I hope I’m not the only one who wishes that Axl would retreat back into hiding…that performance on the MTV awards was seriously hurting. The bacnd is a bunch of freaks, axl got fat, can’t sing any more, and WHERE’S SLASH?? The Axl Rose show, maybe…Guns n’ Roses…I don’t think so. I’ve been following the gn’r comeback story for a while, so I knew what was coming, but I didn’t know how bad it would suck. I was really dissapointed.
It just so happens that GNR’s new guitarist, Buckethead, is one of the biggest badasses alive. I think it’s rad that Axl said, “screw image, I’m going for the best musician I can find.”
Noway man! I’ve been waiting for this comeback for years and its about time!!! GNR…ah the memories!
i actually thought that axl sounded like a duck with laringytis who had just been shot in the rectum.
The sooner he OD’s the better. For all of us.
Stately I think you meant to say Axl still can’t sing. What a lame ass band. Always have been always will be.
Axl Rose has always sounded like a duck with laryngitis.
No, Axl used to be able to hit those notes, and keep his wind while sining…he can’t any more. My comment was more in the direction that this new band ain’t gn’r, no how, no way. Don’t get me wrong, the band was tight, but its not Slash, Duff, Matt and Izzy so its no Guns n’ Fuckin’ Roses. Oh, and by the way, I’ve seen Buckethead in concert, and he’s got aboutg as much stage presence as a used condom.
It annoys me when people complain that a musician doesn’t run and jump around the stage. If you want to see running and jumping go watch a track and field meet.
I’ve heard some of the new songs off Chinese Democracy and they are EXCELLENT.
Do the new tracks sound like old GNR? NO! But why should it? There old stuff was amazing but its run its course. As much as I like the old stuff I’m glad they have a new sound. Nothing pisses me off more than bands like AC/DC [and others] that copy their own sound. They [ac/dc] released 20 albums and if you were to only buy 1 you wouldnt miss out on anything. Its like they’re one hits wonders and someone forgot to tell them.
I miss the old G-N-R. They were great. Too bad they wont be around anymore. As for the MTV thing, He sounded great on the new song, “madagascar”, but the two others sounded like a duck with his rectum shot, or whatever. But… the guy has energy. He used to be able to hit those notes well, and did even in rock in rio a year ago. So I think it was just a bad voice day.
As for the new band… well, they sound good, but have no stage presence. it’s clearly the Axl show now. The new songs sound really good- judging from rock in rio bootlegs and from the shows they’ve done in vegas.
All in all, it’ll be interesting, but if axl dosen’t fix his voice, and the new guys don’t kick ass live, they’re gonna go under the radar soon.
Where can I hear Chinese Democracy?
Peer to peer file sharing apps will have concert bootlegs + track for the End of Days OST.
I don’t think there are any actualy studio cuts out from chinese democracy. They are all live bootleg stuff, from the 3 shows they’ve done. They’ve done about 10 songs I guess live- ones I remember are Oh My God-- from the end of days soundtrack, silkworms, rhiad, madagascar (the new one on MTV awards), chinese democracy, and a few others I can’t recall.
Excellent quality on the rock in rio bootlegs. If you play aorund with the headings, I’m sure you could find the songs on WinMX, or kazaa lite.
SPBM, I agree. I loved GnR, but GnR this wasn’t. Consider yourself lucky, though – you could be a Van Halen fan. We’ve been waiting for YEARS for something to happen with those boys, and it just seems to get worse, and worse, and worse.