so who the fuck is actually buying the locked n' loaded edition? the most hardcore of hardcore fans are scoffing at that $1,000 price tag.

at this point, most gn'r fans either have families to support or massive student loan debt. there can't be 10,000 super hardcore diehard fans with budgets that big.

these things are gonna wind up at best buys next to dusty bins full of free chinese democracy cds.

axl is an absolute monster here.

the way he screamed FUCK YEAH in the second live and let die scream was cool as fuck.

i'm pretty sure he was actually possessed by something during the garden. he was in another zone, brother. you can almost see a spirit leave him after the song ends.

my first thought after hearing this was "adler fucking rules."

tbh, shadow of your love is a pretty unremarkable track without his signature swing and feel.

this boxset is going to completely reinforce the notion that steven adler was always THE drummer of guns n' roses.

do we know if a version of you could be mine exists with him on drums? i'd lose my goddamn mind over that.

in fact, they should just start re-releasing all these different albums with re-recorded drums from adler. uyi 1 & 2, spaghetti incident, hell... even chinese democracy. imagine the title track of that song with steven on drums. it would be the weirdest and best thing ever.

if this is financially successful, which it's almost guaranteed it will be, then we could be looking at huge deluxe editions for use your illusion and chinese democracy as well. uyi boxset in 2021 and chinese democracy boxset next year.

only guns n roses could find a way to reunite and finally release "new" music featuring new vocals and guitars from axl and slash, but only on re-recorded songs from 30 years ago. this is my favorite and least favorite band in the world.

no way on earth i'm dropping $700 on the locked & loaded version, but i'll grab whatever they drop on vinyl and the cds.

if gnr.fm is a new streaming service, i wonder what gnr's future with spotify might be?

if they opened up the chinese democracy vault, then i might be willing to bust open the piggy bank. you could load that shit up with goodies and us hardcore fans would go fucking bonkers over it. they could make millions just by compiling shit we already know exists.

- documentary about the making of the album
- the 4 2001 concerts on dvd/blu ray
- the 2000 intentions version of the album
- the 2006 version of the album
- a remaster with new parts from slash and duff
- the remixes
- the unreleased music videos
- the general and atlas shrugged