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#1371 Re: Guns N' Roses » Duff Joining GNR (Oct 14, 2010) was awesome but dumb » 837 weeks ago
Ideally, I'd like to see him release new material (or just empty the CD vaults) and then reunite for a cash grab tour with the old guys. I never saw them either in their prime, so I'd be excited to see them.
The problem in releasing new material is that he just takes forever to complete an album. Part of it is the name thing where he has ultimate control and has final say on most things; the other part is that he is a perfectionist and has to tweak everything.
In an ideal world, he'd be releasing albums every few years and touring to support that material. I think fans would be a little less critical if he just increased his musical output. They'd talk a bit more about this new material and less about the original stuff. He had at least 70 songs for the cd sessions allegedly.
#1372 Re: Guns N' Roses » Duff Joining GNR (Oct 14, 2010) was awesome but dumb » 837 weeks ago
You know reading his response a little closer, I've come to the conclusion that he (Axl) is probably telling the truth. I'm not sure I trust either of these guys as you mentioned because one group was stoned as hell and the other one is crazy. I just wish there was some other reliable source that would provide a definitive answer. I guess Axl's account provides a little more details (the initialing part). I'd be really embarrased too if I just randomly signed a document without looking over it tooth and nail just because if I was high or strung out.
They're both liars though and it makes it kinda hard to make a decision on this. Has anyone actually backed up Slash's story? My memory is kinda faulty on that one.
Best they can do at this point without going over into the band name/rights is to go for a reunion tour and release old stuff (live albums, bluray etc). God knows they have a bunch of live albums stored in the vault. Any attempts at working on new stuff would just bring up the old wounds regarding the name ownership and Axl's work ethic and Slash's PR strategy (from Axl's POV). Better to have just a reunion with nothing but the old stuff (AFD/Lies/UYI/UYII) than to have them reform and then break up because of old tension.
#1373 Re: Guns N' Roses » Duff Joining GNR (Oct 14, 2010) was awesome but dumb » 837 weeks ago
That might be plausible for just a reunion tour of the old hits. I don't see them agreeing to anything like that if they want to record new stuff with him though. The waiting and inevitable Axl delays over new material would drive all of them insane especially Slash. And they would have no recourse since he owns the name.
#1374 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash added Welcome to the Jungle to the setlist! » 837 weeks ago
I wonder how close they actually were in 2006 to reuniting. It probably would have been as a one off (or just a few dates) and they would all go their separate ways after that. Then there was that rumor that Axl tried to get everyone to sign over the catalog rights to the songs that just kibashed the entire thing.
They should have just let him quit during that day when they signed over the rights. Things were already going south in the band and there was already tension all around. Why sign them over to give him more power when they are already pissed at him for some of his actions? Was Izzy around when this happened (I forgot when he quit)? He would have been the one guy in the old band who wouldn't have put up with that stunt. The other 2 guys were too fucking stoned or drunk to think well.
#1375 Re: The Garden » 2010 Fantasy Football » 837 weeks ago
Has anyone been keeping track of the injuries lately? Dallas Clark out; Austin Collie out; Joseph Addai out. Desean Jackson out. I had to pick up an extra TE because Gates is questionable and Keller is on bye. Naturally one of my starting WR might not play so I'm forced to use Gates in a flex position.
#1376 Re: The Garden » The 2010-11 NFL Season Thread » 837 weeks ago
Agreed on that. The Merriweather hit on Heap was pretty blatant and he wasn't making a play on the ball.
#1377 Re: Guns N' Roses » How can GNR fans possibly be "AGAINST a reunion? » 837 weeks ago
I don't really want a reunion. It would be a fake thing (and before someone says actual GNR is a fake GNR, a reunion would be even more fake), they would be there for money, to tour the world for 2 years or so and then goodbye. And for what? Just to see Axl playing with Slash, considering that Dj Ashba sounds the same? The fact is that not only Ashba sounds the same, the whole band sounds the same or even better sometimes, but with New GNR we may have the chance to see them releasing new music... and not they playing with the Pussycat Dolls and Justin Bieber.
