metalavenger99

I don't know about a full rank because I have Scraped, Riad, Schacklers, and most of those fillers at the same level of appreciation in my list but my top 5 atm are: Better I.R.S Street Of Dreams Prostitute The General I don't know what it is about IRS that I like so much, nobody cares about that song, but it would be my absolute holy grail for a live concert, like miles and miles ahead of Locomotive or TWAT like it probably would be for most people... the lyrics are hilarious but that's what makes it special IMO too If we count the Chinese Demos ... man oh man... Zodiac 13 (the second version) Silkworms with the original intro Me&MyElvis Eye on You Then the "electronica madness": P.R.L, Circus, and similar ones

I just don't understand what are they trying to portray with the kids wearing the pink hoodies ?

Glad it's coming but that's the worst GNR artwork of all time

Interesting melody, interesting keys

Are you guys ready for the Kiwicunt posting his 15000 character long paragraph defending TB?

Thanks. I got one that is 8:08, that, aside from Youtube its pretty obvious where to find. And that poster is not known for bullshitting right? so idk... I do believe it is fake but only because it sounds absolutely hideous, theres no way a group of professional musicians are gonna come up with that even if its a rough demo

If it is just another fake piece of shit, then what's the deal with not saying that is right there on Youtube lol? How long is the version you guys are listening to? 4:00, or 8:08?

Same here

I don't have any idea actually, i just got it a couple of years ago or maybe even during the quarantine year, as "The General (New Version)" and it didn't said anything on the metadata. But no one was faking these back then. Everybody already had the Evader version which was very clear and these clips used to be everywhere.

One theory i would actually bet money on, is this: They chose to rework Monsters with Slash to address the fanbase (as crazy as it sounds), the vast majority thought that the cellphone clip was The General, even Fernando vaguely joked about that, right? Think about it, why wouldn't they follow the path of Absurd and HS and just go for Atlas + Perhaps? Why would they specifically chose to release what was considered the holy grail and then its "follow up" which is actually a completely different song??? They could've saved themselves from the risk of messing up like this, and people would still be excited about another EP like the one we had in 2021... But it was a smart move to capitalize on the hype while pleasing the hardcores, (the 9 min mashup on youtube quickly reached like 7k views on YT before it was taken down, so no, while the vinyl money could be insignificant next to the NITL cash, it's not only 34 forum nerds the only ones who care about this). So, Monsters was the one meant to be released as a vinyl only hidden track after TG. Similar to "Her Majesty" on Abbey Road, it was going to start playing after some weird seconds of silence... this, as a nod to the hardcore fanbase (with the obvious main objective of selling the shit out of it, that as the end goal all along, of course). It was found out not too long ago that it was registered as "The General and Monsters" but they probably didn't wanted to give that away too soon, and that's why it was never listed as that on the official store, for like 2 months or so, maybe a month and a half ... Enough time for Rock Radio Italy, which got that info (likely incomplete and not detailed), and since The General was the only track listed across all of the GNR official media and stores, they put out the exclusive news that The General was actually going to be released as a vinyl only track, never to be released on digital formats. That's basically it, this could be one explanation for all of that i guess. So what happened days prior to the 27th? That's where the other possibility may come into action here... the quality was a disaster and they tried to backup and get rid of Monsters and save it for a next release, but someone got it before they could follow trough without us knowing, it was too late. Now, if we only get The General on streaming services without the hidden track or without Monsters as a playable song next to it... then i'll be even more confident about this 👍

This possibility is the one i wouldn't rule out, maybe this explains why they just played The General now and not Monsters even though the registration and the themes on the lyrics seem to confirm that they are at least meant to be heard back to back. Now they could be trying to detach them from each other after the vinyl fiasco, it sounds unlikely but not completely impossible

I just read this at the popular posts section next to the comments This man made the right decision lol

What if the registration was a mistake? Could that mean that Monsters will be the B side to the next single? (If there is one)

That's the fucking General right there.... unbelievable, I agree with that poster a few pages back, this sure helps with very rough times in life.

This is the most surreal moment in the history of the band.........