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Rustycage FRONTMAN

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"I'm pretty sure he got voted best guitarist of all time because of 'Apocalyptic Love'."

whoever wrote silkworms should get an oscar :o

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At least thát piece of shit never got released, Apocalyptic Love on the other hand. CoolFace.png

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Man, you're bad at this. :ph34r:

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Rustycage FRONTMAN

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Ouch, what a comeback!

I'll go cry myself to sleep now. :(

Wait your turn, I am sure Slash is crying in bed right now over your amazing comment.

No. I think he will just write another book of lies about it.

You have proof that they are lies, huh? Oh, are you just repeating the weak comeback that your idol made without evidence to support it?

Do you have an opinion of your own? If so, just what do you have to prove they are lies?

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Cosmo FRONTMAN

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Slash is one of the greatest guitarist of all time but surely not THE best. Magazines do this to get attention. Do you think anyone would be talking about this list if Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were upfront?

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Rustycage FRONTMAN

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Slash is one of the greatest guitarist of all time but surely not THE best. Magazines do this to get attention. Do you think anyone would be talking about this list if Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were upfront?

Yes because while Jimi's sound was unique and revolutionary, his playing was nothing worthy of best.

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Ouch, what a comeback!

I'll go cry myself to sleep now. :(

Wait your turn, I am sure Slash is crying in bed right now over your amazing comment.

No. I think he will just write another book of lies about it.

You have proof that they are lies, huh? Oh, are you just repeating the weak comeback that your idol made without evidence to support it?

Do you have an opinion of your own? If so, just what do you have to prove they are lies?

Factual errors:

- Page 1: "I was born on July 23, 1965 in Stoke On Trent, England"

- He was born in Hampstead, England but spent his childhood in Stoke-on-Trent.

- Page 102: "We could have booked a gig locally because, collectively, we all knew the right people, but no, we decided that after three rehearsals, we were ready for a tour."

- The first show the Appetite For Destruction line-up played was on June 6th, 1985 at the Troubadour in Hollywood, CA. The tour up to Seattle happened after that show.

- Page 164: "Del ended up writing treatments for some of our videos, as well as having written the short story that inspired Axl to write "November Rain"."

- Del wrote Without You which inspired the video to November Rain and at least part of Estranged.

- Page 210: "When we got on set, we met JJ Jackson, the host, and he was really cool. "

- J.J. Jackson didn't interview GN'R on Headbanger's Ball in 1987. [Thanks Nevy]

- Page 221, 305: "Within a day, we hooked up with Fred Curry, the drummer for Cinderella, and he was great in a pinch."

- Fred Coury is the drummer's name. [Thanks Nevy]

- Page 259: Tom Mayhue's name misspelled as Tom Mayhew.

- Page 323: "We had three theater dates in L.A., San Francisco, and New York, with various bands opening for us, such as Blind Melon and Faith No More and Raging Slab."

- Raging Slab opened for GN'R at the NYC show, Dumpster opened in San Francisco and L.A. Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon) sang with the band at the L.A. show.

- Page 323: ".. including two nights at the Inglewood Forum in L.A."

- It was actually four nights.

- Page 335: "After we got out stage show together, backup singers, horn section, and all, and we did a week's worth of rehearsals with every element intact, suddenly we found ourselves in South America, before a crowd of 180,000 at Rock In Rio II, on January 20, 1991."

- The extended lineup played its first show on December 5th, 1991 (the second US leg) in Worcester, MA.

- Page 339: "When he jumped down, it was great, we kept playing that suspenseful riff that starts off "Rocket Queen," and I thought the whole moment was killer. When Axl got back onstage, everything felt triumphant for a second... then he grabbed the mike, said something like, "Because of the bullshit security, we're going home," slammed the mike down, and walked offstage.

The band kept going. We'd gotten good at improvising to fill dead space - drum solos, guitar solos jams - we had a bag of tricks to keep things moving whenever Axl made a sudden exit. We kept jamming, and I went over to the side of the stage.

"Where is he? I asked Doug.

He looked at me with a pained expression. "He's not coming back."

"What do you mean he's not coming back?" I shouted, still playing the riff.

"There is no way he is coming back," Doug said. "There is nothing I can do."

We were about ninety minutes into our set, which was our minimum contractually, but the plan was to play a two-hour ser and the crowd wasn't close to satisfied. They knew there was a lot more left. I would have done anything to get Axl back onstage at that point.

