Should Axl Drop the GN'R Name

[wfuckinga]

Just curious what you all think

[Gun N' Roses]

Yeah

Guns N' Posers

[magisme]

The answer has been 'yes' for a long time.

[jmapelian]

He should could call it oral since he was so proud of that annanagram bs -- and it blows.....lol

[gunsfanoldie]

The answer has been 'yes' for a long time.

Whats funny is the answer has been 'yes' for so long that it doesn't even matter anymore. Its been 17 years that he's been using it when he shouldn't have been. Getting rid of it at this point will do nothing. The damage is done. It makes more sense for him to keep it at this point. The real answer is it doesn't matter.

[bacardimayne]

Not at this point. If he was going to, he should have when it was clear he wanted to distance himself from the old lineup. Now he's just a nostalgia act, so the name fits.

[Randy Lahey]

He should change it to GNR Revisited.

[OJones90]

Nah.

I agree, maybe before. When the other members left. But not now. Wouldn't make sense.

[axlsalinger]

The answer has been 'yes' for a long time.

Whats funny is the answer has been 'yes' for so long that it doesn't even matter anymore. Its been 17 years that he's been using it when he shouldn't have been. Getting rid of it at this point will do nothing. The damage is done. It makes more sense for him to keep it at this point. The real answer is it doesn't matter.

Pretty much this.

[sweetness]

He should have dropped it years ago, but ike bacardi said at this point it wouldn't make much sense since the majority of the set is classic GNR songs

[LTD]

Voted yes..

...But really, it doesn't matter anymore. I honestly believe he'd be in much cosier place as a human and artist had he done so around late 90's. By now, there has been far too much DJ Ashbaing and such commited under the name GNR. - There isn't much left to taint so it doesn't really matter. Worrying what happens to integrity and name of GNR in 2013 is like worrying if fingernails on an arm that has been cut off are too long.

[bumblerose]

It should be W.A.R but I think another band claimed that a while back

[useyorappetite]

i was all for axl's new vision but it turned out to be a shadow of axl touring GH with people who didn't write it. but i guess he has a right to damage his own name.

Edited August 8, 2013 by useyorappetite

[Bobbo]

He should have done it when he was the last man standing, and every other essential ingredient to that gave weight to the name was gone.

I still think he should do it. Put it out of it's misery ol' yeller style and quit dragging it through the mud. The less fuel he adds to the fire, the better.

But he won't. He's too stubborn and stuck in denial.

[Screamin' Demon]

For ethical moral reasons he should certainly drop the name, for it it is never too late to acknowledge your wrong doings. Of course the damage is done, he's disrespected virtually all the musicians who have created that name from nothing into something by continuing the name without them, but it would at least show a sign of remorse and a change of attitude towards ethical morals on his part if he did.

[ll_tj1]

No he should not. The Guns N Roses name itself is well documented as being Axl's when it first formed. Had Slash and Steven not ended up on the Seattle gig because Traci Guns (the only person with a legit beef, regarding the Guns N Roses name since his last name is the first word in the band name, but has no legal grounds since he quit, walked away, and gave Axl his blessing to keep the name) bailed on the band, had Axl, Izzy and Duff found another guitar player and drummer, there'd only be two original members. Axl n' Izzy. And Izzy doesn't want it, was never his to begin with to make a claim to it. Axl started GNR, continued and fought for GNR, to his near ruin. Something Slash obviously was never willing to do. Duff and Izzy either. Izzy, intelligently, chose life, and sobriety over GNR, and if you want to point fingers here, I'd point them directly at Slash and Duff as the two main drug and alcohol antagonists that didn't even try to assist there so called friend by at least attempting to keep the smack and booze directly out of Izzys face. And then Duff, again, another smart move, was also at the time he decided to hang it up making the choice to sobriety for his health and because he now had children. He absolutely needed to leave the lifestyle behind if he wanted a future with his family. And Slash straight up quit because Axl and Duff didn't want to agree with him becoming the predominant songwriter along with Axl. Axl and Duff both agreed they didn't care for Slash's southern rock direction he was all or nothing pushing. And felt they needed to bring in another strong songwriter into the fold, Slash felt that songwriter was himself. When they didn't cave in to his threats he quit. Plain and simple. And yes, Axl is not without his own level of guilt the way he tried to take over. But really, that began during the AFD recordings and continued thru UYI or we would have never gotten songs like SCOM, November Rain, Estranged ect, onto the albums being that Duff and Slash are on record as stating they were against these type of songs, especially SCOM from ever being on a GNR record. So yeah, I think he's deserved and earned the right to keep the name if nothing more than by bringing the name to the band, taking a leadership role when everyone else in the band was to fucked up to take care of themselves, much less lead a successful rock band, or even have any insightful or helpful input. Being the only one who never quit his band, and fighting for it for decades without backing down, while suffering tremendous personal loss in doing so.

Edited August 8, 2013 by ll_tj1

[Tomek1985]

It's never too late to do something good. He would be respected much more if he did it. I agree with the rest - GN'R brand falling down, it's like crashed Ferrari now imo. Even if u can fix this and that, it just won't be the same. Too much Beta's, Ashba's, my way's or no way's and other stupid things good for the 90's. Things change and unlike newGN'R Jarmo-like asslickers think, not only the hired hands counts, but Axl Rose himself too.

Reunion, a few farewell gigs and hasta la vista GN'R brand.

[EvH]

Is this 1996?

[AndreCC]

He should have done it a long time ago... but then he wouldn't be able to have the amount of 0's he has on his paycheck at the moment...

