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27 minutes ago, Free Bird said:

it could have been better with someone else less “poppy”.

She's only "poppy" because the recording industry steered her that way. She started as more of a rock singer, and seems to be going back that way.

Great to hear her singing on some proper music for once. And as the first Slash album proved, there's plenty of hidden gems out there when it comes to female rock singers, they just never get the chance to show that because it's not what teenage girls are paying for

Down at the back door – Diamonds and fast cars, Bad Apples

Just now, bmus1 said:

Not a fan of this one. Not for any real reason other than there's so many versions of this song out there. Also that first solo is note-y af, but I love the second one.

I like it, but I do prefer Guns N' Roses' rendition from recent tours

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8 hours ago, MaskingApathy said:

This was a good interview. Great questions, no dumb stuff like the interviews by Lyndsey Parker.

No one has mentioned the bit about VR but it was good to finally get a straight answer about why they didn't pick a new singer and continue.

I'm glad they finally settled on that guy from AC/DC as the new singer for Velvet Revolver.

He's a bit different from the last guy, but he's okay

11 hours ago, kanecrescente said:

Did anyone else find the sound was awful for the Wembley show?

It wasn't great, but it wasn't the worst. Manchester was marginally worse.

I'm just glad Mammoth WVH took the hit. Their first song was terrible (song was great, sound wasn't) with the snare drum drowning out everything.

I didn't find Wembley too bad during the Slash set, but Birmingham six days before was one of the best sounding gigs I've ever been to. Everything was down hill after that. If I hadn't gone there, I probably wouldn't have noticed Wembley being a bit off

On 4/25/2024 at 9:24 PM, 6lake sa66ath said:

Got lucky when they played Don’t Damn Me at the London show at the start of this month as it seemed like they were playing Bad Apples then Don’t Damn Me alternating gig after gig. Super stoked!

I felt the same – and I'd been going to every other show too so I only heard Bad Apples.

Then stood in Wembley, me and my friends noticed Brent leaked the setlist on IG and we knew we were in for a good night!

3 hours ago, jacdaniel said:

Probably because he’s completely irrelevant. I’ve often wondered why he bothers to stay on stage shaking a little percussion instrument that no one can hear during half the songs. 

 

He's relevant because he's in the band. That's the top and bottom of it. Other bands have a touring member on keys and percussion, GN'R chose to make theirs a full member.

People don't need to like him, but at the end of the day he's entirely in the band

16 minutes ago, Rovim said:

but when Steven went.... a big chunk of the Gn'R sound left the building., it's a good thing they found Matt which is also a great drummer but not that original big chunk. they were great enough so it still was cool, but it wasn't the same and Izzy said as much. Izzy is rarely wrong. a neat thing I've noticed. (when he does talk which is also rare)

None of that equates to the band's downfall though. It was still huge despite the loss of Steven. You're describing something entirely different.

The downfall wasn't due to the band's sound, it was due to personalities that remained in the band way after Steven left.

6 hours ago, Karice said:

Not really. Did you forget the REAL catalyst for Guns N'Roses going downhill? S.A is the catalyst that started Guns N'Roses going downhill, and I don't mean sexual assault. 💡

The core lineup lasted years after Adler went! They had their most successful tours after he left, too

I'm doing Dublin too. Wanted Manchester but all of his UK shows clash with a work trip to the US, so I'm hopping over to Dublin before heading over the pond.

Can't wait! Last Duff solo show I did was great fun!

On 12/1/2023 at 8:12 AM, SoulMonster said:

I wouldn't say confused, really, but it is puzzling that Axl kept the working title for The General when it seems to have no relevance to the lyrical content of the song, also considering it was named after Chinese food when the lyrical content is so heavy.

Only just seeing this, but maybe 'daddy' is 'the general'? The way he ruled over the person whose perspective the song is being sung from could be militaristic, so 'daddy' behaved more like a 'general' than a father.

That's how I interpret it anyway

1 hour ago, El Guapo said:

I don't know about this one...not really a "Todd song",  sounds like mediocre karaoke to me.

Meh, I liked it, but each to their own 🤷‍♂️

I'd much rather it get played by a band with Slash in it than not, especially given that GN'R won't touch it these days

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that Chinese Democracy was a Josh Freese song

I'm away working for all UK dates...

...so I might've just accidentally booked cheap flights to and from Dublin

29 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

I bet they do Europe next summer. Stadiums and festivals. 

 

They did Europe two years in a row before the current hiatus though, US is more likely

3 hours ago, jacdaniel said:

At some point we’ll get the “We’re f*ckin back” tour with another NITL set

Why another NITL set? They haven't played that for a while now. Last year's set was a considerable overhaul

5 hours ago, Rovim said:

the guitar is a piece of history and a fine instrument, but it's not worth 2 mill. not even close to 1, but I can see how maybe in the future the value would be closer to these high numbers.

 

That's the reported value/asking price and has been for some time 🤷‍♂️ Although Hammett claims to have paid a bit under that

On 4/8/2024 at 8:21 PM, Rovim said:

Kirk basically wants to have sex with it. it's adorable and he actually plays it live instead of it gathering dust. It's a beautiful thing even if you're not into Metallica. 

 

or even very good 

I saw Kirk play it at the Jeff Beck tribute shows last year. One he finished with it, he tossed it to his tech like it wasn't a $2 million instrument!

Still, it's awesome it's being used live though! A little less awesome he's engraved his initials into it...

Anyway, Chris Stapleton's the musical guest on SNL this weekend. Shame Slash isn't available