"Ask him again!" I yelled. "Find out if he's really not going to." I should have known by Doug's expression that there was no use.

Once it was final, we had no choice: the band put down our gear, and it was like pulling the plug on the stereo - the song just ended on a question mark. That entire arena sat there expecting something to happen, but instead we walked offstage without a word."

- The following is what happened and it can be seen in the pro-shot bootleg footage from the show. About 1:15 into the song, Axl asks security "Hey, take that! Take that now! Get that guy and take that........ I'll take it Goddamn it!" He jumps into the crowd while the band keeps playing the riff Slash mentioned. Axl returns to the stage at around 1:57 into the song, motions for the band to stop playing and says "Well, thanks to the lame ass security, I'm going home.". Then he throws down his microphone, walks past Slash and walks offstage. Slash proceeds to say something into the microphone. His last line is "We're out of here".

Page 350: "In May of 1992. We announced that we would coheadline a summer tour with Metallica starting July 7"

- The tour started on July 17th, 1992 at the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC.

- Page 363: "I got married to Renee in October 1991."

- 1992

- Page 412: "On the morning of 9/11, we were woken up at 8:15 by David Williams, Michael's house guitar player .... ... I saw that a plane had hit the Twin Towers, and moments later the second one hit while I was actually watching."

- Flight 11 crashed into the north face of the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46:40. Flight 175 crashes into the south face of the South Tower at 9:03:11.

- Page 437: ".... and the Pistols' "Pretty Vacant."

- They played "Bodies" by Sex Pistols at their first show as well as playing it on tour.

- Several pages: Slash's current band mate in VR, Dave Kushner, is referred to as Dave Kirscher in several places in the book.

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Rustycage FRONTMAN

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Ouch, what a comeback!

I'll go cry myself to sleep now. :(

Wait your turn, I am sure Slash is crying in bed right now over your amazing comment.

I'll take him to a titty bar if that makes him feel better.

Take him to the aquarium to play with Dolphins. I hear that is pretty Rock n Roll.

Ouch, what a comeback!

I'll go cry myself to sleep now. :(

Wait your turn, I am sure Slash is crying in bed right now over your amazing comment.

No. I think he will just write another book of lies about it.

You have proof that they are lies, huh? Oh, are you just repeating the weak comeback that your idol made without evidence to support it?

Do you have an opinion of your own? If so, just what do you have to prove they are lies?

Factual errors:

- Page 1: "I was born on July 23, 1965 in Stoke On Trent, England"

- He was born in Hampstead, England but spent his childhood in Stoke-on-Trent.

- Page 102: "We could have booked a gig locally because, collectively, we all knew the right people, but no, we decided that after three rehearsals, we were ready for a tour."

- The first show the Appetite For Destruction line-up played was on June 6th, 1985 at the Troubadour in Hollywood, CA. The tour up to Seattle happened after that show.

- Page 164: "Del ended up writing treatments for some of our videos, as well as having written the short story that inspired Axl to write "November Rain"."

- Del wrote Without You which inspired the video to November Rain and at least part of Estranged.

- Page 210: "When we got on set, we met JJ Jackson, the host, and he was really cool. "

- J.J. Jackson didn't interview GN'R on Headbanger's Ball in 1987. [Thanks Nevy]

- Page 221, 305: "Within a day, we hooked up with Fred Curry, the drummer for Cinderella, and he was great in a pinch."

- Fred Coury is the drummer's name. [Thanks Nevy]

- Page 259: Tom Mayhue's name misspelled as Tom Mayhew.

- Page 323: "We had three theater dates in L.A., San Francisco, and New York, with various bands opening for us, such as Blind Melon and Faith No More and Raging Slab."

- Raging Slab opened for GN'R at the NYC show, Dumpster opened in San Francisco and L.A. Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon) sang with the band at the L.A. show.

- Page 323: ".. including two nights at the Inglewood Forum in L.A."

- It was actually four nights.

- Page 335: "After we got out stage show together, backup singers, horn section, and all, and we did a week's worth of rehearsals with every element intact, suddenly we found ourselves in South America, before a crowd of 180,000 at Rock In Rio II, on January 20, 1991."

- The extended lineup played its first show on December 5th, 1991 (the second US leg) in Worcester, MA.

- Page 339: "When he jumped down, it was great, we kept playing that suspenseful riff that starts off "Rocket Queen," and I thought the whole moment was killer. When Axl got back onstage, everything felt triumphant for a second... then he grabbed the mike, said something like, "Because of the bullshit security, we're going home," slammed the mike down, and walked offstage.

