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To me Izzy's sound on OIAM sounds like small tweed Fender practice amp cranked. Possibly 8-inch or max 10-inch speaker. I would guess 50s or early 60s tweed vibrolux or champ. You can get pretty similar sound with Fender Champion 600 with volume maxed out. DTJ I would say bigger tweed amp cranked, deluxe or twin. 

4 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

Maybe @Gambit83 can try to contact Bob and get him on the show in light of the recent situation and have him listen to these recent leaks aswell and give his story/opinion and he could also answer that question for us.

But aren't the leaks from "the village sessions"? Which have taken place because bob had them go there? Maybe the date he was officially hired is different from when he heard the stuff, I don't know. Something doesn't make sense here.

They were (rough) mixed at Village and possibly done some overdubs, mainly recorded in Rumbo between 98-00

1 hour ago, TheSeeker said:

I think the Rough Mixes CD's were a "here's what we have so far pre-Village" compilation from November 2000 and then you can see after that with the rest of the discs that Axl just farted around with overdubs for the next year, outside of some new Buckethead songs and re-recording KOHD the month after 9/11

Remember the timeline here 

February 2000 - Doug Goldstein says album is "99 percent musically done and 80 percent vocals done" and will be done in February or March for a Summer 2000 release

April 2000 - Jimmy Iovine listens to the Sean Beavan album, tells Axl he needs better production

April 2000 - Roy Thomas Baker hired

October 2000 - Bob Ezrin hired, band is moved to The Village recording studio

November 2000 - Rough Mixes compiled

February 2001 - Tom Zutaut hired

March 2001 - Beta tells the press that the label has "48 songs" and is choosing what ones will be on the album

March 2001 - Bob Ezrin listens to all the material, tells Axl he has 2 good songs and leaves the project

November 2001 - Tom Zutaut fired

February 2002 - Roy Thomas Baker fired

September 2002 - Doug Goldstein fired

Good timeline, just wanted to point out that Rolling Stone interview was done November 1999 and came out early february 2000.

I also believe that rough mixes are "everything we have" compilations and first previewable versions of the songs. 

I just got a horrible feel that this might be something they will do next. Cover album with mega hits covered and then another two year tour

On 12.8.2017 at 4:37 AM, ludurigan said:

PURE SPECULATION, but given the lack of productivity and the (proven?) inability to actually get anything done (other than ozzying his way on never-ending tours of the same old songs with his good old friend the teleprompter) id say its more likely that he has a problem with alcohol

This is something I've been thinking. When everybody was/is joking about his weight and taco bell and stuff, to me it looks like bloat from alcohol. His face looks red and bloated like people who drink too much have. This is also pure speculation of course.

What really amazes me is that Axl thought that making a sort of comeback with 'Oh My God' was an good idea. I think it's an interesting song but not an anykind of hit song by anymeans. Did he really thought that fans of that kind of, more indie music, would be into Gnr song at Arnold movie, or did he thought that he could transfer that sound to mainstream? He might haved had chance if similar album had come out around same time...

Apparently they ran out of beer there quite early, so Finnish people are sober and pissed off because show was late and they are just... well Finnish, they don't dance or scream, especially sober and pissed off.
Also, according to people there, arrangements there suck, while they still had it people waited over an hour for a beer and lines for toilets are super long.

Pretty sure it'll be the same, maybe  something off the alt. list

I really like the way things are now but 2001-2003ish was a big WHAT IF- era.
What if Axl had released new album late 2002. What if live shows back 2001 and 2002 had been for showcasing new songs rather than hiding 1-3 new tunes somewhere between the oldies.
 

I feel that even with GNR-name that in 2001 and 2002 if he had played loads of new material with this new band, things might have gone differently. I think the biggest problem was that he was mostly doing older material with new group that didn't look like the band that could have wrote this stuff at all. If he had played 8-10 new songs with 8-10 classic hits things might have gone differently and this band could have been considered more like a real band. It just looks and feels weird to me to see guitarist like Buckethead to play songs like WTTJ and Patience. It just don't fit. In a weird way it's interesting tho.
 

Yeah, pretty sure it's because of metronome. He probably has it in his in-ear monitor and other guys don't want it to theirs so that's why there's all these hihat counts

Sorry if this is not allowed but I have a ticket for sale for the next sunday AC/DC gig at Aarhus and thought someone here might want it. I was suppose to go but can't make it which really sucks :/

Send me a message if you're interested.

and once again, sorry if this is not ok

thank you

Not having to be there at the time and looking back it even seems kinda cool/fun that he was dressing up like that and blasting his hits from the 80s, in a time where 80s wasn't looked at the way it is today. We'll maybe cool isn't exactly the word but you know what I mean

Hi!

long time reader first time writer here. Hello all.

I've been watching concerts lately from the first comeback era 2001-2002 and I've been thinking that what people thought at the time about the way Axl looked? 

I mean all the loose clothes, braids, Adidas pants, jerseys, buckethats...I at the time wasn't really into Guns n Roses yet but I still remember some of my friends were talking about his rap/numetal look.

So, what people thought about it?