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No way, that would have been cool as fuck! Nic Cester has an incredible rock voice.

No posting official leaked material on the forum! That said, Axl sounds better than ever. G'n'Fn'R!

I love Rod, his voice is incredible and soulful. Perfectly suits Slash's blues influenced style. The only thing I don't like was his tendency to yell some lines during live performances. But I also love Eric's voice as well. They're totally different animals, it's like asking whether Pizza is better than Ice Cream. Dear god, is Slash deaf? Clink also praised his guide vocals for the album demos. I can only hope he's taken a lot of singing lessons since 1997.

Eric pulled off some incredible performances in those acoustic jams...

I didn't like Perhaps when it leaked but the final version completely changed my opinion on it. I'm "meh" on Atlas Shrugged right now, but it could be good in its final form. State of Grace though... god no. Sounds like one of those videos mocking Axl's mickey voice and wavering pitch.

It's been getting progressively worse since at least 2010, so I doubt that.

Slash has been fucking up the timing of everything lately and it's honestly embarrassing to listen to at this point. I can't understand how he thinks this is acceptable.

Dizzy does the keyboard intro for Back And Forth Again: The most prominent keys of ALG are probably in Back To The Moment: But they're also in the pre-chorus and chorus of Been There Lately. They do that stabbing rhythm like in Dirty Little Thing from VR. Serial Killer has lots of synth effects throughout and a very nice piano melody in the breakdown: Hard to hear in the mix but I think they're in the 2nd verse of the title track as well. Definitely in the intro and outro.

Imagine if CD was released in 2001, they toured it from 2002-2004 and then reunited for an album in 2006 with Axl's vocal resurgence that year and Slash's riffs that ended up on his solo album.

Are they self employed and wealthy enough to go 4 years without income? If they were, who's to say they wouldn't?

Sure, if you ignore the evidence that he was diagnosed bipolar by a doctor. Or are we "ignorant to that fact"?

Some people just look for any excuse to call others "lazy". Never understood that attitude but it probably comes from insecurity.

But he says the band split due to "overwhelming enthusiasm, and that "DIVE IN AND FIND THE MONKEY" attitude", not due to a lack of it. Unless he's being sarcastic, I guess? I think Slash has admitted he was mentally checked out from like early 1995 onward. But Slash was showing up to rehearsals, at least. Axl wasn't. Kinda hard to "find the monkey" if you never show up to the jungle, Axl...

Does anyone know what TF that means? Or who it's directed at?

Chapter 1: LIVE!!!! From "Burning Hills", California... Due to overwhelming enthusiasm, and that "DIVE IN AND FIND THE MONKEY" attitude.... #1. There will NOT be a Guns N' Roses tour. #2. There will NOT be an official Guns N' Roses website. #3. There will NOT be any NEW Guns N' Roses videos. #4. There will NOT be any new Guns N' Roses involved merchandise. #5. There will NOT be a Guns N' Roses Fan Club. #6. There will be a new Guns N' Roses 12 song minimum recording with three original "B" sides. NOTE: If all goes well this will be immediately repeated. #7. However*******Slash will not be involved in any new Guns N' Roses endeavors? as far has not been musically involved with Guns N" Roses since April 1994 with the exception of a BRIEF feel period with Zakk Wylde and a 2 week initial period with Guns N' Roses in the late fall of '95. He (Slash) has been "OFFICIALLY and LEGALLY" outside of the Guns N' Roses Partnership since December 31, 1995. *************************************************** Nothing here is Subject To Change Without A PERMANENT SUSPENSION Of the "Pseudo Studio Musician Work Ethic"

My point is that seeing somebody on a TV show doesn't mean you know who they are or remember them. I couldn't name you a single member of a late night show house band, even though I've seen them all on TV countless times. I never said literally everyone on earth has to know him to be famous.

You're not wrong. But I think it also speaks to how far rock has slid from relevance as a genre. And it's an age thing. Anyone over 40 was old enough to be aware of GNR when at their peak. Under that, they might recognize him as the tophat guy but not know his name, if that. Guitar Hero is already narrowed to an audience of mostly rock fans. Eazy E and Lemmy are both well past their heydays, that doesn't do much for notoriety in 2024.

I know it's hard to divorce ourselves from being rock fans, but yes, despite breaking into the mainstream from time to time, he is not a household name. Could you name everyone else who was on the Oscars this year? Or last year? To most non-rock fans, he was just some guitarist, one of the long list of people involved in the show at some point. Wolfgang Van Halen was on the Oscars, too. I'd imagine most young people had no clue who he was despite him being on a mainstream platform. Put it this way, I'm working with a singer who is a metalhead and she didn't know who Slash was. There were better odds already being into a related genre, and yet, nope.

I wasn't commenting on CD2 at all, nor am I suggesting NuGNR was a success...

Okay, how about Oasis? You could apply it to literally any band in any era, I picked Floyd out of a hat. System of a Down? I think it's a heck of a stretch to call Floyd a "faceless band". Regardless I find it hard to believe that the music industry is hurting for money as the explanation. And it's easy as a fan to think that everyone knows Axl and Slash, but 9/10 people who aren't guitarists or rock fans have no clue who Slash is. That's why NuGuns was able to skate on the old legacy for so long. Most of my friends only know Slash because I'm a fan and I talk about GNR.

I don't think Todd's voice doesn't suit it, he just needs to work on nailing down the vocal melodies. Amazing that Slash managed to even rush the tempo of a song this friggin fast... I like that he's rediscovered UYI apparently. Ain't Life Grand would fit the blues tour nicely, with the horns and all.

This seems strange to me. I've never heard of this with any other band that splits up. Roger Waters and David Gilmour never got rejected by their labels to release material unless they reunited. I thought he sounded fine. If anything, better than he usually does live because NR is pretty deep into a long setlist, as opposed to that being the only song he performed at the funeral.

Interesting. Could it be that he only bought the rights to those songs, though? Except that fake quote. It doesn't even make sense and people are saying it would be a good title? WTF...

They used 2023 Axl pics because he looked good that year.

All things considered, if you consider all of the things that are up for consideration, I would consider all of the things to be considered until further notice. All things being considered, that is. Not to be inconsiderate...