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#1111 Re: The Sunset Strip » Megadeth Mega Thread » 561 weeks ago
polluxlm wrote:James Lofton wrote:Crazy how 49k sales can get you the number 3 slot on the top 200.
Especially when it counts digital too.
Would have thought Mustaine had more fans than that. Do you know the numbers for the recent SG albums?
King Animal sold 83k copies in its first week here in the US. Solid numbers but they promoted the hell out of it. Second week it sold 21k here. First year after its release it sold 207k copies. I don't know its up to date numbers but two years of touring after its release surely caused it to pull in more numbers.
The fact they they continually released material didn't help King Animal's sales one bit. Telephantasm piggybacked the Rock Band craze and went platinum instantly. Then of course the re-release of the entire discography, Superunknown box set, Live on I5, and Echo of Miles box set. They almost released too much material.
Album sales don't seem to be fueling the reunion or they would've spaced out those releases.
One other thing, some grunge fans like to say AIC's reunion has been more successful than SG's. Its not.
Black Gives Way to Blue sold 126,000 in its first week in Sep 2009. The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here sold 61,000 in its first week, good for a peak of 2. Blue has shipped a million copies worldwide.
If a more successful comeback = overall performance of new material then I would say AIC easily takes the cake. Blue had hit singles in A Looking in View, Check My Brain, You Decision, and Lesson Learned, while Dinosaurs was less successful but had decent rock radio hits with Hollow and Stone.
I assume you are classifying the SG "comeback" as King Animal and a couple of compilations with some unreleased old tracks?
#1112 Re: Guns N' Roses » Your Opinions on a Axl/Slash Reconciliation » 562 weeks ago
They could do Get in the Ring and Axl could replace the writers he blasts with ex managers and producers.
#1113 Re: Guns N' Roses » Vegas Shows Roll Call » 563 weeks ago
Planning on being there. Need tix but don't mind paying the markup.
#1114 Re: Guns N' Roses » Reunited GUNS N' ROSES To Play New T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas » 564 weeks ago
AIC sells out 5-6k amphiteaters. I wouldn't be surprised if their last solo tour out drew Soundgarden's. Excluding their co-headline with NIN.
#1115 Re: Guns N' Roses » Reunited GUNS N' ROSES To Play New T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas » 564 weeks ago
Lots of ties to AIC via Duff. Cantrell played on How To Be A Man, both Seattle scene guys. I think Mike Inez played on a Slash album or tour too. They have done their own headlining gigs but nothing like the Stadium tour they are talking about.
I called it few weeks back...bank on AIC as the opener 
#1116 Re: Guns N' Roses » Something is up with Pitman » 565 weeks ago
I'm fairly certain the general public doesn't give a shit about Duff, let alone Izzy or fucking Popcorn.
I'm also fairly certain the general public doesn't even know that Axl has been touring a different lineup for the past 16 years. They just think they broke up when Slash left.
Maybe if you gently prod someone you could coax a vague memory of something that happened in 2002 at an award show, but that's it.
#1117 Re: Guns N' Roses » Official Statement coming from Guns camp tonight. » 566 weeks ago
Don't get why anybody would be upset Pittman is involved. He hangs inthe back and isn't taking a spot from someone else of any importance.
I can see why people would be upset if it were Richard/Dave instead of Izzy or Frank instead of Adler because it's perceived they are taking the spot of the originals, but Pittman? Who cares? You really pissed they didn't bring back Zig Zag?
Also, I'd be weary of taking comment sections from news articles as public opinion. 99% of those posters comment for reaction, and they make up a very small portion of the readers.
#1118 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose To Talk "Guns N Roses" on Jmmy Kimmel Live(Not Happening) » 566 weeks ago
AtariLegend wrote:Smoking Guns wrote:What is it exactly has Fortus done again? Exactly. Gilby was there during the live era. That IS worth something.
Played on an album of original material. Lasted 14 years, played in front of an awful lot of people over the past 14 years.
If you hold Fortus in low regard, why are you using him as the benchmark that Gilby needs to pass?
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Fortis said all the songs were written pretty much when he got there. I like Fortus but nobody he really know what he played on CD. I can actually hear Gilby on TSI. Can you hear Fortus on CD? I didn't think so.
To be fair to Fortus there were 8 other guitarists to compete with on the master tracks so I don't blame him.
Also, the one thing Slash has been missing on his solo stuff is strong rythym play. His rythym on his solo albums is basically taking a riff, the basic chords, and going through the motions. No real feel.
#1119 Re: Guns N' Roses » Coachella Festival profile and rumours » 567 weeks ago
The reason the setlists never changed was because those were the songs Axl was comfortable singing because of his voice, so I don't see a big deviation.
Well, he sings SCOM and granted it's their biggest hit, but even during his peak second career he still sucked on it save for the outro.
#1120 Re: Guns N' Roses » Potential Opening Acts » 567 weeks ago
Alice in Chains has been a solid but not megastar headliner over the past 7 years or so. Think they would be a good and willing opener.
Plus Duff is tight with the Seattleheads.
