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#951 Re: Guns N' Roses » Ron leaving the band after Vegas? » 650 weeks ago
Completely AGREE x infinity on Doug Aldrich replacing Ron. Doug is on another planet from Ron. Doug is literally like a hybrid of Slash & Bucket. He can do some of the most bluesy, beautiful, soulful rock solos, then turn without hesitation and kick out Bucket technicality, without losing the soul.
To this day Aldrich is underrated. Whitesnake fans right now are absolutely heartbroken that DA is leaving DC. To Whitesnake fans, if it weren't for Reb Beach still being there to back it all up, they'd probably be swallowing a shotgun while listening to "Forevermore" on a loop.
But tbh, Burning Rain (which I haven't ever listening to believe it or not), is not Doug Aldrich's side project. It was Doug Aldrich's band, the band, that he was in years before he started becoming a journeyman guitarist doing session work in Best-of cover collections with Cleopatra records, and spot starting for Dio & Whitesnake here and there.
Aldrich was in a band called Lion with Kal Swan in the 80s, which morphed into Bad Moon Rising when half the band left in 1990. They did Bad Moon Rising together in the 90s, then Kal Swan retired from singing, and was replaced by Keith St. James (name?), and rechristened Burning Rain. And the rest is history. I loved Lion & BMR, but refused to listen to Burning Rain after the loss of Swan. I probably should re-listen to Burning Rain now that alot of time has passed since now and importing those records to the states in the late 90s.
Aldrich's spot-start work is equally underrated. He did a one-off lead job on the short-lived melodic band Hurricane's final album, Slave To The Thrill in 1990. It's pure bombastic 80s glam knock-off, but Kelly Hansen's pre-Foreigner melodies and Aldrich huge guitar, Hurricane's Slave To The Thrill is a lost-gem, you've probably never heard of.
Aldrich in GN'R? I'd rather have Doug than fucking Slash or Buckethead.
#952 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Axls Statement on Buckethead 2004 » 654 weeks ago
Yeah I agree it kinda sucks when your favorite band doesn't release any new music.
Axl's wasted years of the talent around him, let alone his own.
#953 Re: Guns N' Roses » Fortus - Guns N' Roses Could Have New Music In 2015 » 654 weeks ago
Dick knows... well dick.
DJ actually has probably had the most honest take on the writing process, barring those first few weeks when he was a bit too enthusiastic. Like he said above... in a nutshell they work on ideas, pass them around, and see what each other thinks. But in the end, if Axl doesn't approve or could care less, you can't really record albums without your lead singer.
I've wondered for quite awhile if the band, contractually, would be able to break off from Axl and go record their GN'R material with a different lead singer. With DJ's guitar and the old hard rock sensability of the rest of the band, plus Duff, without Axl, i'd be curious what this band would sound like if they ran off and got a modern era rock singer to perform their material, like M Shadows or Chester Bennington. Might kick ass...
#954 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose: After all, what's wrong with your voice? » 654 weeks ago
Great article, but I agree with Olorin, seems like pure fan speculation. I will agree that vocally Axl does sound like he has calluses on his vocal chords, and just like the Golden Gods show, when Axl uses rasp, he very easily seizes up vocally, and just seems to be pushing air out, thus the Mickey with no power voice he has most of the time lately.
I definitely wonder if surgery and some extended rehab, if Axl's vocals can be saved, barring just quitting as a live act and becoming an exclusive studio act.
#955 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR to perform at Golden Gods award show/ lifetime achievement for Axl » 654 weeks ago
I agree that Axl seemed to really be trying his best, which is admirable and sad in a sense as well.
I think we've all kind of adjusted to helium Axl live at this point, but I really wish he would take a break and go into the studio. It would allow him the freedom to do as many takes as he needs to get the rasp right. Had Axl spent more time recording, I think we all would've been more forgiving of Axl taking extended time off for vocal surgery, recovery, re-training, whatever he needed like Steven Tyler or David Coverdale. But he's waited so long at this point, any extended break just adds more fuel to the fire.
Then again who cares? He seems to have no intention to move forward with this band beyond just being a cash grab touring act. If he has no intention of working, I really wish he'd just tell the band so when they're asked they don't have to lie, they can just say "When Axl gets ready, we'll be here. But until then, the hits are it".
#956 Re: Guns N' Roses » Duff McKagan on tour with GNR? » 654 weeks ago
This whole short period has been just bizarre. Duff returning to GN'R, not as a special guest, but introduced primarily as the new "old" bassist. Then to see Duff "Rose" McKagan make a return, walking the streets getting along like chums with DJ & Richard primarily, with some of Chris & Frank, like he's a member of the band. The whole thing has a feeling "Dallas" dream season all over it, like wtf?
Tommy is one of the oldest, long-standing members of new Guns, and easily one of the most liked, and yet he was thrown overboard in seconds for Duff. If that's not definitive proof that Axl's "experiment" was a complete and total failure, I don't know what is.
At this stage, whatever works I suppose. If Duff's prescence in the band gives Axl a feeling of nostalgia and happiness, so much to the point that he feels more willing to write, that's great. More old band members can't ever hurt, right? At this point the whole Chinese period is beyond the point of being buried. The moment is gone. Axl needs to scrap it all, compile a new band, whether with Duff, without Duff, with Ron, without Ron, etc., and focus on a new period. And then of course releasing whatever is in the vault as a time capsule legacy piece of that period down the line.
Considering that Axl's embraced being a 80s sunset strip-nostalgia act, Duff fits in with the current band better than Tommy anyways, believe it or not.
Regardless of whether Duff is in or not, at this stage, GN'R still don't tour as much as other artists. I still don't understand why the band couldn't add Izzy as well, because it isn't like it's a full time job.
I just don't understand where the line is. So Duff leaves and Tommy comes back? And all those Vegas fans are gonna chant "We want Duff?" How does that work exactly bringing back an old band member for a handful of shows, and a "to be" nationally broadcast concert as a member of Guns N' Roses, and then Tommy is supposed to come back?
I don't buy it, and if it does happen that way... how weird.
Either way 'tis still cool, regardless of Axl's vocal situations to see Duff "Rose" McKagan make a return, as well as getting along well with the band. Just means another writer that helps the band, and helps bridge that line from the band's ideas and Axl. I'm sure Duff would have WAY WAY WAY more creative sway with Axl than anyone currently in the band.
#957 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR to perform at Golden Gods award show/ lifetime achievement for Axl » 654 weeks ago
Good to be here again, albeit briefly. Night guys, nuthin' but love. Peace.
#958 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR to perform at Golden Gods award show/ lifetime achievement for Axl » 654 weeks ago
Axl sounds pretty damn good for 2014 Axl on PC! 
#959 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR to perform at Golden Gods award show/ lifetime achievement for Axl » 654 weeks ago
What are they jamming now, sounds cool
The band have been jamming that song (whatever it is) as an intro to PC since last year I believe... but i've been out of the loop for awhile.
#960 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR to perform at Golden Gods award show/ lifetime achievement for Axl » 654 weeks ago
Never thought all that much of Gilby. I'd take DJ any day.
