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#521 Re: The Sunset Strip » monster truck » 558 weeks ago
Neemo caught these guys early.... they would be a great opener for GN'R on a Canadian tour as well as some northern dates imo. What massive exposure they'd get in a stadium setting.
#522 Re: The Sunset Strip » Van Halen Discussion » 558 weeks ago
I almost shit my pants when that Eat Em reunion almost happened. It deserved more media attention than it received. I'd love to see that lineup reunite for one more ride.
I care nothing about Van Hagar.
I care nothing about DLR butchering Van Halen live.
VH are in a pickle. DLR's voice is shit outside of a studio setting. He's done live. DONE imo. I can't stand to listen to him live anymore.
Sammy is like fucking nearly 70 and still kills it on vocals. Even if he just comes in and plays all of the DLR catalog, i'd rather have Sammy sing DLR's songs, than DLR these days for VH.
But yeah, in terms of new music like "Up For Breakfast", crap like that... fuck that noise. Outside of the total one-off that was 5150 (their last big album), Van Hagar was a singles-act. But they were a great singles act. Especially the ballads that DLR couldn't perform.
But yeah, if Van Halen is going to continue to exist as a live act, it's Sammy or retire. DLR needs to just retire from live performing. He's done.
Looking back, it seems like that Tokyo Dome live release was the death knell in the DLR reunion. They got major shit for that, and now DLR is recording fucking grunge songs, and Eddie wants nothing to do with that. It's crazy right now in VH world.
#523 Re: The Sunset Strip » Kanye: "I did not diss Taylor Swift" » 558 weeks ago
I think he sucks and I don't see the talent. I see the talent in Axl. Take away Kim Kardashian and he is a nobody. He is like the Ron Artest of hip hop. Does crazy shit but is no Michael Jordan. Sounds like an idiot to me.
This x a million.
Kanye needs help. He has a clinical God complex. And no talent to boot.
Axl never was that, and actually did have talent. I see no comparison.
SG is right... he's a spoiled, coddled idiot.
#524 Re: The Sunset Strip » Dream Theater » 558 weeks ago
I also used to be a big DT fan. But before A Dramatic Turn of Events, I was starting to fall off. It was all kind of becoming the same thing over and over again. Same hooks, same melodies, 15 minutes songs... on and on.
Dramatic was a great reboot album, then they did their self-titled album, and now The Astonishing is supposed to be a 2-hour concept album. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Jordan Ruddess said on Eddie Trunk's podcast that when you do listen to it, make sure to listen to all of it because it was really an album-listen. An immersive experience.
Dream Theater have really stepped it up since parting ways with Mike Portnoy. But then again, Portnoy & The Winery Dogs are pretty good too.
#525 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 558 weeks ago
Yeah, landslides are hard to do, but I think short of that, it won't be close with Trump the nominee. A gut feeling. I literally have not met a per s on in real life who doesn't think he's a complete joke.
Then you need to double-check the entire sea of liberals you're hanging out with. Then again you're in Chicago, the liberal/progressive capital of America. Even more so than Seattle or San Fran.
Dude, I haven't met one single person that doesn't think Trump isn't the savior of America. Including Democrats. The only naysayers i've seen are the conspiracy types that, are correct, in pointing out Trump's many evils over the years and are convinced he'd be Mussolini for a President.
This dude will CRUSH Hilary in an election if he stays the course. Notice I said, STAY... I still wonder if all of this was a big scam by Clinton, and that Trump's gonna get that nom, then throw the election. Other than a bullet in Trump... only way Hillary gets elected. Trump might be hated by SOME Republicans, but don't underestimate the amount of Democrats, some i've already talked to, that will vote Trump or will just stay home if Sanders doesn't get the nom. Hillary has a list of enemies and haters that would make Trump blush.
If Trump is a con artist, than Hillary is the Whitey fucking Bulger of politics.
There are people that I know who haven't voted in 30 YEARS... former Democrats mind you... that are registering to vote Trump. That's unheard of. People will be seeing more and more of these record turnouts at Caucuses & Primaries.
#526 Re: The Garden » UK Government Starts Internet Censorship » 558 weeks ago
The UK is fucked. Cameron is part of the problem, and the EU is too.
Sorry guys. Damned either way you turn.
#527 Re: The Garden » Man Tries To Trade Kidnapped Baby For 15 Big Macs At Arkansas McDonald » 558 weeks ago
He threw the baby and grabbed hamburgers?
In a world where I am president..... this man is shot immediately. If not immediately, he is starved for weeks as a reminder of his intense craving for something to the point where he disregards the value of human life.......then he is shot.
Instead this worthless piece of shit will trend on social media and get his 15 minutes.
