Polls: Best/Worst GN'R Rock in Rios

[AxlRoseCDII]

Rock in Rio is a great festival that brings 100,000+ fans joy every year. Unfortunately (and sadly fitting) for our band there seems to have been a Rio curse on them. I feel like this could be a great topic of debate, so what do you guys think the best and worst Rock in Rios are?

Edited September 26, 2017 by AxlRoseCDII
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[Gordon Comstock]

In the overall sense, they got progressively worse.

Technically, 2006 is better than 2001, and 2017 better than 2011, but with consideration to the context of each gig, it's been a progressive downfall from '91 being the best to 2017 being the worst IMO.

[ZoSoRose]

2011 is by far the worst

[Powerage5]

2017 gets my vote. 2011 had the return of Estranged at least. 2017 had nothing special going for it whatsoever. 

[Gibbo]

1 hour ago, Powerage5 said:

2017 gets my vote. 2011 had the return of Estranged at least. 2017 had nothing special going for it whatsoever. 

Had Slash & Duff 

[Powerage5]

4 minutes ago, Gibbo said:

Had Slash & Duff 

Having been back in the band for nearly two years already. Every other Rock In Rio had something special going for it; 1991 was the first time we heard a lot of UYI songs live as well as Sorum's first show, 2001 had new songs and the second show with that lineup - it was really the first that virtually anyone saw or heard of that band. 2006 had some new songs that had debuted the week prior at Hammerstein. 2011 had the return of Estranged. 2017 had a lineup who's done over 100 shows together doing the same setlist they've done night in and night out, and the only thing worth mentioning setlist-wise is we got two "new" covers that were added to the set and have already been played to death. 

 

Honestly, take out anything related to the actual performance, and 2017 is still my least favorite. 

[F*ck Fear]

1991 was the best, 2017 was the worst. 

For everything that is said about the 2011 performance, I found a handful of songs that I could listen to. There was nothing good about this years gig.

[DieselDaisy]

Anyone who does not vote 'best' for 1991 is an absolute idiot: raw as hell, Izzy Stradlin and with a shed load of unreleased Illusion material taking shape before our very eyes. I used to have those two shows on VHS bootleg. 2011 was laughably bad, what with Ashba and Rose's fist pumping (later celebrated on memes which Rose tried to subsequently ban from the internet). At least in 2017 he was not dressed like a fat banana and Slash and Duff make it '60% Guns N' Roses'.

[RONIN]

1991 and 2001 are the only enjoyable Rio shows that I would sit through and watch again. 1991 for being the last truly great festival date that the band played with the originals largely intact. 2001 for being a mysterious and bizarrely entertaining gig with an Axl that still had some fire in him. The others are a load of shite as the British would say. I watched the 2006 show in my college dorm on a livestream iirc and remember being bored stiff - even an in form Axl couldn't rise above the dullness of his band.

2011 was a total embarrassment - but it was a dumpster fire where you couldn't take your eyes away from what you were seeing.  2017 may have been worse though because it just felt stale and tired. Boring. The only show where there were no surprises or even minor setlist changes - the band was literally going through the motions. I didn't expect much from the show so I wasn't disappointed but all I could think afterwards were two things:

 "1. Wow...that was just...lazy. Even Slash looks bored. 2. I'm amazed Axl made it through the show without losing his voice. Time to take a long break."

[Sosso]

22 minutes ago, RONIN said:

1991 and 2001 are the only enjoyable Rio shows that I would sit through and watch again. 1991 for being the last truly great festival date that the band played with the originals largely intact. 2001 for being a mysterious and bizarrely entertaining gig with an Axl that still had some fire in him. 

Agreed! The show from 2001 is probably the one I have watched the most.

22 minutes ago, RONIN said:

The others are a load of shite as the British would say. I watched the 2006 show in my college dorm on a livestream iirc and remember being bored stiff - even an in form Axl couldn't rise above the dullness of his band.

That show was still enjoyable for me because it was one of the last pro shots with Robin as guitarist and Brain as Drummer. The exit of Buckethead was even an bigger loss

Edited September 26, 2017 by Sosso

[RONIN]

1 minute ago, Sosso said:

Agreed! The show from 2001 is probably the one I have watched the most.

Yep - I've watched that one the most as well. Axl's voice sucks in that show but it is still ridiculously entertaining. Loads of energy from Axl and Bucket firing on all cylinders. 

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That show was still enjoyable for me because it was one of the last pro shots with Robin as guitarist and Brain as Drummer. The exist of Buckethead was even an bigger loss

Yeah it was just too big of a hit to lose him from the lineup. GnR really needs that "star" guitar player to counterbalance Axl like a Slash or Buckethead. I did like seeing Robin and Brain still in the mix though. Once they left, the lineup became completely downgraded.

