Why although Slash is much more active, Axl is way more entertaining to follow?

[SoulMonster]

This whole Axl vs Slash thing is hilarious. What the Axl nut huggers don't realize is that if you were to grab a random person off the street who knew about Guns N Roses and asked them to read the comments in this thread and on this forum their reaction would be "What the fuck is wrong with these clowns" when it comes to the people defending axl incessantly. So many of you are so delusional and out of touch it's rather sad. there is legit reasons for why someone might be following Axl more intently than Slash in 2013 but Slash being uninteresting or boring or washed up is not one of them. Fuck some of you need a reality check. That or you need to lay of the drugs. Seriously.

It is beyond your comprehension that someone could actually be of the opinion that Slash is boring? Really?

yeah it is actually beyond my comprehension for fake ass people to look at a guy who had a massive hand in creating the music that is the reason why we are all here and say he's boring, washed up, uninteresting. It reaks of loser Axl fanboyism. It's like a bunch of grown adults acting like 12 year old girls fawning over Justin Bieber but in this case it's Axl Rose.

the idea that a musical artist creating and releasing music on a regular basis, who is now into producing horror movies, who collaborates with other musicians all the time who tours regularly not only with his own band but with one off shows within other bands, who does interviews, who appreciates his fan base, is boring, is fucking insane and to be honest fucking stupid. And it's the opinion of blind Axl fanboys who have lost touch with all reality. It's an opinion of people who are so deep in their fanboyism that they've bought into this misconception that being active and productive is not only boring it's actually being an attention whore and a sell out. Some of you on this site really need to give your heads a massive shake case you are in fact insane.

That's the difference between Axl and Slash fans, right there. Slash fans will never deny Axl's importance to the band, or that he has a unique voice, stuff like that.

It's an honest opinion and it is hilarious that people make fools of themselves by not accepting it as it is but rather insists on hilariously draping this honest opinion with erroneous motives that only exist in their struggling minds.

Are you always this hostile towards people of differing opinions than you? Didn't your parents teach you manners?

Oh, your mistake now is thinking that my blunt reply is motivated by only talking about someone of differing opinions and not someone who have just prior to my reply accused me of being a liar who hides my real motives for saying I think Slash is a spent force. You do see the difference, don't you?

Nope.

Okay, that explains a lot.

What is all this hatred for Slash lately? How can a person, who considers himself a 'Guns N' Roses fan', possibly dislike the guy who wrote most of Guns N' Roses's greatest riffs and all of their guitar solos! No Slash? No, SCOM, Jungle, Rocket Queen, Civil War, Locomotive et al.

Hypocracy of the highest order.

I guess it is as easy to dislike Slash as it is to dislike Axl? Pretty easy in other words. It must be possible to differentiate between the music and the person, and also to differentiate between the person 20 years ago and the person today.

For instance, I like the music of Axl but doesn't really like the person Axl, and never have (although I am starting to like him more and more these days). I also liked the music of Slash 25 years ago but not his music as of today. Such flexibility of mind shouldn't be beyond most people.

[MB.]

This whole Axl vs Slash thing is hilarious. What the Axl nut huggers don't realize is that if you were to grab a random person off the street who knew about Guns N Roses and asked them to read the comments in this thread and on this forum their reaction would be "What the fuck is wrong with these clowns" when it comes to the people defending axl incessantly. So many of you are so delusional and out of touch it's rather sad. there is legit reasons for why someone might be following Axl more intently than Slash in 2013 but Slash being uninteresting or boring or washed up is not one of them. Fuck some of you need a reality check. That or you need to lay of the drugs. Seriously.

