TeeJay410 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I didn't really expect much different. There's no real shame in what they do. They have a set formula that works for them and they make money. We're the only ones who have any real expectations and at this point what indication is there that anything would have changed significantly? If anything the community is a joke, repeatedly getting expectations up based on "inside/exclusive info" when in reality no one knows shit. Sometimes hope is just a form of denial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNRS Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 This band has been a joke to me pretty much from that VMA performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janis Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 If he has a contract with the label for more gnr records why isn't the label pushing Axl to release something? How do contracts work wiht this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Has been for a while now. One gig doesn't make them a joke. It's been that way for a long time really. Edited March 21, 2014 by username Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 If he has a contract with the label for more gnr records why isn't the label pushing Axl to release something? How do contracts work wiht this situation?Some artists retire even if they still owe albums. Billy Joel said he owes 3 albums, so they keep putting greatest hits collections out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbo Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Axl was already on a sinking ship when CD failed. He could have either redeemed himself or stayed at utter shit. He made his choice at Rio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Only Evader could give us a new GNR album now."Fuck this band" - bbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janis Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 If he has a contract with the label for more gnr records why isn't the label pushing Axl to release something? How do contracts work wiht this situation?Some artists retire even if they still owe albums. Billy Joel said he owes 3 albums, so they keep putting greatest hits collections out. Thanks, that explains that gnr GH a few years ago I think it was or maybe it got cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience 4 Axl Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The band has been a joke to many people since 2001, when Axl tried to pass a guy wearing a cardboard bucket from a fast food chicken chain as a hat and another guy who took a razor to his head without a mirror and thought garbage bags should double as clothing, as Guns N Roses. There's been slight variations to the ongoing joke, but the punch line has continued for more than a decade now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The band has been a joke to many people since 2001, when Axl tried to pass a guy wearing a cardboard bucket from a fast food chicken chain as a hat and another guy who took a razor to his head without a mirror and thought garbage bags should double as clothing, as Guns N Roses. There's been slight variations to the ongoing joke, but the punch line has continued for more than a decade now.Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterdays-Civil-War Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The band has been a joke to many people since 2001, when Axl tried to pass a guy wearing a cardboard bucket from a fast food chicken chain as a hat and another guy who took a razor to his head without a mirror and thought garbage bags should double as clothing, as Guns N Roses. There's been slight variations to the ongoing joke, but the punch line has continued for more than a decade now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay410 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The band has been a joke to many people since 2001, when Axl tried to pass a guy wearing a cardboard bucket from a fast food chicken chain as a hat and another guy who took a razor to his head without a mirror and thought garbage bags should double as clothing, as Guns N Roses. There's been slight variations to the ongoing joke, but the punch line has continued for more than a decade now. The saddest part of the joke is how it mutated into the most bland thing possible. A dinosaur rock band going on the South America and European tour circuit. At least when they first came back it was a freak show and was in some perverse sense enjoyable to watch, then 2006 it was still weird but they sounded great so it was more or less let go, then 2009-present the band is just beige wallpaper, dial tone, Toyota carolla. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbiStolatVonG Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 As Posted in the Rio Thread and Does Axl Still Give a Fuck ThreadRocket Queen wasn't played for personal as in behind the scenes things going on reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 As Posted in the Rio Thread and Does Axl Still Give a Fuck ThreadRocket Queen wasn't played for personal as in behind the scenes things going on reasonsCare to elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhutto Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Yeah, 2010 was the last non-joke year.At least at RIR 2011 it seemed like Axl was making an effort. Granted, it was like watching a dog trying to walk around after being hit by a car but there was still something endearing. 2014 and Axl might as well be one of those Tupac-styleholograms at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhutto Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The band has been a joke to many people since 2001, when Axl tried to pass a guy wearing a cardboard bucket from a fast food chicken chain as a hat and another guy who took a razor to his head without a mirror and thought garbage bags should double as clothing, as Guns N Roses. There's been slight variations to the ongoing joke, but the punch line has continued for more than a decade now. Yeah, but as goofy and weird as Bucket and Finck were, at least they still had talent and integrity. The band were evolving into something else at that point but unfortunately someone tapped b repeatedly and put the kibosh on it. Axl did eventually turn into a Snorlax though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRmello77 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I think as a forum we are over-reacting. It was one show. Axls lost weight and we weren't at the show. The setlist is better than 2 gnr shows ive been too.I agree I would have liked a longer set but for what? Youtube? Until I spend money on tickets and travel to be dissapointed im not going to get wound up. Ive seen GNR 16 times and came away happy each time.16? dude thats a fucking lot me only saw them twice.. of all those 16 what was your fave show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Are we seriously criticizing Bucket & Finck's looks when talking about a band whose lead singer thought in his prime that leather kilts, REBEL embroidered oversized leather jackets and biker shorts were the epitome of class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience 4 Axl Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Are we seriously criticizing Bucket & Finck's looks when talking about a band whose lead singer thought in his prime that leather kilts, REBEL embroidered oversized leather jackets and biker shorts were the epitome of class?Since when did Axl ever pretend to be the epitome of class? The way he dressed wasn't uncommon for the time. Spandex and bike shorts were quite normal. Maybe you can shed some light on when wearing a fast food bucket on your head and talking to a hand puppet or sporting garbage bags and looking like a lesbian alien from planet freak wasn't considered fucking stupid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Coma Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 As Posted in the Rio Thread and Does Axl Still Give a Fuck ThreadRocket Queen wasn't played for personal as in behind the scenes things going on reasonsCare to elaborate.Indeed, what happened to Ms Rocket Queen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 In short, yes. They just cannot, for the life of them, move this band forward. They're just frozen in time where the best thing they can offer fans is throwing an Illusion era track or two into rotation. Fucking sad sad sad. I'm starting to think that's all this band is now, though. And if that's the case, fair enough. It's just frustrating and anticlimactic given all of Axl's comments about moving the band forward after the initial break up. Somewhere along the way maybe he got Jaded and realized most people just want to hear the hits. Again, fair enough. But this band is capable of more, and this attitude seems at odds with some of the remarks we've heard oven the years. If he wants to embrace GNR as a touring jukebox for the casual fan who wants SCOM and Jungle and the other hits then that's cool but then be upfront about it to the remaining fans who cling to his early claims that this whole journey WASNT just about keeping the gnr name for the sake of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I think as a forum we are over-reacting. It was one show. Axls lost weight and we weren't at the show. The setlist is better than 2 gnr shows ive been too.I agree I would have liked a longer set but for what? Youtube? Until I spend money on tickets and travel to be dissapointed im not going to get wound up. Ive seen GNR 16 times and came away happy each time.16? dude thats a fucking lot me only saw them twice.. of all those 16 what was your fave show?Impossible to answer. First time was special, then there has been better setlists, some shows where ive met axl and got his mic, there was a show that ran 3 hrs 15 mins.I guess the best year performance wise was 2010, but from a fans point of view 2012 with meeting them, longer shows etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 yeah, for about 10 years running now to be honest, may have taken them a little seriously back in may 2006 @the time of the hammerstein shows, but that was fleeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll_tj1 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 And Axl could easily change all this by simply playing a few new songs and then putting out an album this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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