PatrickS77 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, Nesret said: CAUTION (personal opinion ahead) I don't enjoy seeing Fortus on stage and never did. This never ending over the top guitar-spinning... Hitting the strings as if they owed him money while jumping around constantly, combined with his hipster-style and these fucking Gretsch guitars which look as if they were made for church-gigs exclusively. Doesn't do anything for me, I always feel embarrassed when I watch him on stage. Ah.. now I feel better, which is pathetic, but who cares. Did I write that? If not, those are exactly what I would have written. On my second fake-GNR gig I decided to not pay any attention to him (and mostly anyone else) anymore and only watch Axl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, Nesret said: CAUTION (personal opinion ahead) I don't enjoy seeing Fortus on stage and never did. This never ending over the top guitar-spinning... Hitting the strings as if they owed him money while jumping around constantly, combined with his hipster-style and these fucking Gretsch guitars which look as if they were made for church-gigs exclusively. Doesn't do anything for me, I always feel embarrassed when I watch him on stage. Ah.. now I feel better, which is pathetic, but who cares. I love Richards guitar collection, really cool stuff. His stage moves came across to me as just that - it's not really natural, more poser-ish. He's dangerously close to DJ Assba in that regard. As a whole, they're just not that cool to watch anymore. Slash with his weird Chuck Berry hopping and all that. I don't know man, Joe Perry for example looks way cooler on stage now in comparison to the Guns guys. Oh well, it's just one more thing. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Nesret said: CAUTION (personal opinion ahead) I don't enjoy seeing Fortus on stage and never did. This never ending over the top guitar-spinning... Hitting the strings as if they owed him money while jumping around constantly, combined with his hipster-style and these fucking Gretsch guitars which look as if they were made for church-gigs exclusively. Doesn't do anything for me, I always feel embarrassed when I watch him on stage. Ah.. now I feel better, which is pathetic, but who cares. Yep. I get even more distracted by his whole edgy thing he does too. He used to do it even more, where he takes a gothic kind of facial expression and brings his guitar pick to his mouth. Making it all dramatic when he strikes the next chord. Like a vampire or something lol. on the recent selects during coma when he has a break, he does the updated, less over the top version of this, where he croutches at the front of the stage gazing with a serious scowl at the mass of people. Like ‘ it’s about to get all evil up in here, be warned’ haha Edited September 24, 2020 by soon 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskingApathy Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Nesret said: CAUTION (personal opinion ahead) I don't enjoy seeing Fortus on stage and never did. This never ending over the top guitar-spinning... Hitting the strings as if they owed him money while jumping around constantly, combined with his hipster-style and these fucking Gretsch guitars which look as if they were made for church-gigs exclusively. Doesn't do anything for me, I always feel embarrassed when I watch him on stage. Ah.. now I feel better, which is pathetic, but who cares. I don't mind the Gretsch guitars (Frank Sidoris has used some also) but I agree with everything else. Poser is a good word for him (even if he is a good player). 3 hours ago, El Guapo said: His stage moves came across to me as just that - it's not really natural, more poser-ish. He's dangerously close to DJ Assba in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsugaree Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I call BS. Ritz (Webster Hall 2014) was the definition of chemistry, as anyone else who was lucky enough to be there would attest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sploit Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 This is another article where 4tus talks about working with the different members: https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richard_fortus_admits_slash__duff_struggled_to_adapt_to_new_gnr_drummer_during_reunion_says_buckethead_definitely_can_be_difficult_to_work_with.html Ignore the clickbait-y title, whilst he does make that comment about Bucket, he also praises his skill/musicality and ability to make the three guitar set-up work so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyUtah Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 9/20/2020 at 11:43 AM, Sosso said: The Irving Arzoff Incident convinced Axl not to work with any other external manager again and he hired Fernando. The rest is history. That’s not accurate. GN’R were managed by Doc Mcghee and Peter Katsis after Irving Azoff was fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoochild Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 9/22/2020 at 9:14 PM, Blackstar said: The status has been disclosed in the recent brewery lawsuit and in the trademark office documents: GNR is a partnership of Axl, Slash and Duff. Also on the beer news, Sorum is launching a brew here in Brazil for some reason. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimiRose Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 8 hours ago, El Guapo said: I love Richards guitar collection, really cool stuff. His stage moves came across to me as just that - it's not really natural, more poser-ish. He's dangerously close to DJ Assba in that regard. As a whole, they're just not that cool to watch anymore. Slash with his weird Chuck Berry hopping and all that. I don't know man, Joe Perry for example looks way cooler on stage now in comparison to the Guns guys. Oh well, it's just one more thing. There is nothing cool about GnR anymore. GnR were cool from 85-91. Then Axl was mysteriously cool from 97-2010. From 2011 it's just been a try hard circus. 2016 wasn't what we hoped for in a reunion. And no new music. Dead band 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Draguns Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, JimiRose said: There is nothing cool about GnR anymore. GnR were cool from 85-91. Then Axl was mysteriously cool from 97-2010. From 2011 it's just been a try hard circus. 2016 wasn't what we hoped for in a reunion. And no new music. Dead band Please speak for yourself. I have enjoyed GNR much more with the reunion than the NU-GNR era. Hopefully, we can get some new music. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONIN Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, JimiRose said: There is nothing cool about GnR anymore. GnR were cool from 85-91. Then Axl was mysteriously cool from 97-2010. From 2011 it's just been a try hard circus. 2016 wasn't what we hoped for in a reunion. And no new music. Dead band Pretty much though I'd slightly change the dates: '85-September '91 for the (mostly) original lineup. Axl: '94 - 2006 . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskingApathy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Draguns said: Please speak for yourself. I have enjoyed GNR much more with the reunion than the NU-GNR era. Hopefully, we can get some new music. Same, although the excitement of the reunion was mostly gone by 2018 for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draguns Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 21 hours ago, MaskingApathy said: Same, although the excitement of the reunion was mostly gone by 2018 for me. Not for me. I'm always going to be excited for when they come around the NJ/NYC area. Recently, I have been given the power of attorney to make medical decisions for a family member. As a result, I'm not sure if I'll always be able to attend a concert. I hope that nothing comes up when GNR is in this area so that I can attend. However, dealing with someone who is elderly and recently begun having health issues, you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyWoodRose84 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 On 9/24/2020 at 4:33 PM, Voodoochild said: Also on the beer news, Sorum is launching a brew here in Brazil for some reason. Oh for the love of god... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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