Old_school_gnr_fan

28 minutes ago, Gunsdrummer63 said:

How to recreate the AFD sound in 2 simple steps

Step 1: Fire Frank
Step 2: Hire any new drummer

The goal shouldn't be to recreate the AFD sound. 

With the "big three" all in their 50's, I would expect new music that for starters, isn't as challenging for Axl to sing. I think the days of shrieking are over. For Axl to prolong his voice as he approaches 60 and beyond, he's going to have to make songs that he'll be able to sing live on future tours, while songs like "You Could Be Mine" are phased out.

The same would apply for Slash and Duff, to create songs that are not as frenetic to play, because let's face it, their fingers are going to slow down as they continue to age. They're going to need a catalog of GN'R material that is easier for them to physically play. I can't picture Slash playing the close of "Paradise City" in 10-15 years. Aging sucks, but it's a reality.

 I can understand now why Metallica had to change up their sound, though they started too early.

10 hours ago, Cstephenson88 said:

There is definitely something going on. If slash is already recording or about to record parts, my opinion is this will move along quickly. 

I've been saying this since the start of the year. New material is a lot closer to being done than being started. The band is trying to avoid online hacking by saying there's nothing done yet.

I really like the men's leather jacket, but it's still too much at $375

I just don't buy the notion that a new record is still in it's early stages. I just don't.

I really think there's a lot done, but guys in the band don't want to say it publicly. Why? Because in 2019, if you have someone in Guns N' Roses saying they have songs done for a new record, the songs inevitably find their way online before an official release. It happened two years ahead of Chinese Democracy, and hell yeah, that hurt album sales.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the band got a new record out late this year under a fake name, like "Black Frog" or " The Fargin Bastids". Anything to combat online piracy.

On 4/6/2019 at 7:37 AM, Blackstar said:

 

SLASH, GUNS N’ ROSES

“It was kinda lame that music writers at the start of the ‘90s could only create an identity for the Seattle bands by setting them up as anti-Guns N’ Roses. I know writers like to consider the whole ‘birth of grunge’ as the death knell for Guns, but we were so big at that point that the emergence of the grunge bands didn’t really matter to us.”
 

The two biggest bands in the world in the fall of 1991 were Guns N' Roses and Metallica. MTV, in attempt to finish off the hair metal movement that had started in the mid 80's, introduced Nirvana first, then other alt/grunge bands like Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots. They kept GN'R and Metallica in their rotation at the time so as not to completely alienate the hard rock/metal audience that had provided them with big ratings in the latter part of the 80's. But let's face it: Metallica's "Black" album had already alienated a large core of it's original fanbase because the intensity that was the cornerstone of their music in the 80's was all but wiped away; and GN'R's 'Use Your Illusion' records, while glorious in parts, felt bloated in others. It was not 'Appetite For Destruction, Parts II and III'.

What made matters worse, in what should have been the greatest double bill in rock history, the Guns N' Roses/Metallica tour was marred by Axl's inability to show up on time, Izzy quitting the band,  the bombast of having backup singers and a horn section on stage, the lavish after-parties, and the worsening drug habits of Slash. It all culminated at the Montreal show after Hetfield burned his arm on stage, forcing Guns to start their show earlier.

It's the aftermath of that show, in my opinion, is what propelled the alt/grunge movement to the forefront at that time. Later, it would be the inability to get a new album done and the departures of Slash and Duff that would kill rock and roll for the remainder of the 90's.

On 4/7/2019 at 11:55 AM, Georgina Arriaga said:

I hope he is feeling better 

 

Steve's looking kind of frail, to be honest. Not a lot of extra meat on them bones.

6 hours ago, downzy said:

#1 - Be Hot as Hell...

Yes, but what about Susan?

"I KEED, I KEED"

Here's my theory:

If Guns N' Roses are a part of this festival, they will be introducing new music. It wouldn't make much sense to perform otherwise.

Honestly, I think we're going to get a new album this year. November would be my personal guess, as the band has a history of November releases (GN'R Lies, The Spaghetti Incident?, Chinese Democracy). Get it out before Black Friday and Cyber Monday to capitalize on sales.

Most bands introduce a new song six to eight weeks before an album drops, so September fits that timeline. I think a lot of work has already been done on new material, probably during the downtime between legs of the NITL tour. When Slash gets done on his tour, I think the band gets together to put finishing touches on the music.

All of this is speculative, but I'm feeling really optimistic that the last four months of 2019 are going to be big for Guns fans.

The next Guns N' Roses record will be out in calendar year 2019.

It will win Grammys, something that has eluded them previously.

On 3/19/2019 at 9:28 PM, nickzark said:

The best would be a new song in new movie 

I believe it's very, very possible.....if the movie doesn't blow like 'Salvation' and 'Genesys'

Musically, it's catchy enough, but let's be honest: 

Duff can't sing. 

