MichaelJBasso wrote:

johndivney wrote:

Start times are an issue for me.
Fuck these artificial curfews. Ok for places without public transport, axl n the crew should be made aware of such crappy planning, but otherwise the later the better. All things have a place under the moon as well as the sun. Let the pop stars have their 8pm starts for the parents & the children but I want a fuckin rock n roll show.

What does starting late have to do with being a 'fuckin rock n roll show'? YEAHHHHH WAITING AROUND IS GREAT, ROCK N ROLL!!!! No. Lame.

I am going to piss on this.

As a defender of the seven kingdoms.

Look, Axl Rose isn't being a dick by coming on late when he did it in the past.

It isn't like he is getting a surf and turf and asking the server for more butter for his lobster.

Clearly, it has to do with what I would guess: anxiety, stage fright, psyching oneself up to perform & getting into that zone / mind frame.

I would lean heavily into the mental area. Whether it could be depression or whatever, that's what I am leaning to.

Even after 30 or so years performing it can be tolling on a person.

Not everyone is in game mode and they take their time.

It is again my assumption, leaving a safe space like your dressing room and going out into this unknown unknown.

I'm glad the times are good now.

But, never did I think Axl was just being a jack ass for taking so long. I got that it was more than that. It is such a sheep attitude to say he is basically saying let them eat cake.

Believe me I can be critical of Mister Rose. Post Robin Finck I was pissed, until this reunion. And lost interest in a band that meant so much to me in my teens are early 20s.

Let's cut the whole Axl is a late asshole routine. If I wanted to read that or the implication of that baseless fact, I'd go see what the trolls write on a site like Rolling Stone or NME.