The "New Album" Thread - Susan McKagan says album is coming

[Tom2112 2,358]

13 minutes ago, Sweersa said:

I'd very much like for it to be a double. We know in 2006 Axl said they have 2.5 albums worth of material. 1 was released in 2008, that leaves 1.5 albums worth of material, and I believe new songs have occurred since then so a double album is certainly possible by 2021.

2.5 albums of material, doesn't mean 2.5 albums of releasable music. Regardless, I don't think we'll ever hear what Axl initially intended, but maybe Slash and Duff can improve some of the songs, make them a little more stripped back or add a new riff that gives it a more traditional GNR sound. 

After 12 years since CD, a double album would be nice! But my preference is 8-10 quality songs, anything less than amazing that they really want to release can be bonus editions or B-sides. A new album by GNR should be quality over quantity.

[mattromero 27]

2 hours ago, PaoloLA said:

Just out of curiosity. What’s ur fav new song that hasn’t been released.
mine is Atlas and Going Down (hopefully redone) with Duff on vocals with Ax

Atlas, Oklahoma, Zodiac, Curly Shuffle and Perhaps

[ZODIAC 300]

4 hours ago, Rovim said:

one of the possible differences between before Chinese was released and 2019 is that Chinese was ready for release and Axl  already wanted to release it in 2006 but they first need to complete an album with Slash and Duff to release it and I'm guessing they're not there yet. Even if Axl got a shitload of material he cannot release it without fully incorporating Slash and Duff.

also my guess is Axl will not just let Slash rerecord Chinese era tunes so if he's going to use new Slash compositions that means more time will be required to finish the record.

 

You might be right: this would of course take more time. But they already had FIVE fucking years to get shit done! 😂

[Rovim 5,076]

12 minutes ago, ZODIAC said:

You might be right: this would of course take more time. But they already had FIVE fucking years to get shit done! 😂

yeah but they've spent most of that time touring and just meeting the high demand of the reunion. I hope the forced down time will be used for working on the album.

[Chester 524 402]

just out of curiosity, how many versions of Atlas have been leaked?  only version I heard sounded like Axl pulled the instrumental part off an old Nintendo game.  I didn't think it was good at all.  maybe I didnt hear the right version?  Vocals were decent on the version I heard, but that's it.

[Chester 524 402]

remember a few years ago when Slash went over to Axls house, supposedly to record something?  it probably went like this:

Axl:  hey Beta is out for a few hours.  want to go up to my room and smoke weed?  we can get high  and prank call Vince Neil?  or maybe Stephanie Seymour?

 

Slash:  um, you know everyone has caller ID now, right?  

 

Axl:  idk what caller ID is.  haven't used a phone without Team Brazil permission since 94.  

 

Slash:   I thought you put a recording studio in this place?

 

Axl:  I told Beta my room is a recording studio.  she hates music so that's how I managed to keep her out of here.  I just spent the money on a flat screen TV and the Friday movies on DVD in every language ever.  Did you ever learn how to speak Klingon yet? 

 

Slash:  wait. is that other shit head guitar guy here?  what's with all of the KFC buckets?

 

Axl:  oh no, UberEats now delivers here.  the guy stands outside my room and just throws the buckets up here to me.  did you ever meet Chris Pittman?  every bucket comes with a towel!

 

Slash:  are we playing today?

Axl:  yeah yeah, but first we will watch ever Warren Beatty movie ever and take notes on how stupid he sounds then fax them over to him.  

 

 

While I have no proof that this is how that day went, I can bet most of us think it's pretty accurate.  lol.

Edited January 20 by Chester 524

[WhazUp 4,066]

15 minutes ago, Chester 524 said:

just out of curiosity, how many versions of Atlas have been leaked?  only version I heard sounded like Axl pulled the instrumental part off an old Nintendo game.  I didn't think it was good at all.  maybe I didnt hear the right version?  Vocals were decent on the version I heard, but that's it.

All are pretty much the same, like same effects and all that, the only difference in arrangements from my memory is Josh versus Brain playing the drum track, or additional guitar overdubs on the Rough Mixes #1 disk

I forgot how many actual different literal mixes there are because I deleted all but the best sounding Josh version and best sounding Brain version lol

[El Guapo 1,136]

At this point I have a very hard time believing that a new album will be any good, regardless if the songs are new or old. I just can't imagine these guys creating real music with heart and soul anymore, sadly.

[reayj2003 80]

https://instagram.com/stories/gabevanmusic/2490366042200370843?igshid=1bu87zfkbxsum
 

Frank is in a studio. Obviously he could be working on anything for anyone..but you never know.

[Sweersa 560]

16 hours ago, Tom2112 said:

2.5 albums of material, doesn't mean 2.5 albums of releasable music.

In 2014 he said there was a CD remix and a follow-up to CD already done. So it's probable 2-2.5 albums were ready in 2006.

We already know one album more or less was ready by the end of 2000, with many more songs just needing vocals.

"Releasable music" is subjective though. 

[Rovim 5,076]

18 hours ago, El Guapo said:

At this point I have a very hard time believing that a new album will be any good, regardless if the songs are new or old. I just can't imagine these guys creating real music with heart and soul anymore, sadly.

I don't think that was ever a problem for Gn'R. Axl got material from when he was much younger as well probably. At the very least they can release something like Van Halen's A Different Kind Of Truth ie using rerecorded and updated old material (not that I think Axl will actually do the same thing to that extent) but anything is better than nothing at all cause Axl doesn't release subpar records.

