NeonKinight

I haven't finished, yet I have mixed feelings for this book.

It clearly gave us a new perspective on the 91-94 Guns N' Roses Era, more infos to fill up the blanks, details that never got to see the light of day, and one thing that's fuckin' amazing is that, at least for once, someone in the old band just hits the fan with tons of shit, instead of being "wishy-washy" when speaking about that era. 
Slash, In 94 or 95 I believe, got interviewed and said that Axl co-wrote "Beggars and Hangers on" with him, and they're were cool, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE WERE NEVER COOL.
Matt just goes and says : "Slash and Duff can't handle problems" / "Axl is a spoiled child".
BUM. Straight in the face. No fancy words, just plain truth (Very Norwegian I must say, as he mentions at least 3 times in 2 fuckin' paragraphs that he has norwegian ancestors.)

Anyway,

If this book is to be believed, and axl is really this kinda of a pain in the ass, and If Slash and Duff are this passive, and slash is this 'money snake' who goes around naming bands with his own name without asking the others, 
Then i'm no longer interested in their personalities, and maybe, only in their music.

I'm yet to finish, and i'm yet to decide if i'm going to continue reading.

"One who eats the fruit of knowledge, is always expelled from some paradise."

On 26/05/2020 at 3:12 AM, seely said:

There's a fuckload of instrumentals, but in terms of 'complete' songs (i e. Full lyrics and vocals) the ones we have are:

Hardschool (formerly known as 'Jackie Chan')

Perhaps

State of Grace

Silkworms

Atlas Shrugged

Going Down

Knockin on Heaven's Door (acoustic)

Eye on You (though lyrics aren't exactly 'full')

 

Then there is also Oh My God from 1999, plus the This I Love remix (with new vocals) 

OMG 1999? You meant the Bumble leak?

42 minutes ago, Finck2006 said:

I tried to record the song too but it sounded like a wave of noise.

Not worth to share

Really? Can you at least try? If we can hear / distinguish one note that'd be awesome.

16 hours ago, jimmythegent said:

Great topic and I think everyone has pretty much covered it all.

Izzy's scratchy, tubey, earthy tone also was such a beautiful complimentary sonic tone to Slash's more traditional Marshall sound.

I always come back to Rocket Queen and One in a million of great examples of the Izzy sound - but LLAS in general is also a great reference point and I agree that for several AFD songs it was Slash and not Izzy adapting more.  But it was swings and roundabouts and they were perfect for each other. 

 

He was Miles Davis - knowing and understanding inherently that the spaces you're not playing are  more important than the spaces you are

"that the spaces you're not playing are  more important than the spaces you are"
Gotta note that somewhere.

32 minutes ago, evader said:

Nope. Bucket got f#cked, and so did the (ever increasing number of ex-) fans.

Also, I'd be okay never hearing another note from this band.

I feel you, I feel you....

Also, there's a band jam in 2011 which they play at the same BPM as this song.

This was one of the things i wanted to say on a podcast 2 years ago. 
Now it's much too late...

is there a way to isolate this "hidden" solo? 
@evader / @imsorry

5 minutes ago, ShadowOfTheWave said:

He said Axl listened to the demo right before HOB 2001.

Where he said that?

This would be the first good part of 2020, geez.

The first time his guitar skills came to my attention was when i was learning It's So Easy, and he'd play the heavy part of it with power chords, and then in the end, he'd play a bluesy kinda shuffle with E Power chord. That was fantastic, i'd never tought about something like that actually.

I created this topic because I wanted to put a light on his guitar playing, more than his role on the band. 
How would you describe Izzy's guitar playing? what sort of influences do you see there? 

5 hours ago, CAFC Nick said:

This honestly isn't a parody.

 

Have fun. 

This riff changed my life.

Guns N' Roses reached it's topmost during the solo of Knockin' On Heaven's Door on HOB 2001.
To this day, it was the most beautiful, soulfull, meaningfull solo i've ever listened. 

I dream about making tabs and being able to play it.

Axl has contractual issues that "prohibits" him from releasing anything until 2025.
 

Throat Problems.

Cant seem to find it anywhere.
I'll wait for him to explain himself.

Atlas would be great, It'd sound like Catcher In The Rye.
But hardschool...

HADTIUBIAFUUU AND THROWIRIALL AWAY 
**GASPS FOR AIR** 
TO HARDSCHUUUUU 
**AIR**
ENYUTOUGHTYOUWERHIR 2 STAY 
**DESPERATELY GASPS FOR MORE AIR***

8 hours ago, Blackstar said:

Well, a couple of days after the official announcement of the reunion and Coachella, which mentioned only Axl, Slash and Duff

http://www.a-4-d.com/t3273-2016-01-05-press-release-guns-n-roses-make-history-with-2016-return

Pitman made a happy post in his social media:

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/additional_members_confirmed_for_gnr_reunion.html

And then he said he was told by management to take it back:

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnr_members_ordered_by_management_to_deny_reunion.html

Then, about six weeks later, he posted calling the reunion tour a cash grab and then deleted it

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gnr_member_chris_pitman_blasts_reunion_tour_a_money_grab_fuck_you.html

That was it.

Not much is known about what happened behind the scenes. There was only an unverified rumour that he clashed with Duff (or both Slash and Duff).

Later in 2016 he sued Axl for unpaid fees from 2011 (the lawsuit was settled a while later).

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It seems that Pitman didn't realise, like everyone else did, that things had changed after Slash and Duff were back, so he couldn't come to terms with the fact that he wasn't equal to them and that they actually were his bosses, too. Because other than that, judging from his first posts, he didn't seem to have any problems with the "nostalgia tour".

Feel sad for him.

What a stab in the back.

1. Atlas Shrugged (RM1)
2. Perhaps 
3. Madagascar 
4. The General 
5. One In A Million (Demo)


 

Seems to me that Axl recorded albums worth of material troughout the years, but when it gets to releasing it, he just feels pressured and pull back.

1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.................

If only we could go back in time, and somehow, lead axl and the recording company to release at least one cd in 2001, things would be a lot different now...

Now its much too late...

GN'R black sabbathiest moment indeed.

This song proves furthermore that the 1999 lineup was capable of doing musics that would face UYI II ones. 
This is like Stranged after an acid trip, it's insane.