Gunner Gilby

6 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

Gilby does not sing lead vocals on Monkey Chow…

Yes he does.

I really like both Snakepit albums. I also prefer them to both Velvet Revolver albums and all Slash feat Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators albums.

I'll pick It's Five O Clock Somewhere as my favourite of the two Snakepit albums. It's just got a great classic rock sound. It's got Slash, Gilby, Matt and Dizzy. It's almost the GN'R record we never got. Slash n Gilby's guitar interplay is perfect. Just like it was on Tijuana Jail and Cure Me Or Kill Me on Gilby's Pawnshop Guitars album. I love Monkey Chow which Gilby wrote and takes the lead vocal on. 

4 hours ago, ChristianGNR said:

He was watching them at Glastonbury. 

He should've just got up and played with them. Would've been awesome.

If and it's a big if there's an album coming it'll be CD leftovers with Slash, Duff and Melissa adding their touch. After Axl's gotten the leftover CD era songs out of his system then hopefully the album after will be new material. But knowing how slow Axl works that'll probably be a while.

On 10/29/2023 at 11:05 AM, LandOla said:

Speedy recovery for her but is she really needed in the lineup?

Well it's Axl's band and he thinks she is. Slash, Dizzy, Duff, Richard and Frank seem to like her too. So yeah I guess in the only two ways that matter she is.

Besides anything's better than towel boy.

On 10/29/2023 at 11:05 AM, LandOla said:

 

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12 minutes ago, jimisbatman said:

That is so cool, didn't know that stuff and I'll have to check them out. Definitely the two records with Phil M. Have a great show and like how you want to remain in the moment which is important for truly experiencing a show, anything would be appreciated. Behind Judd, TF would be my fav Enz member. 

I went right off Judd about the time it came out he'd been posing as a 17 year on Facebook, stalking two girls who were like primary school age amongst other stuff. He's not a particularly nice guy. Polar opposite of the Finn's.

There's a mid 70s Manzanera album called K Scope. It's got Tim on lead vocals, Neil on backing vocals and Eddie Rayner on keys. And an early 90s Manzanera album called Southern Cross with Tim on lead vocals. Tim co wrote a lot of it too. They're both worth checking out too.

1 hour ago, DTV88 said:

Cool, that’s awesome that you love them both. That’s the thing about art, it’s all subjective. 

Absolutely. It'd be boring if we all had the same favourites. 

2 minutes ago, jimisbatman said:

Enjoy...... Any of the Finn brothers are always a class act. So jealous. TF is such a talent. Get some footage and post here? 

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it. He took about ten years off making albums to work in the theatre and write musicals. But the last few years he's released four new studio albums. Two with guitarist Phil Manzanera from Roxy Music. Phil produced Split Enz album Second Thoughts in 76. One album under the band name ForENZics with Eddie Rayner the keys player from Split Enz. They came up with the idea of taking bits n pieces of early Enz riffs and building new songs around them. Most recently was a collaborative album with Andy White.

Yeah I'll try and take some videos n photos at the gig. But don't want to spend too much time on my phone and not take in the show itself. 

On 9/16/2023 at 4:39 AM, DTV88 said:

No shit, thanks for the heads up. I’ll repeat it for those in the back: Dizzys album is the second worst of all the Guns related solo albums IMO. The worst being Believe in Me 

I love Duff's Believe In Me and Dizzy's album. 

If we're still a way off a new studio album why don't they release a new double best of on CD. They could have songs from Chinese Democracy, Oh My God, Absurd, Hard Skool Perhaps, Shadow Of Your Love, Move To The City (acoustic). A remastered version of Ain't Going Down as a previously unreleased track. 

That would be way better than this.

Well I'm going to see Tim Finn live next week. So I'm listening to a mix of Split Enz, Crowded House, Finn Brothers and his solo stuff. He's 71 but has cranked out four new studio albums in the last coupla years. Always puts on a great live show too.

https://youtu.be/k5licW1bnWc?si=EErYpcCahcqjA0vx

Worst was RHCP on their By The Way tour. Played for less than 90 minutes. Nothing of the first three albums with Sherman and Slovak. And nothing off One Hot Minute. 