It is beyond your comprehension that someone could actually be of the opinion that Slash is boring? Really?

yeah it is actually beyond my comprehension for fake ass people to look at a guy who had a massive hand in creating the music that is the reason why we are all here and say he's boring, washed up, uninteresting. It reaks of loser Axl fanboyism. It's like a bunch of grown adults acting like 12 year old girls fawning over Justin Bieber but in this case it's Axl Rose.

the idea that a musical artist creating and releasing music on a regular basis, who is now into producing horror movies, who collaborates with other musicians all the time who tours regularly not only with his own band but with one off shows within other bands, who does interviews, who appreciates his fan base, is boring, is fucking insane and to be honest fucking stupid. And it's the opinion of blind Axl fanboys who have lost touch with all reality. It's an opinion of people who are so deep in their fanboyism that they've bought into this misconception that being active and productive is not only boring it's actually being an attention whore and a sell out. Some of you on this site really need to give your heads a massive shake case you are in fact insane.

That's the difference between Axl and Slash fans, right there. Slash fans will never deny Axl's importance to the band, or that he has a unique voice, stuff like that.

It's an honest opinion and it is hilarious that people make fools of themselves by not accepting it as it is but rather insists on hilariously draping this honest opinion with erroneous motives that only exist in their struggling minds.

Are you always this hostile towards people of differing opinions than you? Didn't your parents teach you manners?

Oh, your mistake now is thinking that my blunt reply is motivated by only talking about someone of differing opinions and not someone who have just prior to my reply accused me of being a liar who hides my real motives for saying I think Slash is a spent force. You do see the difference, don't you?

Nope. And I actually don't think the world/forum revolves around your opinion either. I realize you come here to educate, ridicule and "win" but the majority of the rest of us don't operate with that mindset.

I don't care about your motive for insulting people, and I don't bow down to you and your arrogance in thinking that YOU get to decide the rules as to when one can insult somebody or not. Maybe on your own forum or in your own household you can do that - but you don't have that power on this forum. (Nor should anybody be so arrogant as to actually think that way, but whatever floats your boat).

Really no offence,

But you guys are actually often so alike, it's confusing at times.

[GNR123GNR456]

Because Axl Rose is different. He's unpredictable, he's got a mystic about him, he's got bi-polar. That's why the Axl Rose interview was the only time I ever watched Jimmy Kimmel. He's not just more interesting than Slash, but everyone from old Guns. He's more interesting than a lot of rock bands because he lives in the shadows, he hides away somewhere for months at a time. And people are guessing what's going to happen when he comes back. He rarely does interviews, media appearances, he's rarely in the spotlight. And if he is, it'll be a huge moment. If he ever had a cover story fro Rolling Stone magazine, it'll be big. He's just developed a mystic about him that makes people interested in him, whether it's good or bad.

Now, after I get that out of way there's more important stuff to talk about. How in the fuck is a person who releases music on a timely basis a media whore? Because he collaborated with other musical artists, because he plays with his friends, he plays at the Super Bowl? Not one musical artist (even Axl himself) would turn down to play at the Super Bowl. He's been able to stay in the mainstream, in the spotlight because he's done everything that Axl hasn't done in the past decade. If Slash is a media whore, than I guess every other musical artist is too. Because Slash is not different from every other musician who releases music on a timely bases, tours, promotes and does interviews. So I guess during the 90's, Axl Rose was a media whore than too, right?

Edited November 21, 2013 by GNR123GNR456

[Figueredo]

Because Axl Rose is different. He's unpredictable, he's got a mystic about him, he's got bi-polar. That's why the Axl Rose interview was the only time I ever watched Jimmy Kimmel. He's not just more interesting than Slash, but everyone from old Guns. He's more interesting than a lot of rock bands because he lives in the shadows, he hides away somewhere for months at a time. And people are guessing what's going to happen when he comes back. He rarely does interviews, media appearances, he's rarely in the spotlight. And if he is, it'll be a huge moment. If he ever had a cover story fro Rolling Stone magazine, it'll be big. He's just developed a mystic about him that makes people interested in him, whether it's good or bad.

