Appetitefordiscussion

17 hours ago, BucketEgg said:

The linked article says

 

Justin Bieber has revealed that he is a big fan of Metallica and other rock bands including Guns N' Roses.

The 'Boyfriend' singer told Q Magazine that he finds the music "edgy" and "emotional" with the use of heavy electric guitars.

"I like rock music, I like Guns N' Roses and Metallica," he confessed. "The Beatles. I like Metallica's 'Fade to Black' and 'One'. It's edgy and emotional with those instruments and electric guitars and stuff."

He probably has too much other stuff to do, but maybe he's come across here at one point in time 👁

 

Oh yeah? I wonder what’s his favorite track from the Village leaks. 
 

4 hours ago, DeNfr said:

some fans... 

If real, that is insane 😂

4 minutes ago, Karice said:

Axl? 🤨 Don't you mean "Dexter?" 😉🤣

7 hours ago, Lethalis said:

I don't think we'll see Bucket back ever.

*If* (big if) Axl would release solo stuff, we might see Richard Fortus on it though. Or - and people are gonna hate this - DJ Ashba

I’d like to see Tommy back in there but he’s likely too cool for it. DJ would be cool, they could make a super DEMENTED^TM record together. He honestly would’ve fit the vibe for The General.  I have a feeling that he’s probably not as bad as people say he is- it’s hard to sound great when everyone knows that every solo you’re playing is either from Slash or Robin Finck (who’s style is even harder to replicate). 

Anyways didn’t axl come on here like 15 years ago and say that a solo album would likely be movie score type music rather than rock? 

49 minutes ago, AxlRQ93 said:

 

my question is, now that slash and duff are back, how honest would he be about the breakup? would he be blunt and tell it how it went down as he saw it or whitewash it cause he doesn’t wanna piss off Slash?

Didn’t he talk about Slash’s book at the 2016 China Exchange? Maybe I’m remembering incorrectly bc it’s been years but I thought he kinda alluded that he still thought it was B.S. 
 

Aside from talking about the band breakup, I’d love to read about the following: 

- 2002 tour

- buckethead leaving 

- why the album took so long, why it wasn’t really promoted, etc… 

I feel like the 2000-2010 decade was one of the most interesting chapters of GNR from a business standpoint 

IMO, I don’t think it’s really crazy or far fetched for any fan to think a book might be in the fold.. 

Since 2016 (maybe even further back),  his character has been scrutinized WAY less by the press/media. I’d even say there hasn’t really been ANYTHING negative about Axl as a person in the news in years (other than the SA lawsuit). 

On top of AXL/DC + 7 years of Stadium tours with Slash and Duff, I’d imagine this would be the perfect time to put out a book. 

Of course nobody knows and we shouldn’t get our hopes up- but I wouldn’t be surprised by any means if he ever put a book out 

Hope it’s a book! Or CD era untouched 

1 hour ago, Voodoochild said:

Of course it's official. It's unmistakable amateurish with lower case "rose" and one-sided quotation mark:

Fernando strikes again 

Garden Of Eden. The song in general I think is one of the most underrated from the UYI albums. It’s  rock n roll, as is the low budget music video. Also love all the sound effects, it was kind of a cool Axl foreshadow of the sound he wanted to incorporate 

On 3/29/2024 at 3:33 PM, Sweersa said:

The title cut was a bad choice for the first single for the 2008 album. Better, IMO was the obvious best choice. TWAT, while amazing, doesn't strike me as radio friendly. My second favorite song off that album is This I Love, which I also don't think is radio friendly. 

I think if TWAT was cut down for a radio version similar to the length of the demo version, it would’ve done great 

I remember when that aired LOL throwback 

I’d like to see the band collaborate with Mike Clink and make a new album 

I think a great GNR starter pack EP would go as: 

1. Its So Easy

2. You Could Be Mine 

3. Welcome To The Jungle 

4. Patience 

5. November Rain 

These are the new fan essentials IMO, sorry sweet child o mine 🤣 virtually everyone knows that one anyway 

Young Axl was cringe but obviously one of the greatest male singers ever. 
 

