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#11 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 19 weeks ago
he needs to change the pace and pitch of his delivery...he's not in his 20s anymore and his vocal range isnt as broad anymore
ive been saying that for decades now tho, so its not like hes gonna do that
Dude sounds like me trying to sing GnR songs in the car
even robert plant change the delivery of Zepp songs when then reunited for the show in 2007
Yeah, that's the other possibility; just embrace the change in his voice and focus on songs that can be sung in the lower register (which basically limits you to the GN'R stuff Scott Weiland could sing in VR) or rework/detune the songs for a lower register. And pare back the setlists; no-one is crying out for a three hour show full of deep cuts.
It's genuinely baffling they haven't done this already.
#12 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 19 weeks ago
This is why I remain convinced that the only viable solution for him long term is to lean on AI. Build a model using their vast library of isolated studio vocals and live multitracks, apply it as a filter over his current vocals. He'd effectively be "playing" his own 80s-era vocals like a musical instrument with his current voice, and in theory it wouldn't sound artificial because the vocal tics and dynamics would be the same.
Yeah, it'd renege on the "No Trickery" thing, and people (not unjustly) have a gigantic hate-boner for AI right now, but, well... it wouldn't be doing anyone out of a job because the model would be trained on his own vocals.
No idea if it'd work in a live setting – I'm not sure it could be done in real-time (yet) – but it'd definitely work in studio.
And ultimately it's no worse than Mick Fleetwood (allegedly) hiding a session drummer behind the curtain when "playing" live.
#13 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 25 weeks ago
faldor wrote:Pretty solid set list though with the two new songs, Dead Horse, DOTF, etc. I feel like at least those two haven’t been staples at most shows.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/guns-n-r … ff8c5.html
Welcome to the Jungle
Mr. Brownstone
Bad Obsession
Live and Let Die
(Wings cover)
Slither
(Velvet Revolver cover)
Chinese Democracy
Pretty Tied Up
It's So Easy
Yesterdays
Double Talkin' Jive
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
(Black Sabbath cover)
Nothin'
(Live debut)
Dead Horse
Civil War
(Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" outro)
Perhaps
Atlas
(Live debut)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
(Bob Dylan cover) (with Only Women Bleed Intro, followed by band introductions)
Slash Guitar Solo
Sweet Child o' Mine
November Rain
Patience
New Rose
(The Damned cover) (Duff on vocals)
Down on the Farm
(UK Subs cover)
Don't Cry
Nightrain
Paradise CityYikes.... it's exhausting just looking at the list.
It's just too much. This isn't 1991.
It'd be fun to speculatively put together a setlist that's 1) about an hour shorter and 2) plays to Axl's strengths. Lots of that lower-register stuff and just the absolute essentials (SCOM, Paradise City etc) from the higher register material.
#14 Re: Guns N' Roses » Atlas & Nothing the last of reworked songs - CD era comes to a close » 37 weeks ago
jimmythegent wrote:If they do release the 6 songs as a 'package', surely Monsters gets an official release and hopefully studio versions of the Seeker and Wichita. How difficult would it be for them to record those 2 covers? A weekends work tops. Would be nice to have studio versions of those 2. That could almost pass as an album. Call it "Not in this lifetime" have it mastered evenly (some songs remixed hopefully) and there's the GN'R reunion album. Children of the Revolution makes it 10 songs.
While it would technically be a weekends work, we saw how sensitive Axl is about releasing recorded stuff these days with the Schenker album. He did multiple takes and still would only allow 1 out of 3 songs he featured on to be released, and to be frank I understand. There were so many layers placed over his voice, and you can still hear how weak it was underneath.
I remain astonished that he hasn't started using AI as a fix for any vocal issues, in-studio at least. It'd be the work of an afternoon to train up an AI on all his isolated vocal takes from the 80s and 90s, and then they could slap it on his actual vocals as an effect. I mean, fucking YouTubers have already used the basic principle to whip up some fairly convincing stabs at the idea, and they're not working with isolated master tapes.
Sure, it'd be "trickery," but in a world where Roger Taylor and Mick Fleetwood are hiring session drummers to create the illusion that they can still bash away live, I imagine multiple aging singers are already considering it.
#15 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 37 weeks ago
He does a lot with legacy acts but I think that performance has more to do with his connection to Ozzy. Guy seems to insist on playing on stuff, though. I vaguely recall a Duff interview when Ordinary Man was coming out talking about Watt playing some guitars on the album and it sounded a lot like how he would talk about Frank, so i wonder if that would be a sticking point (outside of Axl’s obvious preference for producer).
Well, he worked with Duff (and Slash) on Ozzy's album. That live line-up was basically the "house band" for Ordinary Man plus Post Malone (who'd already collaborated with Ozzy). So yeah, it looks like more of a tribute thing. Still, there's a connection there.
#16 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2026 Tour Dates » 37 weeks ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6IlbUQMYVs
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Huh, wonder if they're eying Watt as a possible producer for future GN'R material?
#17 Re: Guns N' Roses » Children of the Revolution » 45 weeks ago
If anyone still needs something just make a request.
Yup, I'm still after both tracks.
#18 Re: Guns N' Roses » Monsters V20.25 » 45 weeks ago
PM please?
#19 Re: Guns N' Roses » Children of the Revolution » 45 weeks ago
PM pls?
#20 Re: Guns N' Roses » Atlas » 46 weeks ago
Atlas weirdly reminds me of a Smashing Pumpkins song. Something about the guitar lick in the left channel at 0:31 that screams Billy Corgan to me.
