Things you want to confess as a Guns N'Roses Fan? 😀

[JimiRose]

Dj Ashba played better on the 2010 tour than slash has the entire threeunion tour. 

I used to think Its so easy was sung by a guest singer. (from age 12-14) Refused to believe it was axl coz it was so different vocally to every other song on appetite i'd heard. 

[©GnrPersia]

18 hours ago, Karice said:

I have a couple of things I want to confess as a Guns N'Roses Fan. 😀😏... I have never listened to Use Your Illusions Part 1 Album all the way through..😀😏🤭 I tried a couple of times, once I fell asleep after Bad Obsessions and woke up in the middle of Coma, no pun intended. 😉🤣😏🤭 I tried again and fell asleep in the middle of Coma.  No pun intended once again.🤭😏🤣😉 

 

I got  DUFF confused with AXL! 😳😱🤨🧐😵‍💫🤦‍♀️ When I was a newer Guns N'Roses Fan, I asked something like,"WHY is AXL, the skull with the red bandana on the  Appetite For Destruction Album Cross on the RIGHT side the Cross? Axl is the CENTER of Guns N'Roses, shouldn't the Axl Skull be on the MIDDLE of the cross and not on the RIGHT side of the cross? 🤨🧐🤔A longer time Guns N'Roses Poster replied something like,"Duff's BLONDE hair didn't tip you off that that's DUFF on the RIGHT side of the Appetite For Destruction Album Cross? Axl has red hair, not blonde. " I responded,"I read that only Axl wore a bandana in Guns N'Roses, so naturally, I thought that Duff who is wearing the bandana was Axl. Besides, the red headed skull is wearing a black cap, not a bandana, so you can see why I thought Axl was the skull on the outside of the Cross. The Poster replied something like,"Axl wore a black cap quite a lot. And this picture of Duff wearing a red bandana should clear up any confusion for you." He linked to a picture of Duff wearing a red bandana and I thanked him and told him it did clear up my confusion and he welcomed me. 😀

 

Due to my music stations usually ONLY playing Sweet Child Of Mine, I honestly thought that Guns N'Roses was a one hit wonder. Guns N'Roses were being hailed as one of the most influential Rock Bands of all time, and I thought,"How are Guns N'Roses one of the most influential Rock Bands of all time? Guns N'Roses is a one hit wonder, and only have Sweet Child Of Mine!"🧐🤨🤔 Sweet Child Of Mine is a REALLY good song, but still, it's Guns N'Roses ONLY hit!" 🤣

 

A Music Channel played Welcome To The Jungle one day, and I thought,"God, the singer of Welcome To The Jungle is completely ripping off the Sweet Child Of Mine Singer! He plagiarized his dance moves, his singing style, his clothing style, he even plagiarized his look!  The Sweet Child Of Mine Singer should sue The Welcome To The Jungle Singer for Plagiarism!" I went on a music Forum ranting about The Welcome To The Jungle Singer plagiarizing the Sweet Child Of Mine Singer and saying,"I hope the Sweet Child Of Mine Singer sues the Welcome To The Jungle Singer!" Posters were like,"The Welcome To The Jungle Singer and the Sweet Child Of Mine Singer are the SAME man, you IDIOT!" And that's how I found out that Guns N'Roses were NOT a one hit wonder..🤣

 

 

Nice comeback Karice. Powerful as always. I like your work.

[UncleJosh]

GN'R is a legacy act to me. New music doesn't really interest me at this point.

The version of Nightrain from Rock AM Ring 2006 is probably my favorite version of the song and has not been performed or sounded better since then IMO. At least not in any soundboards or broadcasts I have heard. There could be other lesser quality audience recordings of a better performance somewhere but those don't count for me as I won't listen to them regularly.

[DurhamGirl]

Not keen on Sweet Child and love Nice Boys.

[Powerage5]

2 hours ago, JimiRose said:

Dj Ashba played better on the 2010 tour than slash has the entire threeunion tour. 

I used to think Its so easy was sung by a guest singer. (from age 12-14) Refused to believe it was axl coz it was so different vocally to every other song on appetite i'd heard. 

