Allen8R Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 He does not impress me at all as a guitar player. I think Axl recruited him for his stage presense.Even YOU must understand that Axl wouldent hire just an average guiatarplayer to Guns N' Roses.Eventough he doesent impress you doesent mean a shitRobin FinckFortus is a great player. My fav in the band right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Axl Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 He does not impress me at all as a guitar player. I think Axl recruited him for his stage presense.Even YOU must understand that Axl wouldent hire just an average guiatarplayer to Guns N' Roses.Eventough he doesent impress you doesent mean a shitRobin FinckFortus is a great player. My fav in the band right now.saying Robin Finck is an avergae guitarplayer tells how little you know of guitarplaying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Of The Roses Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Fortus has that image of a true rock star, finck is like the led zeppelin and ron thal is the fast guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadlaser Posted December 25, 2006 Author Share Posted December 25, 2006 He does not impress me at all as a guitar player. I think Axl recruited him for his stage presense.Even YOU must understand that Axl wouldent hire just an average guiatarplayer to Guns N' Roses.Eventough he doesent impress you doesent mean a shitRobin FinckFortus is a great player. My fav in the band right now.saying Robin Finck is an avergae guitarplayer tells how little you know of guitarplaying to the contrary.anyways, i'm quite aware of the "solos" in madagascar and the blues, IMO they're just extra layers, hardly worth being called solos.seems like it's a fashion show here. i, for one, won't be giving a fuck about his stage presence while i'm listening to CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBear Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 I'm sort of on board with you quad. I think people love Fortus because of the way he looks on stage, how cool he looks playing guitar (personally I think that whole slamming the strings thing looks stupid), and the fact that he plays the old solos well.I've said it before and been largely ignored: Fortus is the most expendable player in the band right now. You can't get rid of Thal because you need someone to play the fast shit - if Bucket is gone then Thal is the next best option. Plus, possibly the highlight of each show is his amazing rendition of DC. Finck, from what we know, is a key writer in the band, and as such may be the most important member next to Axl. Yeah, sounds crazy, but writing is more important than playing, at least in GN'R, a band that has always made good music. I will take Robin's Better and The Blues solos over Fortus' version of insert Slash solo here. Why? Because this is about the new stuff. Lots of people can cover Slash's material.My opinion may change whenever it becomes clear just what role Richard has in the creative process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd Wheel Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 He's the only guitar player to have the GNR rockstar feel to them...plain and simple.It doesn't really matter at this point if he is a good guitarist or if he writes good stuff or if he plays well on stage because he's just that cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Axl Kev Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Anybody who doubts the ability of Robin Finck is litteraly an idiot. Oh and Richard is awesome. Bumblefoot should go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Estranged Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 He does not impress me at all as a guitar player. I think Axl recruited him for his stage presense.Even YOU must understand that Axl wouldent hire just an average guiatarplayer to Guns N' Roses.Eventough he doesent impress you doesent mean a shitRobin FinckFortus is a great player. My fav in the band right now.saying Robin Finck is an avergae guitarplayer tells how little you know of guitarplayingDo you know ANYTHING about guitar playing?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite for illusions Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 HIs solo and outro in Madagascar is fuckin amazin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman24 Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 (edited) I'm not a big Fortus fan. I tried to like him, but he just doesn't attract me. I really don't know why. His solos are decent, but still, he's probably my least favoruite guitarist. Edited December 25, 2006 by Iceman24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddergascar Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 I'm with KBear. Finck is a great guitarplayer by most standards; easily good enough for any GnR rhythm stuff, and Ron is both incredibly technically gifted and a great writer (once he gets the chance to contribute). I don't think Richard is particularly distinctive, and and technical ability he may have is largely unecessarry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budweiser Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 I think he's awesome because of how much fun he always seems to be having on stage. His entire body is subjected to every note he plays and HE loves it. Its so much fun to watch that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnan Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Both Love Spit Love albums are pretty wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOSIER GUNZ Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Fortus just fits G&R \\m//the dude has skill with a heavy groove.GUNZ X-MAS 2006...and to