We love Axl Rose Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) 20 years ago, on December 29, 2001. Guns N’ Roses performed at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Do we know for sure if this concert 12/29 (or 12/31 concert) was recorded or not? Do you think we will ever get at least an audio recording of this concerts? Pictures of Axl from that concerts (29. and 31. December), probably the best look of Axl ever. I think this is the holy grail for many CD era fans. Setlist Dec 29, 2001. 1. Welcome To The Jungle 2 .It's So Easy 3. Mr. Brownstone 4. Live And Let Die, 5. Buckethead Guitar Solo 6. Oh My God 7. Think About You 8. You Could Be Mine 9. Sweet Child O' Mine 10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 11. Out Ta Get Me 12.Madagascar 13. Rocket Queen 14. November Rain 15. Chinese Democracy 16. The Blues (Street of Dreams) 17. Buckethead Acoustic Guitar Solo 18. Patience 19. Silkworms 20. My Michelle 21. Paradise City Setlist Dec 31, 2001. 1. Welcome To The Jungle 2. It's So Easy 3. Mr. Brownstone 4. Live And Let Die 5. Oh My God 6. Think About You 7. You Could Be Mine 8. Sweet Child O' Mine 9. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 10. Madagascar (New Year's Celebration with confetti and balloons) 11. November Rain 12. Out Ta Get Me 13. Buckethead Guitar Solo 14. Rocket Queen 15. Chinese Democracy 16. Buckethead Acoustic Guitar Solo 17. Patience 18. The Blues (Street of Dreams) 19. Silkworms 20. My Michelle 21. Nightrain Encore: 22. Paradise City Edited December 29, 2021 by We love Axl Rose 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dean Posted December 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2021 There's a few users on here that were at both shows, one of whom said that both shows don't compare to the House of Blues 01.01.01 show, but even still, it deserves it's mythical status and I'd love to hear how Axl was vocally as there is a considerable change from the two circulating shows from 2001 to what he sounded like in '02. The last performances of Silkworms for 20 years too, how ABSURD?! I have the shirt from those two December shows and it ranks high in my favorite ever designs I've seen for a GNR tee. That said, 90% of the merch from 2001/02 was top tier IMO, I'm not really keen on much before it or anything after 2006 either. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I remember a set of photos from these shows got released/leaked a few years ago. Looked amazing. Doubt we'll ever hear audio or see video.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mystery Posted December 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2021 I posted this before but this picture is likely the day after the December 31 concert on January 1, 2002. It matches up with a fan account and you can already see some of the braids in Axl's hair. Probably the last pic of Axl before he went full braids until December 2009. I've said it a bunch but I always wondered what happened between the last Joint show and when the band started their tour in the summer of 2002. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadcaplaughs Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 12/29/2021 at 10:19 AM, Dean said: There's a few users on here that were at both shows, one of whom said that both shows don't compare to the House of Blues 01.01.01 show, but even still, it deserves it's mythical status and I'd love to hear how Axl was vocally as there is a considerable change from the two circulating shows from 2001 to what he sounded like in '02. The last performances of Silkworms for 20 years too, how ABSURD?! I have the shirt from those two December shows and it ranks high in my favorite ever designs I've seen for a GNR tee. That said, 90% of the merch from 2001/02 was top tier IMO, I'm not really keen on much before it or anything after 2006 either. Funny, the few accounts I have read here all say that, despite the technological hang-ups present in both shows - the band (particularly Axl) seemed much more "fired up" than they had during the 01/01/01 show and Rock in Rio. I always said that I long considered the 01/01/01 show my "holy grail" GN'R item, and we have it now, but I would definitely be intrigued to see anything footage/audio from the two shows at the end of 2001. All in all, crazy to remember there was a time (no pun intended) when technology was so different that two shows like this -at the height of Axl's "wilderness" years - could occur with little more than a few still photographs. Hell, I remember how insane it seemed in 2006 when 30-second cell phone video clips were the pinnacle of technology, and that was how most of us were initially exposed to the 2006 band and Axl's voice in that era (I can remember people thinking there were two new guitarists in '06 as Robin looked so different than he did in 2001/2002). 