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#1511 Re: The Sunset Strip » Mike Patton: Faith No More Reunion Has 'Petered Out' » 721 weeks ago
I think it's a matter of time. I really do. Maybe it's my heel turn for 2013, I don't know... but this new Guns thing is over. I know there is like 100 people from the GN'R geek world that will say "they've toured since 2001 like this", but Team Brazil is after that dollar and right now they just keep the train rolling. They know that if Axl wants to keep his NAME (Guns N' Roses) as a brand alive, he is GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE.
Write that down
As to what that will be? I don't know. Reunion, new music, suicide. Something. But what he's doing now, doesn't sell and it's hurting his brand, regardless of if he can pull in $12 million a year in world tours (which sucks for the kind of brand GN'R is btw)
Eventually it will happen. Just a question of when.
#1512 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Chris Cornell: "Guns N 'Roses were all normal types minus one" » 721 weeks ago
I've heard Axl still be Axl, even in 2012. He still has it. The best thing for him vocally to do right now would be studio, but Uni doesn't want it sans the old band and I don't blame them. Axl could do take after take and sound fine.
As for live, like I said, Axl's still got it. You can hear moments on YouTube. HE NEEDS REST. He needs time to keep his vocals warm, but rested and just take a break, do some training. He hasn't lost it. He does that, and then gets with the Barry Bonds-version of Slash... fuck... call Soundgarden and have them open for GN'R again. That'd be a fucking show to die to in 2013.
#1513 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash refuses to ever work with Scott Weiland again » 721 weeks ago
Slash has always from what I saw, at least since his true solo career kicked off that he's open to reuniting with Axl. Izzy, Duff already have, and obviously Steven & Matt are already at the venue with their sticks waiting.
I want to personally think that Slash thinks that because he doesn't hate Axl, and I see Slash admittance of bad decisions as a way of hoping Axl would see it and not hate Slash as much and know Slash is open to talking.
But truely? I think Slash leaves the door cracked for Axl as opposed to Scott is because Slash knows GN'R is a major payday for Slash that Axl holds solely in his hands, and that VR was a flash-in-the-pan one-off moment in his career that he looks back with disdain for Scott. There's no viability in reviving it, and for Slash that means he can just let it FLY about dealing with Scott, unlike Axl. Plus the time away from Axl, might have made the heart grow fonder the older Slash gets. Hopefully Axl will get that way. It's literally all he has left in his life as a credible artist.
jmho
#1514 Re: Guns N' Roses » Skwerl's post on MyGNR regarding his leak and his source » 721 weeks ago
The demand will never be there. Uni knows that, thus the reason they've tried to blackmail him into a reunion.
From a business standpoint, I don't blame them at all.
So
FUCKING REUNITE. I can't believe he hasn't already pulled the trigger.
#1515 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Definitive Chinese Democracy Leaks Thread » 721 weeks ago
I don't even know what's going on.
#1516 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR according to The Manual » 721 weeks ago
I don't think Axl has trapped himself into being a nostalgia act, as I just heard several people the other day on the radio ranting about "hating" when popular bands turn around and play ANY new stuff when people pay to hear the hits.
Axl knows what he's doing, problem is... it's gutless. A true "artists" would play his album front-to-back and tell everyone else, including his label to FUCK OFF.
That's why I don't believe Axl has the vault he's claimed anymore. I think CD was a bluff and that was his ace... it's gone now.
#1517 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live in London (Airing on Vh1 Classic) » 721 weeks ago
So this was originally a PPV promised to fans. Then it become a PPV "to be aired later". Then it became a theater-release movie. Then it was a 3D theater release movie. Then it became a 3D Bluray. Then just a Bluray.
Ultimately...
It ends up broadcasted on it odd time on Japanese TV in-between the latest family incest game show and a Godzilla marathon.
Guns N' Fuckin' Roses 2013
jesus h
#1518 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Australian Tour 2013 » 721 weeks ago
Oh my God, I am absolutely speechless.
Wait a minute, no i'm not. What an absolute, explosive move toward the future, that a song, written, performed, and popularized by another band 25 years ago is what is being used to promote ANOTHER tour of Australia (or anywhere in the world for that matter) for a band that has yet to write one lick of music together.
Holy shit... 
#1519 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Chris Cornell: "Guns N 'Roses were all normal types minus one" » 721 weeks ago
buzzsaw wrote:Nobody has been able to replace Slash. Nobody has been able to replace Axl...Slash couldn't even do it with Duff and Matt (and Izzy part-time). You're talking about two of the best at what they do. I think sometimes we take for granted just how good it was because of everything that has happened since then. I think sometimes we're too close to it. I can't begin to tell you how much better I feel about all of it now that I've seen Slash and seen Axl live this year. I really feel like it's all come full circle for me and I'm completely at peace with it all. The only thing left for me is them make peace with it (reunion or no reunion).
I don't want a reunion because it would ruin what was so great. Axl simply doesn't have the goods anymore. Watched Ritz '88 earlier tonight and it just reinforces my belief even more that there should not be a reunion. Not only can you not get back Axl's incredible performance ability 25 years after the fact, you can't get the chemistry in the band back either. Even though it was a sloppy performance, it still blows your doors off when you watch it. Old guys performing stuff for nostalgia instead of young guys still trying to become successful and playing with as much hunger/energy imaginable. It's just not the same and it can never be.
That being said, I do want to see peace at some point. It isn't good for the soul to hold grudges like that, especially against people that helped make you rich. I want to see the vault opened up and some Blu-rays released of all their old concerts. I want to see the UYI Documentary released. That is the best way to honor the band's legacy IMHO. The fans would love to have these things and it wouldn't compromise the band's reputation at all to release them. The fans want a reunion too, but that is just a case of selfishness and short-sightedness. The time for a real reunion is long gone and people should let go.
I see your point, and based on Axl's performances since 2011, I completely agree. He's pretty miss these days (with occasional hit) but mostly miss.
But I completely disagree on band chemistry. Axl seems to have fantastic chemistry with Izzy & Duff when they play with Guns in the present day, so much to the point that you forget the other guys are even there. NONE of the new band has that kind of chemistry with Axl. NONE. Even dating back to 2001.
I think Slash is no different. If there were peace with Axl & Slash, they'd be explosive on stage again chemistry-wise imo, no different than Izzy & Duff, something Axl will never and has never had with the new band. Ever.
Let the reunion happen... then let's talk on chemistry. But I do agree I find myself questioning whether an Axl-led reunion in 2013 would be all that fun.
I'd love to see Axl REST HIS VOICE for a year or so, but keep it in shape by vocal exercises... THEN attempt a reunion tour. He still has ability, so it's there. It just needs work. You might get 2010 Axl with 2013 Slash, Izzy, Duff & Steven/Matt. That'd fucking rule.
#1520 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash refuses to ever work with Scott Weiland again » 721 weeks ago
That was my first thought. When Slash basically says "Axl is cool, but you? Fuck off"
Holy shit, that's like major ownage right there. That pretty much is a lock that Slash hates your fucking guts.
