Wacky World of The Ominous Ninja Izzy Stradlin and NO! Gang

[Zoot]

I'm glad you had fun @Darkenchantress don't tell @BorderlineCrazy that Slash is a god. We'll never hear the end of it if you do.

[Fourteenbeers]

7 minutes ago, Kris_1989 said:

I'm glad you had fun @Darkenchantress don't tell @BorderlineCrazy that Slash is a god. We'll never hear the end of it if you do.

There's a Rock God for ya!  

[Zoot]

1 minute ago, Fourteenbeers said:

 

There's a Rock God for ya!  

[Jane M.]

11 minutes ago, Cold Jen Time said:

Sure.  We can be the Asshole faction of the NO! Gang. 

Izzy seems over it too so maybe we can convince him to do solo stuff. 

[Fourteenbeers]

12 minutes ago, Oldest Goat said:

The NO! gang eh? Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, welly well...well.

Made me think of this for some reason. Someone should edit GNR's faces onto theirs lol.
 

 

That was some creepy ass film. Don't want to see it again.

[Cold Jen Time]

8 minutes ago, Fourteenbeers said:

That was some creepy ass film. Don't want to see it again.

One of my fav books, tho -- book way better than the movie.  Has a different (better) ending, too. 

Edited June 6, 2017 by Cold Jen Time

[Jane M.]

23 minutes ago, Fourteenbeers said:

 

@janrichmond That's for you. ?

[Fourteenbeers]

1 minute ago, Oldest Goat said:

It is pretty intense and obviously miserable/dark subject matter. But when I was a kid my mum hyped it up so much as this awful, awful scarring experience so when I finally saw it I honestly didn't find it too bad.

A much more harrowing film in my opinion is Requiem For A Dream. It is relentless. I was so upset after seeing it I actually watched it a second time just to try and numb myself lol.

I've seen Requiem once. Really well made and the acting is brilliant. For me it felt more sad and hopeless than creepy tbh.

When it comes to Kubrick's films Dr. Strangelove and 2001 Space Odyssey are the one's that I really like. 

@Cold Jen Time books usually are better than films. 

 

[Cold Jen Time]

3 minutes ago, Oldest Goat said:

Yeah it wasn't creepy just as you say very, very sad and hopeless.

I'm a biiiig fan of Kubrick. Strangelove and 2001 are brilliant, all of his films are but I think my favourite is possibly Eyes Wide Shut. What did you think of 2010: The Year We Make Contact? 

I'm waiting for 2017:  The Year We Make Contact .... with Stradlin. 

[Fourteenbeers]

4 minutes ago, Oldest Goat said:

Yeah it wasn't creepy just as you say very, very sad and hopeless.

I'm a biiiig fan of Kubrick. Strangelove and 2001 are brilliant, all of his films are but I think my favourite is possibly Eyes Wide Shut. What did you think of 2010: The Year We Make Contact? 

Haven't seen it actually. But this is the best line  from Strangelove:

We are really derailing this thread.. 

Just now, Cold Jen Time said:

I'm waiting for 2017:  The Year We Make Contact .... with Stradlin. 

What kind of contact are we talking about?

[Zoot]

Today is my lucky day! I called ticketmaster to see if they had any seats closer and the guy helping me was a massive GNR fan, he used his managers code to override some locked tickets and exchanged my ticket from section H row 12 to Section E row 4 on Slash's side! This is why I love GNR fans. We've always got each others backs. Bring on the Slash drool!

Hope Izzy doesn't show up or I'll be on the wrong side.

Edited June 6, 2017 by Kris_1989

[marlingrl03]

56 minutes ago, Kris_1989 said:

Today is my lucky day! I called ticketmaster to see if they had any seats closer and the guy helping me was a massive GNR fan, he used his managers code to override some locked tickets and exchanged my ticket from section H row 12 to Section E row 4 on Slash's side! This is why I love GNR fans. We've always got each others backs. Bring on the Slash drool!

Hope Izzy doesn't show up or I'll be on the wrong side.

Dang, that is awesome girl! 

[BorderlineCrazy]

7 hours ago, Blackstar said:

I remember him talking about doing it "for the right reasons", but not the part in bold. Is there a quote of him saying it?

I remember hearing him say it mostly in video interviews on YouTube but there's this quote for example: “I mean, if everybody wanted to do it and do it for the right reasons,”
Then there's also this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRCteDQKRQ (around 6:00 or so).

5 hours ago, Tori72 said:

Don't misunderstand I'm not saying you should stop speculating, do what you do. For me, it doesn't take me anywhere and it just feels even more ... ugh!