Now, after I get that out of way there's more important stuff to talk about. How in the fuck is a person who releases music on a timely basis a media whore? Because he collaborated with other musical artists, because he plays with his friends, he plays at the Super Bowl? Not one musical artist (even Axl himself) would turn down to play at the Super Bowl. He's been able to stay in the mainstream, in the spotlight because he's done everything that Axl hasn't done in the past decade. If Slash is a media whore, than I guess every other musical artist is too. Because Slash is not different from every other musician who releases music on a timely bases, tours, promotes and does interviews. So I guess during the 90's, Axl Rose was a media whore than too, right?

Best post in the thread?

[Apollo]

This whole Axl vs Slash thing is hilarious. What the Axl nut huggers don't realize is that if you were to grab a random person off the street who knew about Guns N Roses and asked them to read the comments in this thread and on this forum their reaction would be "What the fuck is wrong with these clowns" when it comes to the people defending axl incessantly. So many of you are so delusional and out of touch it's rather sad. there is legit reasons for why someone might be following Axl more intently than Slash in 2013 but Slash being uninteresting or boring or washed up is not one of them. Fuck some of you need a reality check. That or you need to lay of the drugs. Seriously.

It is beyond your comprehension that someone could actually be of the opinion that Slash is boring? Really?

yeah it is actually beyond my comprehension for fake ass people to look at a guy who had a massive hand in creating the music that is the reason why we are all here and say he's boring, washed up, uninteresting. It reaks of loser Axl fanboyism. It's like a bunch of grown adults acting like 12 year old girls fawning over Justin Bieber but in this case it's Axl Rose.

the idea that a musical artist creating and releasing music on a regular basis, who is now into producing horror movies, who collaborates with other musicians all the time who tours regularly not only with his own band but with one off shows within other bands, who does interviews, who appreciates his fan base, is boring, is fucking insane and to be honest fucking stupid. And it's the opinion of blind Axl fanboys who have lost touch with all reality. It's an opinion of people who are so deep in their fanboyism that they've bought into this misconception that being active and productive is not only boring it's actually being an attention whore and a sell out. Some of you on this site really need to give your heads a massive shake case you are in fact insane.

That's the difference between Axl and Slash fans, right there. Slash fans will never deny Axl's importance to the band, or that he has a unique voice, stuff like that.

It's an honest opinion and it is hilarious that people make fools of themselves by not accepting it as it is but rather insists on hilariously draping this honest opinion with erroneous motives that only exist in their struggling minds.

Are you always this hostile towards people of differing opinions than you? Didn't your parents teach you manners?

Oh, your mistake now is thinking that my blunt reply is motivated by only talking about someone of differing opinions and not someone who have just prior to my reply accused me of being a liar who hides my real motives for saying I think Slash is a spent force. You do see the difference, don't you?

Nope. And I actually don't think the world/forum revolves around your opinion either. I realize you come here to educate, ridicule and "win" but the majority of the rest of us don't operate with that mindset.

I don't care about your motive for insulting people, and I don't bow down to you and your arrogance in thinking that YOU get to decide the rules as to when one can insult somebody or not. Maybe on your own forum or in your own household you can do that - but you don't have that power on this forum. (Nor should anybody be so arrogant as to actually think that way, but whatever floats your boat).

Really no offence,

But you guys are actually often so alike, it's confusing at times.

That hurts!!!!!!!!!

I don't argue just to argue. I don't have to insult every person I disagree with And I'll admit it if I'm wrong. Those are the three big differences.

And like I've said a bunch of times, when Soul isn't acting like Msl-Jr, he is a great poster.

[Damn_Smooth]

This whole Axl vs Slash thing is hilarious. What the Axl nut huggers don't realize is that if you were to grab a random person off the street who knew about Guns N Roses and asked them to read the comments in this thread and on this forum their reaction would be "What the fuck is wrong with these clowns" when it comes to the people defending axl incessantly. So many of you are so delusional and out of touch it's rather sad. there is legit reasons for why someone might be following Axl more intently than Slash in 2013 but Slash being uninteresting or boring or washed up is not one of them. Fuck some of you need a reality check. That or you need to lay of the drugs. Seriously.

