RichardNixon Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Simple enough question.Hypothetically speaking, what if Tracii Guns had stayed with GN'R? Would they have been as popular? What direction would they have gone in, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 what if there was anything significant to discuss about the current band... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblerose Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Tracii guns is great I don't see why not ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madridista Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 While these questions are interesting, it's impossible to predict what would've happened if he'd stayed. The fact that he was replaced so early on goes to show he had no place in the band. Correct me if I'm wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 The band would have fallen apart faster, just like all the other bands these guys played in leading up to GNR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymity Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Simple enough question.Hypothetically speaking, what if Tracii Guns had stayed with GN'R? Would they have been as popular? What direction would they have gone in, etc...you wouldn't be here asking this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glow Inc. Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well...If Tracii had stayed, I suppose GnR would have sold about 99 million albums less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well...If Tracii had stayed, I suppose GnR would have sold about 99 million albums less.You don't know that unless you have an alternate reality machine Tracii guns is great I don't see why not ...+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyReedsexmachine Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 fuckin sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Simple enough question.Hypothetically speaking, what if Tracii Guns had stayed with GN'R? Would they have been as popular? What direction would they have gone in, etc...I'm guessing they would have went the way LA Guns went; if you listen to that Hollywood Rose tape that came out a few years ago, that seems to be a good indication of the direction the bad was heading and the sound they had, which is, they sounded like any other metal band at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well...If Tracii had stayed, I suppose GnR would have sold about 99 million albums less.You don't know that unless you have an alternate reality machine Tracii guns is great I don't see why not ...+1Based on the music Tracii has produced to date I think glow's opinion is very likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well...If Tracii had stayed, I suppose GnR would have sold about 99 million albums less.You don't know that unless you have an alternate reality machine Tracii guns is great I don't see why not ...+1Based on the music Tracii has produced to date I think glow's opinion is very likelyTracii has been playing with hacks pretty much his whole career....he's a great guitar player and surrounded by guys like Axl, Izzy and Duff he would have been much more successful.Listen to his work on Gilby's album Sawg especially the song Alien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well...If Tracii had stayed, I suppose GnR would have sold about 99 million albums less.You don't know that unless you have an alternate reality machine Tracii guns is great I don't see why not ...+1Based on the music Tracii has produced to date I think glow's opinion is very likelyTracii has been playing with hacks pretty much his whole career....he's a great guitar player and surrounded by guys like Axl, Izzy and Duff he would have been much more successful.Listen to his work on Gilby's album Sawg especially the song Alien.Concur.Probably not to the heights of Gn'R, but he isn't a bad guitar player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 fuckin sucksHave you EVER in your life done something shitty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardNixon Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 While these questions are interesting, it's impossible to predict what would've happened if he'd stayed. The fact that he was replaced so early on goes to show he had no place in the band. Correct me if I'm wrong thoughBut didn't Tracii say that he had a part in the writing of AFD? I don't have any links to back that up though.I'd like to see the setlist of an L.A. Guns show when Axl was their singer or one of a GN'R show back when they had Tracii.I wouldn't call Phil Lewis a "hack," he's got some good pipes and is charismatic. L.A. Guns are a pretty good band. The Tracii-led version has yet to release a new album though, and while the Lewis one just put one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glow Inc. Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) It's not a matter of being a good or a bad player, it's a matter of being the right player to fit the right band at the right time.The reason GnR got big is because they brought back the classic feel of bands like the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin, something that was completely lost during the cheesy glam rock era.The problem with Tracii is that while he's a good guitarist, his playing screams eighties so I doubt that Axl's unique voice would have been enough for the band to take off as it did...I mean, they were the biggest band on the planet at one time... Edited June 19, 2012 by The Glow Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOUCOULDBEMINE. Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Tracii is a great guitarist but he wouldn't fit in with Axl, Izzy and Duff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auad Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 fuckin good guitar player.traci rocks. simply as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 fuckin good guitar player.traci rocks. simply as that.+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiaz06 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) Tracii reached out to Axl while GN'R was going through the whole break up thing. Axl was not interested. Edited June 19, 2012 by californiaz06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiaz06 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 While these questions are interesting, it's impossible to predict what would've happened if he'd stayed. The fact that he was replaced so early on goes to show he had no place in the band. Correct me if I'm wrong thoughBut didn't Tracii say that he had a part in the writing of AFD? I don't have any links to back that up though.I'd like to see the setlist of an L.A. Guns show when Axl was their singer or one of a GN'R show back when they had Tracii.I wouldn't call Phil Lewis a "hack," he's got some good pipes and is charismatic. L.A. Guns are a pretty good band. The Tracii-led version has yet to release a new album though, and while the Lewis one just put one out.He was not credited with writing any of the songs but he was with the band when they wrote 'Anything Goes'. Thats the only AFD song he is linked to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 We wouldn't have SCOM and Coma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Universal_Sigh Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 We wouldn't have SCOM and Coma.lol. Ya and if we didn't have Izzy we wouldn't have Mr. Brownstone or YCBM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 We wouldn't have SCOM and Coma.lol. Ya and if we didn't have Izzy we wouldn't have Mr. Brownstone or YCBMI guess so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Guns would have had a weak sound kinda like the other 80s bands n it would have faded real fast, i don't think they would be as big as they became. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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