MYWIFEMYLIFE Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) Their music, lyrics, performances are second to none, they did some of the greatest tours and albums ever but they never got the respect they deserved, what do you think? Edited July 2, 2019 by MYWIFEMYLIFE forgot to delete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Minche Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 I don't think Gn'r are underrated at all. Don't know how you came up with that. 🤷♀️ 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F*ck Fear Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 Over-rated. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 How is a band underrated when they just wrapped up the third highest-grossing tour of all time? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KeyserSoze Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 nope. Pearl Jam are far and away more Under rated. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhazUp Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 Yeah I think they are fairly underrated. Another band that I don't think people often mention enough is The Beatles. Did you know that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were really great songwriters!? That blew my mind, who knew, right? 3 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I will say this; axl’s solo album is underrated, because he accidentally labeled it as a GnR release. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Popcorn crew Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 Only thing that is underrated are GNR fans. 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default_ Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 They are underated in the rock/heavy metal fanbase, but overall they're pretty overated if we look at their catalog. No band with two albuns of original songs, an EP and an album most of the fans dont recognize as legit has their popularity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 They have too small a discography to be considered alongside the greats like the Beatles and Stones. Rose basically pissed away both GN'R's and his own career down the toilet. I suppose the Pistols have an even smaller discography but that is the Sex Pistols and they turned popular music on its head. Appetite was legendary but it didn't change music. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: They have too small a discography to be considered alongside the greats like the Beatles and Stones. Rose basically pissed away both GN'R's and his own career down the toilet. I suppose the Pistols have an even smaller discography but that is the Sex Pistols and they turned popular music on its head. Appetite was legendary but it didn't change music. Appetite was the culmination of what came before in the genre of hard rock while containing influences from other genres as well. (punk ,metal,etc) Gn'R was the band that perfected it and a lot of what was cool about hard rock was masterfully included on that album. Not an evolution, but I'm glad someone had the talent and interest to do it. It was like the final link in that chain so while not an evolution it was a fresh new recipe made from familiar ingredients. It has a unique personality that can't be duplicated. Most bands did not change music. How many bands like The Beatles, The Stones, or The Sex Pistols? very few I would say. Most hard rock bands were not talented enough to record an album like AFD. Quite a feat and you can't come up with an album like that without being extremely talented or you know... great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31illusions Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Underrated? AFD is the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the eleventh best selling album in the US. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide. NITL tour grossed $563,300,000 million to be 3rd highest grossing tour of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djones1225 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I love GNR, but in my opinion AC/DC is a far better band, Powerage is the most underrated album of all time, the album is just as good as Back in Black. The band gives 110% live (especially '75 - ' 10). Also how is GNR underrated when Appetite sold 22 million, and illusions had a grand total of 20 million? Just now, djones1225 said: I love GNR, but in my opinion AC/DC is a far better band, Powerage is the most underrated album of all time, the album is just as good as Back in Black. The band gives 110% live (especially '75 - ' 10). Also how is GNR underrated when Appetite sold 22 million, and illusions had a grand total of 20 million? Sorry 32 million for Appetite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadApples87 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) I think they are rated right where they should be. They released one of the greatest albums ever AFD, and two incredible follow-ups UYI 1 & 2. They were ranked, I think, 9th on the greatest rock bands of all-time for VH1 years ago. I think that is pretty damn good for a band that was really only great for about 6 or 7 years in the late 80's and early 90's. Had they stayed together and put out more records they probably would be higher, but for now I think they are right where they should be. Edited July 2, 2019 by BadApples87 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DieselDaisy Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, Rovim said: Appetite was the culmination of what came before in the genre of hard rock while containing influences from other genres as well. (punk ,metal,etc) Gn'R was the band that perfected it and a lot of what was cool about hard rock was masterfully included on that album. Not an evolution, but I'm glad someone had the talent and interest to do it. It was like the final link in that chain so while not an evolution it was a fresh new recipe made from familiar ingredients. It has a unique personality that can't be duplicated. Most bands did not change music. How many bands like The Beatles, The Stones, or The Sex Pistols? very few I would say. Most hard rock bands were not talented enough to record an album like AFD. Quite a feat and you can't come up with an album like that without being extremely talented or you know... great. The majority of ''greats'' were prolific in