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#1941 Re: Guns N' Roses » Appetite '99 » 918 weeks ago
Jeez, the hoarders have 'em? This should be MSL's new mission... 
#1942 Re: Guns N' Roses » GnR holding audititons for a replacement for Robin? » 918 weeks ago
On Topic: John 5 is a great player but it would be like Robin in 01 all over again (image wise).
Nah, John 5 wears what suits the occasion. MM's image was all Gothery and make-up, so he wore makeup and goth togs. It suited him to carry on that image in his solo albums, 'cause it brought some of his MM fans along. But if you look at him on various YouTube videos, he tends to favour civvies.
TBH though, I don't give a toss about image - the music transcends that (FWIW, I love Robin's work on tour and in the studio, and they'll have a hell of a job finding someone who can replicate his feel and passion).
Having said that, I kinda liked the demented carnival that was GN'R in 2002 - Axl in his baggy sports jerseys, Buckethead in his... well... bucket, Tommy in his tartan suit, and Robin dressed up like someone who'd wandered in from a Tim Burton film set.
#1943 Re: Guns N' Roses » Appetite '99 » 918 weeks ago
Nah, Bucket didn't join until very late in the day - like, mid-2000, IIRC - and the AFD re-recording was in 1999. There was an interview where Axl mentioned the "tension" between Robin and Buckethead, with the two jockeying for position as lead guitarist - which, we can assume, was basically due to Robin having been the lead guitarist on the AFD re-recordings and assuming that he was the lead guitarist, whereupon Buckethead rocks up late in the day and takes over most of the spectacular solo spots.
#1944 Re: Guns N' Roses » Appetite '99 » 918 weeks ago
Wow, I never heard that the 99 Paradise City leaked. Like many here, I'd kill to hear the re-recorded Appetite.
#1945 Re: Guns N' Roses » "In Search of Checkmate" » 923 weeks ago
Good luck, with the album now out I was worried that the leaks would dry up. Nice to see someone's getting the ball rolling again...
#1946 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain To Tour w/ GNR In Summer? » 924 weeks ago
Wow, A Bucket/Bumble/Fortus guitar lineup would rock my world - I'd love to finally see Buckethead performing with GN'R. Don't wanna get my hopes up though...
#1947 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Duff says statement aout VR coming within days!!!! » 925 weeks ago
Well, here's hoping it's Chester Bennington.
#1948 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Duff says statement aout VR coming within days!!!! » 925 weeks ago
BBF was also there
So, what, Bumblefoot's the new lead singer for Velvet Revolver?
...actually, I'd totally buy that record. 
#1949 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose/Dexter forum chat discussion thread » 931 weeks ago
Yeah, I bought into the whole "reunion" idea - I even suggested a couple of (seemingly) plausible line-ups. Clearly I was wrong - there's way too much bad blood there for it to work. Nor would I want it to - Axl's worked with the current band for much longer than he ever did with Slash and co, and it'd be hugely disrespectful to shit on the current guys by reuniting with people he doesn't even like.
Of course, I was basing my ideas for a reunion on what then seemed plausible - if Axl had come out with his "homework assignment" (:D) before now, all the ill-informed speculation of the sort that I'd engaged in would've been nipped in the bud.
#1950 Re: Guns N' Roses » NIN imploding? Finck coming back? (NOPE!) » 933 weeks ago
It's definitely a dig at Axl but Reznors been doing it for years and others have said much worse I doubt Axl will be too upset by this one.
elevendayempire wrote:Pretty much the only people in the new lineup whose place is secure are Dizzy, Pitman and maybe Fortus (assuming Izzy doesn't want to tour or Axl DEMANDS to have three guitarists). I don't like it - it's a shoddy way to treat the people who've pissed away a decade of their careers on Chinese Democracy - but it looks increasingly like it's happening.
Who knows about a reunion, it's a speculation for now and really nothing much more substantial than that, the strongest reunion indicator is that Azoff's in charge and he's the 'reunion' guy so to speak. As for a reunion lineup it dpeneds on if they want to do new material. If they do, I'd suspect we might see Pitman remaining in some capacity. If it's just a big tour there's no real need for Pitman, they did the old songs fine 20 years ago wihtout him. I see no place for Fortus in any kind of reunion environment, if Izzy won't do it (and I suspect he would) then I'm sure Gilby would.
My thinking is that Axl would want to maintain a balance between "his people" and the old band; the control freak wouldn't want to be outnumbered by Slash and his mates, given that they're a tight unit that's been recording and touring together for several years now.
Given that Pitman wrote many of the new GN'R songs, I'd imagine Axl would want to keep him on board - and he'd be handy for synths, orchestration and adding all those "modern" touches to the songs. Dizzy would stay, that's a given.
Fortus... I'm assuming Izzy would be his usual unpredictable self; we know he doesn't like touring, but I could see him taking a back-seat role. Songwriting, and occasionally turning up to guest at gigs and soak up the applause. Assuming that were the case, I'd say Fortus is a more likely pick than Gilby, because neither Axl nor Slash have had any meaningful contact with Gilby for about a decade.
I couldn't see Slash's ego allowing him to sit back and watch Ron play, say, the November Rain outro, though.
So I could see a plausible "reunion" line-up of...
Axl
Slash
Fortus
Duff
Pitman
Dizzy
Either Sorum or Frank on drums
plus occasional appearances by Izzy
