Here Today... Gone To Hell!

With all the love Robin has been recieving and all the love/hate Bumblefoot has been recieving, we haven't really talked to much about Richard.  He's my personal favorite and I think he rocks.  Show the man some love, he's been lonely lately with all the talk of Robin kickin ass and Bumblefoot being in the band.  Give a shoutout to this guy!!

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Richard has always been my favorite guitar player in the band. The guy whails.

I guess nesquick will kiss you!  :-*

But yes, Richard rocks. His solo on The Blues is amazing and all the improvements he did (i.e. Madagascar) sounded very powerful.

Yep, I think Richard is great.

At first I was a bit put off by his negative comments about GN'R when he first joined (saying that he wasn't into their music back in the day) it made him sound like he was only in it for the money.
But after hearing him live, I am very impressed. His tone, his style, his capability, his appearance (very Izzy-like) is all great.

I love the lead guitar parts he plays in Madagascar and the Blues too. :beer:

richard fortus was fucking amazing tonight, both the christina cover he and robin did and his own solo were fucking fantastic

he is awesome

Richard is great.

but remember, he loved Its So Easy!!



RICHARD FK'n ROCKS!!!!!   :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

Of course Richard rocks... he wouldn?t be in GNR if he didn't ;)... He is good rythm guitar player and has great solos (they are maybe closest to so called rock solos), while Bumble is Bumble, and Finck has his own ?dirty? style...

All 3 guitarist are great, just personally Finck is my style...

Richard is awesome and a very cool and down to earth guy. I love the way he emails his fans.

he looks lie a rock star, glad to see that fink is following suit, feel sorry for ron though, i saw some pictures of him and some people were really harsh, didn't think he looked like a "roadie from the 80's" as someone said.

great stuff richard, you got the lot, ability and image!!!!!! just what gnr needed, to avoid becoming a side show!

dave

he really kicks ass and i was so glad to see him.  Also i had been hoping he would get a solo section too and it was just awesome when he did.  I had no idea before he joined that Richard was this good and Energetic!!! Also,  that NR solo is sweeeeeeet! 

Richard's fantastic, and he's my favorite guitarist of the bunch - Guy's got crazy energy on stage!

Bump... Richard wants more love!

I have a new found respect for Richard Fortus  :love:

so much for richard not being in the band since the tour dates arent up anymore on his website

From what we've heard (which is extremely little) Richard seems more than competent. But it is WAY too early to decide if he's really that good. What have you heard him play? For me, although I assume he's very good, I have no proof to support that claim.

Gotta bump this for tonight's performance at RIR.  Richard really impressed me tonight, it was the first time I got to see him for a full live peformance.  My personal fav and the one I think did the best tonight.  Sounded very crisp and kicked some ass tonight.  Show the man some love!

He really put in the effort tonight.


Anyone notice on Patience, when Axl left Tommy where they were sitting Richard nabbed the space and leisurely played away.   :D

Fortus really impressed me at the NYC show.  He is better than I thought he was, and I already thought he was very good

amazing guitarist, i always liked him, and i'm even more impressed after tonight! :beer:

Richard is my favorite new member. I love ron, but I think he is unnecessary. Listen to richards solo's... him and robin can totally handle the guitar duties.

His life energy is amazing. and personally he is totally gracious. I met him after the 15th show in NY and he was totally cool. I'd post the pic but i haven't shrunk it yet and its huge right now.

Close, more like Robin is the one that is un-necessary. An 87 year old woman could listen to Bumble, Richard and Robin and pick Finck as the weakest of the 3. So if by your logic we need only 2 guitarists, based on pure talent Finck should pack up his guitar and go home.

He was great, impressed with his solo on November Rain which he nailed perfectly and his work on Rocket Queen...note for note he was able to do it perfectly. This guy ought to be playing lead with Bumble...not trading off with Finck...

Richard was awesome. That solo he does with Finck is beautiful. (no pun intended)

 Richard was great... 8)

After knowing richard ove rthe last 3 yrs, seeing him outside GNR, doin other things, and chating .IVe been waiting for this day when others really finally understood and know what I had for a long time, and that is RICHARD fucking ROCKS!

Of course he rocks, he's in Guns N Roses.

Richard does rock.   He played the best solo  : ok: