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#271 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash Says Guns N’ Roses Have a ‘Couple of Epic’ Songs to Release » 207 weeks ago
I just listened to Hard School and the demo of it back to back, and I don't feel that way.
Talent is a rare thing in music, and these guys while good players are hired guns for a reason. The music on that song is a goddamn mess. Slash comes in, feels the essence and whips out something much better in no time at all.
As much as I like the intro on the demo, it does tickle me that Slash and Duff went in, hacked that minute of ambient guitar noodling out and had the song just pile in with a bass/guitar riff and cut straight to the verse.
#272 Re: Guns N' Roses » Kings Of Chaos » 207 weeks ago
I don’t understand Scott’s beef with Matt. Matt always sang backing vocals at VR shows, right from the beginning. I thought he added some really nice harmonies when he did it too. I think Scott was just getting paranoid towards the end of their run.
As for the vocals, while it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I don’t think they are terrible by any means. Matt even said that he was trying to channel Lemmy with his voice, after Lemmy heard the demo and said he wanted to sing on the track.
I also feel like with the VR split, these songs are just sitting around gathering dust, because everyone else moved on and has no intention of revisiting this stuff. So if Matt wants to put them out, good for him.
It's incredibly annoying that there's a collection of decent riffs composed by half of GN'R just sitting there because Axl wants to tinker with old Chinese Democracy demos.
#273 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash Says Guns N’ Roses Have a ‘Couple of Epic’ Songs to Release » 208 weeks ago
Scabbie wrote:In some ways I'm quite glad my wife mistakingly deleted the leaks from her Mac. I can't recall what they sound like. Hopefully we will hear something by the end of the year, how many Tuesdays are left?
Hey maybe that happened to Axl too?!
I mean, it happened to Kirk Hammett.
#274 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash Says Guns N’ Roses Have a ‘Couple of Epic’ Songs to Release » 209 weeks ago
Good news for the rest of the CD/Leaks.
I liked Absurd and Hardschool, so it's nice to think of another 4-6 of those kinda things being drip fed as we go.
As for a fresh album newly recorded. In theory it's a killer idea. But I have reservations...like:
1. What will Axl's voice be like?
2. Does slash have inspiration? Hopefully going for a GNR sound breaks up the way the last couple of Myles projects have dropped quality from the early ones.
3. What's the timeline on getting it done, given it's GNR, and given Axl would have to create stuff from scratch. I mean if they arn't going to even start till post 2023 tour...that's best case of starting writing/recording 2023-early 2024....it's hard to think that this is something that would show up before at least 2025 if not 2026 and given it's GNR maybe longer.
That said...the fact he was positive about doing a record and not like "it's GNR anything might happen man, who knows, it's guns the sky could impode, who can say" is actually super exciting itself. Suggests they have at least in principle discussed that as an idea.
In the meantime, roll on the drip feed, I just want State of Grace!!!!!!
1. Perfectly fine. In studio he can do multiple takes, he's rested and not running around on stage. Rock The Rock sounded perfectly good.
2. Yes. The riffs on his solo albums are great. Couple that with some Axl-penned lyrics and it'll be magic.
3. That's the big question, isn't it?
A newly-written and recorded album is all I've ever wanted from this band. It sounds like they're clearing out the Chinese leftovers from the archives before they move on.
#275 Re: Guns N' Roses » SOG single coming? » 209 weeks ago
I have to say, I do like the idea of a UYI 3 album, released simulatenously with the box set. But, like always it's too good to be true.
I'd like a UYI III if it was written and recorded with the current line-up. Slapping some overdubs on Chinese Democracy-era demos and then cynically branding it as a follow-up to one of their most iconic albums is a bit fucking cheeky in my book. I want to hear what Fortus and Slash come up with in jam sessions where they write and record as a coherent unit.
#276 Re: Guns N' Roses » SOG single coming? » 209 weeks ago
We’ve waited for CD II longer than we’ve waited for CD.
Stay of Execution was a good album name. Axl just doesn’t give a shit.
I always liked the implicit pun there – with Axl fending off record company suits who wanted him to reunite with the OG line-up, the album was literally a "stay of execution" for the CD-era band.
#277 Re: Guns N' Roses » Always baffled me - why Axl went for supermodels » 209 weeks ago
He was this scrawny not really conventionally attractive, average height guy
Sorry, in what universe is 1980s/90s Axl "not really conventionally attractive"? Have you seen the man's cheekbones and jawline?
#278 Re: Guns N' Roses » UYI Box tracklist unveiled? » 209 weeks ago
Like I say: nothing against Myles personally, and he's obviously a talented musician. I just struggle to connect with him.
#279 Re: Guns N' Roses » UYI Box tracklist unveiled? » 209 weeks ago
I've seen both bands, and… while the Conspirators are a tight unit and Slash clearly enjoys making music with them, Myles just leaves me cold. He has great vocal range and power, for sure. But…
There are two things I look for in a frontman: lyrical poetry and passionate delivery. I'll take a Scott Weiland or a Jeff Angell, who have a limited vocal range but a lyrical turn of phrase and passionate delivery, over a singer who hits all the notes but doesn't make me feel anything. And sad to say, Myles is of that type. It's a bit like DJ Ashba; he's striking all the poses, he's hitting all the notes but it feels a bit forced to me.
Axl, meanwhile, has the full package. Incredible vocal range, fire in his belly, lyrical songwriting skills. And if his voice is a bit less powerful than it was in his 1980s/90s heyday, that's honestly the thing I care least about of the three.
#280 Re: Guns N' Roses » UYI Box tracklist unveiled? » 210 weeks ago
I think TB comes in for a lot on unwarranted stick tbh. As James said, they clearly act as a support system which Axl depends on, and ultimately that's the most important thing; I'd rather have no music and Axl in a happy place mentally, than new music with Axl wrestling with personal demons.
And you can't dispute the fact that they've achieved what no other management could; a (partial) reunion, Axl producing new(ish) music with Slash and Duff, and a world tour that ranks among the most successful of all time. I can't blame them for the issues around AFD and Hard Skool's staggered digital-physical release, since every band has had problems with vinyl manufacturing and distribution during the pandemic. And yes, they could be doing more with the archive material. It boggles the mind that they haven't released Houston '16 as a Blu-ray, and the UYI box set could definitely have more on there (where are the demos ffs?). But, whatever.
