izzydoezit Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) It's interesting how Axl has gathered up a team of talented musicians of many different backgrounds who can perform the old material just as good (or probably even better) than the old band, and at the same time they manage to keep the sound modern. I find that the band has never sounded better through all those years.I'd like to see a discussion though on what influence each particular member gives to the band as they all have different backgrounds.What is the strongest element in this new band that gives it its character besides Axl Rose of course?Discuss. Edited April 12, 2012 by izzydoezit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Cant you see we're too busy bitching about Axl and the HOF? Show some respect, gosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 who cares about the HOF? It's an overrated institution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 who cares about the HOF? It's an overrated institution.i was joking, buddy lol. I love how each of the 3 guitarists has a completely different style in GNR though. Richard is a freaking virtuoso with a really unique picking style, DJ with his blues rock and more hard rock approach, and then Ron can play anything Chris also brought a lot to the table in terms of effects in 01-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrjanus Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 to make my answer short.this band can do anything musicly!there are 2 bands in the whole world in wich I see they can do about anything in performing or recording.these bands are: Guns N'Roses and the Neverland Express (Meat loaf's Band) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastodonny Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 DJ is influenced by money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Intentions Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'm not going to sit here and write out the influences that every member of GNR had. All I'll say is that it was a team effort that made Guns what it was back in the day. It wasn't just Axl, it wasn't just Slash, etc. - it was all of them. They were all on board with putting out kick ass rock music without any of the backstage politics and shit. Obviously, people are going to say Axl brought the most to the band since he's the lead singer. If you take the lead singer out of any band it changes them completely (with the exception of a few bands like AC/DC). If you want to say the current lineup can perform the songs just as good or even better than the original lineup (which I don't personally agree with, BTW), that's fine. But they still didn't write the material and didn't play it when the sound was new and fresh. The only way you can possibly say "this is what DJ/Bumble/Tommy brings to the new band" is by hearing new material, which we haven't. We have old material to judge the original lineup on and nothing to judge the current lineup on besides how well they can cover the old songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Please stop living in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmass Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 DJ is influenced by money.LOL. All current members are. They probably shat themselves the 1st few big shows. I say "big" tongue in cheek as they could only wish for the success original GnR had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 can't really say until those guys release something together. i could talk about finck and buckethad. but, dj, ron, frank are a big question mark.dj is the hard rock guy but all i've heard from him are generic riffs, if axl can turn that into gold, great. but i prefer robin and slash.ron is not buckethead. he's fast. but all his solos and fills in CD are noise, for me. and not good noise. (i like noise)frank is a sesion musician, i can see the guy playing from metal to soul music. all the other drummers gnr had are better than him.the "old" guys like tommy, dizzy and richard don't stand out in any tracks of CD as composers, so they play ok and that's it.all great musicians but they still got a lot to prove. if only axl would allow that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Who knows? I doubt they'll ever make an album anyway. Buckethead, Robin and Brain brought some cool songs to the band though. And that's what I'm waiting to hear more of. Edited April 13, 2012 by ITW 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Pretty much nothing they aren't really making anything new or playing new stuff live as of now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Tommy - punk rockRon - experimental shredder?Frank - he's like a really heavy Charlie WattsFortus - Furs, Velvet UndergroundDj - modern Glam metalPitman - sci-fi keyboardsDizzy - heavy metal pianoI think the record could be sort of punk rock, progressive, glam metal, techno, classic rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Ron is influenced by talent. mostly kiss and beatles but Ron is a melting pot guitarist. Edited April 13, 2012 by tranconneuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Ron is amazing. Sort of like a modern day philosopher-artist-musician. It would simply be amazing if there was a GNR record where he would have major creative input. Pure art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble's Bridge Pickup Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Bumblefoot said that if they were to make a record, it would sound like classic rock, as that is the one common thing they all are influenced by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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