all a good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunzen Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Fortus has the best stage presence out of all the guitar players I think. Plus the mother fucker rips shit up.I cannot agree more, every band need an Angus Young, while fortus may not be that great of a guitarist (I have no idea, seems fine to me) he brings an energy and vibe that the others dont, it is all part of the chemistry. He is unique to the band, and he just looks fucking cool punching that damn guitar. Rock n Roll is a show too, not just perfectly reproduced studio songs. P.S. Slash has never played a solo the same way twice, GNR of old was a loose band, as opposed to a Metallica type band that sounded EXACTLY like their albums. I liked that loose style shit, and Fortus does that too. So criticizing cause he doesnt play solos technically correct is silly to me. If I wanna hear a studio version I will pop in my CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsnutsack Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 He does not impress me at all as a guitar player. I think Axl recruited him for his stage presense.Even YOU must understand that Axl wouldent hire just an average guiatarplayer to Guns N' Roses.Eventough he doesent impress you doesent mean a shitRobin FinckFortus is a great player. My fav in the band right now.saying Robin Finck is an avergae guitarplayer tells how little you know of guitarplayingactually calling him anything more then average shows how little YOU know about guitar playingI have been playing for over ten years and I can tell you right now after 1 year I could do a better take on this solo than Stinck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Axl Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 He does not impress me at all as a guitar player. I think Axl recruited him for his stage presense.Even YOU must understand that Axl wouldent hire just an average guiatarplayer to Guns N' Roses.Eventough he doesent impress you doesent mean a shitRobin FinckFortus is a great player. My fav in the band right now.saying Robin Finck is an avergae guitarplayer tells how little you know of guitarplayingactually calling him anything more then average shows how little YOU know about guitar playingI have been playing for over ten years and I can tell you right now after 1 year I could do a better take on this solo than Stinck Id PAY to see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleHaze Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 there is soooooo much fucking 4tus fanboyism here, why? what has he done? LSL sucks ass, but it ain't like most of you have even tried listening to them. we haven't even had a fortus solo in a new song yet! all he does is play (barely any of) slash's old solos mostly not for note. sure he doesn't fuck up, but it sure isn't worth all the praise he gets. his solo spots leave a bit to be desired as well.why the fanboyism? well, have you ever heard the addage 'if you want to seem smart, talk as little as possible so you have less of a chance to say something stupid'?it's fucking true, unfortunately, and richard's making a killing off of it, by playing his guitar as little as possible...Idiot.Pot...Kettle...Black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_pope Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Him and Fink can't solo for shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Him and Fink can't solo for shit.Finck maybe. But Fortus, no.This comment just shows me that there's another Slashite on this board.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar81 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 (edited) Finck is a good guitar player, Fortus is a great guitar player. Together, they form a great combo and a great duet. Finck/Fortus are great. FINCK/FORTUS ARE THE REAL NEWGNR GUITAR PLAYERS.The problem is Bumblefoot. He is useless. He is "just" the 3rd player. He is not required, he is not needed and he shouldn't be in this band.End of story. Edited December 26, 2006 by rockstar81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunzen Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 (edited) Finck is a good guitar player, Fortus is a great guitar player. Together, they form a great combo and a great duet. Finck/Fortus are great. FINCK/FORTUS ARE THE REAL NEWGNR GUITAR PLAYERS.The problem is Bumblefoot. He is useless. He is "just" the 3rd player. He is not required, he is not needed and he shouldn't be in this band.End of story.Have you seen the band? Really have you? I saw them for the second time in Oakland on the 15th and bumble was incredible, he had the solo from WTTJ and never looked back. He was easily the crowd favorite that night. So you are obviously speaking w/out being there. I am sure someone else will back me. Maybe you saw them early in the tour, cause when I saw them in sept Bumble was not as prolific. But now he is. He was on fire man. I am actually wasting my time Edited December 26, 2006 by Gunzen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar81 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Yes I saw the band: BBF was booed by the audience. Do I need to say more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunzen Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Yes I saw the band: BBF was booed by the audience. Do I need to say more?bullshit. Making shit up to prove your point is lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar81 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 This is not shit. He was booed at the Paris show. he was booed during his shredd solo just before "Don't Cry". This is the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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