Sorry about all the speculation, I agree with you, I'm just here to defend Slash's honor 

7 hours ago, Frey said:

But Izzy isn't Duff's best buddy. Slash is. Duff has always chosen Slash over Izzy throughout the history of this band and I think he always will, so I'm not really surprised. They're practically family.

I think it's like this: Duff may be Izzy's best buddy in the band (I'm disregarding Axl here because Izzy and Axl's relationship is complicated lol), but Izzy is not Duff's.

Which sucks for Izzy, because he doesn't really have anyone who'd stick up for him, since Axl and Steven are both too screwed up/incapable of doing so for various reasons.

I don't think Duff chooses Slash over Izzy. The thing is Izzy wasn't into touring and doing these big projects, so that's why we don't see Duff and Izzy like we've seen Duff and Slash with VR and and now GNR again. The fact that Duff started hanging together with Izzy after he got clean makes it look to me like he really is one of his best friends, someone he wanted to be with. They were running together, he was playing on Izzy's albums, he went to Japan with Izzy. He was also the guy who released Izzy's announcement about the HoF. I think if we didn't get to see Duff and Izzy doing more things publicly (playing together, starting bands or whatever) it was because of Izzy, not because of Duff. That's until the reunion anyway.

3 hours ago, dgnr said:

I was waiting for this all day long  I'm so glad you had such a great time! You even called them 'the holy trinity. Shit. What have they done to you?  haha And c'mon now, make @BorderlineCrazy happy and say with all words that Slash is god 

Haha that's so nice of you (as always ) but I'm happy enough with what she wrote. Slash gets another vote for the MVP 

3 hours ago, Cold Jen Time said:

Y'all, I think I've hit my limit and can say that - at this point - I honestly do not fucking care if he ever gets back on stage with any of those guys. Is that wrong?!   I don't mean to sound like an asshole and I certainly understand why ppl do want him back with GNR, so I'm not discounting those feelings at all.  Believe me, I COMPLETELY understand.  But from the outside looking in, he has more integrity and more class than any of them.  And I don't even want him on the same stage as the Pokémon.  This just isn't a band that I can see Izzy wanting to be a part of.

I loved the NITL show I saw, I am so glad I went, and I don't have any regrets. Truly amazing.  But right now I would just like some more music from Izzy.  And a solo tour.  A solo tour would be nice.  

That makes complete sense to me, I wouldn't want Izzy to join the circus either. I want the good ol' GNR back, otherwise Izzy is better off on his own.

I really hope he will do a fn' solo tour at some point, I don't wanna die without having seen this guy live. Probably the only thing missing on my bucket list as far as music goes.

1 hour ago, Kris_1989 said:

Today is my lucky day! I called ticketmaster to see if they had any seats closer and the guy helping me was a massive GNR fan, he used his managers code to override some locked tickets and exchanged my ticket from section H row 12 to Section E row 4 on Slash's side! This is why I love GNR fans. We've always got each others backs. Bring on the Slash drool!

Welcome to the dark side  Hopefully this will put an end to your crazy idea of selling your ticket. After @Darkenchantress review, I'm even more confident that you'll have a wonderful time. You don't get to see the king of the six strings playing some of the most brilliant masterpieces (many of them written by a legendary farmer ) everyday!

4 hours ago, Darkenchantress said:

So... this is the first time I've managed to sit in front of my laptop since Sunday morning, it's been madness. Well, first things first, don't expect a review like the one @dgnr did from me cause, one, I'm too lazy, and two, I do have a terrible memory.  So, I don't really know how to start. On Sunday afternoon I was a nervous wreck, I think even some part of me didn't want to get into the stadium and that must be why we entered around 9 pm and completely missed Lanegan and the other guy. BTW, i met so many nice people there. The girl i went with, we had known each other for some time online from another forum and we just met for real yesterday. We kinda clicked instantly and had a terrific time at the show. Ah, the show... It was like a fucking rollercoaster of emotions. Where do i start, OK, yes, first. Don't you cry tonight, Stradlin, I still love you, baby. You are the one.  I must admit I didn't believe some of you when you told me I was gonna have a great time but man, i had the fucking time of my life. As soon as It's so easy started it was like being 11 again. I'm sure I looked like a little girl looking at the stage in disbelief just to make sure that they were there for real. We got into the stadium late so we weren't that close to the stage and I thought I was tall till i found myself buried in the crowd, so I mostly watched the whole thing through the screens with occasional little ballerina jumps on my tiptoes to make sure that they still there . I didn't need to see them anyway, at that point I was dancing and singing like crazy. The sound at first was really bad but it got better as the show went by when everything started to sound perfectly in place. The crowd, well, I guess you have seen the videos already, it was amazing. WTTJ was out of this world with everyone singing and jumping even though the sound wasn't good at that point and Axl had some kind of problem with something, don't know exactly what is was. I must say i was surprised with the people, i was expecting more SCOM/November rain people, if you know what i mean, but not at all. They (we!) gave their all and i think the band felt it cause, ha! We got Don't cry and Patience (yeah yeah we had to hear the fucking Seeker too, ugh.) Not gonna lie, there are things I'd change in a heartbeat (apart from kicking Richard Fortus, whom, now i can say, is an excellent guitar player but with zero to none charisma, and make place for the one and only king of rhythm guitar). Certain songs kill the mood totally (CD I'm looking at you) This I love is especially terrible, i hated it and i'm pretty positive i'm not the only one. People around was bored as fuck.... So, the holy trinity. Axl was good, the voice was OK, there was some Mickey at some point but the rest was decent enough. He changes clothes more than Beyonce and has a very questionable taste for jewelry. Dufflanders. Well, he is there, doing his job, i really didn't pay much attention to him. He had his moment with Attitude and does nice backing vocals for Axl most of the time. Slash. OK, pay that man every fucking euro or whatever he asks for cause he is a beast of the stage. Yeah, that's right, i said it, Slash is the true big star of this tour. He gives his all up there, he is everywhere and doesn't need to move as much as Lortus to get people's attention. He simply has it. When he plays is like magic happens. He becomes one with that guitar, he might not be the most skilled guitar player in the world but no one makes that guitar cry like Slash does. Estranged was immense, and is a song that i use to skip at home but this was something else. Another high was Civil War, YCBM, Nightrain and of course, SCOM with the whole stadium singing every fucking word and note. I would lie if I said i wasn't expecting for Izzy Stradlin to show up the whole show, cause i was but the encore was already there and nothing had changed. So when the first notes of Patience started to sound i lost it completely and started to cry like a stupid, mostly cause i was having so many feelings i couldn't hold it anymore. I was listening to my favorite song, live, a song written by Izzy... without Izzy. I was happy and sad at the same time and i felt stupid as fuck. 

This is getting long and i probably make no sense anymore so yes, i enjoyed the show. Yes, I'm happy I didn't sell my ticket, it was something i had in my list of "dreams to come true". And even though it was just half a dream come true, it was worth it. I know this is like the most terrible review ever written and I'm probably forgetting a lot of things so I'll try to comment about more things on my next posts.

Wow, this was an awesome review!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

These last few months my excitement for the band had worn off significantly with the lack of certain members, new music and after seeing them live three times last year. They'll be playing again here in October with The Who and I never considered not going but I wasn't feeling it like last year when I was bascially living everyday just thinking of getting to the days of the shows like nothing else mattered. Now @dgnr's review as well as your got me so excited again. You both made me relive those amazing feelings that I felt during those gigs and now I can't wait!! Thanks! 

Edited June 6, 2017 by BorderlineCrazy

[Zoot]

24 minutes ago, marlingrl03 said:

Dang, that is awesome girl! 

I'm pretty stoked. If I come back from my show saying Slash is a god we get to blame that guy for putting me up close. 

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@SerenityScorp look what got here today

11 minutes ago, BorderlineCrazy said:

Welcome to the dark side  Hopefully this will put an end to your crazy idea of selling your ticket. After @Darkenchantress review, I'm even more confident that you'll have a wonderful time. You don't get to see the king of the six strings playing some of the most brilliant masterpieces (many of them written by a legendary farmer ) everyday!

I'm actually really excited now and I already feel like a traitor. @Darkenchantress & @dgnr's reviews made me want to keep my ticket so hopefully I'll have as good of a time as they did. But Izzy is still the only true guitar god in my eyes. Sorry not sorry.

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Off topic but do you guys think I should film the show or periscope it? I've got my Queen & Cheap Trick shows coming up so they can be my test shows to see if periscope works on my phone or not.

Edited June 6, 2017 by Kris_1989

[Izzyarg]

4 hours ago, Cold Jen Time said:

Y'all, I think I've hit my limit and can say that - at this point - I honestly do not fucking care if he ever gets back on stage with any of those guys. Is that wrong?!   I don't mean to sound like an asshole and I certainly understand why ppl do want him back with GNR, so I'm not discounting those feelings at all.  Believe me, I COMPLETELY understand.  But from the outside looking in, he has more integrity and more class than any of them.  And I don't even want him on the same stage as the Pokémon.  This just isn't a band that I can see Izzy wanting to be a part of.