 

[Sosso]

20 minutes ago, RONIN said:

Yep - I've watched that one the most as well. Axl's voice sucks in that show but it is still ridiculously entertaining. Loads of energy from Axl and Bucket firing on all cylinders. 

i dont't think that his voice "sucked" at the show from 2001 - especially compared to the show from this year. He still had some power in his voice and he was not sounding like Mickey.

 

20 minutes ago, RONIN said:

Yeah it was just too big of a hit to lose him from the lineup. GnR really needs that "star" guitar player to counterbalance Axl like a Slash or Buckethead. I did like seeing Robin and Brain still in the mix though. Once they left, the lineup became completely downgraded.

They need both "star" guitar player like Slash / Buckethead and low key guitarists like Izzy / Paul. They complement each other similar to the different lead & rhythm sections in AC/DC (just with a little more stage presence for the latter)

Edited September 26, 2017 by Sosso

[GNR 1991]

2017 Rio makes me want to give up on the band tbh. 2001 and 1991 are the best. 2006 is worth seeing too, 2011 is dreadful.

 

I wonder how that cancelled 2004 Rio would've been w Bucket.

[Sosso]

Just now, GNR 1991 said:

2017 Rio makes me want to give up on the band tbh. 2001 and 1991 are the best. 2006 is worth seeing too, 2011 is dreadful.

 

I wonder how that cancelled 2004 Rio would've been w Bucket.

Probably similar to the shows from 2002

[Italian girl]

worst: 2001: the birth of that awful circus of people...

Edited September 27, 2017 by Italian girl

[Sosso]

Just now, Italian girl said:

worst: 2001: the beginning of that awful circus of people...

How anyone can rate this as the "worst" is beyond any logic

[DieselDaisy]

2001 had four-five new songs which, irrespective of what one feels of their quality or legitimacy, demonstrates a much more interesting and bold Axl than the Axl today who is content to churn out the same sets of hits and covers, sets that are staler than last month's cheese, for cash like a performing elephant. Further, Buckethead, Brain and Robin are all infinitely superior to the three people who replaced them.

For me, 2011 and the Vegas DVD represent the very nadir of Guns N' Roses. That is the very bottom, the lowest the band have ever sunk, the very depth of despair. Them two shows epitomise that whole horrendous period.

[SWINGTRADER]

Best 1991

worst 2017

 

The others were fake GnR(solo band) so I won't consider them.

 

that 1991 was something special. 2017 has nothing in common with that band whatsoever. The only recognizable thing is Slash, and even he isn't the same.

[Italian girl]

19 hours ago, Sosso said:

How anyone can rate this as the "worst" is beyond any logic

why should anyone call it "GNR rir"????

Edited September 27, 2017 by Italian girl

[Sosso]

17 minutes ago, Italian girl said:

why should someone call it "best GNR rir"????

Because that's more reasonable than the other options

[Kula2006]

It isn't really fair to give 2001 good votes just because it has been the first concert of NuGNR (in reality it has been the second I know) - ant therefore the anticipation has been much higher. 

 

The votes for 2017 would also be much better if it would have been the first concert with Slash & Duff - apart from axls bad voice (which wouldn't have been the case if it would have been the first reunion show)

So it would ony be fair to vote based on musical reasons and there every concert including Axl/Slash/Duff will always be miles ahead of any NuGNR incarnation

 

[Sosso]

1 minute ago, Kula2006 said:

So it would ony be fair to vote based on musical reasons and there every concert including Axl/Slash/Duff will always be miles ahead of any NuGNR incarnation

 

My choice was based on musical reasons and I still voted for the 2001 Show.

Edited September 26, 2017 by Sosso

[ludurigan]

10 hours ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

Rock in Rio is a great festival that brings 100,000+ fans joy every year. Unfortunately (and sadly fitting) for our band there seems to have been a Rio curse on them. I feel like this could be a great topic of debate, so what do you guys think the best and worst Rock in Rios are?

Rio curse?

GNR performed twice in Rio and I have a hard time trying to think about any show by any band that can be half as good as those two GNR shows in Rio.

Sadly GNR imploded less than a year after the Rio shows.

And never came back.

So I believe there is no curse whatsoever.

On both times GNR performed, it was brilliant

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by ludurigan

[ludurigan]

6 hours ago, F*ck Fear said:

1991 was the best, 2017 was the worst. 

For everything that is said about the 2011 performance, I found a handful of songs that I could listen to. There was nothing good about this years gig.

gotta be a true warrior to venture through that and come out alive on the other side with a handful of songs!

[DieselDaisy]

Axl did not sound good at Rio 3 but he sounded like Pavarotti compared to 2011 and 2017.