This kind of stuff makes me a FIRM believer in Hitlerian Eugenics.
These mother fuckers should have their entire genetic code deleted from mankind. Fuck torture. Just wipe them out.
#528 Re: Guns N' Roses » Izzy reportedly in GN'R and wrote new music » 558 weeks ago
See I don't even know if CD II songs will make the cut on a GN'R Telephantasm (still one of the great GH sets).
I think it'd be far more likely to see something that is like a Black Rain from back in the day that never got made.
I still think they'll go more the route of Motley Crue's "Red, White & Crue" set, that featured three new songs. One rocker. One ballad. One cover. Boom, tour behind it for at least a year, if not more.
Left over rocker from back in the day. Axl ballad lying around that's 99% complete from the Chinese sessions (think the next SOD or TIL). And a cover song, maybe a Slash, Richard & Duff take with Axl on "Sway" or an official studio cut of "I Was Only Joking" or "Riff Raff".
That's not really asking much of them. At all. Most of the groundwork is already laid, and just needs some fleshing. Throw some best-of tunes, and some studio-fixed live cuts, maybe the Farm Aid performance of "Civil War" cleaned up. Stuff like that.
They could work that thing for up to 2 years.
#529 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N Roses Live at the Whiskey 88- Used to Love Her(minus Adler) » 558 weeks ago
True about QR. But for as much that people LOVE throwing Geoff Tate under the bus, in his prime, he had one of the most unique voices in metal, and basically has now been replaced by someone who has his throwback power, but not his tone. Tate is still Tate.
But Axl Rose was a good damn writer in his own right. This I Love proves he had what it takes. His lyrics are still some of the most underrated his his generation. I think Axl CRUSHES Kurt, and everybody slathers on Kurt. I also don't think Jerry Cantrell gets the credit he deserves from that era either.
But for all the shit Tate gets, no fucking body was coming up with anything better in that band either. It showed how much DeGarmo unified Tate with the rest of the band.
Even today, new Queensryche is really good. But it's by the numbers. Tate with Operation: Mindcrime is trying to parody himself for credibility (Axl was VERY close to that line VERY close... and pulled the nose up at the last nanosecond by calling Slash).
But still, it ain't DeGarmo-era QR. And like with Izzy, DeGarmo was kinda over all of it by the late 90's as well. And to this day has had no interest in coming back to it. Now that Tate's gone, certainly no interest.
I'm really holding out hope that Slash really likes writing with Richard. We know Axl likes writing with Duff & Chris, but if Slash digs Richard, ironically... of ALL people, Fortus will be fully realized as the secret weapon. He's the key. He's the bridge for future music imo.
#530 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R Twitter Updates » 558 weeks ago
I completely agree. The only reason these guys get a hard time is because they came AFTER what many consider old Guns. Most casual fans don't even realize that by 1992-93, it was only Axl, Slash & Duff and hired Guns, no different than now. The only reason Dizzy gets more street cred is because Dizzy has the 2nd longest tenure in the band behind Axl, and has actual written material on Chinese.
And even still, the hardcores dismiss Dizzy without hesistation.
That other video showing Axl, Slash, Izzy & Duff with that other guy filling in for Steven, I frankly thought the drums sounded better than Steven. Steven is not that hard to replace. Frank is the better drummer. But Frank will never, ever be accepted, because they see that era as sacred.
But with Chris being in the band since 1998, Chris actually has the 3rd longest tenure in the band at 18 years, behind Dizzy. Chris deserves more respect than being harrassed by trolls.
This kind of stuff was bound to happen when Axl, Slash & Duff decided to reboot the band by re-branding it back to 1993 as Axl, Slash & Duff being GN'R. When that happened, everything changed. This was my worry. Even Dizzy Reed is being talked about in the press as "a replacement keyboardist in Axl's band".
Dizzy Reed is in the Hall of fucking Fame as Guns N' Roses KEYBOARDIST!
What the fuck?
But the media, and all these 21 year old bloggers writing and recording videos on YouTube (*cough Consequence of Sound *cough cough*), are so fucking clueless about the history of the band, that anything not Matt Sorum post-1990 is seen as replacement players and NOT GN'R. Fuck them.
And they've ran out the door with that narrative. And all the sheeple are now harassing the band members who basically because of the gag order cannot defend themselves.
Most would say, "get rid of social media", but some guys do have a life outside of Guns. In 2016 these guys NEED social media to survive in this day. Chris can't just fuck off from the world like Axl. He doesn't have a mountain of money. Even Slash & Duff (minus Hollywood Vamps) have basically just disappeared. Why? They can afford it.
But anyways...