Best - wow so many. Guns N Roses 93, 07, 17 and 22. Rockstar Supernova 07. Faith No More on their King For A Day tour. Pearl Jam on their Vitalogy tour with Neil and Tim Finn guesting. The Cult and Rage Against The Machine at the Big Day Outs in the mid 90s. Every Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Finn Brothers, Crowded House and Split Enz show I've seen between 93 and now. Particularly Neil Finn And Friends (Tim Finn, Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder and Phil Selway and Ed O Brien from Radiohead). Jimmy Barnes 93 I think.

Some great kiwi bands I've seen - The Exponents, Dave Dobbyn, Head Like A Hole, Supergroove, Dead Flowers, Headless Chickens. 

Next gig I'm going to is Tim Finn next week. Dude is 71 and he's released four new studio albums in the last coupla years. He could teach Axl a few things about motivation 🤣.

Pretty much what the title says? What's the next non GN'R concert your going to? Next week I'm going to Wellington to see Tim Finn. Ex Split Enz, Crowded House and lots of other stuff. He's 71 but still rocks live. He's released four new studio albums in the last coupla years two. Seriously Axl could get some motivational tips from Tim Finn 🤣.

6 hours ago, kingcanyon said:

I think your the first person ever to actually like Frank or first I've seen 

I've always liked Frank. He's got the right mix of Steven's groove and Matt's technicality. Seen Guns with him in 07, 17 and 22. Thought he was great each time.

Love it or hate it a released studio version already exists. We don't need another studio version. Finish the CD leftovers and then move on to all new material.

I really like it. This Don't Look Like Vegas, I Celebrate and Dirty Bomb are my favourite tracks. Dizzy's got a surprisingly good voice. The albums both melodic and hard rocking. I like to listen to this and Gilby's The Gospel Truth album back to back. Both great fun albums.

I love Dr Who. Pertwee was my first Dr. Grew up watching him T Baker and Davison. My favourite classic Dr is Patrick Troughton tho. There's just something magical about him. Tennant is great but my favourite Nu Who Dr is Peter Capaldi. 

I don't know if it was toxic or not. But the Guns of 85-94 was a bunch of friends who got together naturally. Dizzy wasn't an original member but knew the band from their early club days. Gilby said Izzy was his first friend when he moved to LA. So it was kinda fitting he ended up replacing his friend. From the late 90s to 09 it was Axl hand picking musicians who were talented enough but had nothing really in common.

Izzy left 32 years ago. Why be pissed? Of course it'd be nice he appeared at some shows but it's not the end of the world if he doesn't.

Remember when he was jamming with Slash, Duff n Matt before it evolved into Velvet Revolver. As soon as he knew it was about to become a huge band like Guns he bolted. He'd rather ride his dirt bikes, live the quiet life and collect his royalties. 

Axl, Slash and to a degree Duff are really all most casual fans and ticket buyers know and care about. Hell cos he's been there for 33 years straight probably more people know Dizzy than Izzy n Steven. 

I have no doubt that if they did marketed it right it might sell a few more tickets in the short term. I don't see it happening tho. 

Obviously everyones here cos we love GN'R and collect an insane amount of lithos, t shirts hoodies, bootlegs etc... My question is what's your second and maybe even third biggest non GN'R things you follow and collect.

For me it's Dr Who. Got all the classic series on VHS, DVDs and bit by bit on Blu Ray. All of Nu Who on a combination of DVD and Blu-ray. Then there's novels, annuals, other books, comics, graphic novels, the Dr Who magazine. Got some of the Big Finish audios too. Plus a ridiculous amount of DW t shirts.

After that it's NZ bands Split Enz and Crowded House. Fronted by Tim and Neil Finn. There was a fanclub that put out a lot of great live shows on CD and DVD. Plus books and other fanclub only collectibles.

Personally I like Frank's drumming. He's the right mix of Steven's groove and Matt's technicality. I think the next album will be a mix of Brain and Frank drumming on different tracks. A bit like the Chinese Democracy album. I don't think it's anything to do with Frank not being good enough. Some older songs just have Brain's drumming and there's no need to replace it. When they get around to writing an album of all new material I'm sure Frank will be all over it.

If we get an album of CD leftovers with both Brain and Frank what's the problem? Their both great drummers with something to offer. It just means we can enjoy them both.

3 minutes ago, GNRfan2008 said:

 

Apparently the songwriting is credited to "Guns N' Roses" which could technically mean just Axl. 

Or "Guns N Roses" could mean members past and present.