THE GENERAL - MONSTERS - Official Discussion Thread. NO LINKS OR ASKING FOR LINKS

[pbj_jam]

TG - CD fan

M - Classic fan

 

New cd era upon us now? Empty that shit already

[Underhardy]

Underwhelming. Not hits and songs no one outside of these forums would listen to twice. Waiting for higher quality versions to come out in time. 

[guitarpatch]

I’ll hold off judgement on the mix until there’s a digital release. A vinyl rip, if this is the source, isn’t going to be the best representation 

Cool songs. I think you kind of get where Axl wanted to go direction wise. It’s a shame it never got through the process of releasing these songs until now 

[Gordon Comstock]

2 minutes ago, Ak1nney said:

If those are real, Hard Skool and Perhaps are still the best of the bunch, for whatever that's worth.

 

Not even close, The General is better than the other singles and Monsters is by far the best we've heard since CD.

[colonizedmind]

29 minutes ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

Haha....they must know by now...at least that confirms it's not cancelled...all ended good

[pbj_jam]

1 minute ago, LandOla said:

No idea when the vocals for Monsters have been recorded but it's the best from Axl since Spaghetti. Beats the shit out of the Chinese album. Points for that.

Irs, twat says hello, anyway this seems like an apt song for the occasion

[Stay.Of.Execution]

Imagine having cancelled your vinyl purchase. 

[DSTK]

Just now, colonizedmind said:

Haha....they must know by now...at least that confirms it's not cancelled...all ended good

Quality of it, they must realise the mix of hard skool was shit too then

Wondering if or where these 2 leaked tracks fit into a setlist, drop what or just slide them in 

[We love Axl Rose]

[JohnnyRais]

Really cannot dig the distortion in The General chorus...

[colonizedmind]

10 minutes ago, gokken said:

Something in this leak doesnt add up. Why two songs? Why are both songs including the 2006-intro?

 

The quality is not top notch. The only explaination I can think of is that both are early versions of the same song or its fanmade. 

The General doesnt match descriptions of the song. Monsters sounds like the cellphone-recording but its different in arrangment. 

 

Im not convinced this is the real deal or I dont think its the final version. 

 

Atlas was once described as November Rain esque....eye of the beholder and all...don't take what folk like Bach say literally....it's all a vibe...a feeling manm...

[JimiRose]

3 minutes ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

Imagine having cancelled your vinyl purchase. 

Yep, you;d be a genius. The song just leaked and it's everywhere for free. 20 bucks in your back pocket, and the song in your ear. WINNING

[ChristianGNR]

5 minutes ago, colonizedmind said:

Haha....they must know by now...at least that confirms it's not cancelled...all ended good

Fuck them 

[LandOla]

4 minutes ago, pbj_jam said:

Irs, twat says hello, anyway this seems like an apt song for the occasion

Much thicker vocals here, more power. I like it. 

[MaskingApathy]

10 minutes ago, Ak1nney said:

If those are real, Hard Skool and Perhaps are still the best of the bunch, for whatever that's worth.

And Absurd.

Honestly Hard Skool was the perfect opportunity for a big release, I really wish they had done major promotion around it like what the Stones are doing now with their new album. As usual, they blew it.

[colonizedmind]

3 minutes ago, DSTK said:

Quality of it, they must realise the mix of hard skool was shit too then

Wondering if or where these 2 leaked tracks fit into a setlist, drop what or just slide them in 

Could have 5 new songs which is about the average a band would play of the "new album" on tour...of there was one. Interesting times...5 is an odd number, Slash seemed to describe them In pairs....surely there's at least a 6th (Atlas/State) to even out the numbers 👍

[GNRRHCP98]

7 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

Not even close, The General is better than the other singles and Monsters is by far the best we've heard since CD.

All of these as one cohesive LP or EP would’ve been 🔥 imo.

[LandOla]

I damned both of these in the first listen but Monsters is really good actually. Not what I was expecting but it's a grower. I apologize for dismissing this at first. 

[DSTK]

Just now, colonizedmind said:

Could have 5 new songs which is about the average a band would play of the "new album" on tour...of there was one. Interesting times...5 is an odd number, Slash seemed to describe them In pairs....surely there's at least a 6th (Atlas/State) to even out the numbers 👍

I'd prefer OMG but that definitely won't happen 

[prettytiedup88]

They should have released these in Dolby Atmos and put out a fun Horror / Halloween video. Would have been a cool seasonal release. 

Quite like them. Some fantastic vocals. At this point anything from this era is experimental so i'm enjoying them for what they are. Definitely stronger offerings from the CD era.

[pbj_jam]

Baz wasn't kidding when he said Axl was mean

[Underhardy]

You know the vocals are mixed like shit when you can’t even make out half of the words to both songs. Just like Street of Dreams’ demo, or state of Grace, the last lines of the general are just Axl singing the melody, presumably waiting for the right lyrics to come to mind. Both songs just sound completely muffled, with no good structure. The only good part in both songs is really the rasp breakdown on Monsters, and even those vocals just sound a little weird. This fuckin sucks

[JAxlMorrison]

After a few listens, and now listening to them back to back (as intended I guess,) yeah man. I really like this. And the guitars are phenomenal. Axl hits another vocal level at the end of monsters as well. 

for the people who just want Nightrain and anything goes forever and ever, obviously this isn’t for them. I’d definitely recommend to them, if I had access, they need to slap together a couple of party/jukebox drinking type songs. 

But for someone like me who’s been down with Axl experimenting and evolving for years, this is pretty awesome. 

[colonizedmind]

11 minutes ago, LandOla said:

No idea when the vocals for Monsters have been recorded but it's the best from Axl since Spaghetti. Beats the shit out of the Chinese album. Points for that.

Must be one of those Appetite tracks Tom talked about being leftover....😝

[Gordon Comstock]

Just now, GNRRHCP98 said:

All of these as one cohesive LP or EP would’ve been 🔥 imo.

 

Monsters
The General
Oh My God
Absurd
Atlas
Perhaps
Hardschool
State Of Grace
Going Down
Soul Monster

 

That's the album we should've got back in 2010.