gunnari Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) GlideMagazine.com: How does it make you feel when people constantly criticize GUNS and your bandmates so unfairly?Fortus: I get it. I understand people want what they remember the band as being. A lot of times, people have a hard time accepting. Fans of FLEETWOOD MAC before they got Stevie Nicks, if they were fans of Peter Green, they didn't get it. Most of those people, it took them a long time to accept FLEETWOOD MAC as a different band because it wasn't Peter Green. The same deal with the SANTANA band and all the changes that band went through. For people to accept VAN HALEN with Sammy Hagar singing, even though that was their most successful time and they sold more records with Sammy Hagar, a lot of people that liked VAN HALEN from the beginning didn't want to hear anything but David Lee Roth on it. Same thing with GENESIS. I have a hard time listening to GENESIS with Phil Collins singing after Peter Gabriel. It just goes on and on, the list is quite long. And I think it's harder when you change singers, because it's such a huge voice of the music and really that's like the most personal aspect and connection to a band is generally through the singer. And when you change that, it changes the character of the band. And in the same respect, changing anybody else makes it different as well. And it's a different band. A lot of people accept it and a lot of people don't. And that's OK.Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/richard-fortus-says-he-understands-why-people-keep-pushing-for-classic-guns-n-roses-reunion/#4Cbhy6ShLcsls2jv.99http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/richard-fortus-says-he-understands-why-people-keep-pushing-for-classic-guns-n-roses-reunion/ Edited November 17, 2013 by gunnari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Old news obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnari Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) Sorry for repost if it was here before but I wanted to point out that the current members of GnR understand why people want reunion, including DJ and Bumble and that they would go and see it if it were to happen I appreciate that they are not hostile to the concept..Bumble's thoughts:"If a reunion ever happens, I would hope that they would give me some free passes so that me and my wife could go [laughs]," he said. "You know, that doesn't bother me. I have no problems with anybody. I mean… I just did a signing last weekend with Duff!"So does it bother me that people want a reunion? No! You know what? I love KISS, I love a whole [expletive] of bands and if there was a lineup that did an album that I totally loved, I would love to go see that lineup do those songs. It's normal. And it doesn't mean that I hate what's going on now."http://www.antimusic.com/news/11/march/ts04Bumblefoot_Talks_Original_Guns_N_Roses_Reunion.shtml Edited November 17, 2013 by gunnari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Not in this lifetime. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 We all know a 2013 reunion show wont be as good as the 93' shows. Let the image of 87-93 be left as it is. As with new guns I judge them as off 2001 and I believe we have the best line up since then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Soon is the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faxl Rows Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 If they reunite I want every bloody post-94 fart to leak like a flood of fuck-you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 No reunion for me. Axl's voice is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbo Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Id still want a reunion over what we have now. But I've accepted the fact that it's probably never gonna happen.Ideally, if Axl's not gonna get his shit together, I'd prefer he'd just retire.Half assed Axl<No Axl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 No reunion for me. Axl's voice is gone.His voice isn't gone though, he's just too lazy to use it. Check out almost any perfomance of You're Crazy that didn't come from a disaster show and it shows that if he got off his ass and tried, he could be at least as good as 2010 again. He just needs to quit being pampered by everybody because he's complacent. That is what isn't going to change though, so his voice might as well be gone. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31illusions Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I would love a reunion and i'd pay big money to see them. But they could never write or perform as they used to.They've all gotten older and changed their styles. It could never be the same thing but it'd be just close enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Disick Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 At least he could go back to whatever his initial claim to fame was in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience 4 Axl Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I think believing a reunion would be shit is really just speculation. I also happen to think that no chance of a reunion is merely speculation as well. Certainly if other members here can live in a fantasy world where they think this is Guns N Roses and Axl sounds good, then hell, so can I. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 No reunion for me. Axl's voice is gone.This. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I think believing a reunion would be shit is really just speculation. I also happen to think that no chance of a reunion is merely speculation as well. Certainly if other members here can live in a fantasy world where they think this is Guns N Roses and Axl sounds good, then hell, so can I. Merely speculation? How many times does Axl have to say it before it sinks in? I mean... really. No one lives in a fantasy world except those that think there's any possibility of a reunion. I'm not sure if you'll recall or not, but Axl sounded fucking amazing in 2010. Oh I suppose we're not allowed to mention that are we? He's been off and on since then, but whether you like it or not, he owns the name. Better to accept it, than live in denial believing in a delusion of a reunion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience 4 Axl Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 (edited) People change their minds. Did Axl say things 20 years ago that he would disagree with today. Of course. And what he says today can be different than what he says tomorrow. That's not living in denial, it's a fact of life. And yeah. Axl sounded ok in 2010, compared to the awfulness of how he sounded previously, anything was an improvement. However you might want to check your calendar. Welcome to 2013. Edited November 18, 2013 by Patience 4 Axl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 P4A I agree people can change there minds however Axl is surrounded by people who do not want slash back. They would need convincing as well.Also it's dragged on for so long that IF it were to happen, Axl would come of looking weaker that he is giving in or it could be seen as he had the problem or made the mistake. It's going against everything guns has achieved since 2001.I bet universal must hate GNR for not reuniting because of the potential $$ it could bring. Azoff has already tried to force it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 (edited) Let me just start off by saying I think that CD was a decent album and I like the way Axl & Co sound now....for the most part, anyway....but they're still years away (most likely never) from even being compared to the original lineup.As far as Fortus' comments....he was so far off the mark...it's almost sad....most of the bands he mentioned weren't very popular in their original lineups and ended up being more popular after (which is the complete opposite of the Guns N' Roses situation)....the only band that even compares would be Van Halen....but in reality, that's not even a good comparison because Van Halen released multiple albums with a lot of success after David Lee Roth....which isn't even close to reality with G N' R. Edited November 18, 2013 by Kasanova King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 No reunion for me. Axl's voice is gone.His voice isn't gone though, he's just too lazy to use it. Check out almost any perfomance of You're Crazy that didn't come from a disaster show and it shows that if he got off his ass and tried, he could be at least as good as 2010 again. He just needs to quit being pampered by everybody because he's complacent. That is what isn't going to change though, so his voice might as well be gone. That or he can't sing any more than one song with his voice.I do hope is just laziness 'cause I would like to see him again on tour with his band. I saw him in 2010 and in 2012 and the latter was an awful show.I think believing a reunion would be shit is really just speculation. I also happen to think that no chance of a reunion is merely speculation as well. Certainly if other members here can live in a fantasy world where they think this is Guns N Roses and Axl sounds good, then hell, so can I. I agree. Believing in a reunion is less delusional than thinking that this is Guns and that Axl sounds great. That's, IMO, the ultimate delusion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdHeartBreaker Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Can't wait for Don't damn me and fuck you attitude from 50+ year old men. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugachev Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Better just leave the reunion thing alone, Axl would turn that into an absolute train wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 steven's SWINGING groove will make up for axl's beyond awful voice, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Better just leave the reunion thing alone, Axl would turn that into an absolute train wreck.I don't understand why people still want a reunion. I hope it doesn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I'm surprised he didn't bring up having to fill shoes in Psychedelic Furs, but he's just making a point that he understands and relates as a music fan the frustration of seeing him and not Izzy or Slash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I think I'm finally over a reunion. The thought of it doesn't excite me anymore.That makes me sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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