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#31 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Vinyl LPs » 687 weeks ago
Axlin08 wrote:Have you ever heard the live albums from other bands? They all have massive work done on them before release.
Kiss Alive! is considered a holy grail of sorts of a live album, and it's got tons of work done to it. And the more Alive albums that came out, the more and more refined they got.
I just don't see why Axl was an asshole for what he did with that album. Everybody does it.
I have many live albums that have been tinkered with and many that haven't. I should've clarified, it's not the overdubs themselves I have a problem with, it's how poorly they were done and inserted that bothers me.
The vocal overdubs are ridiculous. The fact they called it Live Era meant they could pull from any number of great soundboards they supposedly went through. But you could make a better collection with the stuff in the trading community. And why make it so obvious that you've e.g. completely re-recorded Estranged.
#32 Re: Guns N' Roses » 101 Document Titles From Axls Laptop (No Actual Documents Tho) » 750 weeks ago
His account is blocked or something.
DEAR ACQUIESCE FROM GNREVOLUTION
Acquiesce -
It's always interesting to see what sets off someone's bullshit detector. I've lived a fairly outrageous life and I'm sure there are many things about me that people find hard to believe. Yet, my finances and level of intelligence seem to be two topics people are fixated on.
Most things in life are relative and always a matter of perspective. While some would find it impressive that I have a very high IQ and started attending college at the age of 11, I don't find that to be impressive at all. I had no control over my genetics, environment, upbringing, not to mention countless random circumstances that would cause someone to be highly intelligent. If you were one of the fastest or strongest people in the world, I would not be impressed. I don't view intelligence as any less random or unimpressive of a "skill."
However, if ignorance is bliss, you must also consider the other end of the spectrum and the extreme misery that can often accompany hyper intelligence. When I choose to speak openly about being a "genius," it's usually in the context of how awful it is, not as something to boast about.
As for the fact that someone took a quote out of context from a discussion on a music industry site about me making my first million at a young age, again, that might impress some people, while others might laugh at it, considering what kind of circles you're running in. I didn't bring finance into any of this, other people did. I've been moderately successful in life and some people I know might be jealous, while other people I know have been 100x more successful and wouldn't give a fuck about a million dollars or whatever.
Keep in mind I rarely post on GNR boards, so what we have is a bunch of people who don't know me over-analyzing out of context quotes taken from non-GNR message boards. It's a pretty lame game of telephone. I consider leaking Chinese Democracy to be my proudest accomplishment because of the joy it brought to so many people, including myself. I may be more well known in other circles for other things, but when I walk into my local record store next week, nobody is going to give a shit that I just shot a TV show in New York, they're going to want to know about GNR stuff. I don't think of myself as Mr. Chinese Democracy, but I know that is how a lot of people think of me in some of the circles I'm in. In my professional life, nobody gives a fuck or even knows about it.
As for my dealings with GNR, there is nothing for them to cave in about. They contacted me and offered me a ton of money. I said I'd think about it, but would need to see a written offer. They haven't kept their word about staying in touch while that offer is prepared. I have other significant offers as well and I wasn't interested in this dragging on too long as I have other stuff going on in my life.
I still find it to be so fascinating that someone can be so truthful and open about everything in their life and yet a group of people can be so convinced that the person is 100% full of shit.
It's been an interesting thing to watch.
When I interact with my fans on my site, I am 100% honest, warts and all. I'm not afraid to reveal my flaws. Whether I have 50 fans or 500, whether I would wrestle in front of 200 people or 2,000, whether I'm playing in front of 30 people of a packed house, I pour my heart out and have nothing to hide.
Which yes, leaves me wide open for criticism, but I'm ok with that.
I hope everyone has a lovely day.
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#33 Re: Guns N' Roses » Questions for Axl if he visits GN'R Evolution » 862 weeks ago
Stepvhen wrote:Some of this verges on a personal attack! The man could turn up bald on stage covered in piss with a dead baboon stapled to his head and and it would still not make a difference to the music he makes. One word friend. Prioities!
