Popular Post CAFC Nick Posted October 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 11:34 PM, Powerage5 said: It was a very difficult situation for a lot of casual fans to be objective about, for a number of reasons. On one hand, you have AC/DC basically reduced to rubble - for a lot of people Mal's departure alone was too much to stomach. Then you add on Phil going off the deep end and being booted from the band. Then, when things have finally somewhat stabilized, mid-tour you've got Brian suddenly dropping out. Of the classic lineup, that left Angus and Cliff - that's hardly AC/DC in most people's eyes, even with Slade and Stevie being alumni as it was. On the other hand, Axl does still have a reputation and there's a lot of people that vehemently hate him and anything he does based on his actions and attitude a long time ago. Of course these people are totally ignorant of the fact that GN'R has not been doing the late starts or storming off stage for a long time now, but these people seem incapable of being impartial about Axl actually performing really well. Think of it as a Venn diagram - one bulb is people who are purist about AC/DC and the other bubble is the people who absolutely hate Axl, then you've got the crossover in the middle. These people don't care that Axl sounded the best he has since the 90's, these people don't care that AC/DC played the longest sets of their entire career, and these people certainly don't care that the band was reviving songs not played in 35+ years (Or in one instance, ever) because in their eyes it wasn't AC/DC and/or because they were doing it with a lead singer that they hate. Perfectly put - and surely it's one that members of this forum should be able to understand more than most. I'm sure the forum would collectively lose it's shit if Axl had to step out mid-tour and they continued with Myles Kennedy. I know personally I wouldn't attend and would already have a chip on my shoulder about it regardless of how well he actually did. As I mentioned in a previous comment, selfishly I'm so happy that because of this change I was able to firstly get a ticket (because of loads of refunds!) and secondly see my hero absolutely smash it out of the park, but I totally understand issues from AC/DC fans perspectives. I actually had a couple of AC/DC fans stop me in the stadium because at the point of Axl/DC London, there had only been a few of the GN'R reunion shows and all had been internationally (I was wearing my GNR Reunion Vegas shows) and I told them how I was so nervous beforehand as I thought if he sang like he had been up to at that point he would be destroyed, but that videos I had seen from the first show in Portugal had far surpassed my expectations. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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