And how is this different from what is going on now with the current GNR? You have hired guns (no pun intended) playing songs mostly written by Slash, Izzy, Duff etc.
This current incarnation of GNR hasn't exactly released a lot of material either. One album that was mainly composed/written by guys that are no longer in the band. I would be less critical if Axl released some new music once every few years or so.
If anything a reunion might lessen the load on Axl and push him to release some new music with some of the original members helping him write/compose some of the songs. The current structure (guys recording stuff, Axl listens and decides which parts are good) seems to not work at all.
I would be for a reunion obviously using the Van Halen template. Do a tour and record and release some music later. The difficult part would be to get Axl/Slash to reconcile whatever differences they have.
And I like GNR boards the way they are. Imagine a reunion... what would we talk about? You think Axl would change his reclusive mind and the GNR censorship? I don't think we would get DVDs, interviews, new website or whatever everyone wants. We would talk less. We wouldn't talk about leaks, we wouldn't talk about rumors, we wouldn't talk about new albums. We would talk about the setlists, that wouldn't be much different from today, except for the ChiDem songs off. After 5 concerts very similar, it would get boring.
What exactly are we talking about now? We don't talk about new albums here now? I think the rumors thing is pretty tiring too. The Duff plays with GNR thing garnered 14 pages and I'm pretty sure eclipsed whatever is on the first page.
Posts seem to be up whenever a) GNR screw up (see Dublin and London past threads) b)Reunion/old member in the news talk.
#1378 Re: The Garden » The 2010-11 NFL Season Thread » 839 weeks ago
I don't think the situation is quite as dire as the talking heads say for the Vikings. First, GB lost two defense starters to season ending injuries last week and they still don't have a consistent running game. Two, Chicago and their OLine issues are starting to show again. They also benefit from the NFC being the weaker conference this year. They play DAL in a game of "more disappointing NFC team so far" I think 9 or 10 wins gets a WC birth and in this conference this year they have as good a chance as anyone to go to the super bowl.
Forgot to mention Jermichael Finley (TE for GB) is out for 3 weeks and Aaron Rodgers has a concussion issue. So things aren't going well for GB anway.
On the MNF game--the ending quarter was pretty much the Favre story for the last 10 years. Plays great and brings your team back but throws a killer int at the end.
#1379 Re: The Garden » The 2010-11 NFL Season Thread » 839 weeks ago
I remember that first Gore fumble now that you mention it, the PHI LB made a great hit and jarred it loose with his helmet. With Smith, they might as well just start him the entire year, Carr is really mediocre. Although I have to admit, whatever Singletary said to him seems to have worked. And it worked when he did the same thing with Vernon Davis.
I guess I just want to see a little more stability from Smith. It seems like he goes from a good week to a bad week pretty quickly. The defense of the 49ers also leaves much to be desired. They haven't been good this year. I think Smith is a FA after this year so if the 49ers dump him, he could make a good reclamation project.
Who gets a win first Carolina or Buffalo? I've read that John Fox might switch back to Matt Moore as his starting qb.
#1380 Re: Guns N' Roses » from mister saint laurent » 839 weeks ago
Sorry, AFD is good enough as is and I don't really need to dl a nuAFD. I just find it hilarious in this economy that people are willing to drop $$$ on something that's over 10 years old. You'd be better off saving the money or planning for a vacation.
beleive it or not there has been a whole wackload of stuff that peopel havent downloaded...the Rock Band Moggs, the 18th version of TWAT etc etc the interest jsut isnt there for the most part...
granted id prolly give NuAFD a spin or 2 but after that i doubt it will be worth much more than taking up hard drive space
It's just difficult for me to dl this stuff when it probably doesn't sound that much different from the actual product or the leaked tracks from a few years ago.