Most shows between 2006 to 2016 were pretty good and he wouldn’t rant or show up super late 

To scam older fans 

On 2/25/2024 at 1:39 PM, avahland said:

I'm not a fan of SMKC....because of the MK that sings.
Great voice....but not for GNR songs according to me.
(Sorry for all his fans, no offence)

So I was wondering....why is he singing....and not that Todd Kerns guy.
Don't damn me and Bad apples with him on vocals are more than just OK to me.

Was just thinking this. I thought I just didn’t like his voice, but then I listened to Alter Bridge and now love it. Never quite warmed up to the Conspirators 

5 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

According to Brain, it's just a working title that stuck. They wrote it while eating General Tso's fried chicken, so they called that instrumental The General.

I feel like he was trolling the current band/fans with that but if he was actually serious- that’s really funny 

Top 5: Madagascar, Catcher, IRS, Prostitute, TWAT 

Bottom 5: 

Street Of Dreams, TIL, ABSURD, Hard Skool, The General

that said, I really like most the songs from this era. Even the bad ones aren’t boring generic rock tunes IMO

4 hours ago, Towelie said:

Anyone else really loving The General still?

Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General.

I like it. Ironically, as “wtf” as the music video is, it actually fits the vibe. The music video was weakly planned, and doesn’t make sense. It fits the song perfectly in the same sense that a multi platinum record selling band would release a song with clipping! It doesn’t make sense! 
 

all jokes aside, I like the song. Not the kind of thing I’d ever put on with other people. Not bc it’s bad, but bc it’s too intimate/introspective for casually listening. It’s not Axl’s fault it’s been overhyped for years and bound to fail 
 

Out of the singles, perhaps and hardskool are the only two songs that could be put on in the background at a hang 😂

20 hours ago, bmus1 said:

Am I right in saying Tommy/Finck/Tobias/Freese/Dizzy is the "band" behind over half of those songs (including some of the Village instrumentals)?

I think so too, I like thinking those are the key components of that album. But It’s cool that there are songs like Shacklers and Sorry that are Buckethead demos that made the cut. 

5 hours ago, Sweersa said:

I can't hear it in the 2000 mix, but I've seen posts where people claim to hear it there. If it's there in the 2000 mix, it is certainly lower in the mix. I actually like the 2023 version more than the 2000

Okay, interesting. Hard to tell, that demo is lacking more than the others in audio quality as far as the vocals go. Maybe it is buried in there. I’d personally love to think it’s new 😂 

I also like the new version more. Took awhile though, I was really bummed out they took those lead guitar lines out of the verses. 

2 hours ago, rumandraisin said:

I'd put money on the last time Axl recording vocals for Guns as being 2007, that last session adding bits for Chinese. Described as him bouncing round from song to song. 

Aside from Rock the Rock of course, which I thought was great!

Is there any proof the lower octave on the perhaps chorus is from an older session? I wonder if that was new 

7 hours ago, DoMw94 said:

Agreed. I love it but wish I could hear the guitars more on the studio track, they're just buried

Exactly. I maybe shouldn’t call it “too layered”, but m it’s just a neutered mix. More guitar, less strings maybe would’ve fixed some of that. The live version has always sounded so good IMO, I love when the guitars come crashing in on the chorus right before the solo. 

6 hours ago, JimiRose said:

Less layers? Are we talking about this I love? I think the reason it’s so popular is because it’s the only song that doesnt have loads of layers. It's a single axl vocal, a piano, and a synth in the verse. (hidden orchestra should be louder if anything) then some dramatic drums and a guitar solo. it's the least layered of all gnr songs. maybe ever!

Yep, layers. Doubled vocals on the end of the last verse (octave) and choruses (doubled). Just sounds super processed, almost too clean. I like all the orchestra parts but i guess what I’m getting at is, I would love to hear the song with literally just piano and one vocal track. I can appreciate the leaked remix version that’s raspier. I guess the vocal layers are necessary with the clean voice  but can you imagine if that chorus had the same power it does live but on the record? 

It is far from the less layered of all gnr songs.