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It's always been my opinion that the strongest songs of New Guns are the ones with the industrial/danceable bent, or a grungy bent.

"Oh My God" and "Shackler's" are imo the best new GN'R songs, along with Chinese D (the song) and Rhiad. They're the strongest musically AND lyrically, and they seem the most ''alive''--Whereas songs in the older style like Street of Dreams seem somehow forced. I hope, instead of ballads or attempting to do old GN'R style song that the next album is all hard rocking, angry Industrial rock songs. But that's just me. Axl seems to be better now at hard rocking songs than ballads, whereas with the old band, he was the ballad master and the other guys were best at the harder rocking songs. It's ironic too because I actually like VR's ballads more than new GN'R's, but I like new GN'R's harder tracks better than VR's.

Anyone else want more Industrial on the next record?

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ive been listening to oh my god a lot in the last few days, i rediscovered it. i love it. silkworms is really good too. shacklers, riad, omg, silkworms, there is a thread there and i like it. axl said CDII would be darker, i hope this is what he ment.

when i really got into GNR (03) i made a mix CD with all my favorite songs. jungle, nightrain, ect. looking back i played oh my god more than anything. its kind of rough, but like silkworms, i at least like the idea of oh my god. i like this direction axl is heading and i think there is more in store.

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One thing I've noticed since we're talking about Oh My God, where's the highest quality version? Wasn't there a CD end of days soundtrack? The mp3 that gets thrown around everywhere feels a bit "rough" and too low for my liking.

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Personally I'd love an album with angry Industrial rock songs, Axl piano pieces (think of the intros he did to November Rain on the UYI tour--that sort of stuff), with some raw acoustic ballads. I really want to hear really deep, tortured piano focused songs if he's gonna do ballads.

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ive been listening to oh my god a lot in the last few days, i rediscovered it. i love it. silkworms is really good too. shacklers, riad, omg, silkworms, there is a thread there and i like it. axl said CDII would be darker, i hope this is what he ment.

when i really got into GNR (03) i made a mix CD with all my favorite songs. jungle, nightrain, ect. looking back i played oh my god more than anything. its kind of rough, but like silkworms, i at least like the idea of oh my god. i like this direction axl is heading and i think there is more in store.

Agreed. Oh My God worked. It was heavy, dark and Axl's vocal delivery was very powerful. The industrial direction was the original planned sound, mixed with epic scoped ballads all still retaining the mechanics of the old Guns sound.

I think Oh My God was a success in that regard, joined by the epics (There Was A Time and Catcher) and a hybrid of old and new with Better. I think the '99 Chinese Democracy and CD2 were supposed to really showcase the industrial sound Axl had in his head for so long.

I hope we'll hear part 2 before the current members give us their take of a modern Guns album because as much as I love the newest line up, It's more of a 'retro' band and that's cool too, as I believe in what they can do in the studio with Bumble onboard.

It's just Bucket and Robin contributions were too amazing in Chinese Democracy to not hear part 2 of that work.

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For most of the industrial tracks, which usually would be up my alley since I grew up being the biggest NiN fan, is a little lackluster for me. OMG and Silkworms are really nice and powerful songs, but I wouldnt listen to them every day.

As for Shacklers and CD, I think the crunchy, heavy, rocky rhythm section from Bumble made it much better than the strict industrial tracks.

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Industrial, no. It would be the last nail in the coffin for Axl and the boys. Also, it would be hard to get the old G n' R sound back with the new musicians, as they each have their own style. But, i think that bringing back a raw sound, (less overlay, with more concerntration on the guitars, drums, ect) would revive the intencity of the music. Axl's voice is a powerful tool. All he needs is an "in your face", raw and powerful backing track to complete the songs.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that CD was a poor album. It just sounded to technical for my full liking with not enough of an adrenalin rush from the music.

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Definitely not. They have gone back to being a killer rock band. Just listen to how much better the CD songs sound live when they are played like heavy rock songs. I think Oh my god, Silkworms, and My World are the worst GNR songs.

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One thing I've noticed since we're talking about Oh My God, where's the highest quality version? Wasn't there a CD end of days soundtrack? The mp3 that gets thrown around everywhere feels a bit "rough" and too low for my liking.

Nah, that's the way it sounds on the CD. It isn't mixed that clearly, but that's probably how it was supposed to sound.

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One thing I've noticed since we're talking about Oh My God, where's the highest quality version? Wasn't there a CD end of days soundtrack? The mp3 that gets thrown around everywhere feels a bit "rough" and too low for my liking.

Nah, that's the way it sounds on the CD. It isn't mixed that clearly, but that's probably how it was supposed to sound.

Axl said in his chats here that OMG was a demo.

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Definitely not. They have gone back to being a killer rock band. Just listen to how much better the CD songs sound live when they are played like heavy rock songs. I think Oh my god, Silkworms, and My World are the worst GNR songs.

my world isnt a song

its a mushroom trip.

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I think it would be interesting to see what else is there in terms of the more industrial sounding stuff, but personally I think Axl should go with more piano stuff. Axl and a piano is always good. (Well most of the time, at least)

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