wasted Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) They are called shows for a reason. I felt it was organic with GNR like each member was doing there own thing. They didn't have meetings like "Slash you have give it more legs akimbo"But Axl did complain Izzy wasn't doing enough on stage. That was probably about something else though. Tit for tat type thing. I'm late but you don't do shit on stage the whole show is left on me.They label just gave them huge video budgets in the MTV era. What did we think was going to happen?It's funny as soon as the red carpet isn't there they aren't doing huge videos. 'Organic' my arse. Is there a practical benefit for wearing a big gigantic top hat? I imagine it is rather heavy and uncomfortable to wear. Slash just wears it, to look cool basically. Same with Axl and the bandana - and later, multiple costumes. Axl and Slash consciously strove to craft distinct personae. Slash would give you this lead guitarist bollocks about ''just doing my thing man'' but he is actually a lot more canny than he makes out.They could have did exactly what Metallica did c. 1983-88 and vetoed video promos entirely (by the way, I am not exactly advocating this but merely raising its potentiality). I just think if the label is bank rolling you it's easy just to say yes. Axl talked about his target of selling 35 million copies of UYI or something. Videos are vital to that. I just think each member wanted to look cool, it wasn't something dictated by management or Axl. They wanted to look like that. Maybe it was an unwritten plan like you look like Perry, you wear vests like mike McCoy, you get a chain like Sid Vicious, and you look like cross between Jagger and Ozzy, you look like a Kiss groupie. Like hard rock supergroup. Edited June 12, 2015 by wasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) They are called shows for a reason. I felt it was organic with GNR like each member was doing there own thing. They didn't have meetings like "Slash you have give it more legs akimbo"But Axl did complain Izzy wasn't doing enough on stage. That was probably about something else though. Tit for tat type thing. I'm late but you don't do shit on stage the whole show is left on me.They label just gave them huge video budgets in the MTV era. What did we think was going to happen?It's funny as soon as the red carpet isn't there they aren't doing huge videos. 'Organic' my arse. Is there a practical benefit for wearing a big gigantic top hat? I imagine it is rather heavy and uncomfortable to wear. Slash just wears it, to look cool basically. Same with Axl and the bandana - and later, multiple costumes. Axl and Slash consciously strove to craft distinct personae. Slash would give you this lead guitarist bollocks about ''just doing my thing man'' but he is actually a lot more canny than he makes out.They could have did exactly what Metallica did c. 1983-88 and vetoed video promos entirely (by the way, I am not exactly advocating this but merely raising its potentiality). I just think if the label is bank rolling you it's easy just to say yes. Axl talked about his target of selling 35 million copies of UYI or something. Videos are vital to that.I just think each member wanted to look cool, it wasn't something dictated by management or Axl. They wanted to look like that.Maybe it was an unwritten plan like you look like Perry, you wear vests like mike McCoy, you get a chain like Sid Vicious, and you look like cross between Jagger and Ozzy, you look like a Kiss groupie. Like hard rock supergroup.Which is precisely my point, proof that Guns were a commercial commodity who relied on a potent blend of imagery (and music). Now they are old and fat and their career has gone tits up, we are supposed to turn away and just pretend ''it was only ever about the music''? Nah, bollocks. Edited June 12, 2015 by DieselDaisy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dude Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Probably not or we would have had a bunch of mostly grown ass men critiquing and criticizing another grown ass man's (Axl) appearance. Mind you half of these people probably wouldn't post their own pictures though. I'm in the Russ camp. I care about the music,not what Axl wears or looks like. Nobody else should care either unless you are trying to fuck him or you are an easily impressionable kid who wants to copy his style.A noble stance but you would be a fool to pretend that image and image creation and projection was not part of Guns N' Roses's original success story. Axl and Slash were really pop stars - the bandana, the top hat, the expensive videos. They deliberately manufactured this image and placed it on screen via MTV for all to see, and capitalised immensely from it. Having created it, they cannot very well bottle it up again and slip back into anonymity so long as society has an obsession with 'celebrity'.I suppose the point I am trying to make is, GN'R were never anonymous guys like Floyd, or deliberately (speaking aesthetically) low key - even grungy - rockets like Dylan and Neil Young. I don't know that Dylan or Young have ever been faceless like Floyd. I'd say they've tended toward reclusivity in their private lives, but they've always been fairly recognizable figures. Point taken though.Both Dylan and Young deliberately eschewed commercialism at various points in their career. Young was embarrassed when Heart of Gold went to number one. In contrast Guns unshamelessly utilised the media of singles and music promos to attain commercial success.Different strokes for different folks.Different strokes for different folks. They're different kinds of artists. There is a place for both. The Stones are as much based on image as any band to ever exist.What are we arguing about here though? I am not criticising Axl and Slash for being tarty 'pop stars'; I am criticising fans who suddenly insist 'it should be all about the music, or you are gay'' now that image has turned into a 'fat and old' image. If it was 'all about