I'll hop on board and agree with this one. I actually really liked Ashba in 2009 and 2010 - he felt like he fit the band, and was putting effort into his playing. He just got worse and worse over time. 

[The Garden of Guns N Roses]

I thought the Axl/DC thing was more exciting than the reunion back then.

Still appreciate the fact that Slash and Duff are back though and I was able to see them live a couple of times

I just enjoyed seeing Axl doing something completely different with AC/DC for a while and proving a lot of people wrong.

[Karice]

12 hours ago, JimiRose said:

Dj Ashba played better on the 2010 tour than slash has the entire threeunion tour. 

I used to think Its so easy was sung by a guest singer. (from age 12-14) Refused to believe it was axl coz it was so different vocally to every other song on appetite i'd heard. 

I at first read it as Dj Ashba played better in 2010 than the entire threeunion tour! 🤣😛

 

About "It's So Easy," I also was like,"WHO is this low and deep voiced man? He sounds more like James Hetfield than Axl Rose! 🤣😛 To me, Axl Rose= Paradise City, Sweet Child Of Mine, Welcome To The Jungle. It's So Easy is incredibly low and deep, a complete opposite of his higher pitched songs. I remember a Fan saying something like,"Axl Rose's real voice is a Baritone Bass like Barry White's voice." I remember thinking,"HOW is Axl Rose's real voice a Baritone Bass like Barry White's voice? 🤨Barry White had one of the DEEPEST voices ever. Axl Rose has a high pitched voice. What is this Fan talking about? 🤨 I then saw the green suit Court Case, and realized just how deep Axl's real voice is! 😳🤣 It's So Easy is pretty much sung in Axl's real voice! 🤣😏🤭

[©GnrPersia]

1. I wish reunion would never happen. Axl had to keep 2002 or 2006 band running and making more albums with them.

2. Axl/DC was more exciting than the reunion.

3. I genuinely don't like WTTJ. Never understood it. For me it's down there with stuff like My World and Shotgun Blues

4. Also SCOM. It's a shit song. Its live is even worst. Boring as KOHD live.

4. 1993 is my favorite old GNR era. Estranged and The Garden are the best old GNR songs.

5. The Spaghetti Incident is cool. Hair of the Dog and Buick Mackane are nice tracks. 

Edited July 19, 2023 by ©GnrPersia

[BingBing]

When I was 12-years old, way back in 1992 [insert despairing tears here] my obsession with GNR achieved a new level of cringe. Myself and a mate purchased bandanas and some cheap, knock off aviators and thought we looked the shit. Henceforth went into our tiny little village, rolling in thinking we were true rock n' roll stars. Suffice to say the looks we received were interesting to say the least, not to mention the looks from the old ladies on the bus. We did contemplate the cycling shorts but thankfully sensibility kicked in. Suffice to say and from that day onward we stuck to our GNR 'Bad Apples' t-shirts and toned it down. My dad still brings this up on a regular basis like parents do when they want to embarrass you 30-years later. 

Yesterday, holds nothing for me! 

Will always remember the time we jumped on our bikes too (in 1993) and cycled for five miles to the Milton Keynes Bowl just to sit outside in the pouring rain and listen to our heroes. It was like the rock version of The Goonies. Utter bliss! 

Edited July 19, 2023 by BingBing

[Cosmo]

Just remembered this one:

Back in 2004 I was only slightly aware of GnR. I basically only knew WTTJ, SCOM and PC, and knew who Slash and Axl were. Then one day I'm skipping channels on TV and I see Velvet Revolver's Dirty Little Thing on MTV. So I think "what?! No way, man... this is beyond ridiculous, this guy's dressed just like Slash from GnR! WTF is this?" and I tell my friends from school the next day like "Man, I saw this band on MTV and the guitar player was dressed up as Slash lol" and they were like "what band was it?" and I said I didn't know the name. Some months passed and my friend introduced me to Fall To Pieces. I googled Velvet Revolver and saw that was really Slash. I never told him which band I was talking about that day 

[Karice]