The band kept going. We'd gotten good at improvising to fill dead space - drum solos, guitar solos jams - we had a bag of tricks to keep things moving whenever Axl made a sudden exit. We kept jamming, and I went over to the side of the stage.

"Where is he? I asked Doug.

He looked at me with a pained expression. "He's not coming back."

"What do you mean he's not coming back?" I shouted, still playing the riff.

"There is no way he is coming back," Doug said. "There is nothing I can do."

We were about ninety minutes into our set, which was our minimum contractually, but the plan was to play a two-hour ser and the crowd wasn't close to satisfied. They knew there was a lot more left. I would have done anything to get Axl back onstage at that point.

"Ask him again!" I yelled. "Find out if he's really not going to." I should have known by Doug's expression that there was no use.

Once it was final, we had no choice: the band put down our gear, and it was like pulling the plug on the stereo - the song just ended on a question mark. That entire arena sat there expecting something to happen, but instead we walked offstage without a word."

- The following is what happened and it can be seen in the pro-shot bootleg footage from the show. About 1:15 into the song, Axl asks security "Hey, take that! Take that now! Get that guy and take that........ I'll take it Goddamn it!" He jumps into the crowd while the band keeps playing the riff Slash mentioned. Axl returns to the stage at around 1:57 into the song, motions for the band to stop playing and says "Well, thanks to the lame ass security, I'm going home.". Then he throws down his microphone, walks past Slash and walks offstage. Slash proceeds to say something into the microphone. His last line is "We're out of here".

Page 350: "In May of 1992. We announced that we would coheadline a summer tour with Metallica starting July 7"

- The tour started on July 17th, 1992 at the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC.

- Page 363: "I got married to Renee in October 1991."

- 1992

- Page 412: "On the morning of 9/11, we were woken up at 8:15 by David Williams, Michael's house guitar player .... ... I saw that a plane had hit the Twin Towers, and moments later the second one hit while I was actually watching."

- Flight 11 crashed into the north face of the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46:40. Flight 175 crashes into the south face of the South Tower at 9:03:11.

- Page 437: ".... and the Pistols' "Pretty Vacant."

- They played "Bodies" by Sex Pistols at their first show as well as playing it on tour.

- Several pages: Slash's current band mate in VR, Dave Kushner, is referred to as Dave Kirscher in several places in the book.

So inconsistencies with times and dates is your proof of lying? So they didn't tour with Metallica? 9/11 didn't happen? That was pathetic.

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Guest Len B'stard

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all these lists are a load of fuckin bollocks, lemme give you the list, the definitive list, best guitarist of all time, bar none, without exception

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

There's your top ten, take that home with ya ;)

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all these lists are a load of fuckin bollocks, lemme give you the list, the definitive list, best guitarist of all time, bar none, without exception

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

There's your top ten, take that home with ya ;)

I like it!!! Hendrix was amazing for his time!

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YOUCOULDBEMINE. SUPER GOD

YOUCOULDBEMINE.

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Ouch, what a comeback!

I'll go cry myself to sleep now. :(

Wait your turn, I am sure Slash is crying in bed right now over your amazing comment.

I'll take him to a titty bar if that makes him feel better.

Take him to the aquarium to play with Dolphins. I hear that is pretty Rock n Roll.

I didn't mean anything with the titty bar comment. Good job.

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Cosmo FRONTMAN

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Slash is one of the greatest guitarist of all time but surely not THE best. Magazines do this to get attention. Do you think anyone would be talking about this list if Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were upfront?

Yes because while Jimi's sound was unique and revolutionary, his playing was nothing worthy of best.

Most top guitarist lists have Jimi on first place. It's nothing out of the ordinary so... no, it wouldn't be news. Plus, Jimi's playing was nothing worthy of the best, neither was Slash's. :shrugs:

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oh it's just some dumb chick list? that wasa close one slash almost got some praise.

Yeah, wouldn't it be terrible to give the GNR guitarist some praise on a GNR board? Let's all bash him instead of being happy for the top spot and think it's cool that our (or one of our) favourite guitarist get some recognition.

I like Slash, but he is simply not the best guitarist ever. That's a flatout insult to many of the greats. Even Slash agrees, huge props to him for being so humble about it.

And no, I'm not talking about Bumblefoot and Buckethead, I'm talking about people like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, John Frusciante and Eric Clapton.

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