AxlRoseCDII

There’s nothing to “worry” about, it sucks but as GNR fans we just have to move on. Clearly they don’t really care about us or releasing music. Our lives will probably just be better if we focus on artists who release music and actually care about their fans.

I don’t think that’s a correct assessment since we haven’t seen that for any deepcut that hasnt been played since then. They would need to have pages for stuff like IRS and If The World by that principle. I think it’s The General, whether or not it even get played or released is up in the air though.

We’ve seen it twice. Once in a news article, someone with backstage access posted a pic of the setlist and faintly you could see “The General” on the back. And Once in an official GNR Social Media post, they flipped through a book full of guitar settings for songs. One page said “The G” and the collective consensus is that it is likely The General and not The Garden.

And when I played Perhaps at a library people were dancing in the hallways.

Great idea. Since we’re never gonna get CDII this will be great closure.

The #1 thing the song is missing is the guitar wails around the “I’ve been so upset, harboring this hate for days” type of parts. Really sad they got rid of those, they were probably my favorite part about the demo after the Finck solo. Not too impressed by Slash’s solo either.

Logically speaking, it would at least have to be somewhat real (the memory theory for instance) if he said the names of songs like Perhaps right? Or is there an explanation for that otherwise?

Damn good performance on the verses. I'm glad you recommended it to me haha

Probably one of the best setlists we've had in a while. Unfortunately without new music though, it's hard to really be excited or happy with the direction of this band. A new single would've gone a long way. Instead, we're just on the millionth leg of the nostalgia tour.

Every time I see "HOT" on the thread, I think maybe something is actually happening, and am always wrong.

Maybe there wouldn’t be so many, if any, leaks if this band didn’t take decades to release anything.

Respect for 4tus here. Always thought he was a great guy and guitarist. Makes me happy to see him stand up for Slash.

If im wrong on that I’ll admit that. Either way, the whole way the band treats the concept of new music is bizarre.

The problem I have is it’s a lot harder to accept this situation when they have band members like Slash hinting new singles, rehearsing new songs, yet we remain in this weird limbo where anything on the internet related to discussing new music gets taken down by TB, and the songs disappear and reappear from the setlists. If GNR just embraced they were a nostalgia band and outright said “we have nothing new coming”, then I think a lot of us would respect the honest and move on from it.

I expect your comment to get a lot of shit but I actually 100% agree with this.

What the hell happened to Axl on Locomotive? It wasn’t great in 2019 but sounded way better than 2023. He’s basically mickeying parts he should be able to hit just fine with baritone. It’s really hard to listen to, honestly.

I have a feeling they’re gonna drop CDII, CDIII, and CDIV at this show tonight.

I thought Perhaps was the best song of the leaks. Much better than Atlas Shrugged. My highest criticism is that that the song loops itself twice and should’ve had more lyrics. Could’ve changed in the final but I doubt it.

You could very well be right. I’m just going off of what we know based on the facts right now. It and The General were also removed from the setlist unless that photo was a fake, which would feel like a weird photo to fake.

I disagree. But we only have a small sample size to go off of. Absurd didn’t have any real leaks before it came out. It sort of just happened. 2nd show of the tour. Hard Skool, we can assume is what a typical release looks like for them- practicing it and fine tuning it every soundcheck until it’s eventual release. If we assume Hard Skool is how they go about releasing new music, Perhaps has deviated from that. We can theorize X and Y but at the end of the day for why but it’s just ultimately hopium with nothing that can back it- whereas Hard Skool we 100% have knowledge of how it worked.

If they are going to do 2 songs, maybe it’ll be a name of an EP that doesn’t have to do with either song title.

Even if the single is planned for the NA shows, I think it’s pretty sad that they tour Europe and don’t think they deserve a new song or two as well.

Do you want Axl to implode?

How many albums has Slash finished since rejoining GNR? 3 now?

When it showed up in the alt lists, I always considered it another “CD” song that Slash and Duff were being generous to play for Axl, I didn’t think it was ever going to be re-released. Especially because when it did show up it was 2017 or 2018 and new music was nowhere near on their mind then. Not that it’s much more on their mind now but you know what I mean.