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#1 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 10 hours ago
Age matters but I think it's more a matter of style. He was only 26 in 1988 and already completely unable to do some of the stuff he did a year or two prior. Now I think he mainly dials it down as much as he can to preserve whatever voice he has left, but apparently he is also struggling in the studio so who knows what he is actually capable of anymore.
AC/DC is an interesting example. He was mid 50s and while no longer having the fine texture of the 80s, there was nothing weak about that voice at all. It was world class rasp and power. Could he do anything similar to that now? Who knows.
#2 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 11 hours ago
There is a reason peak SCOM is from 1986. Singing that way wrecks your vocal chords. Even by 1988 Ritz he is not reaching half way on the end chorus. By 1992 he has adopted a more compromised style but he can't maintain that for long either. In 2000 he comes out with an almost clean approach. That "You're Crazy" rasp is no longer possible for him. Only when he sings with a lot of power can he bring a raspy quality to it. That's why his Live and Let Die screams were out of this world in that period. Or when he goes crazy on Nightrain. But the more subtle stuff, which is most of the catalogue, he simply can't do anymore.
#3 Re: Guns N' Roses » Perfect Crime Use Your Illusion Tour Documentary Promo » 2 days ago
One thing I like about it is that you are brought back to the golden era of the band. Obviously the 80s was their real peak, but the early to mid 90s is when they were at the top of their game as a world famous band.
To illustrate from my perspective how huge they were: I grew up in a small city in Scandinavia, but I lived on the outskirts so I was only in the city when my parents brought me there for something. We had one television channel, our version of the BBC. I had 3 neighbors and no brothers. No MTV, didn't listen to radio, and no magazines. None of my friends had any musical interests. And yet I was fully aware that there was a guy called Michael Jackson out there, and a scary band called Guns N' Roses. That was literally my entire musical perspective at 8-9 years old.
Strange to think that it only lasted a handful of years and then poof it feel off the surface of the Earth. When I started getting into music in 1996, they might as well have been broken up for 20 years. There was no trace of them in the current musical scene.
#4 Re: Guns N' Roses » Perfect Crime Use Your Illusion Tour Documentary Promo » 11 days ago
You realise this was just a short promo sample, not the full thing though?
Either way, it was really fucken cool. And just another reminder of how much cool shit this band is sitting on, but doesn’t release.
No I thought it was the full thing. What is the run time it's supposed to have then?
#5 Re: Guns N' Roses » Perfect Crime Use Your Illusion Tour Documentary Promo » 12 days ago
Thanks man.
Can see why they never released it. Footage is great but as a production it's not all that. Sort of aimless, not delving deep enough. Too short to be a real concert video, though they could have easily added songs to make it longer.
Funny how hyped this has always been. It's just a whatever tour video bands release as filler material for promo.
#6 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 2 weeks ago
I asked a chatbot to calculate the amount of money the band takes home. Slash & Duff makes 300k each night. Just on the last tour that was 15 million. Axl makes double that, but he has to pay everybody.
Since the beginning of the reunion Slash & Duff has collected 100 million each.
Let's face it, they're going to keep doing it until they fall off the stage. Remember those late Franki Valli shows? GN'R is totally doing that.
#7 Re: The Garden » HTGTH board in maintenance mode » 3 weeks ago
I just logged in. Must have been 15 years at least since the last time.
What a time capsule. Jarmo hasn't changed his avatar or signature since 2006. Layout is still exactly the same (which is good tbh).
#8 Re: Guns N' Roses » Appetite For Distortion » 15 weeks ago
Thanks. Looks to be some good stuff in there.
#9 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 16 weeks ago
polluxlm wrote:Weird seeing all these old actors passing. Soon there won't be any left. Like, will it be big news when one day Chris Pratt dies?
they will list whatever franchise films they were in first , outside of that they won’t mention much.
Think about it this way: if Duvall had never made (or got cast) in the Godfather movies , there’d still be a shit ton of significant and important movies he was in.
Can you say the same for most of these actors under 45 or so?
I even went and looked at his IMDB just now. Take out the Guardians of the Galaxy (and Marvel stuff) and the Jurassic films in his filmography. What are you left with that is noteworthy and significant?
It’s just mind boggling how tied into franchise films these actors are now days.
I did laugh because the first google thing that came out on Pratt was some bomb film that he made that is getting released on video.
If I ask my friends who Chris Pratt is they will have no idea. If I show them a picture they will probably have seen his face somewhere. I suppose that's where it will be at. Known faces with unknown names.
I forgot about AI. That hasn't really begun yet despite being very advanced. They will totally start to resurrect old actors from the past once the technology becomes good enough. Make another Rambo with a young Stallone. Bring back Cary Grant. Bet on it. Imagine the crossover movies they could do with that.
#10 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 16 weeks ago
They called him "Godfather actor" in our paper, as if people don't know who Robert Duvall was.
Weird seeing all these old actors passing. Soon there won't be any left. Like, will it be big news when one day Chris Pratt dies?