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystery Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I think the show on 12/29/2001 had some technical problems that Axl wasn't too pleased about. At one of the shows he said that it was the first one he truly wanted to do since the 90's, implying he wasn't that enthused about the previous 2001 shows. Also interesting that after all the criticism of Axl looking "fat" in January, he shows up in December in the best shape of his life with washboard abs that he was clearly willing to show. It amazes me how much different he looked in 2002. I feel like he would've gotten a much better reception in 2002 if he kept the 2001 look instead of wearing hip-hop fashion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I remember really bad quality audio coming from I think the first show about 9 hours later. It was pretty cool to hear Axl's voice again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underhardy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 6 hours ago, mystery said: I think the show on 12/29/2001 had some technical problems that Axl wasn't too pleased about. At one of the shows he said that it was the first one he truly wanted to do since the 90's, implying he wasn't that enthused about the previous 2001 shows. Also interesting that after all the criticism of Axl looking "fat" in January, he shows up in December in the best shape of his life with washboard abs that he was clearly willing to show. It amazes me how much different he looked in 2002. I feel like he would've gotten a much better reception in 2002 if he kept the 2001 look instead of wearing hip-hop fashion. Still waiting to see those ‘washboard’ abs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystery Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Underhardy said: Still waiting to see those ‘washboard’ abs. He looked great at the Joint shows, washboard abs might be overselling it but it's not too far off. Unfortunately it looks like there's no audio or video for these shows even in the hands of collectors. Another thing I wonder is what Axl was doing in 2001. Only details I've heard have come from Tom Zutaut. Axl when they reunited asked him if anything went on between him and Erin Everly which Zutaut denied. Another story was Axl going to what he thought was a private screening of Black Hawk Down and being pissed that other people were there. Also had that NBA Finals appearance in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubanSkies Dummy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Yeah, a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dean Posted December 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2021 Below are the majority of the images from those two shows upscaled. Spoiler https://ibb.co/m9VGTDghttps://ibb.co/2MyxyJ1https://ibb.co/z4ByY21https://ibb.co/d05fY18https://ibb.co/hK6LXr8https://ibb.co/bW4jtfjhttps://ibb.co/QbLPwN1https://ibb.co/dtY8F4jhttps://ibb.co/Db5KDnrhttps://ibb.co/xS05Qn0https://ibb.co/5G1CtS2https://ibb.co/G3vcNrkhttps://ibb.co/VVLR3bphttps://ibb.co/J2Y5zYGhttps://ibb.co/z4TT3mShttps://ibb.co/cTBt1Pdhttps://ibb.co/kB5GBGMhttps://ibb.co/nDdS3PThttps://ibb.co/Z8yDJRVhttps://ibb.co/cTZFfsjhttps://ibb.co/BjmFy0Khttps://ibb.co/v4tZsHdhttps://ibb.co/v1CybqWhttps://ibb.co/xSzJHHLhttps://ibb.co/bzCGjFhhttps://ibb.co/JvFWQzhhttps://ibb.co/wWvS82zhttps://ibb.co/Gxc95XRhttps://ibb.co/gD3ssJMhttps://ibb.co/WxM48HThttps://ibb.co/7ych0hfhttps://ibb.co/8jcwD3Yhttps://ibb.co/J3zDNL9https://ibb.co/0C98g7Qhttps://ibb.co/0frhj3Ghttps://ibb.co/0j94KdVhttps://ibb.co/5rMVKrFhttps://ibb.co/hXBLX07 6 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janabis Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 A couple more fun facts about these shows: Slash was staying at the Joint and was planning to attend a show, but was denied entry because management thought it would throw Axl off his game. Also Robin did a stage dive and crowd surfed at the end of one of these shows. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner55 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I don't even care, Axl looked great here. Should have kept that look in 2002. He looked healthy and recognizable. Whatever happened between then and August of that year.