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i mean this guy is the lead guitar player of guns n' roses, the person who litereally (well, almost) filled slash' shoes and took over his place in gnr. he's a fascinating character and still i hardly ever see you guys discussing him. how come? i can't wait to see what robin has contributed to gnr, all you guys seem to talk about is richard and buckedhead, i don't get it.

for me I barely know the guy.. I know some people know his work well and have the boots on overdrive, but for me I only know very little about him and whatever I saw in 02.. Iw ill get to the know all the members once cd starts.... I'm not one to find out about the artists until they allow me through new material..

Same for me. As I said in another thread, I would love to read some interviews with the band members so I can get to know them better. I was hoping for some interviews in 2002, but I guess there wasn't a lot of attention in the media here in Holland. Too bad.

Robin Finck is a good player. I'm glad he's in, I don't mind his little mistakes on the solo's cause I know / knew he would do awesome stuff in studio. I always pointed people out that the intro before paradise city is awesome and has a unique vibe. I hope somethings on the album with that solo thingy he did. Just awesome. Finck has certain specialties which some people overlook. His Patience solo is very unique too. Just great. Don't forget the blues. People and the guns fans will really embrace him when the album is out.

Finck seems unconventional for a rock guitarist, not in a bad way, its good to see, he hits some amazing notes, I think he's struggled to be as good as RIR3 but once they actually get touring again he will be back, playing his own songs for a change! He's hard to get into because theres pretty much nothing about him on the internet, other than a few little tidbits of info... You simply cant get to know him in that respect.

what he do know that he likes travelling, played in circus soleil (if I'm correct) and has a great website, makes nice art / photos. He's a true artist. I hope there's some artwork of Finck in the cd booklett or anything

Robin is amazing. He did struggle a little at that show, but if you remember right he had just come back into gnr and didn't even know Bucket. I can't wait to see him on tour this time around. The guy is soo interesting.
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well, fact is that the spotlight was stolen by Buckethead.

I used to hate the fact that "The dude from Nine Inch Nails" is playing guitar for GNR, but he's really impressed me so far.  Robin plays with a shitload of passion, and you dont see that much anymore.

My only complaint...is that he should never, ever be allowed to play the November Rain solo again.

i think he's fine guitarist. i really love the TWAT solo

that's kinda true., but now there's no bucket anymore..... or so I think. I think that caused the major delay, trying figuring out what to do with them parts

I bet there's gonna be more interest once they release something and/or tour.

He's even got his own t-shirt at the official GN'R store....  :D



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Robin is a totally amazing guitarist.. what he did at Rio III and the NIN tour was just ace... I have been impressed from day one by this guy.

He is also a great guy and has great creative drive in everything he does.

A lot of people on a certain other forum bash the hell out of him "because he looks like a goth"....

I say Fuck that!

Lousy image + sloppy player = who cares?

Not me, at any rate ...

^ sums up the last part in my post perfectly  :yes:

'cause most people r' fuckin' hypocrits when it comes to Mr. Robin Finck, i think he is the best of the best, his playin', his style, EVERYTHING!!!

most poeple wanna cry about his goth look n' how 'gay' he is!!

ROBIN RULES!!!

people want to do the same with BH.. Both are fine IMO, you have to remember some people have an image of what gnr should be based on how they once looked

Patience and releasing something will change minds..

Remember many people only have a few boots or demos and that's all they have to go on....  They might have an endles collection of the old stuff though so that is still the freshest image and sound to those people..

I saw him with NIN live in Australia and he was nothing short of amazing. Sometimes I think he's a little out of his league playing the rock-star lead guitar player role in GN'R, but he has got some good chops, they're just a bit few and far between when he plays live.

I'm looking forward to his contribution in the studio more than anything.
Oh and I love The Blues solo that he plays. As far the TWAT solo, how can we be sure that's him? Sounds like Richard's playing to me, but who knows???

i was there : ok:

rock god hey!!! :beer:

Yeah, I was really getting into NIN then, and I'd heard that he'd recorded with GN'R (at the time he'd left GN'R) so I was really looking forward to seeing him live. And like I said, he was great live with NIN, maybe he felt more comfortable playing that type of stuff rather than bluesy rockers.

I think there would be more interest if Robin had a body of work, but he doesn't even have one album under his belt (unless you count the awesome NIN live album and a few NIN remix albums).

He'd be alright as a Rhythm Guitarist, but I dunno how he's gonna do as a lead guitarist in a band that used to be heavily guitar driven. Time will tell....

Yeah but , ummm ... scary thing is .. so does Buckethead.  :nervous:

What a horror. Phantom of BH at GNR store. Bh is positively ubiquitous.

Well, I bet he won't be the lead guitarist when/if Chinese Democracy and tour begins.

Nobaody can fill Slash's shoes but Finck is still pretty sick, way cooler than buckethead

We all bought in to Buckethead, and then he left. Little GN'R publicity has happened since then until now, and these leaks have Buckethead playing lead on them, so really we've never heard Finck.

Plus, most people were spoiled by Slash and Buckethead and just slammed Finck without giving him a chance. I've yet to hear him cut loose and play a solo, so I can't really talk about the guy that much.