It is beyond your comprehension that someone could actually be of the opinion that Slash is boring? Really?

yeah it is actually beyond my comprehension for fake ass people to look at a guy who had a massive hand in creating the music that is the reason why we are all here and say he's boring, washed up, uninteresting. It reaks of loser Axl fanboyism. It's like a bunch of grown adults acting like 12 year old girls fawning over Justin Bieber but in this case it's Axl Rose.

the idea that a musical artist creating and releasing music on a regular basis, who is now into producing horror movies, who collaborates with other musicians all the time who tours regularly not only with his own band but with one off shows within other bands, who does interviews, who appreciates his fan base, is boring, is fucking insane and to be honest fucking stupid. And it's the opinion of blind Axl fanboys who have lost touch with all reality. It's an opinion of people who are so deep in their fanboyism that they've bought into this misconception that being active and productive is not only boring it's actually being an attention whore and a sell out. Some of you on this site really need to give your heads a massive shake case you are in fact insane.

That's the difference between Axl and Slash fans, right there. Slash fans will never deny Axl's importance to the band, or that he has a unique voice, stuff like that.

It's an honest opinion and it is hilarious that people make fools of themselves by not accepting it as it is but rather insists on hilariously draping this honest opinion with erroneous motives that only exist in their struggling minds.

Are you always this hostile towards people of differing opinions than you? Didn't your parents teach you manners?

Oh, your mistake now is thinking that my blunt reply is motivated by only talking about someone of differing opinions and not someone who have just prior to my reply accused me of being a liar who hides my real motives for saying I think Slash is a spent force. You do see the difference, don't you?

Nope. And I actually don't think the world/forum revolves around your opinion either. I realize you come here to educate, ridicule and "win" but the majority of the rest of us don't operate with that mindset.

I don't care about your motive for insulting people, and I don't bow down to you and your arrogance in thinking that YOU get to decide the rules as to when one can insult somebody or not. Maybe on your own forum or in your own household you can do that - but you don't have that power on this forum. (Nor should anybody be so arrogant as to actually think that way, but whatever floats your boat).

Really no offence,

But you guys are actually often so alike, it's confusing at times.

That hurts!!!!!!!!!

I don't argue just to argue. I don't have to insult every person I disagree with And I'll admit it if I'm wrong. Those are the three big differences.

And like I've said a bunch of times, when Soul isn't acting like Msl-Jr, he is a great poster.

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Yeah, same here.

[DieselDaisy]

This whole Axl vs Slash thing is hilarious. What the Axl nut huggers don't realize is that if you were to grab a random person off the street who knew about Guns N Roses and asked them to read the comments in this thread and on this forum their reaction would be "What the fuck is wrong with these clowns" when it comes to the people defending axl incessantly. So many of you are so delusional and out of touch it's rather sad. there is legit reasons for why someone might be following Axl more intently than Slash in 2013 but Slash being uninteresting or boring or washed up is not one of them. Fuck some of you need a reality check. That or you need to lay of the drugs. Seriously.

It is beyond your comprehension that someone could actually be of the opinion that Slash is boring? Really?

yeah it is actually beyond my comprehension for fake ass people to look at a guy who had a massive hand in creating the music that is the reason why we are all here and say he's boring, washed up, uninteresting. It reaks of loser Axl fanboyism. It's like a bunch of grown adults acting like 12 year old girls fawning over Justin Bieber but in this case it's Axl Rose.

the idea that a musical artist creating and releasing music on a regular basis, who is now into producing horror movies, who collaborates with other musicians all the time who tours regularly not only with his own band but with one off shows within other bands, who does interviews, who appreciates his fan base, is boring, is fucking insane and to be honest fucking stupid. And it's the opinion of blind Axl fanboys who have lost touch with all reality. It's an opinion of people who are so deep in their fanboyism that they've bought into this misconception that being active and productive is not only boring it's actually being an attention whore and a sell out. Some of you on this site really need to give your heads a massive shake case you are in fact insane.

That's the difference between Axl and Slash fans, right there. Slash fans will never deny Axl's importance to the band, or that he has a unique voice, stuff like that.