Worcester, MA 11/8/06. Guns didn't start until shortly after 11PM, and then Axl ranted about the sound guy trying to fuck him over. The audience, which probably wasn't more than 8,000 people, booed when he said that, but the rest of the show went off without a hitch. Didn't end until after 2AM.

Foxboro, MA 7/20/16. Lenny Kravitz's set went way longer than it was supposed to, and it took over 40 minutes to complete the stage changeover, so Guns didn't get on until after 9PM, and there was a curfew of 11PM. To their credit, they broke curfew and I think played until about 11:25. If memory serves me correctly, they did 24 songs. Fantastic show.

On 3/8/2019 at 4:56 AM, ZODIAC said:

... if you know how many thuesdays are left in the year... 

... If you're visiting a movie, only for listening to the music at the end credits...

 

What else?! 

 

When you pay full price for the Locked N' Loaded set   

20 hours ago, Ratam said:

Or when you name you dog or cat AXL or SLASH too 

My goal is to buy a pair of Sphynx cats and name them Axl and Slash

13 hours ago, IncitingChaos said:

They will probably release two albums again. I think once they get together and start putting this stuff down it’s going to build up energy and eventually they will shoot for two full albums. Axl has been sitting on stuff too long. 

Could be something along the lines of what Green Day did a few years ago. They released three albums either a week or two apart from each other, if memory serves me correctly. Maybe GN'R releases a new record at the change of every season within a one year time frame (June, September, December, March). Wouldn't that be something?

I think there's definitely going to be more than one album, but let's be happy with one and see where it goes from there.

On 3/8/2019 at 12:59 AM, megaguns1982 said:

What happens if Axl is already happy with the former band members contributions as they are and wants to release it without slash and duff on it? It could happen....

If Axl has learned anything from the worldwide reception of the Not In This Lifetime tour, it's that the fans of the 87-93 era came out in droves to see the return of Slash and Duff.

Outside of the hardcore fans who stuck with Axl through thick and thin for 20+ years, no one wants new Guns N' Roses material without Slash and Duff. The record label doesn't want it, either. The marketing push for a new Guns record with the Big Three would be infinitely more than what Chinese Democracy got.

I recall seeing the tease in the movie theater about the Guns reunion tour before The Force Awakens in 2015. My brother in-law was like, "what's that about?", and I said, "Guns N' Roses are reuniting, it just hasn't been formally announced yet". Just that tease for the reunion tour was a bigger push than for Chinese Democracy's release. When the new record's ready, holy shit....it's probably going to be a marketing campaign like no one's ever seen before.

7 hours ago, El Guapo said:

Nice interview. The most interesting part is this, imo:

 

Interviewer asks if Slash prefers live playing or studio work/ songwriting. He answers something like this:
Prefers live playing, studio work/ songwriting is the way to get to do that.
He says he can’t work on a piece for too long and that he is more the spontaneous type, which can be an 
advantage or disadvantage. 

The interviewer then asks about the disadvantage part.
Slash answers: Because sometimes you could achieve more with a song if you had 
the patience to work on it harder. But I lose interest once the original spark is gone.

This is exactly why his solo stuff is so meh most of the time. 
Interesting that he is fully aware of it but does it anyway. 
He should be glad that Axl is so different in that regard.

100% agree. I've never cared for much of Slash's work outside of Guns N' Roses.

I've always thought Axl made Slash better, especially on some of Axl's "babies" like November Rain. I can't imagine a brilliant solo like that was Slash's original interpretation. Axl probably asked/encouraged Slash to modify it so it fit more into Axl's vision of having that epic finale.

12 hours ago, RONIN said:

"Slash may sound like the De La Hoya but he's the fuckin Vargas." - W. Axl Pose

So to be clear, Richard Fortus, the guy with zero writing credits - who played 3rd fiddle to Bucket and Finck with barely any creative input on Chinese Democracy - as per Slash, this dude is apparently involved with the long awaited follow up record to the legendary AFD and UYI. However, this album may or may not come out ostensibly since GNR has no plan or schedule to complete and release it. Meanwhile, Izzy, Steven and Matt, all of whom remain available, are left to twist in the wind. Brilliant.

These clowns literally couldn't find their asses with both hands. Why do they even bother? Just release the 90s shit and retire already. 

Slash has publicly said that he likes Richard, and the guy has been a part of the band for what now...17 years?

We have to face facts--Izzy can't be counted on to show up and record his parts (see "Locomotive"), and has no interest for being on the road for extended periods of time. 

I'm not saying Richard is going to do anything to make people forget about Izzy; this isn't a case like when Joe Walsh replaced Bernie Leadon in The Eagles, and everyone embraced Joe Walsh/forgot about Bernie Leadon. But the guy's been a dutiful employee for a long time, and handles Izzy's spot just fine.

Meanwhile, how could anyone believe Adler could handle being back in GN'R permanently? Never mind the back issues, the strokes, the heart attacks. Adler would be a liability simply because he'd likely be the guy to fall hard off the wagon and relapse into heavy drug use. And as for Sorum? He and Axl don't like each other all that much, which has been documented. Axl would rather have a guy who knows his role, and shuts his mouth.