I loved the NITL show I saw, I am so glad I went, and I don't have any regrets. Truly amazing.  But right now I would just like some more music from Izzy.  And a solo tour.  A solo tour would be nice.  

1) This could be the perfect time for Izzy to decide to catch up with us ... i will use my telepathy to call him: * you have to read this Izzy, connecting with izzy stradlin, ommmm ♪ please read this *

2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , one of my favs by Kubrick. Is good to know some people in here likes Queen , Kubrick, Avocados, Guitars , etcetera 

 

 

[Badapple]

On 6/4/2017 at 2:05 PM, Cold Jen Time said:

Might I suggest a picture of me?  

Seriously, @Kris_1989, the site is so insanely amazing.  Kudos, girl.  I can't wait to share it and tell the world what you've created!!!!!  I also messaged Nick and told him thanks for the help.  He's a good egg, not a bad apple. 

You're too kind!

[Tori72]

@Darkenchantress Oh, thanks so much for that review. It makes me very emotional and also nervous. 

I am way more excited than you before the show but now I get anxious if I'd enjoy it as much as you guys?! I don't know if I can find as many emotions inside of me as you, @dgnr and @money honey. It's today in a week and I'm starting to wonder if I like Guns n Roses at all. Do I really like enough songs to enjoy myself on a concert? What if I'll only hear Mickey and get frustrated over it. I will find Slash's drooling disgusting, I know it and maybe won't care less for that ageing giraffe wandering the stage.

Aaargh!!! I know I'm wierd.

I get what you're saying @Cold Jen Time. I don't think it's a band Izzy would want to join and I would be more than bloody happy if he'd keep on putting out more music and start playing on fucking stages again. Man... But reportedly he wanted a reunion and was all in for it. That is what kept my hopes up that he might be turning up at least for Europe. There is still a tiny place in my heart that hopes for Munich. And I know how ridiculous that is... I hope I can enjoy the show nevertheless. Well, if there's not too much Mickey or Slash-drool flying around. 

 

[Darkenchantress]

6 hours ago, Fourteenbeers said:

All though my last post was not very positive, I have to add: @Darkenchantress and @dgnr your experiences have made me really want to go to see the show.  Check my brain cells at the door (both of them) and just have fun.

 

Hahaha. Glad it helped, you're gonna have a great time for sure.

6 hours ago, dgnr said:

I was waiting for this all day long  I'm so glad you had such a great time! You even called them 'the holy trinity. Shit. What have they done to you?  haha And c'mon now, make @BorderlineCrazy happy and say with all words that Slash is god 

And btw did you wear the 'Where's Izzy' shirt?

Not gonna say a word but if Slash isn't God he surely looks a lot like him. 

And yeah! I wore this one and people loved it!

6 hours ago, Cold Jen Time said:

Y'all, I think I've hit my limit and can say that - at this point - I honestly do not fucking care if he ever gets back on stage with any of those guys. Is that wrong?!   I don't mean to sound like an asshole and I certainly understand why ppl do want him back with GNR, so I'm not discounting those feelings at all.  Believe me, I COMPLETELY understand.  But from the outside looking in, he has more integrity and more class than any of them.  And I don't even want him on the same stage as the Pokémon.  This just isn't a band that I can see Izzy wanting to be a part of.

I loved the NITL show I saw, I am so glad I went, and I don't have any regrets. Truly amazing.  But right now I would just like some more music from Izzy.  And a solo tour.  A solo tour would be nice.  

Yep, this. The fact that i went to the show and enjoyed it and (stupid me!) was actually hoping for Izzy to show up, doesn't mean I can't agree with what you said. I would love to see him up there where he belongs but not at any cost, least at the cost of his integrity. On Sunday when they showed Pokemon on the screen I was thinking the same, there's no way in hell Izzy would join a band like this. Now I can say it, she is useless. She is probably talented but she adds nothing to the band, nothing, and her backing vocals on some songs are annoying as fuck, Duff's (and i think Dizzy does some too) are more than enough. Also, she dances and jumps weirdly probably following the rhythm of her planet cause she surely wasn't following the rhythm of the songs.  I ignored her for pretty much the whole show but some things you just can't ignore. Like that drummer messing the tempo every fucking time, gosh, he is bad. I strongly recommend to anyone going to the shows not watching the Ritz show or any video involving Matt Sorum playing YCBM, cause the way that guy plays some songs is just painful to hear.  I know I'm turning this post into a review of the hired hands but well, it has to be done I guess. So, I choose you, Richard Lortus. Let me say first that the guy is an outstanding guitar player, he's probably technically better than Slash and of course, he is a better guitar player than Izzy but... NO. No matter how hard he tries, no matter how much he moves, the spot he is trying to fill is way TOO big for him. He has zero charisma on stage no matter how hard he punches his guitar (?????). 

