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#4881 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » 6 CAreer defining records of Matt sorum » 879 weeks ago
That sounds a lot like me. Maybe I'm Matt Sorum in disguise.
#4882 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter updates » 879 weeks ago
I don't think he would post an update about a meeting to kill VR. Slash is far too media savvy to do that...
#4883 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 879 weeks ago
buzzsaw wrote:I'm curious to see how long Axl can keep a "stable" lineup.
Guns n roses has never had a stable lineup in its career. IT has had 2 stable cores but the line up as a whole has always been shaky. The original stable core was Axl slash and Duff with Izzy having a will he wont he input much like robin in the new lineup.
New lineups stable core is Axl Dizzy Tommy Rich
And there lies the problem in my opinion. I'm so glad you brought this up.
Old Core:
Axl - great frontman, song structure, and occasional great lyrics (almost always good)
Slash - wrote great solos, great interation with Izzy on the guitars
Duff - melodic bass player, wrote bass lines that compliments the guitars
Izzy - great riff writer, very good rhythm player
New Core:
Axl - still a very good frontman, great song structure, occasional great lyrics (almost always good)
Dizzy - ummm...great at playing what Axl writes?
Tommy - solid bass player, not much songwriting
Rich - ummmm...great session player for anybody that needs a warm body? Not a songwriter
Robin - bad guitar player, one writing credit to his entire career
This is (and has been) why I feel that CD is such a weak album - it's the songwriting. Axl's role hasn't changed other than taking on more responsibility. CD overall lacks melodic solos (other than a couple from BH), melodic bass parts, and great guitar riffs - all the things the first core was known for. Those are the things that set GnR apart from the hair bands of the 80s. That is what people (the general public) expects to hear on a GnR album. Then they get SR via RB and CD (the single) dumped on them to push the album, neither of which which sounds anything like the old band, and it's over before it even began.
Weak songwriting plus even weaker choices for songs to promote the album doomed this long before Axl decided to do no PR work for it.
#4884 Re: The Sunset Strip » Roy Orbison... » 879 weeks ago
No, partially because I don't consider him a "rock" singer. But he is one of the best vocalists ever. I would say top 20 at the very least, which is quite an honor considering how many good singers there have been over the years.
#4885 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 879 weeks ago
I'm curious to see how long Axl can keep a "stable" lineup.
#4886 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 880 weeks ago
buzzsaw wrote:I think he may have put feelers out there, promotors came back and said you don't even have a full band, and DJ was hired. He put out feelers again and didn't like what he heard either financially or in the scope of the tour, so *poof* the tour isn't brought up any more.
And see i've thought for awhile, a different variation of that same theory.
The difference is, I think the new band is being blacklisted. I think the record execs realize they don't need Axl anymore, and neither do promoters, and they are sitting back saying "reunite or fuck off".
So... Axl fucked off.
To me, that's part of what he didn't like. There is no demand for this band. We know it, the promoters know it, and now Axl knows it. It's VR all over again. The curiosity is gone, so is the only thing keeping people interested. No second album, CD re-release, or tour is going to change that. The world wanted to see what Axl could do, saw it, and said no thanks. The only hope for Axl is a reunion - he can't even really do a solo album to gain interest because he just released one. Since he isn't interested in a reunion, it's over on any major scale until he is or he dies.
#4887 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 880 weeks ago
full band?? 2 guitar players, 2 keyboard players, 2 drummers, bass, and one lunatic singer seems "full" enough for me!
:haha::haha:
In most cases, you'd be correct.
#4888 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 880 weeks ago
I think he may have put feelers out there, promotors came back and said you don't even have a full band, and DJ was hired. He put out feelers again and didn't like what he heard either financially or in the scope of the tour, so *poof* the tour isn't brought up any more.
#4889 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Summerfest in Milwaukee » 880 weeks ago
From what I can gather, it looks like Loaded has been invited to Cruefest and as a result they cancelled their small tour in July. I still can't find anything official.
We got out on the 4th around 1:00 PM. The whole week was cold, especially considering it was 95 in Tennessee when we left.
I still have pics and vids on my phone to upload from Gilby's show. I will get to it eventually.
#4890 Re: Guns N' Roses » When All Is Said And Done... » 880 weeks ago
The problem is Axl wants EVERYTHING on his terms. There's nothing wrong with that if you can swing it (and it appears in some respects, he can). He'll sit around as a hermit until he decides he wants to do something (tour?) and if he gets what he wants, he'll do it. If not, he won't. I suspect he hired DJ to tour and found that he wasn't getting what he wanted, so he said fuck it and went back to being a hermit. There's actually something admirable about that - even if whatever his expectations were weren't realistic.
