Wagszilla

Before anyone speculates that the fictional new album is called “2020” and hence why the tour is called thusly, I've got some bad news for you.

Bon Jovi's new album is called... “Bon Jovi: 2020”.

You snooze you lose, Axl!

36 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

Anyone waiting for ticket sales to improve for this leg, shouldn't hold their breath. 

...

The good news for those of us who haven't picked up tickets yet is that we'll definitely be able to get last minute tickets for super cheap. 

Just like Red Wings tickets, then.

27 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

Wait... Which version of Delicate Sound of Thunder? 

1988

I listened to Live at Pompei and Delicate Sound of Thunder this week.

It turns out, David Gilmour is pretty good at guitar. I know, I was quite surprised too. 

I could use another couple dozens of listens of "On The Turning Away". I will not be untruthful. 

End transmission. 

It seems my digital packrat ways finally have some use.

I have a full backup of the site. 

1 hour ago, Estrangedfx said:

@RussTCB, I don't think anybody asked about your friend. When/where/how did he score an interview with Axl in 2002?? Is it available anywhere?

1 hour ago, RussTCB said:

It definitely should be on the WRIF website for sure. I don't know a ton about it but I know it was in 2002, via phone. 

Poke around on the WRIF site and see if you can find it. If not, tag me again tomorrow and I'll get a link from him that I can post here. 

Apparently the Toronto date is 2/3 empty

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"Did Guns N’ Roses misjudge the appetite for tickets to see the band live in Toronto?

According to Ticketmaster, roughly two-thirds of the 48,217 tickets... remain unsold nearly one week after pre-sales began and three days after they went on sale to the general public."

Source: https://www.iheartradio.ca/104-1-the-dock/news-trending/sales-slow-for-guns-n-roses-toronto-show-1.10552681

1 hour ago, Gnrcane said:

The first NA date is 5 months away. You'll certainly know what you are getting before then. What we know for sure is the stage is shaped differently. How that changes the show I have no idea and probably not that much. The biggest mystery is where the piano will be located for NR since there is no large catwalk like NITL.

Thanks for that, uhh, re-overview. 👌

This rollout makes no sense.

In short, it was only 2 months between the warmups and the NITL US Tour. Fans knew what they were getting.

We're in 2020. Gn'R has already double dipped here in the US in 2017, more fans have been getting restless about new music, and yet they expect fans to plop down money (more money!) for a stadium gig without us knowing what they're getting. The earliest we could possibly know is 1 month from now for the SA dates and 3-4 months for Europe and US. 

Currently $250 for pit here. $50+ more than 2016 for conceivably the same old show. 

Sorry, I don't buy based on vague promises, Gn'R.

Do better!

Solid taste, Mr. Meltdown.

Time is carried by Axl's vocal and Bucket's solo. I think it's a pretty average song outside of that.

It's kind of like a supercharged Breakdown but I like that song so I'm hardly hating on it.

Also, the album version is a travesty and burying and replacing Freese's drum outro is a warcrime. 

I'd swap that with "Better" personally but hey, different strokes. 

My boycott so strong. 💪

You pretenders make me sick.

You know you messed up when Rolling Stone is calling your integrity into question. 

No new music, no sale. 

Work for that dollar. It's a good dollar. The scorned fan dollar. 

New song?

Zodiac

General Top 10

1. Zodiac
2. Me and My Elvis
3. I'm Sorry
4. Hard School
5. Perhaps
6. Oklahoma
7. Chinese Democracy (Rough Mixes CD #1)
8. Madagascar Instrumental Drums +3dB
9. Atlas Shrugged
10. State of Grace

Thyme is my dark horse. It's too rough but I see a killer epic out of that.

I like the other stuff. Some of it is middling, some I just don't see full songs there.

1 hour ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

Two things confuse me still. Why just one random US show, with all that equipment and a crew, etc. Still seems unconventional to me.

Because billions of dollars are spent on that date in the US. It’s not rocket surgery! 

I still love these songs.

I’d love to pay for them. I’d also love to pay for instrumentals of each take. 

Zodiac is such a monster. It’s a giant electronic space robot roller coaster.

Me and My Elvis is a hallucinogenic trip inside of a haunted house and a hall of mirrors. 

Just incredible stuff.

This nonsense is their new excuse.

It simultaneously shows:

(1) How little thought has been given to the idea and

(2) How all the “this year” commentary 2011-2015 was nothing more than hot air.

(3) How the Most Dangerous Band in the world acts like nothing more than scared kittens. Making music, finding an audience, doing it for the fun of it? Nah. Paralysis of analysis and trying to chase ghosts. Yeah, that’s the stuff. 

GOOD DAY SIR!

I said good day!

On 1/15/2020 at 11:56 AM, DarkLotus1111 said:

Josh was such a wasted opportunity that Axl let it slip.

Axl’s career, writ large. 

CD is the 2nd best GNR album

Slash can’t play anymore 

Izzy is no Ron Wood

Going Down top 5 from leaked bunch

Axl blew his career worse than the 2019 Ravens and 2017 Falcons combined

Anyone who treats GNR with reverence is not very smart

Someone should've talked to Pink and had him shorten Another Brick In The Wall down to one song.

It would've gotten more radio play. 

I mean, 3 parts? Who has the time. 

I'd recommend "They Shall Not Grow Old" over this.

I love the acoustic version but Pitman's synth harmonica and Bucket's solo are incredible.

It's a shame we don't have Axl atop this beaut.