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#181 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2023 Tour Dates » 163 weeks ago
metallex78 wrote:Scabbie wrote:Arguably velvet revolver did A better job of finding a mor modern gnr sound
Yep, especially the first album. Contraband has aged much much better than CD has.
I can still put it on and listen from start to finish and thoroughly enjoy it all of it, even the lesser songs.
While CD certainly has its moments as an album, the lows on there are pretty bad and I find it difficult to listen all the way through these days.
If Axl could put his ego aside, and considering the state of his voice, which Velvet Revolver songs do you think he could perform really well on this tour?
Even one or two would show the world that he has truly made peace with Duff and Slash, refresh the set list, and give fans something exciting to look forward to.
I mean, pretty much any of them, since Scott's vocal range is well within Axl's capabilities. Realistically they'd probably go for the most famous tracks – Fall to Pieces, Set Me Free, Do It For The Kids, etc.
#182 Re: Guns N' Roses » Josh School » 164 weeks ago
elevendayempire wrote:Scabbie wrote:Yeah, it seems like he's the safe choice for them, but I wish they'd gone with Rufus Taylor; he really feels like the spiritual successor to Taylor Hawkins.
I'll disagree.
Taylor loved Queen, but Rufus ain't Roger. I don't really like nepo babies.
Counterpoint:
Also, dressing up like a Christmas tree is exactly the sort of energy the gig needs:
#183 Re: Guns N' Roses » How do you feel about CD potentially being the last GNR album? » 164 weeks ago
What we need is a proper remaster, but won't happen with the reunion band. Perhaps the best thing would be to compile a whole new album with Slash and Duff, using songs from CD and from "CD II", and then make that the last GN'R album. In a sense that would be similar to a hypothetical late 90s, early 00s GN'R album.
The problem I have with that is... they have Slash, and Duff, and Fortus, and Melissa and Dizzy in the band. All songwriters with credits to their name, all more than capable of putting together a decent song. It is such a ridiculous waste of their talents – and, frankly, insulting to them – to have the only material to come out of the band be rehashed leftovers from 20-odd years ago, which they had nothing to do with writing.
#184 Re: Guns N' Roses » If GNR releases nothing in 2023, is this the end for you? » 164 weeks ago
As a final adieu, do you think that Mr. Rose finally realized what an incompetent fuck-up he was in 2008 after the two self-sabotaged big payday reunion attempts and his soft blacklisting from the industry or how else do you explain his psychotic break and subsequent stay in the loony bin? Oh, you thought he just vanished from doing promo for no reason?
Well, to the best of my knowledge Axl hasn't used someone's mental health as a stick to beat them with, which makes him a better person than you, at least.
#185 Re: Guns N' Roses » Josh School » 164 weeks ago
Yeah, it seems like he's the safe choice for them, but I wish they'd gone with Rufus Taylor; he really feels like the spiritual successor to Taylor Hawkins.
#186 Re: Guns N' Roses » Josh School » 164 weeks ago
Or! If you've got the multitracks I'd love to have a play about with them myself...
#187 Re: Guns N' Roses » Josh School » 164 weeks ago
Hello!
I've always loved Josh Freese's drums on the Village Sessions version of "Hard School," so I quickly threw this version together that combines Josh's drums with all of the other parts from version released in 2001.
Thanks!
- th151
Could you do a version minus Finck's guitar bits during the bridge? As much as I like 'em on the demo they kinda clash with what Slash is playing...
#188 Re: Guns N' Roses » How do you feel about CD potentially being the last GNR album? » 165 weeks ago
Nah, we need an album from this line-up – preferably with at least some of the songs written by this lineup – for closure.
#189 Re: Guns N' Roses » If GNR releases nothing in 2023, is this the end for you? » 165 weeks ago
elevendayempire wrote:And then Axl made the frankly baffling decision to bring Robin back in, and proceed with a three-guitar line-up with two lead guitarists. Immediately, to the press and the wider public, you're implying that Slash was such a towering figure that you need not one but two lead guitarists to replace him. You're belittling your own hires.
This is a great point. In 2002 the stage seemed crowded and the guitarists came across as disconnected. When Bucket isn’t playing, he stands around like the Tinman waiting for oil.
He did a lot of standing around.
Had he been the only lead guitarist it would’ve allowed him to provide a lot more music and charisma.
He, er, does that anyway. Standing around being "deactivated" and then springing into life to shred is kind of the keystone of his stage persona.
#190 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Tommy Stinson appearance on Podcast » 165 weeks ago
Tommy recently appeared on a podcast called Lifers, hosted by Scott Lucas of Local H.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hTWOK … 5EZK5YWMKg
Touches on GnR a couple of times. Mentions he recently got a text from Duff and Richard.
Always thought Duff and Tommy should go and form a band together; they could alternate bass and guitar. Get Fortus on lead (if you even need a lead guitarist in a punk band...) and you've got a pretty nifty line-up there.
