izzydoezit Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Are there any other bands that have done this to the degree Axl has? I mean to have a top charting band that tours stadiums reduced to playing arenas. Albums that nobody really cares about etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Most '80s Glam/Sleaze Rock bands.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) No just Axl. Poor Axl. Touring the world, fucking chicks, making millions of dollars playing to thousands of people.Honestly, I don't get your point. Things went wrong for everyone in this band, every classic member is not on top of the world anymore, and you can't really know if they would have stayed there even if they were still together today.Axl is still the most successful nowdays compared to the rest of them, He secured the name, and the control for better or worse so I think all things considered his life is great, and his music career is still alive. The only thing he needs to do is actually release more then one album every 20 fucking years. Edited January 27, 2013 by Rovim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 The only thing that could ruin a band's "Legacy" is some kind of media outrage regarding something immoral, some kind of fraud or anything that put that band's success in question. For example, if Michael Jackson had been arrested for child abuse, that would have ruined his legacy. If he were still alive, touring and performing, releasing shitty music that didn't live up to expectations and singing much worse than back in the day, that would not effect his past glory in any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinaski Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 There are so many bands that when people say they like them, they mean the five year period when they were good not the decades after that where they became irrelevant and often dragged a half-original line-up around the world playing smaller and smaller venues.Not many bands actually manage to ruin their own legacy, people just stop paying attention when a band stops mattering. Every now and then I'll hear about a band and think 'wtf they still exist!?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 One thing I find a bit ridiculous is the amount of compilation packages the Rolling Stones seem to be putting out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 "Reduced" to playing arenas? What's so great about going to a concert in a stadium unless you wound up with really great seats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) Playing Stadiums is a reference to the band's popularity, not about fans' comfort. That said have you ever been to an AC/DC stadium gig? You wouldn't want to experience that on a seat. Edited January 27, 2013 by izzydoezit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKKDARK Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenasU2AC/DCBon JoviBruce Springsteen & the E Street BandMetallicaThey sell more tickets now than in their heyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenasU2AC/DCBon JoviBruce Springsteen & the E Street BandMetallicaThey sell more tickets now than in their heyday.Also Neil Young and Bob Dylan, two 'old-timers' who are still creativly interesting and who sell tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenasU2AC/DCBon JoviBruce Springsteen & the E Street BandMetallicaThey sell more tickets now than in their heyday.Also Neil Young and Bob Dylan, two 'old-timers' who are still creativly interesting and who sell tickets.The Stones sold out their latest 5 reunion shows in minutes while the average selling price was over $400 a ticket so I have no doubt they can still sellout stadiums should they tour in 2013.........One thing I find a bit ridiculous is the amount of compilation packages the Rolling Stones seem to be putting out.The band has been around for 50 years mate so I don't find it ridiculous all things considered........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Most '80s Glam/Sleaze Rock bands....but 80s bands dont have anything "great" to ridicule in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Most '80s Glam/Sleaze Rock bands....but 80s bands dont have anything "great" to ridicule in the first placeMost don't, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrandyk Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Van Halen, for a while at least. The Sammy Hagar years were atrocious, but they sold a lot of records. That Gary Cherone period though...Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenasU2AC/DCBon JoviBruce Springsteen & the E Street BandMetallicaThey sell more tickets now than in their heyday.Metallica? Fans of their first few albums would disagree, and everyone mocked the shit out of them for years after St. Anger and Napster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H. Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 No, not really. Perhaps Smashing Pumpkins. But for the most part shitty bands were always shitty, and good bands still do fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenasU2AC/DCBon JoviBruce Springsteen & the E Street BandMetallicaThey sell more tickets now than in their heyday.Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Deep Purple dontvseem to be killing it like they should. Zepp have sorted of failed. Faith No More just toured off the past like the magnificient bastards they are.The Cult, Sex pistols. Complete disasters. Queen. The cosmos sucks.Aerosmith. Everything after Pump. Disgusting. ACDC. Stop making records. Successful bands rape the legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I agree about Queen, and I'll include "Doors of the 21st Century" while you're bringing up The Cult. Sex Pistols reformed and did old songs, but Lydon decided to sing like he was in Public Image instead of snarl out the words. Deep Purple - if Ian and Ritchie ever mend fences, then you'll have a DP reunion. It's not going to happen, they're just way past that point, and already did the reunion in the mid 80s. They still have a pretty good following with Steve Morse though. I thought Led Zeppelin handled the reunion well, and should have just done what Cream did in playing a couple of more dates. But I think Plant was able to distance himself by just being a music fan and go "hell no" to doing more dates. I get that he cringed at the other 2 reunions and wanted to do it once and to it right, even with mistakes, it was nothing like those shows. And with Page's plans to revamp the back catalog the way AC/DC had the remasters for iTunes, and a last hurrah of CD releases, it's a good way for the band to continue doing something together in their later years. Maybe it's about a final cash in their chips move, but it's one last run of listening to the master tapes and telling the "making of" stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.wa.T Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Reduced to playing arenas. Lol as if thats a bad thing. The man still plays to millions with his 'hack' band. They sound great live. Of course they dont have the success of the classic lineup, very few if any could.Are there any other bands that have done this to the degree Axl has? I mean to have a top charting band that tours stadiums reduced to playing arenas. Albums that nobody really cares about etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 It's all relevant. If you are playing clubs, playing arenas is quite a step up. When you are on the top of the world selling out multiple nights and stadium tours and then you can barely fill up most of the venues you play in, then it's a bad thing. Especially with the achievements GNR had 1987-1993. If it wasn't for that even arenas wouldn't be possible to be honest with today's lineup and CD music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Van Halen, for a while at least. The Sammy Hagar years were atrocious, but they sold a lot of records. That Gary Cherone period though...Pretty much every great rock band from the 70's and 80's has been reduced to playing arenasU2AC/DCBon JoviBruce Springsteen & the E Street BandMetallicaThey sell more tickets now than in their heyday.Metallica? Fans of their first few albums would disagree, and everyone mocked the shit out of them for years after St. Anger and Napster.They're still playing stadiums, they may have lost a few old school fans, but since Black album they've replaced those fans 10 to 1 with newer fans for some reason.Maiden in certain markets, are selling out stadiums, and arenas in the others. They're selling more tickets now than in their heyday as well. Edited January 29, 2013 by moreblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Deep Purple dontvseem to be killing it like they should. Zepp have sorted of failed. Faith No More just toured off the past like the magnificient bastards they are.The Cult, Sex pistols. Complete disasters.Queen. The cosmos sucks.Aerosmith. Everything after Pump. Disgusting.ACDC. Stop making records.Successful bands rape the legacy.For what it was, it wasn't that bad. It wasn't Queen, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Are there any other bands that have done this to the degree Axl has? I mean to have a top charting band that tours stadiums reduced to playing arenas. Albums that nobody really cares about etc..The Who Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 ACDC. Stop making records. Most of the others I agree with but AC/DC has been making one continuous album since Black in Black so I don't see how they are destroying their legacy as the music still sells and they sell out their tours.........I love AC/DC and hope they never stop..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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