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I believe we’ll get the general, hopefully this year. But if they decide to remove the general from the vinyl, that’s it, I’m not gonna invest anything in this band anymore, neither money, nor time. I feel like most of us keep defending this band but they continue to disappoint and once something exciting is about to happen, they usually fuck it up. At some point enough is enough. And it seems like we’re getting closer to that point for me

that meme works on a daily basis with GNR

So has it been released?

After a few listens I still think it’s a really strong album, especially for a band at this stage in their career. I’m more of a Keith fan, so i‘d loved some more iconic Keith open g intro riffs and songs, but you can hear that mick had a bigger impact on the songs. Favorites atm: Sweet Sounds, Driving Me too hard, Angry, Mess it up Less favorites: Tell me straight (hoped for an uptempo Keith song), Live by the sword. But there’s really no bad songs on the album Rolling Stone Blues is a great song for the album closer, just Keith and Mick playing some blues, full circle moment If that’s gonna be their last album they went out with a bang

Well it’s 1am in Germany and I just listened to the first original stones album in 18 years. I’ll probably write a proper review after listening to it a couple more times, but it’s a really really good album, probably the best since Tattoo You at least

The stones play an invite-only show in a club in NYC today. Rumours of Lady Gaga and bill wyman being there are going around.

Yeah the food was really good and I definitely want to come back someday, but I have to say I’m glad I got out of there last friday given what’s happening in the Middle East right now…

I’ll try to recap what I’ve seen on stream and YouTube this morning: - setlist: absolutely phenomenal. I’d have been happy with 16-17 songs, I thought 20 songs was the absolut maximum and then they’ll come out and play 24 songs, 2,5 hours. SUL was a great surprise, first time since 2003. Both Power Up songs worked well live I think. Good to see that RNRTrain is a staple still. 6/10 Back in Black songs. But if there’ll be a tour we shouldn’t expect this to be the standard. - Brian: did a great job overall. He’s got his limitations and struggled on some songs as expected, especially on the BIB stuff. Didn’t help that they played some stuff (You shook me for example) in standard tuning. Needs to find a new way to approach his older songs imo if there’ll be a tour. Sounded especially good on Bon songs, for example Sin City stood out. If they’ll adapt the set (all in Eb Tuning, less songs from BIB), he rethinks his approach on some songs and maybe loses some pounds he’s tour ready. - Angus: I worried the most about him tbh, since he hasn’t played live since 2017 and was rumored to have had a severe covid infection. Struggled on Thunderstruck but apart from that blew me away, played as good if not better than on ROB tour. Also looked good, I like that he goes for the grey hair now. Didn’t move as much as he used to obviously but then again he’s 68. tour ready. - rhythm section: waaaaaay better than during ROB tour, mostly thanks to Matt Laug who did an incredible job. He’s got the groove like Phil and seems to have studied his playing a lot, as he did loads of fills like Phil did live and in the studio. I sadly habe my doubts that Phil could deliver a performance like this these days. Stevie also improved a lot, I already liked him during ROB but he sounded better now on Thunderstruck and TNT, his weaker songs back then. Cliff solid as always. All three tour ready. - backing vocals: also a lot better than during ROB, where they were almost unlistenable at times. Even the more difficult stuff like RNRTrain or Shot in the dark was good. They (especially Stevie) practiced. Tour ready. - stage: stack of Marshalls, only the bell and the cannons as props, Rosie now digital on screen, same with the SUL angus statue. But then this was just a festival show. If there’s a tour, we’ll probably see a special (power up) stage with maybe more props. - fans: probably the only let down of the night. It’s a shame that their first show in 7 years and the big comeback of Brian was in front of a bunch of rich folks. No atmosphere at all sadly. - highlights: If you want blood, Demon Fire, SUL, Shot in the dark, Sin City, Riff Raff, For those about to rock. All in all a glorious comeback. More than I’d ever expected. I can absolutely see a small tour next year now, they are ready. Had a huge smile on my face all morning

Stage is set, this is exciting! Alarm clock is set for 6am tomorrow, i can’t wait

Spent the last 10 days traveling through Lebanon and Istanbul. Especially Lebanon is absolutely beautiful and the people are the nicest I’ve ever met!

I guess he can’t go to the US because of his legal issues a couple of years ago.

Well that’s disappointing… I’d say Brain probably sounds the best he can these days but the drums sound like Chris Slade on ROB all over again… no swing, no groove on the hi hat, nothing.. angus seems to be deaf when it comes to drumming

Keith also on bass doing some good licks!

Nope didn’t mention Macca Angry sounds cool, although nothing too special, but a solid first single, I can see this getting some airplay in the mainstream radio On the 2nd listen I think the chorus is quite catchy, although the auto tune is too obvious and therefore a bit annoying. Cool little Keith solo

Mick Jagger just announced album comes out October 20th!

Chris was great in the 90s but didn’t sound that good on ROB tour (imo at least). Since then he’s had a stroke and he’s 76 now. There’s recent videos of him playing drums showing, that he’s just not capable of playing with AC/DC anymore. Simon is only 60 so he might bring a bit more energy to the band. Also his groove is similar to Phil. If Phil can’t make it, Simon would be the right choice imo. Also I don’t believe the drummers in AC/DC have any say when it comes to songwriting, recording or producing. That’s all up to the Youngs (or just Angus these days)

Now the litho also makes sense

I don’t think he has a choice. He can’t sing in chest voice beyond a certain note (physical limits) and then he has to go for falsetto which unfortunately sounds the way it does these days

I disagree. Sure Brian being back is a big thing obviously and the casuals won’t care who’s on drums, but the whole idea of the reunion after Mal passed was getting the OG boys back together one more time to honor Malcolm. If there a show or even a small tour without Phil it’s just like ROB tour all over again… Also will Cliff be there if Phil isn’t? He retired after ROB because he said it was a different animal… And from a musical standpoint no one comes close to Phil in terms of swing and feeling, even though Simon would probably be a better fit than Chris Slade imo Anyways let’s see what Power Trip brings I’m still excited that they will be performing again even though this rumour diminished my excitement a bit

There’s talk on the AC/DC forum that for some reason (maybe health, maybe visa issues) Phil won’t be able to make the Power Trip show. The rumour is fueled by the band picture being removed from the PT website. Simon Wright is rumored to stand in for Phil. would be a bummer and I hope that it’s just visa issues and nothing health related so IF they come to Europe the Rudd will be in the chair