I consider it an insult to the members who have posted here that you could possibly hold your questions here in higher regard than some of the great questions posted here . Each to his own I suppose but in my opinion. They are attention grabbing cheap shots. Somewhat cowardly to boot. U want to insult a man you do it face to face or not at all.
I disagree. Probably the single most discussed thing on the boards in the last 10 years is Axl's voice and I know that most everyone would love to hear him talk about it in regard to some of the things I mentioned. If there's one thing that's going to 'make a difference to the music he makes' it's his friggin voice, for fuck's sake.
I think it's a priority for the intelligent fans that whilst he's doing this, that he gets asked about the issues we've all discussed the most e.g. Philly, his voice, the VMA's and not if he's going to play in Yemen or why he didn't play Madagascar in xxxx.
I consider it an insult to Axl and all the intelligent fans that you think his voice, the VMAs etc are less important issues than so much of the crap he's been asked. I've got my priorities just fine, thanks.
As for attention grabbing cheap-shots, if he doesn't want to fucking answer about his hair then he bloody wont. I qualified my questions by essentially saying the new band and music has been the most important thing in my life in the past years. I really sound like an attention grabbing, cheap-shotting cunt, right?
#34 Re: Guns N' Roses » Questions for Axl if he visits GN'R Evolution » 862 weeks ago
Some of this verges on a personal attack! The man could turn up bald on stage covered in piss with a dead baboon stapled to his head and and it would still not make a difference to the music he makes. One word friend. Prioities!
I consider it an insult to the members who have posted here that you could possibly hold your questions here in higher regard than some of the great questions posted here . Each to his own I suppose but in my opinion. They are attention grabbing cheap shots. Somewhat cowardly to boot. U want to insult a man you do it face to face or not at all.
I disagree. Probably the single most discussed thing on the boards in the last 10 years is Axl's voice and I know that most everyone would love to hear him talk about it in regard to some of the things I mentioned. If there's one thing that's going to 'make a difference to the music he makes' it's his friggin voice, for fuck's sake.
I think it's a priority for the intelligent fans that whilst he's doing this, that he gets asked about the issues we've all discussed the most e.g. Philly, his voice, the VMA's and not if he's going to play in Yemen or why he didn't play Madagascar in xxxx.
I consider it an insult Axl and all the intelligent fans that you think his voice, the VMAs etc are less important issues that so much of the crap he's been asked. I've got my priorities just fine, thanks.
As for attention grabbing cheap-shots, if he doesn't want to fucking answer about his hair then he bloody wont. I qualified my questions by essentially saying the new band and music has been the most important thing in my life in the past years. I really sound like an attention grabbing, cheap-shotting cunt, right?
#35 Re: Guns N' Roses » Questions for Axl if he visits GN'R Evolution » 862 weeks ago
The most important question not yet asked:
1. The new songs are VERY demanding vocally, and Bach says The General (due 2012 according to him) features your highest screaming singing to date. Do you worry as you approach 50 about whether you will still be able to sing the way you have in 3, 5, 8 etc years? Fot ALL the great singers from Dickinson to Plant, 50 seems to be the age where their great vocal range and power rapidly goes south if it hadn't already (see: Bon Jovi aged 40).
2. Again on the voice: You called VMAs 2002 a 'catastrophe'. For us, the heartbreak was that it seemed your voice was completely shot and the whole world saw it. Why is it that on one night/show you can sound like that and on literally the next, or even in the next song, you can top your 15 year old studio recording?
3. Do you smoke regularly and do you try and take care of your voice?
4. Why did you try to sing in your high, 'clean' voice in 2002 but revert to a rougher style in 06-07 and did the endless threads bashing your 2002 singing affect you?
5. Sorry to be personal but, are the botched hair transplant rumours true and will you wear braids for the rest of your life?
The new music, shows and your quietly building this truly unique, incredible project has sustained and inspired me during some very dark times in the last years when nothing else mattered. Thank you for everything, screw the trolls, cunts, media and may the new band continue forever.
Thanks, Jordan.