It's an honest opinion and it is hilarious that people make fools of themselves by not accepting it as it is but rather insists on hilariously draping this honest opinion with erroneous motives that only exist in their struggling minds.

Are you always this hostile towards people of differing opinions than you? Didn't your parents teach you manners?

Oh, your mistake now is thinking that my blunt reply is motivated by only talking about someone of differing opinions and not someone who have just prior to my reply accused me of being a liar who hides my real motives for saying I think Slash is a spent force. You do see the difference, don't you?

Nope.

Okay, that explains a lot.

What is all this hatred for Slash lately? How can a person, who considers himself a 'Guns N' Roses fan', possibly dislike the guy who wrote most of Guns N' Roses's greatest riffs and all of their guitar solos! No Slash? No, SCOM, Jungle, Rocket Queen, Civil War, Locomotive et al.

Hypocracy of the highest order.

I guess it is as easy to dislike Slash as it is to dislike Axl? Pretty easy in other words. It must be possible to differentiate between the music and the person, and also to differentiate between the person 20 years ago and the person today.

For instance, I like the music of Axl but doesn't really like the person Axl, and never have (although I am starting to like him more and more these days). I also liked the music of Slash 25 years ago but not his music as of today. Such flexibility of mind shouldn't be beyond most people.

What you say is true but I really had more-in-mind the hardcore Slash-haters, not yourself. I tell you what, it is a real lie that this is somehow an 'anti Axl/nugnr' board. Every post these days seems to be hyjacked (by the usual culprits) to spew filth at Slash.

[rockerman]

Were all still waiting for Axl to demonstrate his big fucking plans and why in his mind his vision of GNR was so vastly superior to what was the biggest going concern in of that era. So far whats been memorable for me: a wonderful nostalgic trip down the lane to 87...Some neat light shows.. a bland personality of a band and their UNDEREXPOSURE and lack of credibility to do THEIR own music..And whats so wonderful for me... watching Axl underperform his greatist hits time and time again. I so love to see hired hands play Slashes music..I feel like its money well spent seeing it copied by the hired hands... so original.. like a high power bar band or a glorified cover band...

You could all say shit like Slash is a sellout and over exposing himself and at the same time say "Axl is such a big pussy he cant even do a press release or release any new music and he so fanatical that hes a one trick pony(CD) post Classic GNR and both of the comments could and would be true.

You could say things like Slash did no justice to Sweet Child O Mine by playing it at the Superbowl...but then you would have to ,in the next breath to be fair and honest say something like: Axl fucked November Rain so hard that it started snowing... and the way he did Patience at the same concert... man thats when I knew he had jumped the shark. Then wheel it around to the Bridge concerts for another look at Axls new vision...and then ask rhetorically: Is Axl still alive? Did he die or something? You mean theres still a Guns and Roses band out there making new music? Hmm when was that again? 2008 you say?

Edited November 22, 2013 by rockerman

[Nosaj Thing]

Because Axl Rose is different. He's unpredictable, he's got a mystic about him, he's got bi-polar. That's why the Axl Rose interview was the only time I ever watched Jimmy Kimmel. He's not just more interesting than Slash, but everyone from old Guns. He's more interesting than a lot of rock bands because he lives in the shadows, he hides away somewhere for months at a time. And people are guessing what's going to happen when he comes back. He rarely does interviews, media appearances, he's rarely in the spotlight. And if he is, it'll be a huge moment. If he ever had a cover story fro Rolling Stone magazine, it'll be big. He's just developed a mystic about him that makes people interested in him, whether it's good or bad.

Now, after I get that out of way there's more important stuff to talk about. How in the fuck is a person who releases music on a timely basis a media whore? Because he collaborated with other musical artists, because he plays with his friends, he plays at the Super Bowl? Not one musical artist (even Axl himself) would turn down to play at the Super Bowl. He's been able to stay in the mainstream, in the spotlight because he's done everything that Axl hasn't done in the past decade. If Slash is a media whore, than I guess every other musical artist is too. Because Slash is not different from every other musician who releases music on a timely bases, tours, promotes and does interviews. So I guess during the 90's, Axl Rose was a media whore than too, right?