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzyjim Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 18 hours ago, Dean said: Below are the majority of the images from those two shows upscaled. Hide contents https://ibb.co/m9VGTDghttps://ibb.co/2MyxyJ1https://ibb.co/z4ByY21https://ibb.co/d05fY18https://ibb.co/hK6LXr8https://ibb.co/bW4jtfjhttps://ibb.co/QbLPwN1https://ibb.co/dtY8F4jhttps://ibb.co/Db5KDnrhttps://ibb.co/xS05Qn0https://ibb.co/5G1CtS2https://ibb.co/G3vcNrkhttps://ibb.co/VVLR3bphttps://ibb.co/J2Y5zYGhttps://ibb.co/z4TT3mShttps://ibb.co/cTBt1Pdhttps://ibb.co/kB5GBGMhttps://ibb.co/nDdS3PThttps://ibb.co/Z8yDJRVhttps://ibb.co/cTZFfsjhttps://ibb.co/BjmFy0Khttps://ibb.co/v4tZsHdhttps://ibb.co/v1CybqWhttps://ibb.co/xSzJHHLhttps://ibb.co/bzCGjFhhttps://ibb.co/JvFWQzhhttps://ibb.co/wWvS82zhttps://ibb.co/Gxc95XRhttps://ibb.co/gD3ssJMhttps://ibb.co/WxM48HThttps://ibb.co/7ych0hfhttps://ibb.co/8jcwD3Yhttps://ibb.co/J3zDNL9https://ibb.co/0C98g7Qhttps://ibb.co/0frhj3Ghttps://ibb.co/0j94KdVhttps://ibb.co/5rMVKrFhttps://ibb.co/hXBLX07 Great set of pics, thanks! Totally forgot about Huge/Tobias, nice to see good pictures of him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystery Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 The December 31st show was Paul's last for Guns. Did he continue to work with the band after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, mystery said: The December 31st show was Paul's last for Guns. Did he continue to work with the band after? Axl said he was still involved in a writing capacity in 2008, but I’m not really convinced he’d have been around the band and I’d go as far as saying I doubt DJ Ashba ever met him. I hope Axl has written more tunes with him though as I’m a big fan of his contributions to Chinese. His name is next to some of the best songs on the record. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRQ93 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 I hope we ge this someday ✌🏼🙏🏻 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuld Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 I was at the 29th show. It was insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude69 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 That’s me in the fan picture… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsnchalupas Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 35 minutes ago, dude69 said: That’s me in the fan picture… Sup Axl. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyVinyard Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) I was there for the 12/31/01 show, front row. Axl and the band were absolutely amazing. I can confirm Axl had the washboard abs. I believe he was in pretty much the same shape throughout 2002, just that he was wearing oversized jerseys that gave the illusion that he was overweight because of the width of the jerseys. Jake (@meandmyelvis) • Instagram photos and videos Edited November 8, 2023 by DannyVinyard pic of show poster 149/400 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, DannyVinyard said: I was there for the 12/31/01 show, front row. Axl and the band were absolutely amazing. I can confirm Axl had the washboard abs. I believe he was in pretty much the same shape throughout 2002, just that he was wearing oversized jerseys that gave the illusion that he was overweight because of the width of the jerseys. Jake (@meandmyelvis) • Instagram photos and videos That looks fucking amazing! Here it is embedded: 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyVinyard Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dean said: That looks fucking amazing! Here it is embedded: Thanks, Dean. I was trying to figure out how to embed it, but was not working for me. After this show, I was certain this band was poised to take over the world. Axl no-showing Philly 2002 and the tour being cancelled was a huge disappointment for me. All that potential that this band had, gone just like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 1 hour ago, DannyVinyard said: Thanks, Dean. I was trying to figure out how to embed it, but was not working for me. After this show, I was certain this band was poised to take over the world. Axl no-showing Philly 2002 and the tour being cancelled was a huge disappointment for me. All that potential that this band had, gone just like that. 100%, Danny. Couldn't have said it better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 On 12/29/2021 at 3:19 PM, Dean said: I have the shirt from those two December shows and it ranks high in my favorite ever designs I've seen for a GNR tee. Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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