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#1851 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » What Next?? » 959 weeks ago
I'm not convinced they're through yet. Both Weiland and Slash have talked about solo albums for 08 so VR activity in next year was always going to be low, I can see them going off next year and doing their own thing without actually breaking up and just taking stock of things before making any kind of decision about VR. They've basically got a year out to each think things through before they have to look at being VR again, why make a snap call now when you have a year to make a decision. Let the Libertad tour come to an end, do the solo thing and then see what kind of state people are in at the end of 08. That'd be my thinking anyway.
#1852 Re: The Sunset Strip » Led Zeppelin and Metallica rumored to do US Festival » 959 weeks ago
It's becoming the worst kept secret in music that they'll be playing shows next year. There's just too many different sources blabbing about it for there not to be any truth in it.
#1853 Re: Guns N' Roses » Rolling Stone (50 Best Songs Over 7 Minutes Long) » 959 weeks ago
It's just alphabetical order I think.
#1854 Re: The Sunset Strip » Led Zeppelin and Metallica rumored to do US Festival » 959 weeks ago
His performance was that good you had to tell us twice 
#1855 Re: The Sunset Strip » Led Zeppelin and Metallica rumored to do US Festival » 959 weeks ago
I'm surprised Metallica are being tipped as headliners, surely it would be Led Zep headlining?
#1856 Re: Guns N' Roses » Rolling Stone (50 Best Songs Over 7 Minutes Long) » 959 weeks ago
I thought they'd have gone with NR given it's the big hit of the +7 minute songs GNR recorded. I like Estranged more than you do though CC, so I can live with seeing it beat the other songs to the list
#1857 Re: Guns N' Roses » Another Year Almost Gone By » 959 weeks ago
Looks like Axl and the record company are slogging it out then, with the album only being handed in if x,y,z are agreed.
That might take a week or might take a year 
#1858 Re: Guns N' Roses » How will the delays effect C.D.'s sales? » 959 weeks ago
A Private Eye wrote:Interest will be there whenever it's released imo, perhaps there where certain peaks in interest where it would have done better like in 02. Should we ever get a firm release date I think a lot fo that interest will return. The media doesn't mention it or apparently care because they've nothing left to say about it, any comments they had to make on Axl or CD they made in 99 then in 02 and then in 06, they can't repeat the CD story every other issue. As far as the media are concerned there's nothing really to care about because nothing new has happened and until it does they'd just be rehashing very old news.
As for album sales like many have said it won't break any records becuse we're no longer in an era where albums sell in the many millions. Nor is Axl some iconic rock god to the kids but that doesn't neccessarily matter. I can't speak for any other countries but when The Eagles album came out recently it debuted at number 1 and is still at number 5 in the charts 5 weeks after release with practically no promotion. A few adverts in magazines and that's about all I saw, there was no single on national radio and if there was it got little to no airplay. The kids aren't buying that but yet it's selling well. With CD factor in a good single (hopefully), the right promotion and the fact that it's GNR's 'comeback album' etc and I think CD has a fair shot at claiming a high chart place.
The Eagles had a single on VH1's countdown. I don't care enough to see if they have one on Billboard and since Bo Bice was number 1 on VH1 this week, I've lost all respect for that countdown. Maybe someone will care enough to look it up.
I'd venture a guess that the Eagles have more fans that would buy conventional CD releases than Guns N' Roses does due to the age difference. There are far more 30 year olds running around with mp3 players than 45 year olds. Add to that the successes most of them had on their own and I'd say that they would easily outsell anything Axl could release at this point after the first week or so. CD could peak high initially, but it will have no staying power without a monster single prior to release.
Yeah fair points, The Eagles may have had a single I wasn't sure, point was you have to hunt to hear it in the UK, it's not like it was everywhere.
Your right about the single though for CD though, it does need a good one, but more broadly it has to be a good album. All the promo in the world won't save a shit album, if it has some great tracks on it it will do well however long the wait or however much people dislike Axl. A good single will fair it well at the start but it will drop rapidly if it's got 12 other bland songs, if it's got 5 or 6 songs on it that really could be successful singles with the rest being solid tracks then it will last a lot longer.
I think the albums success hinges much more on how good it is than the wait we've endured to it.
#1859 Re: Guns N' Roses » How will the delays effect C.D.'s sales? » 959 weeks ago
Interest will be there whenever it's released imo, perhaps there where certain peaks in interest where it would have done better like in 02. Should we ever get a firm release date I think a lot fo that interest will return. The media doesn't mention it or apparently care because they've nothing left to say about it, any comments they had to make on Axl or CD they made in 99 then in 02 and then in 06, they can't repeat the CD story every other issue. As far as the media are concerned there's nothing really to care about because nothing new has happened and until it does they'd just be rehashing very old news.
As for album sales like many have said it won't break any records becuse we're no longer in an era where albums sell in the many millions. Nor is Axl some iconic rock god to the kids but that doesn't neccessarily matter. I can't speak for any other countries but when The Eagles album came out recently it debuted at number 1 and is still at number 5 in the charts 5 weeks after release with practically no promotion. A few adverts in magazines and that's about all I saw, there was no single on national radio and if there was it got little to no airplay. The kids aren't buying that but yet it's selling well. With CD factor in a good single (hopefully), the right promotion and the fact that it's GNR's 'comeback album' etc and I think CD has a fair shot at claiming a high chart place.
#1860 Re: The Garden » Judge says Hershey's mints resemble cocaine » 959 weeks ago
I once nearly got kicked out of school for mistaken drug possession. I'd been at a joke shop over the weekend and bought some lame trick stuff and one of the things I'd bought was this stuff called love potion, you dropped it in a drink of someone and they'd become all loved up, or so it said on the packet. It was obviously total crap and had nothing in it to either harm anyone or cause someone to fall in love, it was a kids joke. However it was a white powder and came in small clear bag, and a teacher saw me with it, they threatened all sorts, police and everything. It took quite a lot of convincing for them to believe that it was nothing more than probably baking soda in a little bag.
