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The official website sure doesn't reflect any changes in the past 2 years

lol... i checked it out too!!!!!!

ok, stop it!!!... this have gone too far!!!!

For fucks sake how many more of these 'sightings' are we going to see, and what's more how do we distinguish the truth from the BS?? Aaaawww fuck it.

ps. Hey Budweiser if you're so certain Axl left NYC on Saturday, could you give us some moe details regarding that call you made to Beta?? *holds hands together in expectation*

Hey sorry for the delay - Im sure you can understand the last thing I want to do is jeopordize Axls time in NYC with a barrage of calls to his hotel room. But I am pretty sure at this point he is either no longer at the hotel or under Im sure a rare circumstance, he changed the name in which he is under...

The details...

I posted in an earlier thread that my friend from NYU saw Axl out and actually spent the majority of Thursday night with him at a bar in NY.. The details of that I heard third hand so until I can get a lot of it in writing (either via IM or email), Ill wait to give the detials of what he said, etc.

What he DID say was that Axl was staying at the Trump Hotel in New York City. And he told my friend that if he wanted to get in touch with him to call up the hotel and ask for MR MOJO!! (haha) - After saying this, he pulled up the pants on one leg to reveal that tattoo.. Under the image it says "Mr Mojo" -- My friend then told me that Axl said, "Before Austin Powers, I was Mr Mojo" - -

With that information, Friday night around 1030, I called the Trump Hotel and asked for Mr Mojo - Expecting to get laughed at, the call was transferred! This is the point where I pretty much dropped the ball. Finally a woman with a fairly distinct accent picked up the phone.

"Hi. Is Axl there?"

"He is unavailable right now. May I ask who is calling?"

"This is a really big fan of his from Pennsylvania"

"Oh, great. Ill be sure to let him know that you called."

"Thanks if you dont mind me asking, who am I speaking with?"

"This is Beta."

"Wow, THE Beta! It is a pleasure to speak with you. If you could send Axl my regards, I would appreciate it."

"Absolutely. He will be here all weekend, maybe you can try back. Have a great night."

It seemed to me the way she was talking that Axl was in the room, but I kind of got a little bit to excited that the call even went through, and I definately didnt want to seem pushy or offend her so I hung up satisfied that I at least spoke with Beta.

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Sunday, I thought I would call back to see if I could catch him again. BUT - Sunday around 3pm he was no longer in the system. Which I was told means that he had checked out. If he had checked out on Sunday, I was told, that his name would still be in the system under "No longer available" - So one can assert that he had checked out Saturday.

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Anyway, I am not saying that he couldn't have been in the city - But it seems illogical to check out of a hotel on Saturday and check into another one that night... Especially with the forcast of a blizzard in the city... Ill leave it up to you all to make assumumption as to what he ended up doing.

Now, If someone can pull up one of the recent photos of Axl in a pair of shorts or whatever when he was in Chile to back up the Mr Mojo that is supposedly tattooed on his leg.. It may give some credibility to this story. I couldnt find any of the pictures that I thought Ive seen before. So let the hunt begin...

Ill be happy to ask any more questions but Im afraid my conversation with Beta was not long or very detailed... And as I said, when I can get some info about the time spent with Axl on Thursday night Ill be sure to relay them. He also said he got a picture with him - So when I get that, obviously, that will be posted as well!!!!!

BUD-MOTHERFUCKIN-WEISER

dude, that was awesome!!!!!! i made it once calling MISS UNIVERSE, and i just made it to talk to Miss Brazil, wich was pretty cool too, but i would shit my pants just to have my call through... good work!!!!!!!

Axl´s in New York.... Madison´s in New York.... have you see him Mady??????

The fact that the GNR line is on the website is not debatable. It is a fact.

Merck should respond to that, not act like a spoilt little bitch about a fan site.

The GN'R line IS on the website - but who are elsewhere to confirm it as being true? Merck responded to the email he was sent that said elsewhere reported it - so he retorted with the correct answer.

You can argue all you like, but it still doesn't change that elsewhere assumed that what the site said was true. The reason most of elsewhere's stories are confirmed as bullshit is because of the sources they rely on.

elsewhere (and you) lose.

highvoltage:

elsewhere is reporting a reliable website... not some scary site full of rumors with no credibility... this is a fact... they have GNR listed, noone can say that George Marino was not working on GNR material, he WAS.

elsewhere assumed it was true, just as any of us can assume it based on the credibility of the website. (george marino´s website)

I'm sorry - but do you know how credible his website is? Have you ever been there in the past? Do you know who writes it and what they were basing it on?

The fact is, none of us do - so it shouldn't have been treated as a rock-solid source. It's then really disappointing to see the way people reacted to Merck's response.

they are a reliable source, why would they lie???????

why do u doub about everything... at least, that are not in the GNR world of truth-lie-rumor, they have nothing why to lie at it. They have worked on GNR material... if you dont trust them, why dont email George Marino????

The fact that the GNR line is on the website is not debatable. It is a fact.

Merck should respond to that, not act like a spoilt little bitch about a fan site.

The GN'R line IS on the website - but who are elsewhere to confirm it as being true? Merck responded to the email he was sent that said elsewhere reported it - so he retorted with the correct answer.

You can argue all you like, but it still doesn't change that elsewhere assumed that what the site said was true. The reason most of elsewhere's stories are confirmed as bullshit is because of the sources they rely on.

elsewhere (and you) lose.

highvoltage:

elsewhere is reporting a reliable website... not some scary site full of rumors with no credibility... this is a fact... they have GNR listed, noone can say that George Marino was not working on GNR material, he WAS.

elsewhere assumed it was true, just as any of us can assume it based on the credibility of the website. (george marino´s website)

I knew I was being stupid in beleiving this rumor. Which I did not beleive until I saw the pic of his mastering list. Ill be wise not to trust Sp/at as I use to in the future. Those fuckers. I knew I was being dumb in trusting them this time.