I believe Slash is not stupid so he knows what's the quality standard in Gn'R and I don't think he ever lost his ability to create brilliant compositions. It just wasn't his goal to dig that deep for his own stuff in most cases plus the 3 of them together are much stronger musically compared to on their own imo.

Edited January 21 by Rovim

[MildlyArtistic 763]

The Hard School soundcheck was just the carrot on the stick to keep us interested in a band that's totally running out of steam for anything other than touring

[jamillos 1,897]

28 minutes ago, MildlyArtistic said:

The Hard School soundcheck was just the carrot on the stick to keep us interested in a band that's totally running out of steam for anything other than touring

Pretty rotten carrot if you ask me...

[Gordon Comstock 5,559]

15 hours ago, Chester 524 said:

just out of curiosity, how many versions of Atlas have been leaked?  only version I heard sounded like Axl pulled the instrumental part off an old Nintendo game.  I didn't think it was good at all.  maybe I didnt hear the right version?  Vocals were decent on the version I heard, but that's it.

 

At least 4, maybe 5? Can't remember if the 'regular drums' and RM1 versions are the same, I think they are though? The 2001 mix has some extra guitars and sounds a little more polished (it's easily the best one, IMO).

- Rough Mixes 1

- Drums at regular level
Drums up 1.5db
Drums down 1.5db

- 2001 mix

[jackparker123 216]

18 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

At least 4, maybe 5? Can't remember if the 'regular drums' and RM1 versions are the same, I think they are though? The 2001 mix has some extra guitars and sounds a little more polished (it's easily the best one, IMO).

- Rough Mixes 1

- Drums at regular level
Drums up 1.5db
Drums down 1.5db

- 2001 mix

I have every version except the 2001 mix 

[jettesnel 174]

20 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

At least 4, maybe 5? Can't remember if the 'regular drums' and RM1 versions are the same, I think they are though? The 2001 mix has some extra guitars and sounds a little more polished (it's easily the best one, IMO).

- Rough Mixes 1

- Drums at regular level
Drums up 1.5db
Drums down 1.5db

- 2001 mix

Did the 2001 mix leak togheter with the village studio leak? Which songs was (re)mixed in 2001? I remember having 2001 versions of madagascar and the blues, but those leaked before the village studio.

[Sweersa 560]

20 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

At least 4, maybe 5? Can't remember if the 'regular drums' and RM1 versions are the same, I think they are though? The 2001 mix has some extra guitars and sounds a little more polished (it's easily the best one, IMO).

- Rough Mixes 1

- Drums at regular level
Drums up 1.5db
Drums down 1.5db

- 2001 mix

Rough Mixes 1 is the oldest, and has extra guitar. This is probably my favorite mix.

The three Brain db level mixes have spectacular sounding drums, but the vocals seem a bit lower in the mix. 

2001 mix has different drums than all of the others, from what I can hear. This one seems to be mixed well, but they dropped a guitar out of it that was noticeably present in the RM1 version. 

[Gackt 1,933]

If I had to pick the personal best versions of the 14 Chinese Democracy songs, just for fun:

• Chinese Democracy (Brain demo from 2001)
• Shackler's Revenge (album version)
• Better (Harley Davidson 2007 version)
• Street of Dreams (album version)
• If The World (Rough Mix #2 version)
• There Was a Time (album version)
• Catcher in the Rye (Rough Mix #1 version)
• Scraped (album version)
• Riad N' The Bedouins (Brain demo from 2001)
• Sorry (Rough Mix #2 version with vocals)
• I.R.S. (album version)
• Madagascar (album version)
• This I Love (album version)
• Prostitute (Brain demo from 2001)

As for Atlas, the 2001 mix is my go-to.

[Gordon Comstock 5,559]

4 hours ago, jettesnel said:

Did the 2001 mix leak togheter with the village studio leak? Which songs was (re)mixed in 2001? I remember having 2001 versions of madagascar and the blues, but those leaked before the village studio.

 

Yea The Blues and Madagascar leaked probably 6-12 months before the Village stuff? There was one disc of mixes from summer 2001 in the Village leaks though, I'll send it to you.

[Rovim 5,076]

 

 

Edited January 21 by Rovim

[snoman 152]

all things considered omggggggggg

[WhazUp 4,066]

^ That was a cool interview, some interesting guitar talk such as the string gauges and whatnot that Slash doesn't usually talk about much, or is asked about much in interviews

[rocknroll41 2,442]

6 hours ago, Gackt said:

If I had to pick the personal best versions of the 14 Chinese Democracy songs, just for fun:

• Chinese Democracy (Brain demo from 2001)
• Shackler's Revenge (album version)
• Better (Harley Davidson 2007 version)
• Street of Dreams (album version)
• If The World (Rough Mix #2 version)
• There Was a Time (album version)
• Catcher in the Rye (Rough Mix #1 version)
• Scraped (album version)
• Riad N' The Bedouins (Brain demo from 2001)
• Sorry (Rough Mix #2 version with vocals)
• I.R.S. (album version)
• Madagascar (album version)
• This I Love (album version)
• Prostitute (Brain demo from 2001)

As for Atlas, the 2001 mix is my go-to.

Nice! I actually prefer the album versions of everything except Street Of Dreams (MSL Leak), If The World (Rough Mixes 2), There Was A Time (Antiquiet Leak), and Riad (Rough Mixes 1). But it’s cool to see other opinions on this!

[GoForJMark 701]

2 hours ago, snoman said:

all things considered omggggggggg

It's like they said it on purpose, all things considered 

[rocknroll41 2,442]

3 hours ago, Rovim said:

 

 

Old Man Slash seems cool! Way more talkative and “animated” these days lol.