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#871 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 440 weeks ago
Taker really should have retired when they ended the streak a few years back, when Lesnar won imo.
I don't disagree because his opponents have been lackluster for a long time but it's a bummer note to go out on and businesses hate that sort of thing. Taker provides a Cher Farewell Tour value incentive to Wrestlemania.
In my book, I would've had him lose to guy like Bray instead of a part-timer like Brock but Brock was huge at the time and I bet Taker feels a macho bro connection to Lesnar.
Then I would've kept Sting on ice for a year and finally given the fans what they wanted Taker vs Sting instead of that shit-fest vs HHH. So we got boring Taker matches and Rollins injuring a legend.
#872 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 440 weeks ago
I barely watch WWE PPV's anymore (it's pretty terrible frequently), but it's worth pointing out that Wrestlemania is this weekend. It hasn't been officially said, but I think there's a very good chance it'll be the last time you see Undertaker wrestle.
Is this some hot gossip somewhere? People say it every year.
Anyway, I'm watching this Sunday because I've been promised free food and drinks. 
#873 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy in 1988 » 441 weeks ago
The moment Finck bails to record The Slip, Slash and Duff should've been called and told they've got two months to turn chicken shit into chicken salad and then it heads off to Best Buy.
If they re-worked the album prior to release, Duff would've been helpful in working on arrangements.
I don't think Slash has done much for it than playing solos less capably.
I would've been fine with just releasing the 2004 album. Or any version not mixed by two guys who've never mixed an album.
#874 Re: Guns N' Roses » Rock in Rio 2017 » 443 weeks ago
I mean Rio 2011 could've been a legit but you're infamous largely because of two decades of tardiness, the tie isn't going to the runner.
#875 Re: Guns N' Roses » Rock in Rio 2017 » 443 weeks ago
I think I remember trying to watch a stream of the Rock In Rio 2011 debacle.
I'm hoping the quality will be good and they'll play some new songs.
#876 Re: The Garden » My dad died » 443 weeks ago
Sorry GNR friend, hope you find some joy and comfort with family and friends.
#877 Re: Guns N' Roses » New 4tus interview » 443 weeks ago
"I have re-recorded 'Appetite' [with] Josh Freese on drums, Tommy Stinson on bass, Paul Tobias on guitar, [...] and Robin Finck was on lead guitar, [...] with the exception of two songs [Anything Goes and You're Crazy], because we replaced those with 'You Could Be Mine,' and 'Patience'.
Why do that?
Well, we had to rehearse them anyway to be able to perform them live again, and there were a lot of recording techniques and certain subtle styles and drum fills and things like that that are kind of '80s signatures that subtly could use a little sprucing up... a little less reverb and a little less double bass and things like that." (Axl, MTV, 11/08/99)
#878 Re: Guns N' Roses » New 4tus interview » 443 weeks ago
Speaking of, one wonders if Axl intended to re-release Chinese Democracy without Buckethead and Robin, et. al. given Ashba's recording of the song.
I also wonder why Robin popped up at that show in 2012.
I admit, I'd love to hear the re-recorded Appetite with the 1999 band but the thought of Axl pulling a Sharon with DJ Ashba makes my skin crawl.
#879 Re: Guns N' Roses » Curtain Call for the Old Guns '96 » 444 weeks ago
It wasn't his fault but Sympathy For The Devil probably wasn't the best foot to start off on.
#880 Re: Guns N' Roses » Curtain Call for the Old Guns '96 » 444 weeks ago
I think it was all inevitable. Look at it from Axl's perspective.
You're completely dissatisfied with the Use Your Illusion albums, feeling that they suffered due to band in-fighting and being rushed to market. The good news is that they've propelled Guns N' Roses to monumental heights but the bad news is that after the record-breaking 2.5 year Use Your Illusion tour, the only way from there is down. Relatively shortly after, you release an it-feels-good-so-fuck-it cover album called The Spaghetti Incident and it gets slaughtered by critics.
The music industry is changing, grunge has emerged and industrial rock is burgeoning. You clearly see that it's time for Guns N' Roses to adapt or die. Yet your band is still fighting amongst themselves, still using drugs, and you've noticed political factions emerge. Your personal life is not doing much better - another failed relationship, this one especially devastating. Your alcoholic, drug-addled lead guitarist now rivals you for control of the band. This clown who has mocked some of your best work as a band, who trashes you in the press, who refuses to meet you half-way? He's not my equal. Fuck that guy.
Your world is chaos and you're desperately looking for an anchor, trying to control an overwhelming situation. So, you bring in Paul Tobias, a longtime friend from Indiana, who is dedicated and actually shares your vision of pushing your music in a new direction. He's supportive. The rest of the band, not so much, either outright servile (Sorum), couldn't give a fuck about your point of view (Slash), or losing your nerve for the band (Duff).
The ship is sinking, your crew-mates have essentially manned their own life boats and are heading in different directions, and yet in order to keep your career afloat you need to steer into uncharted waters.
Broken glass and cigarettes
Writing on the wall
It was a bargain for the summer
And I thought I had it all
