Stay.Of.Execution Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) According to an article @Blackstar posted in the London thread, Axl suffered from anxiety attacks after the first show. Hope he's getting better! Edited July 2, 2022 by Stay.Of.Execution 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) It seems the anxiety was caused by his vocal issues. It was before last night's show, actually, according to the article. Edited July 2, 2022 by Blackstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rovim Posted July 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) hopefully everything is ok. I love the fact that Axl slept at the venue. Still dedicated. You don't do this shit if you don't care anymore. Maybe he cares too much? Edited July 3, 2022 by Rovim 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom-Ass Posted July 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2022 He did what he had to do to make it work. Mad props to Axl for today's show.. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manfisman Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Hopefully he gets better soon! Last show before London was really good, so he can do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianGNR Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Gets well, Axl!! And find a vocal coach, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
©GnrPersia Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Stay.Of.Execution said: According to an article @Blackstar posted in the London thread, Axl suffered from anxiety attacks after the first show. Hope he's getting better! Wishing him all the good health. But wait... if the reason for his anxiety attack was his vocals, then why he was so chill and relaxed about it this past 10 years? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirkh Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Hopefully everything will be alright, take care of yourself Axl ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 1 minute ago, ©GnrPersia said: Wishing him all the good health. But wait... if the reason for his anxiety attack was his vocals, then why he was so chill and relaxed about it this past 10 years? We don't know if was really chill and relaxed. Plus it's one thing if he's still able to sing the high parts on key although without rasp and another thing if his high voice can't come out at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jw224 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, ©GnrPersia said: Wishing him all the good health. But wait... if the reason for his anxiety attack was his vocals, then why he was so chill and relaxed about it this past 10 years? Yeah, rather strange that he has seemed pretty fine to sound awful for years now, screeching and clearly not singing correctly, to the point of totally losing control of his voice. I wish him the best but when you don't prepare and just do what you want stuff like this tends to happen. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blackstar Posted July 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Jw224 said: I wish him the best but when you don't prepare and just do what you want stuff like this tends to happen. But how do we know that he doesn't prepare? I mean, we know that he doesn't rehearse much - although in the recent years he has rehearsed more than he used to. But he does do vocal exercises, warm-ups and warm-downs. I don't think Duff would make that up. I'm also sure that even if he didn't work with Ron Anderson systematically, he consulted him here and there. From the videos I've watched on this tour it's clear to me that he's been trying really hard with what he has; it's just not there anymore. Edited July 3, 2022 by Blackstar 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jw224 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, Blackstar said: But how do we know that he doesn't prepare? I mean, we know that he doesn't rehearse much - although in the recent years he has rehearsed more than he used to. But he does do vocal exercises, warm-ups and warm-downs. I don't think Duff would make that up. I'm also sure that even if he didn't work with Ron Anderson systematically, he consulted him here and there. From the videos I've watched on this tour it's clear to me that he's been trying really hard with what he has; it's just not there anymore. I really do not think he would sound like he has for the past 4 years if he did daily vocal exercises, warm ups etc. His voice has consistently sounded rough, cracking, losing control, since 2018, and at the start of every tour he sounds like hasn't even bothered singing the entire time they were off. I am not really speculating on whether his voice is still "there". I'm just saying if it's not he hasn't done it any favours with the way he's been performing the last few years, which IMO is with very little, if any, preparation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jw224 said: I really do not think he would sound like he has for the past 4 years if he did daily vocal exercises, warm ups etc. His voice has consistently sounded rough, cracking, losing control, since 2018, and at the start of every tour he sounds like hasn't even bothered singing the entire time they were off. I am not really speculating on whether his voice is still "there". I'm just saying if it's not he hasn't done it any favours with the way he's been performing the last few years, which IMO is with very little, if any, preparation I don't think it's a matter of preparation or lack thereof anymore. His mid and high range signature voice (the "rasp") is just gone and no preparation can save it. The cracks are because he's been pushing himself too hard. He's not done though. His low voice is still strong and powerful, there are parts of song that his high clean voice doesn't sound too bad, and he can save the screams for other selected parts. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batatadoce Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 hope he's doing better and for what is worth his lower register from today sounded great 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Bob Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 release some fucking music redhead! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Someone else recall Axl face in a pic after Hellfest? He, Slash and Duff with the France Minister of Culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I’m so confused as to what actually happened tonight after reading through everything. Axl has become self aware of his voice problem, or did he sound “extra bad” tonight or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, KeyserSoze said: I’m so confused as to what actually happened tonight after reading through everything. Axl has become self aware of his voice problem, or did he sound “extra bad” tonight or something? He couldn’t physically take on the high notes tonight. It was actually causing pain. So he’d either skip lines or sing in his lower register. I think the best example of what he was facing can be heard at the end of Patience tonight. The outro was all over the place, but then he finished the line “this timeee” in what was one of his better vocal notes hit in a long time imo Edited July 3, 2022 by IncitingChaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 minute ago, KeyserSoze said: I’m so confused as to what actually happened tonight after reading through everything. Axl has become self aware of his voice problem, or did he sound “extra bad” tonight or something? Before LALD he said he was having vocal issues, and he'd be tweaking the songs around a bit. Before SCOM, he said he "doesn't have the highs" so Carrie brought hers. His high voice is gone, there was times he went for it then realized he couldn't do it. Don't know if he's sick or if he's legitimately blown his voice, but he definitely didn't sound "extra bad", some songs sounded better with only low vocals tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alejandro GNR Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Weird that he made the LALD screams nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) This has been going on for a while on certain songs and he's been working around his approach on the spot. Welcome to the Jungle is an example - even in that viral tiktok clip: he couldn't hit the high notes so he went low during the same line or the next one, and it came out a mess. He's been also singing the verses of Nightrain lower lately (and it has sounded good). It seems it has deteriorated now. Edited July 3, 2022 by Blackstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 So do we think hes over exerted himself??? how are they gunna finish this year of touring in this state? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendez Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 maybe its not the way hes been singing that gave him supposed anxiety, but maybe it became painful to put even the tiniest bit of drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRoseCDII Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 To be honest this is the point in the road Axl needs to sit down with Slash and Duff and say it’s time to change the set. Axl can’t do the set he used to anymore, those days are over. At 60, you gotta take care of yourself better. I think it makes me most sad that he’s having anxiety attacks over it. Feels like this’ll probably be one of the last Guns tours. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, AxlRoseCDII said: To be honest this is the point in the road Axl needs to sit down with Slash and Duff and say it’s time to change the set. Axl can’t do the set he used to anymore, those days are over. At 60, you gotta take care of yourself better. I think it makes me most sad that he’s having anxiety attacks over it. Feels like this’ll probably be one of the last Guns tours. Hopefully not. Maybe the last mega stadium tour for a while. That wouldn't be the worst thing, a lot of fans would like the chance to see them in a smaller setting with a different type of set. It would make less money probably, how much that factors in I don't know? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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