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#351 Re: Guns N' Roses » Does anyone else kinda miss the 09-14 lineup? » 224 weeks ago
I remember all the hype around the Hammerstein shows in 2006, using the classic/hybrid logo, and getting my hopes up for at least some form of partial reunion. Ends up being BBF and an occasional Izzy appearance but I could live with it because it felt like the album was imminent, Axl was on fire, and at least Robin was still around. When they announced Ashba as the replacement for Robin that was the moment where it was like…what are we doing here. I still supported the band and went to a show with that lineup, but that’s all we had. Probably the best way to sum up that lineup…it was all we had.
#352 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why no photo shoots after 1991? » 224 weeks ago
No better pic of the orginal band than their Rolling Stone cover.
Only 70 bucks on Amazon! Wish I cared about this stuff but seems like a bargain for someone else.
#353 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why no photo shoots after 1991? » 224 weeks ago
Nice juxtaposition, misterid. Basically the same pic, backstage at a show. As if someone decided tonight was the night. I wonder who.
#354 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns n Roses=a joke » 225 weeks ago
Wherever Axl goes music doesn't get released.
Slash n Duff always had New albums to tour behind whether it was Snakepit, Neurotic Outsiders, Loaded, SMKC, Solo Albums, etc.
Until they rejoined GnR and Axl and his new music graveyard.AC/DC is another band that always has a New Album to tour behind, in fact Axl is the only singer to ever be in AC/DC that never recorded a AC/DC album.
Wherever Axl goes nothingness follows
Axl = death of New music
Saw this post on another forum under another name. Not sure why it bothers me but it kind of does.
#355 Re: Guns N' Roses » Could the first Snakepit album have been a good record with Axl / Duff » 225 weeks ago
I don't care so much for lyrics apart from the way they sound when being sung. What I don't get about CD is how weak Axl sounds vocally when we know from the live shows that he had a great voice at the time. Not as much rasp as the old days, but still a very strong and powerful voice. Most of CD sounds like he's straining to sound like his old self. The IRS scream is good but is it really on the level of those Live and Let Die screams he did in 2002? Only the scream in TWAT and the vocals on Oh My God give credit to his skills at the time. This I Love too but that song is so cheesy.
Yeah but I feel like he had “it” on Better and Shacklers. Would have been a great time to record vocals for songs like Prostitute and SoD.
#356 The Sunset Strip » Pantera to tour with Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante » 225 weeks ago
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News is out everywhere and made official today.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/its-offic … ng-members
As someone who loves what AIC has become, I don’t mind it. People want to hear these songs live with original members. People will go nuts about the name but I think the ship has sailed on general public caring. Introduce the music to new fans.
#357 Re: Guns N' Roses » Could the first Snakepit album have been a good record with Axl / Duff » 225 weeks ago
apex-twin wrote:elevendayempire wrote:Because that would require Axl to write new lyrics, which appears to be a massive roadblock for him.
And when you look at some of the lyrics on CD, it becomes even more embarrassing.
Nowt wrong with the lyrics on CD. Axl's lyrical turn of phrase is vastly superior to, say, Myles "rhyme light with right" Kennedy.
Mayyyyybe not on This I Love though lol.
#358 Re: Guns N' Roses » Thor Love & Thunder - missed oppertunity? Minor Spoilers about movie. » 226 weeks ago
Imagine Fernando trying to negotiate with film studios/producers. Anything beyond signing off on using a few old songs would obviously be too difficult.
Yeah and he probably got robbed on those songs too.
#359 Re: Guns N' Roses » What is your favorite song on CD? » 229 weeks ago
Booking them to play VMAs without even just a single and music video ready to go - that's a terrible idea. Following that up with a tour when you still have nothing ready? Also terrible idea.
All they needed was a single to give them some momentum....
Madagascar with Silkworms or Riad as a B side. Hell... Silkworms might have accidentally turned it into a double A side if it can sneak its way on to a club chart and/or become a hit on the rave scene.
Not a big fan of Madagascar as a first single but he was willing to play it at the VMAs....so release it. Should've been in stores within days of that performance.
They didn't have the slightest clue what they were doing. It's unfortunate that the rest of the lineup didn't have any clout or influence to get something going.
The next blunder would happen a year later with the infamous Trunk IRS leak. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory....
Releasing that as a single to tide fans over would've worked wonders in more ways than one...
Fans are happy
Media has something positive to discuss
It buys time for you to wrap up the album without the negativity clouding everything.
I'll go even one step further with the 2006 leaks....
By the time the band hits the stage at Hammerstein, the following songs should have been released as an EP....
Better(this is the single)
IRS
TWATHell...you could still include those on the album two years later.
I think in retrospect, looking at the shit that was released at the time, the record company was off-base saying they had no songs. There was plenty of interest in what Axl was doing. Release what’s done after Rio and maybe there’s something. But given the dynamics of the industry at the time they thought maybe there’s a blast in curiosity sales but it won’t sell a tour, so let’s hold out for a reunion. They weren’t necessarily wrong.
#360 Re: Guns N' Roses » What is your favorite song on CD? » 229 weeks ago
Catcher ... the original recording, not the one on the album.
Kind of crazy a leaked cassette tape was better than what was on the album.