assembling sizable discographies, Stones, Beatles, Kinks, Zep, Neil Young, Dylan, 'Oo. They continued and continued to make great music. If The Stones retired after ''Satisfaction'' they would already be legendary but the point is they continued to produce great music and hit records, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Some Girls, ''Start Me Up'' - to name just a few - arguably surpassing their earlier summits of greatness. It is accumulative. That is the hallmark of greatness. Guns put out Appetite, then an uneven double album then collapsed because of their singer. Even someone like Michael Jackson, not exactly Buckethead in terms of productivity, didn't just release Off the Wall and stop there: he released Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and History. Beethoven didn't retire after the 3rd (Eroica), but followed-up Eroica with the 5th, 6th, 7th and the monumental 9th (Choral), and a mountain of other works of the highest quality. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedYourIllusion Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Most underrated? Thats tough to say, definitely up there for a lot of the younger generation-those who weren't there to see the changes in music before and after Appetite. A shift back to blues-laden hard rock, and not bands like Poison or the dance pop of the late '80s. They ruled the world however briefly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) 38 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: The majority of ''greats'' were prolific in assembling sizable discographies, Stones, Beatles, Kinks, Zep, Neil Young, Dylan, 'Oo. They continued and continued to make great music. If The Stones retired after ''Satisfaction'' they would already be legendary but the point is they continued to produce great music and hit records, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Some Girls, ''Start Me Up'' - to name just a few - arguably surpassing their earlier summits of greatness. It is accumulative. That is the hallmark of greatness. Guns put out Appetite, then an uneven double album then collapsed because of their singer. Even someone like Michael Jackson, not exactly Buckethead in terms of productivity, didn't just release Off the Wall and stop there: he released Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and History. Beethoven didn't retire after the 3rd (Eroica), but followed-up Eroica with the 5th, 6th, 7th and the monumental 9th (Choral), and a mountain of other works of the highest quality. Don't you dislike Zeppelin? anyway, I wasn't disputing what you said about Gn'R not being as great as The Beatles or The Stones. I agree that if you are one of the absolute greats, in most cases you do naturally (not to say easily) accumulate a bigger catalog than what Gn'R has released. I'm talking on the level of Appetite, masterpieces. Unless you're The Sex Pistols and you break up before you have the chance to do more but Rotten was prolific as shit after the pistols broke up and released a lot of truly great records himself with PIL. I was just pointing out that even if it's not The Stones level of great, Gn'R is a band with a rare talent in it's genre to have released an album like Appetite. It is that good. I think they had at least one more truly great album in them in their prime but Izzy bailed and they couldn't hold it together or agree on a unified musical vision which is fatal for a band like Guns. Edited July 2, 2019 by Rovim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 GNR are way overrated to a lot of people 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
©GnrPersia Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) As a long time fan (20+ years) I think Over-Rated & Overhyped. This is considering the amount of original work (excluding covers) which hardly exceeds 3 albums. and if you say quality is more important than quantitiy then to be honest, except AFD, both UYIs hardly contain 10 worthy tracks and CD is CD... Edited July 2, 2019 by ©GnrPersia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sydney Fan Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 2 hours ago, KeyserSoze said: nope. Pearl Jam are far and away more Under rated. From the whole grunge scene i always thought AIC was the most underrated. 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live Like a Suicide Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, Sydney Fan said: From the whole grunge scene i always thought AIC was the most underrated. And they were the best. Go figure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedYourIllusion Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, ©GnrPersia said: As a long time fan (20+ years) I think Over-Rated & Overhyped. This is considering the amount of original work (excluding covers) which hardly exceeds 3 albums. and if you say quality is more important than quantitiy then to be honest, except AFD, both UYIs hardly contain 10 worthy tracks and CD is CD... This is where it becomes difficult to discuss. The performances of the songs are killer, studio recording though? Not great, at least for me. I would say UYI has well enough material to make a perfect double album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Fan Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Underrated no. A band that could have acheived a great deal more and be legendary?. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 More over-rated than under-rated. to have the following that they do is kinda ridiculous considering the small amount of released music, I mean.... they are a band.... right? bands normally release music? they could have been basically known as the undisputed best hard rock band in the world if they’d kept their shit together thru the 90s and released some albums at their creative peak but they fucked it up. Such a shame. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, moreblack said: GNR are way overrated to a lot of people It’s funny because as a kid in the 90s I remember most metal heads at school (Metallica/slayer etc) fans used to hate gnr and make fun of us for being fans, Over-rated was what they constantly would argue. And axl was such an easy target with those damn bike shorts. Edited July 3, 2019 by megaguns1982 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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