"The General" is officially delayed... but "The General" AND "Monsters" is (unofficially) out of the bag

[DingBat]

If it's true that it's getting a vinyl release and nothing else, the only way that makes sense to me is if it's the OG recording with the old line-up. 

Edited September 1, 2023 by DingBat
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[Sweersa]

5 minutes ago, DingBat said:

If it's true that it's getting a vinyl release and nothing else, the only way that makes sense to me is if it's the OG recording with the old line-up. 

That would be awesome!

[SlashisGOD]

11 minutes ago, DingBat said:

If it's true that it's getting a vinyl release and nothing else, the only way that makes sense to me is if it's the OG recording with the old line-up. 

Doubt it. I’m sure this is with Slash.

[Sweersa]

BUCKETHEAD needs to be on this, and/or Robin. 

[ShadowOfTheWave]

1 minute ago, Sweersa said:

BUCKETHEAD needs to be on this, and/or Robin. 

Would you settle for a 2006 Bumblefoot reworking?

[Coma16]

42 minutes ago, Sweersa said:

God bless you for sharing  

Not what I expected, 7:23 long 128kbps from 2009. Underwhelming of course, but still a nice tune.

Killer guitar and love the beeps and boops

[drlaban]

48 minutes ago, Nick85 said:

Yeah The General immediately pulls up GNR and Perhaps in all categories so hopefully that’s a good sign of an imminent digital release.

Or more probably a sign that many are searching for it. 

[Its Tino]

2 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

If they wanted to make more money, they'd put it on fucking youtube, itunes, etc.

Only releasing it on vinyl is a great way to make sure that most people who hear it, haven't paid for it 

Seriously lol. Does TB secretly have a stake in a record player company?

I understand this was the “source” of the news of Perhaps being delayed a week, but it wasn’t exactly the biggest risk reporting that. A good guess and a “plans changed” if it still didn’t release a week later and there’s no difference to their business ongoing. 
 

It absolutely will be released on streaming platforms at some point. Maybe they’ll delay it until the vinyls sales drop off after the release. 

[Sweersa]

27 minutes ago, ShadowOfTheWave said:

Would you settle for a 2006 Bumblefoot reworking?

Yes, I would, not ideal of course. 

[Voodoochild]

1 hour ago, Sweersa said:

God bless you for sharing  

Not what I expected, 7:23 long 128kbps from 2009. Underwhelming of course, but still a nice tune.

Care to elaborate?

[DingBat]

45 minutes ago, SlashisGOD said:

Doubt it. I’m sure this is with Slash.

Yeah probably, just seems odd to bury it on Vinyl that most fans aren't going to buy. 

[ZoSoRose]

Idgaf to be honest. I’m gonna play the hell out of the record. I have a garbage system, but that’s okay for now

[AxlRoseCDII]

This band is always so close to doing things right, but ultimately fails in the end. The fact that they finally chose to release a buried legendary song and then shoved it on to an obscure physical release only is such a GNR move. This band is a joke.

[Coma16]

6 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said:

Idgaf to be honest. I’m gonna play the hell out of the record. I have a garbage system, but that’s okay for now

Can you take an audio recording with your cellphone?

[Cosmo]

I think it would be quite a good move to release an exclusive bonus track on vinyl only, or something like that. Tons of bands do these kind of things but man - it's the fucking General, there is literally no unreleased other song as mythical as this one 

 

Makes me think:

- Slash, Duff and co could have listened to it and somehow expressed it wasn't a strong track, but that could be released as a simple B-Side or something;

- Sebastian could have overhyped us for a normal track, with nothing special about it, like he did a couple of times before;

- Maybe they knew how hardcore fans would react and tried to boost vinyl sales on pre-order;

- Maybe it's just really not radio friendly. But idk which GnR songs would fall on this category. Maybe Coma or something.

- Perhaps the lyrical content made them think it wouldn't be a good move to be released as a full-on single like Perhaps

[allwaystired]

Oh, it'll be on streaming without a doubt. Absolutely everything gets to streaming. 

That vinyl is just being put out there for collectors etc. Fairly common practice for bands to do this type of thing. 

[ZoSoRose]

5 minutes ago, Coma16 said:

Can you take an audio recording with your cellphone?

My player has a way to rip MP3s from Vinyl so I can just upload it in HQ. I’m sure it’ll be on streaming though

1 minute ago, allwaystired said:

Oh, it'll be on streaming without a doubt. Absolutely everything gets to streaming. 

That vinyl is just being put out there for collectors etc. Fairly common practice for bands to do this type of thing. 

I believe so

[Cosmo]

1 minute ago, allwaystired said:

Oh, it'll be on streaming without a doubt. Absolutely everything gets to streaming. 

That vinyl is just being put out there for collectors etc. Fairly common practice for bands to do this type of thing. 

Not everything, but yeah, 98% of stuff gets to streaming.

[SlashisGOD]

My guess is Bach overhyped the song as usual and it won’t live up to its mythical status anyway.

[allwaystired]

2 minutes ago, SlashisGOD said:

My guess is Bach overhyped the song as usual and it won’t live up to its mythical status anyway.

Very likely- but I'd say that of any song really that we've waited years and years to hear. 

Just builds the hype and expectation.....then reality never lives up to that. CD was a victim of that in the eyes of many. 

[EvH]

7 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

Very likely- but I'd say that of any song really that we've waited years and years to hear. 

Just builds the hype and expectation.....then reality never lives up to that. CD was a victim of that in the eyes of many. 

Thankfully there was no such hype for Silkworms 

[NeonKinight]

I am expecting that the released version will be worst than the actual demo, which is a must when it comes to GNR standards.

 

[Walapino]

If they really dont release The General for streaming once the vynil is out only INTELIGENT REASON would be because a EP or an Album is coming closely and it will be streamed there, any other reason is stupid not to stream it. We need an EP of all the leftovers anyway, Atlas, etc included. 

[allwaystired]

5 minutes ago, NeonKinight said:

I am expecting that the released version will be worst than the actual demo, which is a must when it comes to GNR standards.

 

Seeing as no-one has heard the demo though, we'll never know! 

[DingBat]

41 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

I think it would be quite a good move to release an exclusive bonus track on vinyl only, or something like that. Tons of bands do these kind of things but man - it's the fucking General, there is literally no unreleased other song as mythical as this one 

 

Makes me think:

- Slash, Duff and co could have listened to it and somehow expressed it wasn't a strong track, but that could be released as a simple B-Side or something;

- Sebastian could have overhyped us for a normal track, with nothing special about it, like he did a couple of times before;

- Maybe they knew how hardcore fans would react and tried to boost vinyl sales on pre-order;

- Maybe it's just really not radio friendly. But idk which GnR songs would fall on this category. Maybe Coma or something.

- Perhaps the lyrical content made them think it wouldn't be a good move to be released as a full-on single like Perhaps

It could be a "good move" if it wasn't the 4th new song released by the band in 14 years.

GN'R are the last band on the planet that should be making it anymore difficult than it already is for fans to hear new music. 

Anyway, I hope this is wrong and it gets a digital release of some description.