Cosmo Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 On contrary to the other poll, which is the least talented member in GnR past and present, taking in consideration songwriting and manual skills? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Chris - still trying to figure out what he's playing in each songSteven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindray11 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Chris - still trying to figure out what he's playing in each song..has nothing to do with 'least talented'check sextapes, zaum and lusk. that proves that he's talented but whatever..my answer is gilby. johanna's chopper in my ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDRE Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 everyone who is currently in or has been in the band has talent, even Shaq. I think a better question would be, most overrated member eva?For that the answer is Buckethead no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Frank and Gilby seen as they didn't contribute much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 @T_MAGIC How can you vote for Axl? O_OI don't think least talented is really gauge-able. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 everyone who is currently in or has been in the band has talent, even Shaq. I think a better question would be, most overrated member eva?For that the answer is Buckethead no doubt.Nah, Buckethead was the best guitarist Gn'R had since Slash left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 (edited) everyone who is currently in or has been in the band has talent, even Shaq. I think a better question would be, most overrated member eva?For that the answer is Buckethead no doubt.Nah, Buckethead was the best guitarist Gn'R had since Slash left.Buckethead improved all of Slash's riffs and solos.Dizzy because Axl can play his parts, he just needs him so he can move around. Matt because all he ever did was play drums. Edited December 19, 2011 by BirdCatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnRDuff1 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 everyone who is currently in or has been in the band has talent, even Shaq. I think a better question would be, most overrated member eva?For that the answer is Buckethead no doubt.Nah, Buckethead was the best guitarist Gn'R had since Slash left.Buckethead improved all of Slash's riffs and solos.Dizzy because Axl can play his parts, he just needs him so he can move around. Matt because all he ever did was play drums.Steven also only played drums...and dipped out, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hard to say, all members past and present have been quite talented. I guess I'd say Steven, as he never contributed to songwriting and isn't the most technically skilled drummer, not that that matters but if we're just talking "least talented" in general then that's him. I also voted Dizzy because even though he's a good piano player, Axl's piano parts are more important. Don't forget - on the record, Axl played Estranged. Dizzy just does it live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 DJ Ashba and Paul Tobias, easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Buckethead often intimidates people what with his colossal Bucket, fondness for chickens and how he uses the Force with the geetahr. Pitman and Tobias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblecool Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Dizzy and Adler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I don't know how anyone can say Adler his drumming was a key component of AFD even Izzy mentioned how important Steven was to GNR's sound. And many of the illusions song's too worked on by Adler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 DJ Ashba and Paul Tobias, easilyWhat? DJ is an amazing guitar player, and an even better songwriter. The guy produced and wrote for the best Motley Crue album since Dr.Feelgood, made two amazing albums with Sixx:AM that you probably haven't listened to, was a hired songwriter from the Last Vegas, writing the best songs on their album, such as I'm Bad and Whatever Gets You Off, that I bet you haven't heard either. Paul Tobias co-wrote the best CD songs with Axl! I don't get it. Either of them have better songwriting skills than Matt, Adler and Dizzy combined. And songwriting is what counts most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 DJ Ashba and Paul Tobias, easilyWhat? DJ is an amazing guitar player, and an even better songwriter. The guy produced and wrote for the best Motley Crue album since Dr.Feelgood, made two amazing albums with Sixx:AM that you probably haven't listened to, was a hired songwriter from the Last Vegas, writing the best songs on their album, such as I'm Bad and Whatever Gets You Off, that I bet you haven't heard either. Paul Tobias co-wrote the best CD songs with Axl! I don't get it. Either of them have better songwriting skills than Matt, Adler and Dizzy combined. And songwriting is what counts most.Lol he was a little boy when Dr. Feelgood came out. But yeah I don't think its fair to talk about DJ without hearing his contribution to Guns N' Roses, but as far as we can tell, he is a killer live performer. Paul's guitar play is not as bad as anyone thinks. He's not as skilled as Richard Fortus but he could do all of Izzy's solos. Plus he helped write a lot of songs like Back off Bitch, Catcher in the Rye, Prostitute and There Was a Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) DJ Ashba and Paul Tobias, easilyWhat? DJ is an amazing guitar player, and an even better songwriter. The guy produced and wrote for the best Motley Crue album since Dr.Feelgood, made two amazing albums with Sixx:AM that you probably