ITW 2012 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) How much longer do you think Axl will continue on as GNR for? He is turning 50 next year after all. I know acts like The Stones and Aerosmith are still out there doing it, but I really don't see Axl as one of those type of guys. I figure he'll go for one more album cycle with CD II, and that will probably be it. Perhaps if we are really lucky he'll put out some piano albums in his 60's, though I could see him just completely disappearing for good. Edited August 23, 2011 by ITW 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 He'll prob stop touring in his twilight years and follow the Beatles by retiring to the studio. So we prob won't hear from him again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDRE Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) Never.Axl believes he is..was Guns n' Roses. He'll tour Appetite forever... Edited August 23, 2011 by SunnyDRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) Ye of little faith. Axl will continue to work part-time. He didn't go through all the turmoil, lawsuits, strife and struggles just to let Guns n Roses gently vanish into the ether. No, I think he's got an ace up his sleeve. And while Guns has been off the radar in many respects, I still have faith: I still believe he wants to share his music with the world. When the constraints imposed by lawyers and big business are lifted, there will be a beckoning from the heavens which Axl will not be able to ignore: he will share his voice and his band's music with us once more. Somewhere within the realm of his creativity, there is ambition that will never be tempered. Edited August 23, 2011 by Popcorn's Timbre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I think he's got one or two albums left. Maybe three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Do you think he still enjoys touring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Do you think he still enjoys touring?Hell yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packersnroses Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Do you think he still enjoys touring?Apparently, or else he would stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Money Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 It seems to me that Axl enjoys touring as sort of a vacation. It's like he's sort of frozen in time from the days when GNR ruled the world and when he gets out of the house and tours, he still rolls like he's got the most successful current band out there. He hubs out of bad-ass luxury hotels and travels by private jet or helicopter to the venues located in the less sexy cities when his band and road crew are left to ride the buses from city to city. Meanwhile, he's got the promoter organizing parties at the popular night clubs with the hottest models around. You never hear of Axl this sort of thing when he's home in Malibu but he's a wild man on the road... slapping paparrazi, biting the authorities in the leg, fighting with Tommy Hilfiger. When he leaves his city for the tour, Axl lives like he's 28 again and seems to live the life of excess. I personally think it's cool because he is larger than life to me and many of us. No rock guys roll like that anymore. Many rockers seem to even perceive partying like Axl does as unprofessional and cliche. Axl makes no apologies. I don't see him changing either. I think he'll tour well into his 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) 20 years... unless someone invents the triple rejuvenator 2300x, then he would keep this up forever. Edited August 24, 2011 by Chewbacca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailaway Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Ye of little faith. Axl will continue to work part-time. He didn't go through all the turmoil, lawsuits, strife and struggles just to let Guns n Roses gently vanish into the ether. No, I think he's got an ace up his sleeve. And while Guns has been off the radar in many respects, I still have faith: I still believe he wants to share his music with the world. When the constraints imposed by lawyers and big business are lifted, there will be a beckoning from the heavens which Axl will not be able to ignore: he will share his voice and his band's music with us once more. Somewhere within the realm of his creativity, there is ambition that will never be tempered.Quality remark here,Artists are driven from within to create and share their vision and dreams regardless of the pressure,chaos,legal system or industry that seems to be hell bent on derailing that train. Age is relative,when I was 20 I could not envision 40,in the 1800's lifespans were not as long as they are now and this has impacted society more ways than I care to name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrandyk Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I can't see him being at it that much longer. Not a chance is he still at it 10 years from now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 It seems to me that Axl enjoys touring as sort of a vacation. It's like he's sort of frozen in time from the days when GNR ruled the world and when he gets out of the house and tours, he still rolls like he's got the most successful current band out there. He hubs out of bad-ass luxury hotels and travels by private jet or helicopter to the venues located in the less sexy cities when his band and road crew are left to ride the buses from city to city. Meanwhile, he's got the promoter organizing parties at the popular night clubs with the hottest models around. You never hear of Axl this sort of thing when he's home in Malibu but he's a wild man on the road... slapping paparrazi, biting the authorities in the leg, fighting with Tommy Hilfiger. When he leaves his city for the tour, Axl lives like he's 28 again and seems to live the life of excess. I personally think it's cool because he is larger than life to me and many of us. No rock guys roll like that anymore. Many rockers seem to even perceive partying like Axl does as unprofessional and cliche. Axl makes no apologies. I don't see him changing either. I think he'll tour well into his 50's.I wonder what he does at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loko Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Maybe playin with his cats, playin on piano, meet friends... maybe he is just normal person after all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor & Whores Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I guess that some of the Rolling Stones fans back in the 1970s didn't picture Jagger singing at 60, eitherwell, it happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use Your Delusion 1 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 unlike other artists GNR's songs and Axl's stage presence require someone with energy, at 60 years I just can't see him at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor & Whores Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 compare, for example, Axl's Nightrain performances over the last decade (2002, 2006 & 2010)with each year he limits his moves, runs less and less... which is perfectly understandable - he's agingso at 60, he can just walk on stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I guess that some of the Rolling Stones fans back in the 1970s didn't picture Jagger singing at 60, eitherwell, it happenedMick was asked on the Dick Cavett show whether he thought he'd be doing this still in his 60s and he said "oh yeah, easily". But Mick was always lithe and agile and trim. Axl isn't. Mick is Mick, everybody can't be Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chi_dem_is_here Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 if the stones can do it then guns can do it the rest of the band are a lot younger and well if jagger is still alive axl has a lot of rocking left to do..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Axl should get on the HGH, look at Stallone, he's 60+ and still is kickin ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosetattoo Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Just crank up the props and light show, ala AC/DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 some singers don't do that much moving around anyway. so I think could go on for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siliconmessiah Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) I think he can go on full-fledged for another 10 years under the right circumstances. As volcano stated, Axl was in good shape during the last tour.But doesn´t that mean......that there´ll only be 1 or 2 more GNR-records ever made?! My god, I don´t wanna see that happen... Edited August 24, 2011 by siliconmessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzgold Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I think there may be some point in the future where he doesn't like the whole GN'R habit anymore. But I see that actually as a chance. I'm still dreaming of a laid-back, acoustic guitar/piano album from the man - kind of like Zakk's Book of shadows. With Axls hand for melodies, this would be mindblowing music - without any screaming, full blown guitars and rockstar athletics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Do you think he still enjoys touring?Apparently, or else he would stop.He did stop for 8 years. Then played a couple of one off gigs then was forced to do a tour, albeit he said the tour was good for the band. Man is a fucking genius, I hope he releases this next record sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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