23 hours ago, itsprettytiedup said:

Slash recently spoke to Japanese music critic and radio personality Masa Ito of TVK's "Rock City" about the possibility of a new studio LP from GUNS N' ROSES in the not-too-distant future.

"Axl, Duff, myself and Richard have all talked about… there's material and stuff going on already for a new record," he confirmed (see video below). "It's just, with GUNS N' ROSES, you don't go, 'Oh, there is a plan, and it's gonna be like this,' because that's not how it works. So, basically, the only real answer to give is we're hoping to put a new record out, and we'll just see what happens when it happens."

FULL TRANSLATE

 

It would be the first GN'R album ever recorded with a clean and sober Slash. Duff too, actually. That in itself is pretty exciting.

I know people are going to say that Appetite was recorded with the mandate that no drugs were allowed while they were in the studio recording. That may be true, but technically, all five of them had drugs in their system 24/7 at that time, so it doesn't really count.

22 hours ago, default_ said:

Fuck this band. 

Another record we'll probably never listen to. 

Why do you post here?

2 hours ago, Silent Jay said:

 

No offense to Weird Al, but Guns should have won.

4 hours ago, G-Money said:

He always talks about how it'll "probably happen," but this actually sounds more definite (as definite as one can be in the GNR world).

He could be referencing having recorded with GN'R prior to Slash and Duff's return. When he says "more recording", he could be talking about Slash and Duff putting in their parts on songs that may have been worked on prior to NITL happening.

That's how I interpret it, anyway.

On 2/5/2019 at 10:31 AM, appetite4illusions said:

I think the new True Detective, while interesting, is also painfully boring. Nothing much happens.

It's a game of show and tell and they're showing a little at a time but they're not telling us anything. The second season had the opposite problem, TOO MUCH HAPPENS. It was dense in the way a novel usually is, with lots of characters and lots of stuff going down. You had to really pay attention by the time the end came, to figure out how the whole conspiracy tied into everything.

Season 3 is now almost at the sixth episode out of eight and the "mystery" is still very well hidden. I'm pretty confident we haven't even been introduced to the real players who were involved in the kidnapping - they remain off screen. The show has now come to be more about tortured characters than it is plot, which I guess, was always kinda the case with this show - except the characters were so much more fascinating back in 2014. 

I think, in this instance, Nic Pizzolato was far more intrigued with his notion of a man losing his memory than anything else that related to plot. It was kind of an exercise in keeping the audience in the dark. He didn't have a really great story idea, this time around.

That first season of True Detective....I mean, WOW. That was must-see television. I always liked Woody Harrelson, but it was really Matthew McConaghey who blew me away with his performance. I have it on blu-ray, will need to watch it again soon over a weekend.

Then, season two.....ugh.

Now I don't have HBO, so I don't know if what I'm missing with season three is more like season one, or season two.

On 2/3/2019 at 2:39 PM, MillionsOfSpiders said:

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. 

I think there were advance screenings this past weekend, I missed them. Looking forward to seeing it though. I'm 48 and my kids are grown, but I really dig Toothless. Could see myself with a tattoo of him.

1 hour ago, KURT19 said:

 

Raw eggs, on the other hand, are strictly used for throwing at random garage doors or passing cars on Devil's Night.

Devil's Night is every night in Detroit, isn't it?

1 hour ago, killuridols said:

Yes, this band is nowhere in the Top 40 of anywhere. 

Totally incorrect, but whatever. It's like one other poster and myself actually supporting the band/management/record company's decision to take down videos and disable "fan channels".

Without the internet, Guns N' Roses would have sold every one of the 10,000 editions of the Locked N' Loaded set within weeks, at full price. They would have sold many more copies of the Super Deluxe. They would have sold probably a few million copies of the vinyl and CD editions. It would have been in the top 40 in sales, obviously, just as it was for three years in the late 1980's.

If Guns N' Roses were a brand new band in 2019, and the original 'Appetite' was being sold this year, how many copies do you think it would sell? 

500,000?

750,000? 

1,000,000?

One thing that cannot be disputed is that 'Appetite For Destruction', possibly the greatest rock album of all-time, would sell nowhere near the 19,000,000 units that have sold in the US since 1987, if it was a brand new album today. The internet has ruined any opportunity for any artist to sell 10 million hard copy albums in this era, no matter what goodies are thrown in as a bonus.

People want to bitch about high ticket prices? Bands have to make a profit somehow, and if the "fans" aren't buying hard copies of the album---either buying songs from Itunes at a significantly lower royalty rate, or just stealing the music outright--they're going to rape your wallet if you want to see them live. But then, THAT isn't good enough either. people want to pull out their smartphones and record the whole show as a souvenir, a souvenir not authorized by most bands/artists.

Guns N' Roses are holding the cards here. They can make a new album to satisfy old and new fans alike, but they have to be thinking what the fuck for, if no one's going to pay for the end product?