J.Walker

What are you smoking?

Sp1 at didn't say anything apart from that material is on the website as being mastered. Where do you get all this anti-othersite propaganda from?

The fact that the GNR line is on the website is not debatable. It is a fact.

Merck should respond to that, not act like a spoilt little bitch about a fan site.

im with you on that...

Right this is from The New Guns Merck was emailed with this:

Thank you in advance for clearing this up, as the GNR world is getting pretty antsy, and if this isn't true people should know now.

Websites such as elsewhere.com are reporting that George Marino has been delivered Chinese Democracy and started mastering it late last year.

Is this true?

HIS RESPONSE to thenewguns.com (which has been forwarded to jarmo at htgth if no one believes me)

This is rubbish as is most of what sp/lat speculate on.

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Merck totally pwn3d Sp/1at

Incase you were wondering, I stuck the '/' on the word Sp1/at in Merck's response.

the mail sent to Merck is telling that elsewhere is reporting that George Marino etc, etc... Merck reacted to the elsewhere question... there is no mention anywhere in the mail about George Marino´s site.. that is irrefutable information. Merck cant deny that Marino have being working in some GNR material in the past few months.

this can only mean one thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....

St Anger isn't their best album, however is far more better than Load and Re-load. For me I see St Anger as some kind of come-back. Hopefully their next album (by the end of this year) sounds again like their old days. Maybe the can reach again the level of Master of Puppets.

Hopefully the CD reaches the same level as AFD.

mr.Q

that would be the best thing that can happen to rock n roll this days!

Hmmm... the Blues, IRS, Chinese Democracy and Maddy vs. anything on St. Anger... I don't see CD being anything like SA, unless GnR goes a completely different direction than they showed us on the 2002 tour.

St. Anger is terrible any way you paint it. I'm sorry to have heard it.

This isn't a Metallica vs. GnR poll, so you guys who are complaining need to shut up and read the first post. The guy is just making an observation.

Thanks God!!! you got it eschman!!!!!

My point is that Metallica said it before releasing St. Anger... eyy, you may not like it, it doesnt matter.... so..., Axl made exactly the same...

I was watching today the M&S of Metallica, and the words from Axl came to my mind: "some people are gonna say this doesent sound like GNR, it doesnt sound like Ax Rose.... bu you´ll like at least a few songs"... and I remembered what Heatfield said about Saint Anger... "Like it or not, This is what we are now". Metallica, IMO, made a terrible mistake on their last album, how can a group that have made some terrific songs like ONE, Unforgiven, Enter Sandman, Seek n Destroy, etc.. make a mistake like Snt. Anger???? well, i just hope that Axl and Co. don´t disapoint us with something SO different of what we are used to.

it's better than having to listen 12 different variations of the same drum beats, vocal patterns, and guitar riffs on contraband

hell man,return of the champions was really overrated, GIMME CD

until then, gimme another audioslave album, AND STOP SELLING OUT THE NIRVANA NAME COURTNEY LOVE FOR MORE BOTOX,

and now you see the hilight of the new milennuim in music without gnr

this is why we need cd

Now you're talking two extremes. On one side Axl tries his hand at every style employing tons of different producers and session musicians to help him and then on the other hand Slash and Co. take few risks and decide to rock out on stuff they can do in their sleep. Neither one is going to get a kickass product. Ever heard of the saying "Too many chefs in the kitchen spoil the broth?". I'd venture a guess that's what's happening with CD, its been so polished, so finely combed over by Axl in the studio that no matter what he does, something is off, it doesn't quite come together. Thats why AFD is GnR's benchmark release, it was RAW. A raw record is very forgiving in the way a record comes across...CD is going to have a hard time being cohesive, some common theme to unite all the material that is coming from all over the place. That was also the criticsm for UYI. So many great songs got lost in the shuffle. That's why a cohesive record like Nirvana's nevermind became the more memorable record of that era. If Axl follows the UYI route, CD could end up having a similar fate as that record.

Contraband was a solid release that was cohesive, but ultimately it's forgettable and won't be discussed a year from now. You have to take risks to be memorable and so far VR haven't done that. Hoping their next release does though....

I see your point and totally agree with you. But, i love UYI´s, i think is one of the best records in the 90s. Estranged, November Rain, Yesterday, You Could Be Mine, The Garden, Dont Damn Me, KOHD, Civil War, Dont Cry... too many good songs!!!!!!

CHINESE DEMOCRACY STARTS NOW!!!!!!!!

CHINESE DEMOCRACY STARTS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nice beard, terrible braids.... but our Axl is back.!!!!!!

if Axl sues the car dealership... can the label sue Axl for not release the fucking album?????

well. im looking forward for VR´s record... so CD is not one of my priorities

Come on... we DO know that the album is real... we also know that it isnt finished yet or not ready for release... do you think that a 13 million dollar investment from the label isnt true?????

come on, the record is true!!!!!!

Everybody here, including me, wants the album, so, why the hell when someone says that the album is comming, everybody starts telling why it isnt true??????

Its fine... lets hope march as a posible release date... Da Vinci Code, Slash, maybe the Amazon thing could direct us to a march release...

lets hope...

me and some friends got toghether about 2:00 am to celebrate the new year and started drinking some beers and we watched the Tokio concert... the first song was SCOM... random play!

WOW!!!

AMAZING!!