the music' in the beginning there would never have been a top hat or a bandana or a snake dace. Have you ever tried to play a guitar in Slash's posture, low slung, leg's akimbo? It is totally impractical. Slash adopts that pose to 'look cool' basically. I'm basically with you. I'm just saying bands like the Stones, Guns- that the persona and image is part of the art and that its less the case with artists like Dylan or Young. I just think its invalid to compare them based on the same standard, because the artistic intentions aren't the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Yeah it's how rockers dress etc. not some fancy image to sell records. Rock n roll is a young mans game really but really the reason they don't have GNR is their own stupidity not their dress sense. Slash and Axl have careers anyway. As Guns they have had rough patch. Or even a reunion in 2004 would have put them back in the game. I have this dream they will return and play an epic version of Madagascar. It's never too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Jesus Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) Axl has been spotted playing records at an LA coffee shop. He was sporting a soviet style beard, boat shoes, a nautical shirt (blue and white), A modified Conan pompadour haircut, Slim jeans, and a beret. When he was asked about what he thought about Chinese Democracy songs being played in the future, He stated that they were too mainstream and ignored everyone and drank his coffee. J.K. Edited June 13, 2015 by Randy Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseIRS Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 https://instagram.com/p/36D1JwDjO5/New Axl pic?https://instagram.com/p/36EIiFDjPU/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 https://instagram.com/p/36D1JwDjO5/New Axl pic?https://instagram.com/p/36EIiFDjPU/Is that a cat sitting in a chair with a top hat on printed on his shirt haha amazing shirt if that's what it is. I say this pic is old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseIRS Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 https://instagram.com/p/36D1JwDjO5/New Axl pic?https://instagram.com/p/36EIiFDjPU/Is that a cat sitting in a chair with a top hat on printed on his shirt haha amazing shirt if that's what it is. I say this pic is old.Ha idk but his hair looks alot shorter than it did last year which makes me think it might be recent or at least after Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) gnfnrs90Hey, when was this taken?rico.pushmeKuala Lumpur 2013Sadly not new then. Edited June 15, 2015 by MrSoftie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 There will be a noticeable difference in Axl when we see him next. For better or worse, he will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Orange prison jumpsuit like Horace Pinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndaRose Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 New Axl pic?https://instagram.com/p/36EIiFDjPU/Kuala Lumpur 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carburetta Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Pretty cool pic tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Pretty cool pic tho.nope, not reallyAxl wasn't even wanted to shake the dude's handalso here's a pic from the 90's but with the porn star mustache... sadhttp://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/06/axl-rose-hair_n_6630094.htmlalso look at the t-shirt here: Mickey & Co. Edited June 15, 2015 by Strange Broue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val22 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Once in a while Axl tweets on his twitter account. He made a comment the other day about Monthy Python's lumberjack song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmass Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Pretty cool pic tho.nope, not reallyAxl wasn't even wanted to shake the dude's handalso here's a pic from the 90's but with the porn star mustache... sadhttp://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/06/axl-rose-hair_n_6630094.htmlalso look at the t-shirt here: Mickey & Co. He used to be so fucking cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblefeet Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 For a second I thought... nah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrjanus Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 He does look like axl though haha. Could it be he gained more pizza's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 New Axl pic?https://instagram.com/p/36EIiFDjPU/Kuala Lumpur 2013His hair looks pretty short in this, I guess its cause of the light, but he would really look weird if he cut his hair this short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'm guessing most of it's in his beanie thing, but yeah it looks... weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlinkafayette Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 he is likely bald.....you never see him with hair out anymore without something on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 he is likely bald.....you never see him with hair out anymore without something on topThis forum really doesn't need another hairline discussion, however I doubt he's bald, he just has the same high hairline he's been trying to hide since the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 When was there a hairline discussion? Is there something different about his hairline? Or is it same? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 He's obviously buggered about with transplants and isn't confinement enough in the results to not wear a hat these days. But I thought he looked great with the bandana on in 2009-10. Not so much in 2011 on when he'd keep running backstage to blow-dry it to make it look fuller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Hairline the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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