The main problem here is that money doesn't change people's personalities and to be honest they were all junkies... and one thing we know about is that we can't trust junkies...so it was only a matter of time before one of the junkies actually turned on the other for another 0 on his paycheck. It happened that it was Axl...

[Kapitch_77]

No he should not. The Guns N Roses name itself is well documented as being Axl's when it first formed. Had Slash and Steven not ended up on the Seattle gig because Traci Guns (the only person with a legit beef, regarding the Guns N Roses name since his last name is the first word in the band name, but has no legal grounds since he quit, walked away, and gave Axl his blessing to keep the name) bailed on the band, had Axl, Izzy and Duff found another guitar player and drummer, there'd only be two original members. Axl n' Izzy. And Izzy doesn't want it, was never his to begin with to make a claim to it. Axl started GNR, continued and fought for GNR, to his near ruin. Something Slash obviously was never willing to do. Duff and Izzy either. Izzy, intelligently, chose life, and sobriety over GNR, and if you want to point fingers here, I'd point them directly at Slash and Duff as the two main drug and alcohol antagonists that didn't even try to assist there so called friend by at least attempting to keep the smack and booze directly out of Izzys face. And then Duff, again, another smart move, was also at the time he decided to hang it up making the choice to sobriety for his health and because he now had children. He absolutely needed to leave the lifestyle behind if he wanted a future with his family. And Slash straight up quit because Axl and Duff didn't want to agree with him becoming the predominant songwriter along with Axl. Axl and Duff both agreed they didn't care for Slash's southern rock direction he was all or nothing pushing. And felt they needed to bring in another strong songwriter into the fold, Slash felt that songwriter was himself. When they didn't cave in to his threats he quit. Plain and simple. And yes, Axl is not without his own level of guilt the way he tried to take over. But really, that began during the AFD recordings and continued thru UYI or we would have never gotten songs like SCOM, November Rain, Estranged ect, onto the albums being that Duff and Slash are on record as stating they were against these type of songs, especially SCOM from ever being on a GNR record. So yeah, I think he's deserved and earned the right to keep the name if nothing more than by bringing the name to the band, taking a leadership role when everyone else in the band was to fucked up to take care of themselves, much less lead a successful rock band, or even have any insightful or helpful input. Being the only one who never quit his band, and fighting for it for decades without backing down, while suffering tremendous personal loss in doing so.

I don't understand how there are still people that don't get that Guns N Roses was the sum of it's parts: 5 guys (we all know who those 5 guys are).

[Young_Gun]

No he should not. The Guns N Roses name itself is well documented as being Axl's when it first formed. Had Slash and Steven not ended up on the Seattle gig because Traci Guns (the only person with a legit beef, regarding the Guns N Roses name since his last name is the first word in the band name, but has no legal grounds since he quit, walked away, and gave Axl his blessing to keep the name) bailed on the band, had Axl, Izzy and Duff found another guitar player and drummer, there'd only be two original members. Axl n' Izzy. And Izzy doesn't want it, was never his to begin with to make a claim to it. Axl started GNR, continued and fought for GNR, to his near ruin. Something Slash obviously was never willing to do. Duff and Izzy either. Izzy, intelligently, chose life, and sobriety over GNR, and if you want to point fingers here, I'd point them directly at Slash and Duff as the two main drug and alcohol antagonists that didn't even try to assist there so called friend by at least attempting to keep the smack and booze directly out of Izzys face. And then Duff, again, another smart move, was also at the time he decided to hang it up making the choice to sobriety for his health and because he now had children. He absolutely needed to leave the lifestyle behind if he wanted a future with his family. And Slash straight up quit because Axl and Duff didn't want to agree with him becoming the predominant songwriter along with Axl. Axl and Duff both agreed they didn't care for Slash's southern rock direction he was all or nothing pushing. And felt they needed to bring in another strong songwriter into the fold, Slash felt that songwriter was himself. When they didn't cave in to his threats he quit. Plain and simple. And yes, Axl is not without his own level of guilt the way he tried to take over. But really, that began during the AFD recordings and continued thru UYI or we would have never gotten songs like SCOM, November Rain, Estranged ect, onto the albums being that Duff and Slash are on record as stating they were against these type of songs, especially SCOM from ever being on a GNR record. So yeah, I think he's deserved and earned the right to keep the name if nothing more than by bringing the name to the band, taking a leadership role when everyone else in the band was to fucked up to take care of themselves, much less lead a successful rock band, or even have any insightful or helpful input. Being the only one who never quit his band, and fighting for it for decades without backing down, while suffering tremendous personal loss in doing so.

I don't understand how there are still people that don't get that Guns N Roses was the sum of it's parts: 5 guys (we all know who those 5 guys are).

Some people are simply delusional.

Edited August 8, 2013 by Young_Gun

[Guest NGOG]

Axl should drop the name Axl Rose for a start. He's an insult to his former self.

[dalsh327]

Axl justified his reasons why he still uses the GNR name.

How come Cure fans don't care if Robert Smith's been using the name for 20 years with no original band members, or Billy Corgan using Smashing Pumpkins?

[2x4]

Should metallica change their name? Should AC/DC change their name? Should the offspring change their name? Should Korn change their name? Should Down change their name? Should Megadeth change their name? Should Slayer change their name? Should Kiss change their name?

Why is Axl the only person in the world to cop shit about a band name because there are new members on board?

Axl and Izzy started this band, should Guns N' Roses have changed their name in 1991?

People leave bands but it doesn't always mean the band is dead.

[Coma16]

Axl should drop the name Axl Rose for a start. He's an insult to his former self.

Still upset about the letter thing?