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#1961 Re: Guns N' Roses » Izzy » 921 weeks ago
Nah, I think Finck's solo on TWAT is truly powerful - it complements the Bucket solo perfectly, and showcases what Finck's about - soulful, wrenching guitar that may not be as technically skilled as Buckethead's, but does exactly what the song needs at that point.
#1962 Re: Guns N' Roses » Izzy » 921 weeks ago
Axlin08, it's interesting what you said about Slash. In my view - and bear in mind, I love GN'R in all its incarnations - the general public percieves a band as having two key members. Usually they're the frontman and the lead guitarist (but not always - see Flea in RHCP, or Jimmy Chamberlin in the Pumpkins). Queen without Freddie Mercury isn't Queen; try and imagine the Stones with Mick or Keef missing. You could just about imagine three of the Beatles reuniting in the 70s under the name, as long as two of them were Lennon and McCartney.
For the general public, Guns N' Roses is Axl and That Bloke in the Top Hat. If Slash came back to the band - even if it was the exact same fucking band Axl's touring with at the moment - you can bet your ass that the tabloid press and your mate at the office watercooler would be calling it a reunion. Even though it'd be missing the real essential member of the original lineup, Izzy.
But then, rock trades in icons, and Izzy was always the quiet one. Slash is the sort of character you can recognise from his silhouette alone. Buckethead's another, and it's one of the reasons why there was such buzz around the band before that fucking disastrous, wheezy VMAs performance in 02. I'm not sure that Ron - who I dearly love in all other respects - quite measures up to those two in the iconic stakes.
Assuming Finck has buggered off - at the exact moment when TWAT and Better were poised to make him a genuine guitar hero - then Axl would do well to invite Buckethead back to the fold. I'd be inclined to say "invite Slash", but I don't think his ego would allow him to fit into the new three-guitar setup.
The killing irony for all those who keep wittering on about Slash is that if you put Axl and Slash together at any time from 1996 to now, I don't think you'd get a very good album out of it. Take the uninspired riffs Slash has been coming up with since It's 5 o'Clock Somewhere, and Axl, minus the songwriting of Tobias and Pitman, and you'd end up with a donkey of an album, a real dated clusterfuck.
#1963 Re: Guns N' Roses » (OLD NEWS!)The Limewire Leaks Discussion » 921 weeks ago
Damn. Oh well, I'm off to bed then.
#1964 Re: Guns N' Roses » Rumored Unreleased CD Era Songs » 921 weeks ago
"Quick Song" is Chinese Democracy, if anyone's interested.
#1965 Re: Guns N' Roses » CD now on sale, IN MEXICO » 921 weeks ago
So, hang on, there are actual copies in circulation and no-one's sharing? And we're debating fucking riddles? 
#1966 Guns N' Roses » TWAT Tab? » 922 weeks ago
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask, so um, mods, please move it if I'm in error.
Does anyone know if there's a full tab for TWAT circulating anywhere? I've managed to nail the Finck solo (pretty easy) and the first half of the Buckethead solo, but I've stalled at the twiddly bit. It'd be nice to get a handle on the earlier parts of the song, too. Can anyone help?
#1967 Re: Guns N' Roses » Freese leaves NIN - Robin stays(?) » 922 weeks ago
John5, maybe? I'm pretty sure they sounded him out back when Ron joined.
#1968 Re: Guns N' Roses » When will it leak? *It Leaked* » 922 weeks ago
I'm looking at the worst-case scenario now - that it doesn't leak until release. I'm hoping that means the Australian release, of course - it'd be nice to be able to listen to it on the weekend before it hits in the UK.
#1969 Re: Guns N' Roses » Crazy Theory regarding CD and Reunion » 922 weeks ago
I kinda don't want to see a reunion at the moment - what the new band's producing is vastly more interesting than what a reunited GN'R would be doing.
I mean, if you look at Izzy's fairly average stuff over the years since he left GN'R, add the material Slash came up with for VR... it's not that great. It's good, but it's not Appetite-troubling material.
On the other hand, I would gnaw off my left arm to see Fortus sharing a stage with Slash. As I've said before, in the event of a reunion, Axl would want to maintain the balance of power between his people and the old GN'R guys, so were it ever to happen, I'd expect to see the likes of Pitman, Dizzy, Fortus and Frank sticking around (Fortus being the most likely, assuming Izzy doesn't want to tour).
But I'd much rather watch Axl doing his thing with Finck and Ron. And let the VR guys shift their collective arse in gear and hire Chester Bennington, Linkin Park be damned.
VR are clearly holding out to see how Chinese Democracy does; if it bombs, a reunion is on the cards for them, if it succeeds, they'll start aggressively pursuing a new singer.
#1970 Re: Guns N' Roses » (OLD NEWS!)The Limewire Leaks Discussion » 923 weeks ago
Locomotive98 wrote:Maybe, but its already out there and has been for almost a week in crap form. I cant believe some nerd would put out a skipped version just to piss people off without backing it up with the real deal after a day or 2.
are you sure it was some nerd?
and now that it's almost out you can't wait a few weeks? there's people who waited for this for 14 years.
Yes, and as I've said before, I don't want to risk being run over by a bus in the next three weeks having waited 14 BASTARD YEARS FOR THIS FUCKING ALBUM.
So would someone leak it, please? Ta.
