SunnyDRE Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I think they would still be at least"U2 Big".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They never would have put out another great album. Slash and Axl had conflicting ideas on the future of the band and that was their downfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieC Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I think they could have been the biggest band of all time. I really mean that and have thought about it given all the talented elements they had. It's anyone's hypothetical guess though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 But thinking about it Axl's voice was pretty much shit 94-2005 or whenever he got his 2006 voice it all high pitched and crap it wouldn't of been that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I think that after UYI they should've taken at least 5 years off to release solo projects or get away from it all but never allow the GNR core to fall apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They never would have put out another great album. Slash and Axl had conflicting ideas on the future of the band and that was their downfall.We never know....Remember Axl himself stated he heard Slash played killer stuff after the UYI tour on the sessions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold layne Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I disagree with Sunny. Right now they would be touring casinos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I think the best scenario is this:They all do their own things, solo albums etc., take a little break, then they get back together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They'd be about on par with today's Van Halen. Mind you, that's very good. They released a killer album that stands up to their original ones, and they sell out or mostly sell out arenas wherever they go and put on a great show. Nothing wrong with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They never would have put out another great album. Slash and Axl had conflicting ideas on the future of the band and that was their downfall.GnR hasn't put out a great album since Slash left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They never would have put out another great album. Slash and Axl had conflicting ideas on the future of the band and that was their downfall.GnR hasn't put out a great album since Slash leftlol way to get mad and completely miss the point dickwad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dariablue Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I think they could have still put out amazing albums. I agree that they might have done solo stuff to explore stuff outside of GNR type music, but they definitely would still be big imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They never would have put out another great album. Slash and Axl had conflicting ideas on the future of the band and that was their downfall.i agree with this, if they would have stayed together i dont think we would have had worked shit i dont know if we would have gotten 1 more album with them together IMO. they were just too far seperated from eachother it had to end. i just wish they would have taken sometime to do their own thing, get their creative stuff out their and then years down the road rejoin and work togethersimilar thing happend to mercyful fate the faces of mercyful fate were always king diamond and hank shermann. after their second album friction between diamond and shermann boiled over king diamond wanted to continue with heavy metal while shermann wanted to do more hair metal glam/rock stuff. the band broke up king diamond and the rest of mercyful fate(minus the drummer kim ruzz) joined king diamonds solo band, while hank shermann went on to form fate. then 9 years later mercyful fate rejoined and went on to make many great records in the 90s. same story happend with the runaways. sometimes when your at eachothers throats and not getting along sometimes its best to put things on hold, do your own thing and then comeback. i think with gnr all the touring and recording and the problems with drugs just became too much and instead of doing what mercyful fate did instead they imploded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tange Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 thats the thing though based on appetite and the illusions, what constitutes GNR sound? Estranged, Coma, and Nov. Rain would not fit at all on the first album. what song epitomizes GNR to people is that they were so versatile. They don't really have a particular sound to me. Other than maybe Don't Cry. That song bridges the gap nicely. UCBM works on appetite better than it does on UYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They would have kept progressing as a band, and we fans would be the real winners. We would have 9-10 albums of GnR music to enjoy.Realistic debates would be happening concerning who is the best rock band of all time....Stones, Zepplin, Aerosmith, Guns n Roses...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgunblues1978 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They would have kept progressing as a bandNot if Slash had his way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Didn't Axl say that when Slash left, they had a whole bunch of killer material ready to go that had to be scrapped or something like that?Anyway, I think the legacy would've been intact, but I don't think the succeeding albums would be as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Axl would have fucking rocked at Serial Killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dario27 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 not just if Slash hadn't left, but what if ChiDem was finished before 1998?, imho GNR would've been a monster by now.. thou it seems at some point they would've broken up anywaysso yeah ChiDem would've had more acceptance and more success, but i doubt they would've remained together this far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Archer Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 One of them would have blown their own (or the other's) brains out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 not just if Slash hadn't left, but what if ChiDem was finished before 1998?, imho GNR would've been a monster by now.. thou it seems at some point they would've broken up anywaysso yeah ChiDem would've had more acceptance and more success, but i doubt they would've remained together this farif chinese democracy was released in 1998 or 1999 named UYI 3 it wouldnt have been that out of place IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I think they would still be at least"U2 Big"....Assuming they remained active. But I also think if Axl had remained active under his own name he'd have been as big as The Foos. Or if the Bucket lineup got going and stayed going and had 3 or 4 records out now that they'd have millions of new young fans on board like maiden do these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I would have loved to hear that mid-90's material Axl liked so much, sounded like Slash was firing on all cylinders in the riff department Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) I think the next album could have been the best. You'd have Izzy there helping them writing songs, you'd have Slash songs, Duff songs, Axl songs, etc. I mean, listen to Duff's and Slash's (Snakepit) solo albums. If you took the best of those songs and imagine that the rest of the band worked on them as well, put their touch on them, they could have been super songs. You'd have the Axl ballads, like This I Love, with the whole band working on it. A Slash solo on it. I think they would have made that another great ballad, just like November Rain. I truly think their next album could have been their best.Edit: This time Matt would have written the drums himself too and not just played what he was told to play and it would have become way better than the Illusions drums just because of that. Edited July 6, 2012 by Satanisk_Slakt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I think they would still be at least"U2 Big"....there is a major problem with this theory. axl & izzy were the primary songwriters of the classic material. even if slash hadn't left, the fact is that without izzy, we really don't know if GNR would have been able to continue to create massive blockbuster albums.Izzy was back with them in 95 and 96 and wrote songs with them.If you want a source, ask Miser for it and he'll provide it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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