Neemo wrote:

Slashisvr wrote:

cool

BUT.... i dont think paul was the saviour of GNR, axl would have carryed the fuckin thing on if paul was there or not lol

From what i can recall it was Paul who convinced Axl to keep Guns n Roses alive...i believe that Axl was well and truely ready to call it quits and retire...he was so devestated at how things had degenerated in his life at the time, but Tobias and Beta kept his spirits up and kept him going dring that time....its either that or he was contemplating a solo career and they talked him into keeping the GnR brand going...either way Paul was one of Axl's confidentes during that period of time.

before you ask i have no idea where i read that stuff...for all i know it may be just ramblings of a GnR Forum junkie .... sic. is the quote man...if it exists he'll know where to find it

regardless there were rumored periods where Axl wouldnt sing or write lyrics to anything as he had totally lost all confidence in himself and gnr

i consider this encarnation of Guns N' Roses a solo carrear lol

it certainly isnt the GNR i knew

Locomotive98 wrote:

gnfnraxl wrote:

Ouch!  I disagree.  When I saw them the ONLY song Finck played better than Slash ever did was Seet Child O Mine.

At Hammersmith when Finck butchered Patience there was an audible gasp from many around me and a lot of cringing faces, followed by a lot of head shaking. As for his solo spot - well - it was like a deaf person trying to tune up, whilst on acid. Just terrible - it would've been laughable but to see GNR reduced to that wasnt funny at all. Me doing a solo wouldve been better and I cant play guitar.

So far I havnt heard him play anything better than Slash, and I'm sure thats not going to happen anytime soon. If he's still in the band that is.

He's not a good fit sound wise for Guns, never was, never will be. Hes good in NIN so thats where he should be. Even his recent look in Guns was contrived and fake.

So what was horrible?  His patience rendition or his Sweet Child O Mine rendition?  And remember on that night he may have had just a fluke performance on Sweet Child O' Mine.  His intro to Welcome to the Jungle before the band got on stage was just horrible though.  Bucket's was way better.  As for the rest of the songs on that night.  I wouldn't say he butchered them but he did not do them justice that is for sure.  And one last thing.  Finck's solo and the one with Fortus was excruciatingly long and awful.