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23 minutes ago, F*ck Fear said:

The only thing more embarrassing than Slash playing a song for Barbie, would be that.

Slash hit an all time low when he guested with the Black Eyed Peas. 

I know it was the Superbowl. But still. 

Is it confirmed that Living For The City is a Stevie Wonder cover?

If so I hope that Slash is careful with it. Because the original is a true work of art. 

1 hour ago, colonizedmind said:

Axl's voice was great on any cover back in the day! Still love that performance with Tom Petty...bit of mis-match as Axl totally overpowers him! 

Probably the best vocal that I have ever heard from Axl was on his duet with Mick Jagger on 'Salt of the Earth' in 1989.

This takes the crown for worst ever GnR music video (the previous holder being Bad Apples). 

Can't see that this will be anything other than a video for The General.

See - and we thought we'd have nothing new to bitch about for a while!

Slash swearing up a storm on Saturday morning kids TV in the UK (back in 2000):

https://youtu.be/11tBL4Gy1II?si=aIzwDAnkZfZ4V8sd

Early in the year 2000, I was in the Virgin Megastore in Piccadilly Circus.

I had a few quid - enough to buy either a cassette of AFD or a cassette of Muse's 'Showbiz' album. 

Thank god I chose AFD. 

Fred Durst called CD a 'piece of shit'.

That means  it's brilliant in my eyes! 

This might sound like an odd thing for a GnR fan to say but...

Tattoos aren't for me. 

10 hours ago, gunsnchalupas said:

 

I don't mean to be a jerk, but this is such an absurd idea. I always assumed it was named Duff beer because duff is slang for butt, and in the context of the show, the storylines and gags with the beer and alcoholics in the show are typically portrayed as fat lazy slobs. 

Had Duff not been a word prior to GNR, I would understand people making this connection. People are acting like he made up the word and people weren't commonly aware of it being slang already prior to GNR.

The beer being named after Duff doesn't make any sense in the context of the show. I can't imagine how anybody even got the idea. I'd guess that maybe Duff just heard it somewhere and assumed it was true. 

There is no reasonable connection. I get it was a different time, where members of bands were much more visible as pop culture figures, but it isn't even like your average person knew who Duff McKagan was. Axl or Slash, sure. 

Like I said - yes it is probable that they came up with the idea of naming it Duff without thinking of Duff McKagan.

But maybe, at some point, they thought it would be wise to check with Duff himself that it was okay. Just in case Duff later got the wrong idea that it was named after him and decided to sue. 

As Duff himself has admitted, his memory of those years is very patchy. Because he was drunk or high nearly all of the time. 

What could have happened is that The Simpsons' writers came up with the name Duff without initially thinking about Mr McKagan. But perhaps later on they thought they'd better reach out to him to check that he was ok with their fictional beer being the same as his fictional name.

Or maybe their lawyers suggested they should do that?

In short - when it comes to releasing and promoting product, just get them to do the things that you might for granted from any other rock band.

Like - a regular schedule of new releases (not delayed at the last minute), with videos and interviews.

Is that too much to ask?

Apparently, it is. 

OMG!

Imaginig Slash without Marshall amps is like imaginig him with a top hat or a Les Paul.

But if he thinks other amps work better for him, he should go for it. 

1 hour ago, Skamos66 said:

she is actually a huge metalhead: 

Woop!

Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato!

Today I was told by Universal Europe that my order of the 'Perhaps' single had been delayed until December.

Better late than never, eh?

41 minutes ago, Nizaraul7 said:

The files are quite compressed so I'm not going to talk about guitar tone though it's clearly different from Slash's usual sound, but the bends mate... they are definitely NOT of his making. I personally feel Robin's hands all over the place.

The bass tone is also a big sellout that these are NuGNR era leaks, and I could swear it's Josh Freese on the drums. Ferrer's toms are always tuned lower than that (wich is why I never liked his work).

I guess we'll have to wait for the official release and see.

Slash is all over these new leaks. But my first reaction to the bass of The General was that it sounded like Tommy's tone. I know it seems absurd that a new release wouldn't feature Duff, but that is what I was hearing. 

I think the answer is that these are final versions (or close to final versions) that feature a mixture of current and past gunners.

The start of Monsters sounds like something from Perfect Dark (an N64 game from 2000). That's cool, though. 

5 minutes ago, metallex78 said:

I’m still convinced that the outro of Monsters actually melds from Slash’s lead guitar, into some of Robin’s playing - the last 10-15 seconds of the track. It sounds like some of the stuff that Robin plays in Street of Dreams.

Yes, there's definitely a couple of bars in there that similar to his SOD solo.

I'm catching myself constantly humming the main melody of 'The General' to myself.

That's a good thing, right?

28 minutes ago, The Matinator said:

I didn't think of that but Monsters definitely has the feel of Technical Ecstasy. Axls vocals on the verses also remind me of Ozzy. I thought that in my first couple listens before i made the connection that it could be Soul Monster.

Agreed.

After all, Technical Ecstasy is Axl's favourite Sabbath album.

I had some bad news earlier today (no, nothing to do with the vinyl delay).

But hearing the General at long last, AND the excellent Monsters, really cheered me up.

So thanks to whoever has released these into the wild. 

4 minutes ago, nycmale said:

Are these with Duff and Slash or are these demos? Thanks in advance!!

It's definitely Slash on lead guitar.

Gotta say that Monsters bought a big smile to my face. That voice, that guitar..   

I wonder about the lyrics of the two halves. Are they describing two sides of an abusive relationship? (That is my hot take after listening through once). 

Someone had to leak it. 

Oh FFS.

You know when you wait for a train, and then when the scheduled time rolls around they tell you it's been delayed for two hours?

That's what this is like.

I'll just have to console myself with the new music from Prince and The Beatles, both of which are due imminently.

GnR ain't the only band in the world.