Greatest Nu-Guns Moment

[uzi your illusion]

Came across this one on YouTube the other day and keep going back to it

 

 

 

You just get that glimpse, even if it was fleeting, at what Axl thought could propel the name and music to the next generation.

 

To look back now and see those two together, it would have really been magnificent to get an alternative universe where the album comes out in 2001 and Rolling Stone has Axl on the cover flanked by these two.

 

 

 

[liers]

I’ve always liked that solo and hoped it would be an actual song. I loved that version of the band, it was a freak show but there was so much talent in that band. The entire rock in rio 2001 concert is a great moment for new guns. There was so much energy, ambition, and hope. Same thing with Boston 2002. It could’ve easily been a massive success had Axl been able to hold things together. It wasn’t classic GnR, but it was the only version of New GnR that I felt like could stand on their own as a band. The lineups that followed felt more and more like cover bands than their own band.

[F*ck Fear]

"Live And Let Die" in Albany, 2002 was the best performance of the song, imo.

I love the Los Angeles shows at the Gibson Amphitheater in 2006. Some awesome moments there.

[Dummy]

I love every nu guns moment

[©GnrPersia]

32 minutes ago, Dummy said:

I love every nu guns moment

Well I can't really comment positive on Ashba era (except maybe 2009-2010) but full respect for 2001-2006 band.

Had everything go as planned, this band could get massive. I would say, even outperforming the old band.

It's kind of a comedy to see the same exact people who strongly reject or make fun of Nu Guns idea, are getting excited about new singles. Songs that are essentially the works of Robin Finck, Tommy, Buckethead and Brain/Josh. It is very disturbing to hear Slash's half assed solos over these works.

Edited September 2, 2023 by ©GnrPersia

[Cosmo]

Best moments, IMO:

• Rock in Rio 2001
• Buckethead's Nightrain solo
• Buckethead's KOHD solo
• Rock Am Ring 2006 - especially WTTJ and IRS
• TWAT live at Hammerstein Ballroom 2006
• Tokyo, Taipei and Osaka 2009 - especially Tokyo
• Live at the Forum and Live at the Joint 2012 livestreams
• Robin Finck guest appearance at House of Blues 2012
• The leaks along the way

[©GnrPersia]

2 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

Best moments, IMO:

• Rock in Rio 2001
• Buckethead's Nightrain solo
• Buckethead's KOHD solo
• Rock Am Ring 2006 - especially WTTJ and IRS
• TWAT live at Hammerstein Ballroom 2006
• Tokyo, Taipei and Osaka 2009 - especially Tokyo
• Live at the Forum and Live at the Joint 2012 livestreams
• Robin Finck guest appearance at House of Blues 2012
• The leaks along the way

that NYC TWAT was biblical 

[ruttu69]

RIR3 Japanese broadcast has far better audio mix, it was on YouTube years ago and on dimeadozen but surprisingly disappeared during the TB’s YouTube madness

[F*ck Fear]

10 minutes ago, ruttu69 said:

RIR3 Japanese broadcast has far better audio mix, it was on YouTube years ago and on dimeadozen but surprisingly disappeared during the TB’s YouTube madness

That show suffered from a terrible mix. Would love to hear a better one.

[Dean]

Sailing, Wembley 2006. Unreal. What a voice. What a band.

House of Blues 2001 and Rock In Rio III are by and large my most played Guns shows, which surprises even me given how much I played Rock AM Ring back in the day. Axl really put it all out there vocally. I know the '02 voice is an acquired taste, but the range and power he had, to sing two part harmonies on KOHD himself is testament to how confident he was in his chops at that point. That House of Blues show from 01/01/01, in terms of start to finish, has to be up there with one of the most flawless vocal performances he's ever done. The small stage obviously plays it's part, but it's essentially studio quality vox for the duration.

[ruttu69]

25 minutes ago, F*ck Fear said:

That show suffered from a terrible mix. Would love to hear a better one.

Here’s PC, only song I did found https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV12P411w7NX/

[Gordon Comstock]

36 minutes ago, Dean said:

Sailing, Wembley 2006. Unreal. What a voice. What a band.

House of Blues 2001 and Rock In Rio III are by and large my most played Guns shows, which surprises even me given how much I played Rock AM Ring back in the day. Axl really put it all out there vocally. I know the '02 voice is an acquired taste, but the range and power he had, to sing two part harmonies on KOHD himself is testament to how confident he was in his chops at that point. That House of Blues show from 01/01/01, in terms of start to finish, has to be up there with one of the most flawless vocal performances he's ever done. The small stage obviously plays it's part, but it's essentially studio quality vox for the duration.