I heard his November Rain solo...and I'd prefer Richard play it.  His own stuff is probably great...but he butchered NR.

All I know is the show I saw of him on the 2002 tour, he was horrible in every way. He totally butchered some solo's, had the worst solo I've ever heard right before SCOM & generally skipped around like a ferry the whole night. It was so bad, that I almost thought he was trying to sabotage Whaxl & just making a mockery of the whole GNR thing. And getting paid to do it.

I like da fink.

He is unique and his own guy...............

i love robin finck

... More ways then one

He performs the NR solos pretty well in RIR3 and I actually like them more than slash's

I didnt lke Robins & Richards solos in old gnr songs, But..their job on CHinese Democracy material was really awsome. I can understand during the time of the 2002 tour not only they had to know every OLD GNR song but the 70 + songs they have been working on, and I can relate to them trying to perfect their NEW stuff and not the Old stuff.

whats his website?

his website is: http://www.robinfinck.com

also check out this petition from gnr fans: http://www.petitiononline.com/rfinck/petition.html

It is funny, Buckethead received much of the attention and then he left. Once he left people spoke negative sh-t about him. I think Robin receives a lot of flak because the average gunner sees him has the direct replacement for Slash. Having seen the new GnR live,  Buckethead had his moments where he did I great job on the old songs, and Robin was doing a great job too. Slash is good too, he has his own sound, he used to hit bum notes too.

robin WAS the direct replacement for slash, if we are to believe matt axl even wanted to bring in finck to play lead WHILE SLASH WAS STILL IN THE BAND! until buckehead and then later richard joined, he was the only lead guitar player in guns n' roses, although other have worked with axl without actually being involved in the band. however, i think this is all part of a great master plan, finck was brought in for a reason. as was richard, who is a more bluesier guitar player. maybe axl was more into industrial when he got finck, but then decided to keep him as the music evolved. surely the guy must have alot of talent.

robin WAS the direct replacement for slash, if we are to believe matt axl even wanted to bring in finck to play lead WHILE SLASH WAS STILL IN THE BAND!

No!!!!! Robin was gonna replace Gilby, who's contract had run out :rofl:

I think Robin has his place in NGNR , he is very talented guy . Some of you tells that he makes some mistakes in his solos , but i think it's a kind of play more than mistakes , I like his trash solos , it's cool you know? He's a very good guitar player !
the blues solo is just fucking awesome!

Seems Axl still gets on well with Gilby, didn't they sing in a small bar some years ago. So i guess know bad feeling between them, besides, Gilby maybe knew all those years ago that GnR would vanish for years, so he could then do his solo thing. I'm sure if the GnR lost any guitar players though illness during touring, they'd contact Gilby straight away.

Yeah but there is an interview somewhere (Magazine, TV, Internet) in which Gilby describes his role in GnR, and it was as a fill-in, he says he had no creative input into the band, he was just along for the ride and to help out and was done in GnR after the show in Argentina. It's a shame really, Cuz Gilby is one of my all time Favorite gunners, maybe #2 after Axl :nervous: *Ducks in case things get flung at Me*

(His "Pawnshop Guitars" album Rules!!! But I never followed his carreer after that album. :no: How are his other records?)

I'm glad someone is finally giving Finck some recognition. He is an awesome guitarist, the soloa that he was doing in Patience during 01-02 was incredible. Everyone sys how he messes up alot, I disagree, I think he is awesome and puts really good new twists on Slash's already incredible work.

That petition isn't from GN'R fans. It's from SEVEN GN'R fans. Doesn't really mean anything.

I love Fincks solo at RIR....Sossego...very cool tune.  I like the swagger in it, its a very "sexy" song.  I think the dude can play too.

yeah he deserves it.

b/c he's only a mediocre guitarist and he's filling a legend's shoes ;D

yea good point, im a monster NIN fan and i think he did a fantastic job on tour with them, as far as his work with guns n roses, i think hes great, i dont have a problem with his look because i judge guitar plays on.....how they SOUND not their image. i think he has great stage presence and his solos are cool, especially the chinese democracy solo and even the blues....his sound is different but good.

it is not a coincedance that he played live with one of ?axl's FAVORITE bands, and axl wanted to lean in more of a NIN direction so he was a good choice.

When CD comes out, I believe the mass public will start to see Robin and Richard the way alot of us on the boards seem them as which are bad-ass guitar players. :beer:

Why do you think Robin left NIN? could it be because Axl was more of the collaborative sort than Trent? (if that is the case then Reznor must be some kinda crazy Dictator :hihi: )

p.s. I'm not much of a NIN fan so I'm just asking a question of NIN fans, not stating a fact or anything.

If I listened to the leaked tracks I would say that music wise Robin's input was huge... with all the people dreaming Slash will be back I think it would be like Axl "... pissing on Robin's shoes and kicking them out the door..." and somone already did it :hihi:... can not see Axl doing that.

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Listen to his awesome solo in the Ghosts Of Mars OST:

http://rapidshare.de/files/13819601/John_Carpenter_-_Ghosts_Of_Mars_-_03_-_Fight_Train.mp3.html

Robin Finck rocks!

^ Thanks that ones awesome do you have "Power Station" from the soundtrack to?

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