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#31 Re: Guns N' Roses » New Album thread 2025 by sp1at » 3 weeks ago
I’ll never pass up new songs but what the hell kind of timing is this release? Taking advantage of the Holiday music buying crowd? Simply to go along with the tour announcement and tickets going on sale? Doesn’t it make more sense to release songs closer to the start of the tour? Ultimately it doesn’t matter because the songs will come out and the band/mainly Axl won’t do anything with them. Unless things are different now? Nah, can’t be.
They haven't had proper management in eons. The brief period they had real management is when we got Chinese Democracy. TB took over after that. The only thing that runs competently is the touring machine and Live Nation does the heavy lifting there.
Everything but touring is just TB pretending like they know what they're doing and the big 3 indulging it because album and merch sales are a tiny percentage of their profits.
If this was the 90s when album sales were the bulk of your profits, they would've been immediately fired or GNR would've quickly been run into the ground.
I do find it coincidental that umg was expecting Chinese Democracy in 1999 but we got the orginal release of live era instead, Then again umg was expecting Chinese Democracy in 2004 but we got greatest hits instead. Now i was told umg was expecting a release from gnr on June 6th 2025 but we got a reissue/remaster of live era instead.
Notice a pattern ?
It's beyond coincidence....it was a strategy.
Bait and switch.
They've been doing it since day one of the saga....and continue to do it.
One of the worst was the 2006 Harley Davidson ad. Fan base going ape shit when we heard Better would be launched....they wind up using PC instead.
"See ya next summer with a bunch of new songs!"....
Nope... but you almost get AFD in its entirety.
It always winds up going back to AFD. ALWAYS.
It's a fucking miracle we ever got anything at all.
He wound up being another David Gilmour....he wanted the band name and everything that comes with it for himself but didn't have the drive or motivation to really pull it off.
Also why would Axl be talking about a marketing plan at the may 5th Japan gnr show on the iem recording for the new songs if they weren't ready for release ?
There is no marketing plan....there will never be a marketing plan.
These songs have been sitting there for years. We're still waiting on songs Slash talked about working on back in what....2018 or 19?
#32 Re: Guns N' Roses » Nothin' » 3 weeks ago
Should contain the first unheard vocals for a long time
Yeah this is the only reason there's hardcore interest in this.
Just like with all their "new" releases in the reunion era, the mixing/mastering is going to make or break the quality. I really wish they could shock the shit out of us and both songs sound amazing.
#33 Re: Guns N' Roses » Atlas » 3 weeks ago
Shackler is right ...too little too late. The hardcore base was literally begging for Atlas in 2016-17.
They wait until the end of 2025 to release it.
Regardless of how good or bad the updated version is, it will not move the needle in any direction.
#34 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 3 weeks ago
Surprisingly....this news was on my local news last night. I never hear about GNR on the news. It was for the tour obviously but what caused me to sit up was the mention of two songs.
When I looked at the tour dates just now, makes me wonder why the local news even covered it. They are skipping the bay area and northern California completely.
Possibly the first sign the nostalgia tour has run its course?
Definitely.
When a major band starts skipping entire regions, the jig is just about up.
We'll get the farewell/anniversary shindig after this round.
Honestly, I don't even care anymore. I just want a few more songs to wrap it all up.
Give me Oklahoma and I don't even need anymore.
#35 Re: Guns N' Roses » Only Big Guns left » 3 weeks ago
We all fucking suck. 25+ years in now. We are all fucking losers.
It really is mind blowing how long we've followed this never ending saga.
I was discussing this shit on the USENET newsgroups back in the late 90s. The forums hadn't even started yet.
HTGTH was just a basic site with album info, pics, lyrics, etc.
I was 22-23.
I'm about to turn 51.
#36 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose: Appetite for Destruction Comic Book » 9 weeks ago
I still remember that GTA voiceover fondly. He could have carved out a reputation on the side with that.