When I first heard Sweet Child Of Mine, I thought,"I love how clear the Lead Singer's voice is. I can understand every single word he is saying despite him wailing. 😀🤣 I don't even need Google to search what he is saying. 😀🤣 His voice is as clear as DVD on digital TVscres(A reference to TLC No Scrubs, Lisa Lopez rap verse. 😀) Boy, I didn't know what I would be getting into with how hard Axl is to understand a lot of times ! 🤣🤭😏

27 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

Just remembered this one:

Back in 2004 I was only slightly aware of GnR. I basically only knew WTTJ, SCOM and PC, and knew who Slash and Axl were. Then one day I'm skipping channels on TV and I see Velvet Revolver's Dirty Little Thing on MTV. So I think "what?! No way, man... this is beyond ridiculous, this guy's dressed just like Slash from GnR! WTF is this?" and I tell my friends from school the next day like "Man, I saw this band on MTV and the guitar player was dressed up as Slash lol" and they were like "what band was it?" and I said I didn't know the name. Some months passed and my friend introduced me to Fall To Pieces. I googled Velvet Revolver and saw that was really Slash. I never told him which band I was talking about that day 

Reminds me of me wondering why the Welcome To The Jungle Singer was "plagiarizing," the Sweet Child Of Mine Singer. 🤣🤭😏

[elektra_reghaired]

I know that lyrics sound like they are written by the teen, but I really like This I love.

I started to read Slash's autobiography, when it came out, but I have never finished it.

I have never listened to any of Izzy's side projects.

[Trin9498]

I don’t know why I still follow this band….no new music….no mystique to current incarnation. The CD sessions are the only thing interesting now….

[jamillos]

I really dig Shotgun Blues. And I'd take Bad Apples 100x over Absurd and a bunch of stuff from CD. 

[jacdaniel]

Bucketheads Nightrain outro solo is absolutely horrendous. 

Ruins a great rock n roll song by just shredding through scales.

[Voodoochild]

I like Paul Tobias. He brought some very cool and original ideas to the songs. And he played just fine live. I think people bought too much of the personal feelings from Slash/Matt and whoever about the stuff with Paul. 

I blocked Ashba's existence from my mind. I have PTSD. 

The most exciting time to be a GNR fan to me was back in 2006, when the band was on fire, Axl's voice was awesome and we had the first good quality leaks to listen to, hoping for a new album still in that year. It's really sad to see how many missed opportunities Axl had over the last three decades.

[Twinaleblood]

I must confess... that my loneliness... is killing me now...

[3rd Wheel]

I got tired of the band recently, and now I barely listen to them.

[Trin9498]

30 minutes ago, 3rd Wheel said:

I got tired of the band recently, and now I barely listen to them.

Same here….if anything, they’re starting to sound dated to me 

[Karice]

23 minutes ago, Trin9498 said:

Same here….if anything, they’re starting to sound dated to me 

To be fair, Guns N'Roses are about 35 years old technically. They aren't exactly Cardi B Millennial. Or Billie Eilish Generation Z. 😉😏😛

[DSTK]

46 minutes ago, Karice said:

To be fair, Guns N'Roses are about 35 years old technically. They aren't exactly Cardi B Millennial. Or Billie Eilish Generation Z. 😉😏😛

Who are all those ? 

[3rd Wheel]

1 hour ago, Karice said:

To be fair, Guns N'Roses are about 35 years old technically. They aren't exactly Cardi B Millennial. Or Billie Eilish Generation Z. 😉😏😛

I can't speak for the other member who agreed with me, but for me personally, it's more so a lack of new music than anything to do with the sound or genre or even the style. I can only listen to the same songs so many times.

[IzzysMissy]

3 hours ago, Twinaleblood said:

I must confess... that my loneliness... is killing me now...

Omg… you went there!

[t-p-d-a]

as a 14 years old in 2004 i bought Live Era '87 - '93 after AFD, Lies and UYI and i thought it was completely LIVE without editing. That's why i coudn't and will never hate that album even today with Vegas 92 release. It was my teenhood.

[DeadHorseinaComa]

I much prefer Slash's solo on Better than Finck's, even if post 90's I prefer Finck's output and general taste and ability rather than Slash's.