haven't listened to, was a hired songwriter from the Last Vegas, writing the best songs on their album, such as I'm Bad and Whatever Gets You Off, that I bet you haven't heard either. Paul Tobias co-wrote the best CD songs with Axl! I don't get it. Either of them have better songwriting skills than Matt, Adler and Dizzy combined. And songwriting is what counts most.Lol he was a little boy when Dr. Feelgood came out. But yeah I don't think its fair to talk about DJ without hearing his contribution to Guns N' Roses, but as far as we can tell, he is a killer live performer. Paul's guitar play is not as bad as anyone thinks. He's not as skilled as Richard Fortus but he could do all of Izzy's solos. Plus he helped write a lot of songs like Back off Bitch, Catcher in the Rye, Prostitute and There Was a Time.People hate Paul because of what Slash and Matt said about him. Questioning his musical abilities has nothing to do with it, it's not really fair Edited December 23, 2011 by It Don't Really Matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 They were just being bitches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 DJ Ashba and Paul Tobias, easilyWhat? DJ is an amazing guitar player, and an even better songwriter. The guy produced and wrote for the best Motley Crue album since Dr.Feelgood, made two amazing albums with Sixx:AM that you probably haven't listened to, was a hired songwriter from the Last Vegas, writing the best songs on their album, such as I'm Bad and Whatever Gets You Off, that I bet you haven't heard either. Paul Tobias co-wrote the best CD songs with Axl! I don't get it. Either of them have better songwriting skills than Matt, Adler and Dizzy combined. And songwriting is what counts most.All I can say is I completely disagree. What I look for in songwriters are people who aren't afraid to be adventurous and think outside the box, try to create something that nobody else has ever tried to create. Everything I've heard that DJ has writing credit on, even the ballad of death, just sounds too familiar for me to get excited about. Sixx AM is honestly one of the worst bands I've ever heard, Saints of Los Angeles was nothing special at all, and neither was his other band Beautiul Creatures. Because the shit he writes is so familiar... I'm not saying he rips off other artists, I just don't think he has the creativity to write something memorable. If theres something of his you feel really strongly about, please share, but every Sixx AM and Beautiful Creatures song I've ever heard sounds about on par with the shit I would hear at my local dive bar on wednesday night.Paul Tobias? Please, the guy was just riding Axl's coat tails. Guitar players like that are a dime a dozen.I know, I'm a cynical asshole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I say we give DJ a chance and see how things turn out whenever they decide to write new material. Paul co-wrote three or four of the best songs on CD. DJ is a better guitar player but if he writes a song for GNR half as good than he and Paul would be equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I don't know how anyone can say Adler his drumming was a key component of AFD even Izzy mentioned how important Steven was to GNR's sound. And many of the illusions song's too worked on by AdlerHis contribution to the band doesn't pertain to the topic at hand at all though. I don't have any doubt in my mind that Adler was a key component in the sound of Appetite, but in a strictly technical sense, he is the least proficient drummer GN'R has ever had.For current member I voted Tommy. Love the guy, he's the perfect bassist for the current band and he's got a killer stage presence, but he just doesn't have the chops that the rest of the guys do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimera Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Dizzy Reed; Paul Tobias.Tobias is the most mediocre guitarist Axl ever played with. He wrote IRS, ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) I don't know how anyone can say Adler his drumming was a key component of AFD even Izzy mentioned how important Steven was to GNR's sound. And many of the illusions song's too worked on by AdlerHis contribution to the band doesn't pertain to the topic at hand at all though. I don't have any doubt in my mind that Adler was a key component in the sound of Appetite, but in a strictly technical sense, he is the least proficient drummer GN'R has ever had.For current member I voted Tommy. Love the guy, he's the perfect bassist for the current band and he's got a killer stage presence, but he just doesn't have the chops that the rest of the guys do.Depends what you consider Talented Brain might have advanced drumming skills but Steven knew how to get a kickass sound that's what matters to me and even half of Matt's work was Adler.His contribution was his talent directly related to the topic at hand. Edited December 25, 2011 by ThinkAboutYou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblecool Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Dizzy Reed; Paul Tobias.Tobias is the most mediocre guitarist Axl ever played with. He wrote IRS, ffs.IRS is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno P. Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 What I look for in songwriters are people who aren't afraid to be adventurous and think outside the box, try to create something that nobody else has ever tried to create.So what made Slash so special to you? He never did anything new, never adventured and think outside the box and whatever. He simply followed Jimmy Page's and Joe Perry's books and that's pretty much it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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