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#1851 Re: Guns N' Roses » DJ Ashba says GNR rehearses again!! » 823 weeks ago
Mick Jagger runs 10 times more.
Mick Jagger doesn't shriek his lungs out on every song, though.
But who cares if he sings well, and in most cases, he's very good.
Indeed. 
#1852 Re: Guns N' Roses » DJ Ashba says GNR rehearses again!! » 823 weeks ago
hope axl rehearses. i doubt it though. never has. at the very least i hope he's been getting himself fit enough for the shows. last time his voice wasn't great, especially on stuff like the Na-Na's on Better where he was just too out of breath to get through or hold them properly - if tommy or one of the players had a more melodious singing tone then they could take responsibility but i don't think thats a possibility.
Bumble's a solid singer - he has a pretty good set of pipes on him. Dunno what Ashba's singing voice is like - has he done any vocals for anything?
#1853 Re: Guns N' Roses » How far for GNR? » 823 weeks ago
I'll pay up to see the new band; I like what they do, they're good musicians and put on a damn good show. Indeed, I actually prefer their take on the old GN'R material (and I'm a little bummed that Robin's out of the band).
Having said that, if Axl and Slash were playing a gig together, I would move heaven and Earth to be there. I missed out during the 80s and 90s, never got to see them live. 
#1854 Re: Guns N' Roses » How far for GNR? » 823 weeks ago
I can't afford anything other than a UK gig. So they'd better get their arses over here.
#1855 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 'Lost' GNR Album from '96 » 824 weeks ago
I think they both bear some responsibility for how things turned out - Axl shouldn't have dumped Gilby for Huge without consulting the other guys, and certainly shouldn't have added Huge's licks to Slash's Sympathy solo... but conversely, Slash clearly has a bit of an ego thing going on.
It isn't just the Slash & Friends gig - at every Camp Freddy show he turns up for, he unceremoniously boots Navarro into the background so he can do his Big Solo. From GN'R through to Velvet Revolver, he doesn't let his second guitarist hog the limelight for a second - the only solo spots I can recall are Izzy's Nightrain solo and Kushner's trading licks with Slash on the live outro to Set Me Free (which, incidentally, makes a mockery of Slash's claim that the Sympathy call-and-response licks were "cheesy").
#1856 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 'Lost' GNR Album from '96 » 824 weeks ago
I was only joking. Sheesh. Just as soon as you mentioned his talent I felt that video was humorously appropriate.
So was I! Clearly he's deficient in some areas... but hey, at least he's willing to learn. And stick the whole process up on YouTube, thus making an ass of himself in front of millions. 
#1857 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 'Lost' GNR Album from '96 » 824 weeks ago
The great talent of Dave Navarro as he learns a new and very simple technique
EDIT: Watch all of it but pay special attention to 1:18
#1858 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 'Lost' GNR Album from '96 » 824 weeks ago
(okay, he also co-wrote Back Off Bitch, but even Izzy had his off days).
lmao
Man, until you mentioned his name I totally forgot about them wanting Dave Navarro back then. If that would have happened, not only would there have been a real third album, but the motherfucker would have been TIGHT as fuck. This is a total fandom fantasy, but I'm thinking it would be one of the best albums of the 90's here. He would have totally revitalised them, and of course, the band would have completely imploded from herion abuse. But it would've been a beautiful train wreck.
It's frustrating, 'cause I think Navarro would've been the perfect complement to Slash and Axl at the time. Listen to his solo album, and it's full of the experimental NIN-style muso noodlings that Axl was in love with. Listen to the Chilis and Jane's Addiction, and he's nailed the sleaze-rock vibe. He's humble enough to take a back seat to Slash playing classic rock rhythm for the Camp Freddy gigs, but he's musically skilled enough to do the crazy technical Buckethead/Zakk Wylde stuff Axl clearly wanted to bring to the table. And he's just, well... cool.
Of course, there was the small issue of all the heroin...
#1859 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 'Lost' GNR Album from '96 » 824 weeks ago
elevendayempire wrote:misterID wrote:And I could see Slash refusing to work on anything with Huge involved, like TWAT, IRS, Catcher...
Like I say, I find Slash's beef with Huge really hard to fathom. He claims that Huge was just some old school friend of Axl's, and "not exactly Izzy". Well, the facts don't bear that out; Huge co-wrote I.R.S., TWAT and Catcher, three of the best tracks off Chinese Democracy (okay, he also co-wrote Back Off Bitch, but even Izzy had his off days).
It seems to boil down to Huge doubling up on the solo in Sympathy for the Devil - which, as I've said, benefited the song. Slash clearly has a bit of an ego on him - God forbid that anyone should attempt to share the limelight with him, even if they're a more talented/technically skilled guitarist. Witness the big spat with Axl over sharing lead duties with Zakk Wylde ("like a giant snake fighting a T-Rex"). Or the Slash and Friends gig, where John 5, for Christ's sake, was stuck on rhythm. Slash seems to get on well with Navarro - probably because Navarro knows to suck it and sit back on rhythm duties during all the Camp Freddy gigs.
John 5 played lead on Crazy Train, had a solo on War Pigs and Paranoid....
That's three songs out of twenty. Not exactly an even distribution.
#1860 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 'Lost' GNR Album from '96 » 824 weeks ago
And I could see Slash refusing to work on anything with Huge involved, like TWAT, IRS, Catcher...
Like I say, I find Slash's beef with Huge really hard to fathom. He claims that Huge was just some old school friend of Axl's, and "not exactly Izzy". Well, the facts don't bear that out; Huge co-wrote I.R.S., TWAT and Catcher, three of the best tracks off Chinese Democracy (okay, he also co-wrote Back Off Bitch, but even Izzy had his off days).
It seems to boil down to Huge doubling up on the solo in Sympathy for the Devil - which, as I've said, benefited the song. Slash clearly has a bit of an ego on him - God forbid that anyone should attempt to share the limelight with him, even if they're a more talented/technically skilled guitarist. Witness the big spat with Axl over sharing lead duties with Zakk Wylde ("like a giant snake fighting a T-Rex"). Or the Slash and Friends gig, where John 5, for Christ's sake, was stuck on rhythm. Slash seems to get on well with Navarro - probably because Navarro knows to suck it and sit back on rhythm duties during all the Camp Freddy gigs.