 

Sailing was the first thing that came to my mind. KOHD from Rock Am Ring was another great one, it's flawless and I've played it for plenty of friends/co-workers over the years. After that I'd say pretty much the whole period from Asia 2009 - South America 2010 was their peak, but those 2001 shows are really special too.

[skid_bach]

My favorite GNR era, my favorite shows are Download 2006, Hammerstein 2006, and RAR 2006

I hope see more proshots someday particularly The Joint 2002

[felixGNR]

3 hours ago, ©GnrPersia said:

Well I can't really comment positive on Ashba era (except maybe 2009-2010) but full respect for 2001-2006 band.

Had everything go as planned, this band could get massive. I would say, even outperforming the old band.

It's kind of a comedy to see the same exact people who strongly reject or make fun of Nu Guns idea, are getting excited about new singles. Songs that are essentially the works of Robin Finck, Tommy, Buckethead and Brain/Josh. It is very disturbing to hear Slash's half assed solos over these works.

0 chances of that happening  lol, outperforming the old band, with Robin Fink as a guitar  player?  what has this guy done since 2008? 

[Slugworth]

 

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[WhazUp]

[lost un the jungle]

HOB 2001

Rio 2001

Hammerstein 2006

Osaka 2009

Maybe if we get some proshot of those years we can evaluate other performances. Overall, I think what made them suck or being good during the years was if Axl was 100% or half ass singing.

[ZoSoRose]

HOB 2001

Rio 2002

Boston 2002

Hammerstein 2006/Izzy

Rock Am Ring 2006

UK 2006

Japan 2007

Chinese Democracy release

Asia 2009

Canada 2010

South America 2010 

UK 2010 with Duff

Edited September 3, 2023 by ZoSoRose

[Italian girl]

There were no great Moments in that circus of clowns

[Georgina Arriaga]

5 minutes ago, Italian girl said:

There were no great Moments in that circus of clowns

Bravo!!!

11 hours ago, ©GnrPersia said:

Well I can't really comment positive on Ashba era (except maybe 2009-2010) but full respect for 2001-2006 band.

Had everything go as planned, this band could get massive. I would say, even outperforming the old band.

It's kind of a comedy to see the same exact people who strongly reject or make fun of Nu Guns idea, are getting excited about new singles. Songs that are essentially the works of Robin Finck, Tommy, Buckethead and Brain/Josh. It is very disturbing to hear Slash's half assed solos over these works.

Me! Guilty as charge!

[axljungle]

Rock Am Ring 2006 Nightrain.

Every 2010 shows, I was in Madrid 2010 and Axl was perfect.

[uzi your illusion]

1 hour ago, Italian girl said:

There were no great Moments in that circus of clowns

Obviously I've heard this criticism before, but if you look at some of the contemporaries from the time [Wes Borland from Limp Biskit, Slipknot], those guys didn't dress or look any stranger than Bucket and Robin at the time. 

[©GnrPersia]

1 hour ago, Italian girl said:

There were no great Moments in that circus of clowns

ok.

Now let's enjoy some music. 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by ©GnrPersia

[jacdaniel]

13 hours ago, ©GnrPersia said:

Well I can't really comment positive on Ashba era (except maybe 2009-2010) but full respect for 2001-2006 band.

Had everything go as planned, this band could get massive. I would say, even outperforming the old band.

It's kind of a comedy to see the same exact people who strongly reject or make fun of Nu Guns idea, are getting excited about new singles. Songs that are essentially the works of Robin Finck, Tommy, Buckethead and Brain/Josh. It is very disturbing to hear Slash's half assed solos over these works.

As far as I can see, most of those people would prefer the band to shelve the leftovers and write new material with legends like Slash and Duff on board. 

Nu Guns were never going to be massive.  They just didn't have the songs 

[Cosmo]

1 hour ago, jacdaniel said:

Nu Guns were never going to be massive.

Past idk, maybe 2006 or 2008, absolutely no incarnation of GnR would have been "massive". The biggest thing that could've happened is a huge reunion tour but no new material would've "taken over the world", no matter the quality. At that point they would have already been seen as a nostalgia act, much like other veteran bands like Metallica, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, etc...

 

1 hour ago, jacdaniel said:

They just didn't have the songs.

I know I'm in the minority here but IMO, TWAT is one of GnR's greatest artistic works, maybe tied with Estranged or SCOM. CITR and Prostitute are also amazing songs in the quality of their best material. And, IMO, it's by far the best thing to have come out any ex-GnR member related material since UYI.  Plus, I'm pretty sure the reason for rock bands not being huge nowadays is not the quality of the music itself but the fact they are rock bands, and rock music is not what sells and therefore receives less media coverage, less investment, less airplay, etc...