He could've done so much in the 21st century if he wanted to. A solo career in many areas was there for the taking.
He didn't want to put in the work/effort. Even if he had, he had both Chinese Democracy and TB as huge anchors weighing him down.
#37 Re: Guns N' Roses » Live Era Vinyl Re-Release » 9 weeks ago
While I hate Live Era...only thing on it I listened to was Dust N Bones....a rerelease was loooooong overdue. Hardcore fans had to pay way too much for it. It should've been rereleased multiple times already on various record store days since the mid-late 2000s.
They just never gave a shit.
FlashFlood wrote:Has any artist ever made more money on 3.5 albums worth of material?
Its amazing the NITL reunion itself is nearly 10 years old.
It's lasted longer than the original classic run.
Insane.
Ugh, Axl’s shitty re-recorded vocals ruined what could’ve been a great live compilation from that era.
But here they go, releasing anything more of anything BUT a new album.
Now that we know they had the Ritz (among others) in pristine audio/video, that should've been the live album to represent GNR as the 20th century wrapped up.
Instead it rotted in a vault for 30 years.
Has any artist ever made more money on 3.5 albums worth of material?
When we get down to the brass tacks of the 21st century, it's not even 3.5 albums.
The legacy is....
AFD
Patience
KOHD - live Marquee version that hit radio in 89
YCBM
NR
That's it. I guess we could throw in LALD as a live staple.
Lies has pretty much been lost to history. Nobody cares.
Even thoug the UYI wait, hype, and release was insane and one of the big pop culture moments of the 90s, no one knows or cares anymore. It's been boiled down to 2 songs.
TSI isn't even considered a joke anymore. It's nothing.
CD basically doesn't even exist.
They could cut 90 minutes from their set list and no one would complain.
#38 The Garden » NFL 2025 » 9 weeks ago
- James
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Anyone here watching?
Thanks to the parity era of the league, we got another wacky season unfolding...
Out of nowhere, the fucking COLTS are the top team in the league.
We're witnessing the collapse of the Ravens....and the Texans are headed in the same direction.
The Redskins....my preseason pick for the Superbowl....aren't showing the promise of last season.
The Jags and Patriots are trying to be what the Broncos were last year.
The Bills....while having a good record currently, are not looking as sharp as last season. Their Superbowl window is in the process of closing.
We may be witnessing a rebirth of the Giants. Next year they'll be doing what the Colts are doing now.
Aaron Rodgers looking for redemption in Pittsburgh...and may find it.
A QB controversy may be on tap in Frisco.
The Rams are quietly moving up the totem pole.
The Bears may actually be a playoff team this year. Shocking.
Jets looking like one of the worst teams in history. Just embarrassing. Junior college teams could beat them.
The Chiefs appear to be mimicking the 94 Cowboys...start the season looking like dog shit and then go on a run.
The Chargers.... showing so much potential last season and started the season off with a bang...are in a similar rut as the Redskins.
Some of the uniforms/helmets used this season are amazing....Bills and Dolphins top the list.
They've got to get rid of that stupid kickoff rule.
The refs are shitty. When watching old games, it makes me wish for those refs.
#39 Re: The Garden » Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025) » 21 weeks ago
End of an era.
We're going to see a LOT more icons pass in the next 5-10 years. It's frightening.
The 20th century is wrapping up. What will be left in it's place is going to be horrific because the 20th century icons were never replaced.
#40 Re: Guns N' Roses » NWA » 21 weeks ago
Thanks all! Kind of reminds me of the rumoured Axl collaboration with another rapper (Shaq?). Clearly there's a gnr / hip hop album in a parallel universe somewhere waiting to come out!
It's in the same parallel universe as the Mariah Carey grunge album.
Had a look on wayback machine and couldn't find it. Did find some other interesting stuff though I'll post a thread about when I get chance
So much GNR info has been lost to history. It's a miracle sic was able to make Chinese Whispers.
