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#31 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
Ever since the (hopefully false) vinyl-only, no streaming rumor surfaced we’ve gone from speculating about the band’s future to concern and acceptance that this could be the end of the line.
This thread is like writing an obituary while waiting for confirmation the band is dead.
Who could have imagined we’d get here.
#32 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
https://i0.wp.com/axlrosefaclube.com/wp … C540&ssl=1
Can you imagine how much better he’d have been received if this Axl had shown up at the VMAs?
For real. And imagine if he had thrown down only new material. In the 8 minutes he had he could have done “Chinese Democracy” and “The Blues.” Doing oldies made him look desperate, like he was leaning too much on nostalgia. “Chinese Democracy” back then sounded lean, mean, and topical. “The Blues” would have spotlighted his gift for writing ballads in a way that “Madagascar” with its funeral-like intro and soundbytes did not.
If you look back on U2’s career, they did a similar evolution with the album Achtung Baby. When they did the Zoo TV tour to support it, they played eight new songs in a row at the start, and nothing older than “Pride.” They wanted to play songs that reflected who they’d become in their 30s, and it proved to be a tour still talked about today.
This clip is amazing. Watch it and imagine if Axl showed the same happy determination at the VMAs as Bono shows here:
#33 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
All great points. The NYT piece, which I did not read at the time, changed the conversation from “What brilliant album is Axl Rose making?” — with everyone trusting in him — to “Holy shit, he doesn’t know what he’s doing.”
I would happily have never gotten this cash-grab reunion tour if it meant we got more NuGuns material.
God, after hearing the storage locker leaks I would happily have paid for a meet and greet, just to ask Chris and the others about these songs.
#34 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2023 Tour Dates » 93 weeks ago
Verified Resale seats are listed for more than available seats located in rows closer to the stage.
Holy shit that's insane.
Hopefully it convinces scalpers to get out of the resale business, which itself creates a false sense of demand that triggers Ticketbastard’s “Platinum seats” dynamic pricing model!
#35 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2023 Tour Dates » 93 weeks ago
Tomorrow night in Tennessee is maybe 60% sold. If that.
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B005E508923260D
They are nuts to be sticking to $395 for G.A. Cut the prices and fill the pit.
Perhaps the only good thing to say is that the ticket scalpers are not going to win this time. Verified Resale seats are listed for more than available seats located in rows closer to the stage.
#36 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
"I have worked with Dan Monti from 2006 to July 2009 before returning to my country. A pic of those sheets with him were on my Motorola V3 many years ago."
"There were like 80 takes from vocal sketches from Rose that last some few minutes. I remember a song called "Silkworms", barely has any lyrics on it. A song called "Devious Bastard" in 2006 that last only one minute and a half with Rose screaming all over it."
"I've heard about that Chinese Democracy triloghy story. By the end of 2006, when Monti finished to write the final music to some of the Bucket's tunes, there were only like 23/24 songs with complete vocals and really FINISHED. Here is what I had in the top of my head:
The 14 released songs plus a reworked Oh My God. A screamo song called Silkworms (barely has any lyrics on it; seems unfinished) I remember a title called Atlas Shrugged, also leaked last year. Some of the Bucket songs have replaced those tunes, like "Shackler's Revenge" and others. Another title was called Elvis Presley, Oklahoma and Jackie Chan. I've never heard any of these songs. The famous The General and a curious title 100 Cuban Skies. Those 8/9 songs were slated as "B material". The best of the bunch has been released on november 2008.
Three albums for 23/24 songs? Yeah right. Already one disc has only 14 songs. I don't know what Rose had in mind in those years. That album is so old now. Maybe a bonus disc with those 8 unreleased songs is welcome."
You also posted this at http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.p … 94#p350094
If you read the thread, the consensus on Hoffman’s site is that guy’s story was a bunch of lies.
#37 Re: Guns N' Roses » The supposed trilogy! Was it complete?...or was it smoke? » 93 weeks ago
As I recall this guy’s story was determined to be bullshit.
#38 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
It’s pretty clear at this point that he took inspiration from not just the sound of NIN but also the scope of that band’s albums. In that context the combination of structured songs and ambient, mood-setting pieces heard in the storage locker leaks makes perfect sense.
NIN’s The Fragile came out in 1999, in all of its rambling, epic scope and people loved it. ChiDem really should have come out around the same time, and been allowed to be just as ambitious.
#39 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
Funnily enough,
“Prostitute” is my fav song
Of all time. Bar none.Splash
/Mike
How do you rate the demos vs. the released version?
#40 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2023 Tour Dates » 93 weeks ago
Team Brazil has posted confirmation of the postponed show front and center on the official site so nobody accidentally shows up for the gig and is disappointed. TB really showed up for the fans by making it the new top news item on gunsnroses.com, and I applaud them:
https://www.gunsnroses.com/news
Oh, wait …