[wasted]

I think the 90s was when Axl sold out, but it was more that the red carpet was rolled out for him, then it was pulled from under him. That's his experience of the fame monster. So he's more cautious now. Slash never experienced the same media backlash that Axl did. Whether it was One in a Million, the wife beating lawsuits, even the grunge bands focused on Axl, then after the split Axl got the blame for the break up.

[Young_Gun]

Because Axl Rose is different. He's unpredictable, he's got a mystic about him, he's got bi-polar. That's why the Axl Rose interview was the only time I ever watched Jimmy Kimmel. He's not just more interesting than Slash, but everyone from old Guns. He's more interesting than a lot of rock bands because he lives in the shadows, he hides away somewhere for months at a time. And people are guessing what's going to happen when he comes back. He rarely does interviews, media appearances, he's rarely in the spotlight. And if he is, it'll be a huge moment. If he ever had a cover story fro Rolling Stone magazine, it'll be big. He's just developed a mystic about him that makes people interested in him, whether it's good or bad.

Now, after I get that out of way there's more important stuff to talk about. How in the fuck is a person who releases music on a timely basis a media whore? Because he collaborated with other musical artists, because he plays with his friends, he plays at the Super Bowl? Not one musical artist (even Axl himself) would turn down to play at the Super Bowl. He's been able to stay in the mainstream, in the spotlight because he's done everything that Axl hasn't done in the past decade. If Slash is a media whore, than I guess every other musical artist is too. Because Slash is not different from every other musician who releases music on a timely bases, tours, promotes and does interviews. So I guess during the 90's, Axl Rose was a media whore than too, right?

This.... Just... This...

[Young_Gun]

I want to add my thoughts on this.

I think it is because Axl is erratic. Because he doesn't play ball. Because he doesn't do the conventional social media/constant interviews/promotional tasks. Because his lyrics are sincere and come from the heart. Because he disappears for months/years on end. All these things are very much the polar opposite of what someone who wants to succeed would do. If Axl gave twenty interviews a year, put out generic rock songs every month, was prolific in appearing at public events etc he would be exactly like every other well known musician out there. Being different and difficult makes Axl very interesting both in his music and as a human being. He definitely has his flaws, but I think his lyrics are very genuine and that's why people have always connected with them. Even on Chidem, people mostly criticize the production, overdubs, etc but his lyrics and delivery are the least criticized.

Edited November 24, 2013 by Young_Gun

[John Bonham]

I know that I'm in the minority here, but I think Axl is boring! He hasn't done anything in decades!

Again, I know that I'm in the minority, but you lot all seem really miserable following him, so I was surprised, really surprised by this thread.

I guess some of you are just more into gossip and drama than you are into music.

[Amir]

I know that I'm in the minority here, but I think Axl is boring! He hasn't done anything in decades!

Again, I know that I'm in the minority, but you lot all seem really miserable following him, so I was surprised, really surprised by this thread.

I guess some of you are just more into gossip and drama than you are into music.

It's not so much gossip and drama as the mystique and mystery and megalomania of Chinese Democracy. The whole "Howard Hughes pissing in jars" kind of story that Axl made light of in the animated intro to RIR 2001. Forever indebted to sic. at GNREvo for putting Chinese Whispers together, the guy's still updating it to this day (i.e. 2013 interviews with Freese and Bumble are integrated into all the info). One man, against the odds, spending 14 years, $14 million on a planned trilogy of albums with some bizarre statement about the Chinese government vs. its people, with parallels drawn between that struggle and that of Axl Rose vs. The World. I'm a big fan of passion projects, etc., and while I've been disappointed by some (like The Tree of Life, I loved all of Terence Malick's other films, waited for that for 4 years, and it was just so shit), CD didn't disappoint me. Then again, I wasn't looking forward to it for years like a lot of people here; first I heard of it was 2007 or so, and I only really got into it all in October/November 2008 after Shackler's came out in Rock Band 2 and the MySpace stream went up.

