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#1891 Re: Guns N' Roses » i'm back » 868 weeks ago
Okay, back in my flat at last. It's begging time - does anyone have a linky? 
#1892 Re: Guns N' Roses » i'm back » 868 weeks ago
Thanks for trying, man. Woulda been amazing to get some new songs, but I'm sure they'll come to light eventually.
#1893 Re: Guns N' Roses » i'm back » 868 weeks ago
Yeah, I'm really hoping this is for real. Suddenly I'm excited again.
#1894 Re: Guns N' Roses » So where does GN'R stand right now and what is the current news? » 869 weeks ago
Count me in as another one who likes Ron's contribution to IRS - I love that noodling he does in the right channel over the verses. There are only a couple of things from the earlier leaks that they dropped and I would've kept - the palm-muted rhythm part under the "Didn't want to know it all" lyrics in TWAT, and Robin's choppy rhythm part under the second verse of IRS in the 1999 leak (which is sort of there in the final version, but has tons of effects piled on top of it).
#1895 Re: Guns N' Roses » So where does GN'R stand right now and what is the current news? » 869 weeks ago
I do think that everything Axl added to the songs from 2006 on improved them; the multitracked vocals on Chinese Democracy, Ron's rhythm guitar - which really lifts the title track and IRS. But the stars were perfectly aligned for the album to come out in 2002, if he'd just managed to up his game for the VMAs.
#1896 Re: Guns N' Roses » So where does GN'R stand right now and what is the current news? » 869 weeks ago
If only he had demanded the same level of perfection and effort out of his VMA and RIR singing voice, I think this 02 comeback could've been 180 degrees in the opposite direction.
MTV was still stoked for Axl's return until the cringe worthy embarassment of the VMA performance.
Yeah, that was the greatest missed opportunity in GN'R history. MTV was all geared up to promote the new band, their crazy appearance was actually pretty novel and iconic (and not that alienating to the audience in an era where Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland was sporting makeup and contacts). If Axl had bothered to do shed the pounds and engage the services of a vocal coach as he did in 2006, he would've blown them away - and we would've got Chinese Democracy then.
#1897 Re: Guns N' Roses » i'm back » 870 weeks ago
Fat-Drunk wrote:Oh! I almost forgot -
there was that 11-song CD that Classic Rock reviewed (July 07) which had "Atlas Shrugged" and "Silkworms"
(along w/ CD, Better, The Blues, IRS, TWAT, Madagascar, Catcher, Rhiad and Prostitute).
Yeah I remember that. Was always surprised that Silkworms did not surface during that initial 2007 leak. Every song performed in 2001-02 leaked besides Silkworms.
I'm pretty sure that the CD that Classic Rock reviewed is never gonna leak.
#1898 Re: Guns N' Roses » i'm back » 870 weeks ago
Well, I'm not particularly fussed about the moggs (other than mild curiosity at picking out some of the guitar lines - could be useful for learning the songs). But if there's any chance that this might lead to some unreleased material seeing the light of day, I'm excited. A better-quality Brian May CITR (or even, dare I whisper it, Atlas Shrugged), or more of the '99 demos with Robin and Freese, or... God, the Holy Grail for me, the re-recorded AFD...
#1899 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 870 weeks ago
elevendayempire wrote:I reckon the endgame's in sight now - I think Velvet Revolver are almost certainly going to announce Franky Perez as their new frontman after the promo for Loaded and Slash's solo album is over and done with. In him, they've got a vocalist who can match Axl on the high notes (Scott's biggest weakness was that he just didn't have Axl's range). Hell, without Scott around, they might even get Izzy back in a songwriting capacity; IIRC it was Weiland who nixed most of the Izzy-written tracks on Contraband.
If Velvet Revolver has a frontman who can match Axl's vocal range, the reunion is, bluntly, never going to happen; they can concentrate on making their band into a brand that's as big as GN'R, rather than having to live with a vocalist who's less able than Axl, and deal with people wishing they had the Ginger Recluse back.
If Axl's not going to do anything, I wish this would happen.
I think it's probably in their best interest at this point, to just have Slash, Duff & Steven/Matt, and maybe Izzy, find a lead singer, similar, and do their own Guns N' Roses.
I think it's in our best interests, too; if VR are going around doing the classic-rock-old-school-GN'R thing with a vocalist who actually has Axl's range, it frees Axl up to do his own thing as well. People will get their Old GN'R fix from Velvet Revolver, and they'll stop banging on about a reunion. I'm actually kind of excited to hear what Axl will do with New New GN'R - an album recorded from the ground up with a stable lineup of Bumblefoot, DJ, Fortus, Dizzy, Pitman, Tommy and Brain.
#1900 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 870 weeks ago
I reckon the endgame's in sight now - I think Velvet Revolver are almost certainly going to announce Franky Perez as their new frontman after the promo for Loaded and Slash's solo album is over and done with. In him, they've got a vocalist who can match Axl on the high notes (Scott's biggest weakness was that he just didn't have Axl's range). Hell, without Scott around, they might even get Izzy back in a songwriting capacity; IIRC it was Weiland who nixed most of the Izzy-written tracks on Contraband.
If Velvet Revolver has a frontman who can match Axl's vocal range, the reunion is, bluntly, never going to happen; they can concentrate on making their band into a brand that's as big as GN'R, rather than having to live with a vocalist who's less able than Axl, and deal with people wishing they had the Ginger Recluse back.
