smokingarthur 156 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 20 years just passed since HOB. The first time CD era songs were played, the first time there’s was real hope that bright days were ahead, we would soon be filled with music. Axl’s reclusion set the backdrop for what was supposed to be an exciting new direction in GNR/rock music history. I was so excited, there seemed to be an endless supply of possibilities. I used to salivate at the thought of all the glorious melodies and incredible lyricism that lied ahead...... 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post ZoSoRose 9,138 Posted January 2 Popular Post Share Posted January 2 Now we believe even more 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknroll41 2,463 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Regardless of what happened after, this show is still an important part of GnR history. Happy 20th bday hob2001! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DefinitelyInThisLifetime 74 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 What a show. That is all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
©GnrPersia 790 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 4 hours ago, ZoSoRose said: Now we believe even more Thank you Axl by take care us 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
username 3,477 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 4 hours ago, smokingarthur said: 20 years just passed since HOB. The first time CD era songs were played, the first time there’s was real hope that bright days were ahead, we would soon be filled with music. Axl’s reclusion set the backdrop for what was supposed to be an exciting new direction in GNR/rock music history. I was so excited, there seemed to be an endless supply of possibilities. I used to salivate at the thought of all the glorious melodies and incredible lyricism that lied ahead...... Consider the excitement and the ambition from back then. We've really gone downhill.... A lot.... Two decades of misses and clusterfucks. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rovim 5,112 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I am very old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sisyphus 294 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) I remember reading about it the day after. Watching the pictures of this "new" Axl. I don't remember when the audio became avaliable but I remember listening to the new songs for the first time, Axl talking about Kundun, presenting the band. I was so excited. I believed they were going to take the world by storm. It was an interesting time to be a hardcore Guns N' Roses fan. There was so much to look forward to. Edited January 2 by Sisyphus 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ToonGuns 624 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) Loved / still love this era. Criminal that nothing official is really available for purchase except CD (re-polished 100 times). They should release these concerts as boxsets. I remember staying in at uni instead of going clubbing just to listen to the Radio 1 rock show in 1999 - they were playing the exclusive premier of Oh My God at about 1.30am on a Saturday night. My friends (who were not Guns fans) just looked at me with an "errr, what the hell was that" kind of expression, but it didn't put me off at all. Edited January 2 by ToonGuns Spelling 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamillos 2,044 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 And just 17 years after... voila, there we had a video! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sausagebrain 36 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Ah yes. Songs from the HOB show (and the Rio show) were some of the first that I ever downloaded from Napster. It took half and hour per song, and massively increased the phone bill. But it was worth it! At the time I thought that, when CD was going to be released, it would have been a multi-year promotion campaign, with multiple album volumes, loads of videos and B sides, a long world tour and maybe even maybe another spinoff album (in other words, a replay of the UYI era). We all know how that turned out. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
something.always 51 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 This is still on YT for anyone who hasn't seen it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddiedingle 24 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I remember his Ozzy style beautiful lace wig. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Italian girl 2,772 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 The beginning of the Nightmare :p Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sosso 3,822 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Great concert with an ambitious line-up. 2001 > 2006 > 2016 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dean 2,429 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 What a fucking show and there was so much optimism to what the future lay. Axl's voice was in phenomenal shape. So much potential for that lineup but I'm forever thankful that the proshot finally seen the light of day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
something.always 51 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I'm probably the biggest Duff fan in the world but Tommy always had so much more energy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DieselDaisy 17,703 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 That small little era of nugnr, 1999-2002 ish, was so very different to now and that was the launch show. Literally nobody had seen the bugger for year so much as heard music from him. The band consisted of freaky alternative types. Rose was promising ''trilogies'' of music. It was mysterious and (potentially) creative, but ultimately went nowhere, but we weren't to know that at the time. Download the new Guns song 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'' on Napster. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ssiscool 103 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I always liked the show. Especially the blues and oh my god Quote Link to post Share on other sites
something.always 51 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Axl's 5 minute long monologue about China and Kundun complete with random drunks yelling in the back is always a highlight. No one there gave a fuck about China. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Original 1,687 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 20 years ago? Wow. I remember hearing the audio and seeing the “new Axl”. Crazy that it’s been that long ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMaciel 209 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 People here NOW praises that band. It’s funny as hell. I remember the whole criticism that surrounded those guys, specially after Rio 3. Except for Buckethead, who had some appreciation from part of the fanbase, the whole band was criticized constantly for their look and sounding different from 87-93 era. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chewy2 20 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I didn't know this video finally surfaced until I just saw this thread. I just watched parts of it and the first thing that I immediately noticed is how normal Axl looks. He really just looks like he aged appropriately since he was last in the public eye in 1993. Wasn't he seen a few weeks after this at a Lakers game and then disappeared again for while? And when he came back he looked completely different IIRC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BangoSkank 292 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Honestly, I'd kill for a full account of everything that happened with this band from 2001 - 2016. Will have to settle for Chinese Whispers though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BangoSkank 292 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Watching this for the first time since it first leaked and God does Axl sound awesome. As much as I supported (and still love) New Guns it really makes you wonder where we'd be if this was just labelled solo project. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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