#36 Guns N' Roses » New BBF Interview with Horse Chronicles » 864 weeks ago
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I'm posting this here and at Source before anyone else knows about it. It's not a big deal interview, but I like that it'll be here before the mega-boards that are full of spamming dingbats and garbage threads get it
http://thehorsechroniclesmusic.blogspot … -2008.html
GN'R bit:
TV: How did you end up getting the GNR gig? and is Axl easy to work with? Did you have creative input while working with GNR, or was all the creative juice reserved for the Abnormal disc?
RT: In the Summer of 2004 I started talking with the GNR folks about getting together, started touring in May 2006. Axl's a friend, always havin' a great time on and off the road. People have so many assumptions, people always want to think the worst. They don't want truth, they want entertainment. I can talk 'til I'm blue in the face about how I was brought into GNR to be myself, and that's what I do, I do my thing, I speak my own words, no puppeteer with a hand in my back, yet anything I say and do there are those who respond with "oh, he *has* to say that", haha. Ya can't win, haha. I've been completely creative in GNR. In my solo band, where I write everything, play everything, sing everything, sure I have more to add, but that's because it's a solo effort, not a band. GNR is a band, where everybody does what they do, together. I gotta say, it's been a fuckking blast.
TV: Is it challenging to work on the GNR album and release Abnormal?
RT: It wasn't a problem, was able to juggle it all and make it work. The GNR bizz folks were busy taking care of bizz, and I was able to lock myself in the studio and bust out the 'Abnormal' album, and an EP of acoustic versions of songs from my last few albums. Calling the album 'Barefoot', should be available before the year is up.
#37 Re: Guns N' Roses » CD first impressions » 865 weeks ago
Neemo wrote:Communist China wrote:Where is that?
Around the 1:18 mark..tell me if its only my disk cuz if it is its goin back....James was telling me about it last night and its on my disk too
It's not just your disc. I think it was a bad editing job in Pro Tools.
It's friggin obvious it's deliberate. The whole point of the vocals on Scraped is that he sings the ones about being dejected in that weak, wobbly voice and then switches to an IRS screech for the parts that are 'fuck you, i'm awesome'. The 'skip' is a deliberate addition to part of the deliberate 'weak, wobbly' vocal for effect, like his voice cracked or something, except it's artifitial.
#38 Re: Guns N' Roses » Lyric discrepancies in the CD booklet » 865 weeks ago
They deleted the booklet discussion thread at HTGTH, what the fuck is that about?
Also I have had about 10 posts deleted there in the last week or so, its really souring this occasion for me. Some of my posts vanished within seconds, with no mods around either, only "hidden users" whatever that means.This is just more serious food for thought to me, as I try to objectively fathom what this Chinese Democracy era of Guns N' Roses actually represents.
I loathe that piece of crap over there. Pointing out what a complete abortion the booklet is comes under bashing the band for Jambo so he wont allow it. He's a complete fuck.
#39 Re: Guns N' Roses » New Myspace bulletin from Pitman: » 866 weeks ago
Ass-hole, that is how I would respond to you Jordan.......Mother Goose rocks. Always more, more, more.....:headbang:
Riiiight.
#40 Re: Guns N' Roses » New Myspace bulletin from Pitman: » 866 weeks ago
Hey dude,
The fan base is worried sick. Robin is gone, Brain is gone, Bucket is long gone. The album booklet is absolutely riddles with errors on EVERY page. There has been no official word from Axl or anyone in the band is management announced the release date. There are some truly unmistakeable flaws on the final album where solos and vocals have been pasted in (see: Riad vocal after solo and end of Steet of Dreams).
It seems like everything points to Axl's hand being forced and the album rush released when everything wasn't ready.
I know the fan base have been a pain in the ass over the last 10 years in many ways but right now when we should be celebrating and helping lift this project into the stratosphere, so many aspects seem like an abortion.
All we want is for *someone* in the band to actually come out and say to the world: "It's Game On".
And just to make it unequivocal: "Buckethead is coming back."
Because the band as it is on the myspace page, without Brain, Finck and Bucket, is not the same band that made this album. No offence to you, Dizzy and Tommy, or even Ron and Frank.
Jordan.
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