I'll admit I've become a bit bored in the past couple of years or so with the lack of new music, but luckily as a GNR fan I've had Slash's 2 solo albums to listen to, which I enjoy listening to every now and then (though not as often and nowhere near to the same extent as CD).

If Axl comes out with a Sixx:AM-type album with DJ, though, I'll lose a lot of interest. It's the epic ambition and willingness to transcend genre boundaries that makes me love CD and Axl's drive to create it. I'm worried we'll get a mediocre '00s-style nu-metal/emo album, but Axl's shown that he manages to bring the best out of people he works with musically (Slash, Duff, Izzy, Dizzy, Finck, Bucket, Bumble, Brain, all of their best work is with GNR; only one whose work I prefer outside of GNR is Matt Sorum).

There's also the random stories you hear, like Axl hanging out in Easter Island or having dinner with a Shanghai-based billionaire philanthropist, or going to Disneyland with Buckethead. He leads an interesting life.

[Young_Gun]

What about when he checked into a hotel in Ireland under a random name all alone and just had a few quiet drinks? The man values his privacy for sure.

[Amir]

What about when he checked into a hotel in Ireland under a random name all alone and just had a few quiet drinks? The man values his privacy for sure.

Hah, I'd never heard that story, just Googled it: http://www.herald.ie/news/end-of-an-era-as-contents-of-historic-hotel-are-sold-off-27897503.html

It's like he said in a recent interview, he wasn't really hiding so much as he just wasn't going to places where celebrities purposefully go because they know the paps are there. It's only in the past couple of years that we've seen photos of him at things like the Golden Globes or hanging out with Lana Del Rey. I guess there was the Korn show in 2006. Good to know he helped raise money at a System of a Down benefit gig for Armenian Genocide recognition back in 2000. Not that the other GNR guys don't do their part as well, Slash had those benefit gigs for LA youths who've fallen on hard times, Sorum's saving the dolphins, etc.

[Powerage5]

Slash is a one-trick pony. Record an album, tour it. Rinse and repeat. Axl still has a certain amount of mystery and unpredictability that Slash doesn't.

Cue comments about Axl's endless touring.

[John Bonham]

Slash is a one-trick pony. Record an album, tour it. Rinse and repeat. Axl still has a certain amount of mystery and unpredictability that Slash doesn't.

Cue comments about Axl's endless touring.

I guess....

Axl's not unpredictable to me. I predicted back in March that this DVD wouldn't come out.

I think it's Stockholm Syndrome that keeps you folks fixated on him, like he's some kind of UFO.

Edited November 24, 2013 by John Bonham

[Damn_Smooth]

Slash is a one-trick pony. Record an album, tour it. Rinse and repeat. Axl still has a certain amount of mystery and unpredictability that Slash doesn't.

Cue comments about Axl's endless touring.

I guess....

He's not unpredictable to me. I predicted back in March that this DVD wouldn't come out. I think it's Stockholm Syndrome that keeps you folks fixated on him like he's some kind of UFO.

So if it comes out you were wrong and he's unpredictable again? Is that how this works?

[John Bonham]

I've never been wrong.

[Damn_Smooth]

I've never been wrong.

Welcome to the club.

[MB.]

He is predictable in his unpredictibility.

[DieselDaisy]

I agree with Bonham. Axl is no longer predictable. He may have been a 'Hughesque character circa 2001' but now the 'mystique' is gone. There is nothing more dull and predictable than touring the hits for five years.

[Damn_Smooth]

I agree with Bonham. Axl is no longer predictable. He may have been a 'Hughesque character circa 2001' but now the 'mystique' is gone. There is nothing more dull and predictable than touring the hits for five years.

By saying that he is no longer predictable, you are disagreeing with JB. Make up your mind.

[DieselDaisy]

Forgot the 'un-' part.