So, no, I also don't see Izzy joining this band simply cause I think this band is the opposite music means to him. But damn, I can't help but think that the world is missing his big talent. 

6 hours ago, Kris_1989 said:

I'm glad you had fun @Darkenchantress don't tell @BorderlineCrazy that Slash is a god. We'll never hear the end of it if you do.

Oh fuck, i think I did! Hahaha  I just saw you got better seats! That's great!! You're gonna enjoy it too, you'll see!

5 hours ago, Oldest Goat said:

The NO! gang eh? Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, welly well...well.

Made me think of this for some reason. Someone should edit GNR's faces onto theirs lol.
 

Favorite movie of all time! Welcome to our happy place!

5 hours ago, Cold Jen Time said:

I'm waiting for 2017:  The Year We Make Contact .... with Stradlin. 

PLEASE.

3 hours ago, BorderlineCrazy said:

Wow, this was an awesome review!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

These last few months my excitement for the band had worn off significantly with the lack of certain members, new music and after seeing them live three times last year. They'll be playing again here in October with The Who and I never considered not going but I wasn't feeling it like last year when I was basically living everyday just thinking of getting to the days of the shows like nothing else mattered. Now @dgnr's review as well as your got me so excited again. You both made me relive those amazing feelings that I felt during those gigs and now I can't wait!! Thanks! 

Glad it helped. I'm the most surprised about how much i enjoyed it but well, sometimes shit happens!  Slash is God.

 

1 hour ago, Tori72 said:

@Darkenchantress Oh, thanks so much for that review. It makes me very emotional and also nervous. 

I am way more excited than you before the show but now I get anxious if I'd enjoy it as much as you guys?! I don't know if I can find as many emotions inside of me as you, @dgnr and @money honey. It's today in a week and I'm starting to wonder if I like Guns n Roses at all. Do I really like enough songs to enjoy myself on a concert? What if I'll only hear Mickey and get frustrated over it. I will find Slash's drooling disgusting, I know it and maybe won't care less for that ageing giraffe wandering the stage.

Aaargh!!! I know I'm wierd.

I get what you're saying @Cold Jen Time. I don't think it's a band Izzy would want to join and I would be more than bloody happy if he'd keep on putting out more music and start playing on fucking stages again. Man... But reportedly he wanted a reunion and was all in for it. That is what kept my hopes up that he might be turning up at least for Europe. There is still a tiny place in my heart that hopes for Munich. And I know how ridiculous that is... I hope I can enjoy the show nevertheless. Well, if there's not too much Mickey or Slash-drool flying around. 

 

You are gonna have a great time, believe me! Especially if it's your first time as it was mine. I know I have talked in this very post about how much the drummer messes the tempo or how ridiculous Pokemon is but you won't care about those things while you are there. You won't mind Slash drooling, it just shows how much he is into his guitar playing he doesn't care about anything else, or Mickey, as long as Axl keeps singing those songs you love and IZZY helped to write or wrote himself. Keep that in mind, a part of him is still there as long as they play his songs. Seriously, it's gonna be good. 

[SerenityScorp]

6 hours ago, Kris_1989 said:

 

@SerenityScorp look what got here today

 

Awesome!!Iove it! 

Maybe You Guys ould bring/wear something  with NO! Gang on it just in case Izzy will show up ,  Show Our Cult to the world! 

[Jane M.]

8 hours ago, Kris_1989 said:

Bring on the Slash drool!

What? 

[Zoot]

3 hours ago, Jane M. said:

What? 

In @dgnr's review she talks about being so close that she could see slash drooling on himself. That's what I was talking about.

[Tori72]

The NO Gang is obsessed with Slash drool and I'm weirded out.

[Zoot]

Just now, Tori72 said:

The NO Gang is obsessed with Slash drool and I'm weirded out.

lol I was just joking around. Honestly it's pretty disgusting.

[Tori72]

And just on a sidenote. I hope Slash didn't relapse, I really do. Why is he drooling while playing? Not sure if that's only concentration... 

Edited June 6, 2017 by Tori72

[Zoot]

Just now, Tori72 said:

And just on a sidenote. I hope Slash didn't relapse, I really do. 

 I've heard rumors but they weren't from anybody I'd trust so I think he's fine. If he had there would be warning signs by now.