name said before. That is unless that is Axl trolling, which he's certainly been known to do throughout history lol. Anyway, truly worth a listen for those who never heard it. Makes me wish there was a video, and even more so, makes me wish I could have been there. The energy in the room is incredible you could tell. Anyone have any insight into the buildup before the show and how it was promoted? Obviously a very small venue for a GNR comeback show. I was young and wasn't really following closely at that time.

This was an epic night. I was in my mid 20's at the time so it's all very vivid in my memory. This was around the same time that internet file sharing was really catching on (Napster... ICQ... etc.). The world was still stuck in dial up internet at that time. SUPER slow by today's standards, but for the time, magical. I don't even think DSL was out yet (the level up from dial-up internet).

I was on GNR forums from the get-go. Was one of the first CD.com members and that forum at the time was like this place. It was the place to go for GNR news, chat and info. Had some legendary members... Xozi, Queenie... the battles I had with those two clowns were epic. Kanada, probably known to most on this forum and others as one of Axl's biggest nut-swingers today, was at the time one of the biggest Axl/Nu-GNR bashers/'cupcakes'... if not the biggest. At every turn Kanada criticized Axl and NuGuns. I used to destroy him too through the years as, at the time, I was one of Axl's biggest supporters.

Anyway... those are stories for another time. The night of this show and the hype leading up to it was epic. The forums were on fire the entire time. I remember snippets of new songs showing up on Napster and forum members passing links back and forth to download the stuff. Now, a download of one song took HOURS. Again, at the time though it was magical to even have that kind of tech. The first song I was able to download was The Blues. I was instantly in love with it. I think the next day I was able to get Madagascar downloaded and also liked it. Eventually the entire show was leaked one way or another and people started making bootlegs of it on CD's and were selling them on Ebay. I still have a copy that I bought.

Deep down though, as much as I was supporting Axl and his vision, it didn't feel complete. The void Slash and the old band left was noticeable (I grew up on the original GNR). But, Axl had lots of promises of a new album and supporting tours. Each year a new release date came and went. And somehow, someway, we were all strung along for years and years. If you would have told me at the time (2001) CD would not come out until 2008, I would have laughed at your face.

But, alas, the NuGNR saga was just beginning. And it was all very, very painful. Starting with the first tour being cancelled one show before I was supposed to see them in DC. Albeit a few bright spots popped up along the way (Hammerstein, CD's eventual release and some regular touring). But it became painfully obvious by about 2009 that NuGNR wasn't going to ever reach the summit like the original band did. That's about the time I started to turn on NuGNR and started calling for a reunion.

Not that my voice mattered much.

But it was certainly a very unique journey for clearly unique people. Or should I say deranged people?! Lol. No music fan should ever have to endure what GNR fans like myself had to endure for 20+ years.

I just hope that the reunion proves to be a huge success and the old guys churn out 2-3 solid albums in the next decade, cementing a legacy of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Right now GNR is just an interesting footnote in the history of rock. Kind of like Bo Jackson in the sports world... an absolute beast of a baseball and NFL football player... legendary. But his career was cut very short due to a devastating injury leaving many to speculate how incredible his career in both sports could have been. Some say he would have gone down as one of the best if not the best of all time in either sport. GNR has that same kind of legacy. The, 'what if' legacy. Had the original band stayed together and managed through some tough times, we may be talking about THE greatest rock band of all time... at least on par with a band like the Stones.

Instead, we all ask ourselves, 'what if'?

Well, we'll never know. I just hope they have some magic left in the tank and at least cement a legacy and pump out some good music for a few years and prove to us that, yes, they can now be mentioned in the same breath as Zeppelin, Queen, Aerosmith or The Rolling Stones as being among rock's elite.... and not just an interesting footnote.

Honestly, the band reuniting has brought back some of that 'magic' feeling from 2001... a certain excitement for what's to come. I just hope it's not the same nightmare us hardcore fans had to endure for the better part of two decades. I'm not as invested in it as I was when I was younger. There are far more important things in life, like my family and providing for them and watching them grow. But it's fun none-the-less to follow GNR news again! But if the shit hits the fan, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it anymore.

I just hope for you newer fans that the ride goes much smoother.

the same for me from Italy!!!

love that clip!!

omg!!!