Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Pierre Robert, the afternoon guy on WMMR in Phily just spent the past 10 minutes bashing Axl Rose. Now they are talking phone calls from people to continue in the bashing.

http://www.wmmr.com

Night time DJ Matt Cord (the same guy that I wrote about yesterday: went to the shows, spoke highly of them, trying to interview Axl tonight) called in to defend him. I've decided now that his show will be the only time that I listen to MMR from now on, if at all.

This stations bias is rediculous. I bet as soon as the band comes to Philly these guys will do a complete turn around.

If you want to send some hate mail, their emails (Pierre, Preston & Steve, Jaxon) are all on the mmr website.

never heard of that douche, who is he?

afternoon hippie dj on the station. just talked about how he doesnt like their music because he says bad things about immigrants and other minorities.

obviously he is an idiot who doesnt understand that sometimes you have to read between the lines in a song.

Ill see if i can do a transcript, i dont want you guys flooding to the stations site and giving them attention (unless its to throw in your two cents)

pierre robert is one of the most respected DJs in philly history. truly one of the greatest and nicest men you could ever meet. i've met him several times (one of my friends knows him well).

he was very angry at axl for cancelling in philly.

we all love axl, but we have to admit that he doesn't always treat his fans well. and not showing up for a concert, and not having the decency to talk to your fans about it, is pretty fucked up.

and people have the right to hold rock stars accountable. i actually agree with those people. but i am too big a fan of axl's music and live performances to stay away.

i accept it as part of being a gnr fan. most of us on here do. but that doesn't mean we should expect everyone else to feel the same way.

i agree with holding rockstars accountable, but this stations DJ's are constantly ripping into him, almost to the point where i think its done just because its the IN thing to do right now.

i'm surprised he said that. cause i know first hand he is a fan of their music. and he's a smart dude.

although he is gay. so maybe he takes some things a little too personally.

i agree with you. totally pandering to the fans who hate him. it's a win-win....they play their music all the time so the fans are happy. but they rip them all the time so the haters are happy.

sweet justice will come in the fall when gnr releases a single and it's so good they have to play it on the air. and i will call and remind them daily how they are total frauds. and how they lied to their fans.

yeah, he said he doesnt really like them and he doesnt always decide what he gets to play so he plays gnr when he has to

"although he is gay."

say no more

ha, exactly.

thats why i think its important someone points these things out now, so the mmr listeners here (and there are quite a few) see later on how these guys are a bunch of tools.

except matt cord, he seems like a cool guy who is just into rock music.

i dont see how that really has anything to do with it. i just thought that it was obvious that one in a million is written as a racist character, or someone just trying to blaim people/ stereotype people and that it wasnt about the bands actually feelings.

Wait...people are still angry because of what heppent with the philly no-show? These people doesn't have a life?

Fuck off! It's been almost 4 years, GET OVER IT!!!

Metallica canceled all shows they were gonna do in Brasil in 2003, I was dying wanting to see them(Metallica was my second favorite band at that time), so they canceled the shows and never came back! But I got over it! It was supposed to be my first international gig, and they didn't show up, but fuck them! I don't care about it anymore!!!

So get over it!!!!! GN'R will do an american tour this year, maybe they book a date at philly, if they don't, just go see them somewhere near you!! Sometimes these people are too stupid...

If I decide to bash everyband that had gigs bokked here and didn't show up I'd spent the rest of my days bashing A LOT of bands!  :yes: But I have a life, I have better things to do, and looks like these people don't!

why did metallica cancel?

He's a 55 year old hippie. Very spaced out I suppose you could say. I don't think he was ever a big fan of them, never a metal fan, but I suppose he appreciated the way GnR brought a sense of rawness back into Rock n Roll. Wmmr was never quite a classic rock station, however from 1980-1986 I'm sure they struggled to find new acts to play (Never played Tommy Tutone or Duran Duran style music), so they'd mix in alot of Who & Zeppelin. Still do a little bit.

This DJ, Pierre, does go off on Axl every now and then about the "One in a Million" lyrics, and it's insensitivity towards others. I don't think it's a huge deal, it's his opinion. And maybe some of you should quit defending Axl so much, I don't think there are many lines to read in between in the song, they are pretty clear cut.

I know for a fact he is not bashing Axl because it's the "In thing to do". After 2002 the station quit playing GnR until Axl gave some sort of expanation. Never came, so after a ?few months they began playing them again. I imagine Pierre wanted to hold out and still never play them. He does have alot of weight at that station. And as far as I know he is THE ONLY DJ at that station and in the city who bashes Axl. 1 DJ and people here get all upset. Big Deal, a aging hippie doesn't like Axl, there's a shocker!!

Did Metallica fill the stadium, have 2 opening acts play, then have fans sit there until 11:15?? Only to realize on their own the band isn't there?? ?No, didn't think so man..

When a band comes to south america, usually, they do some kind of a "Package Deal" with other countries, like Uruguay and Argentina(for exemple). So they have to sell xxxx tickets counting all these countries. The concerts here in Brasil were almost sold out, but at Argentina wasn't selling a lot, so they canceld all concerts and said that "Lars wanted to rest" because of some problems with his leg(I don't remember right now).

So because Metallica wasn't selling tickets at Argentina, all the brazilian fans that almost sold out the concerts couldn't see them.

So I could be mad with Metallica 'till today because of that, but I'm not! I got my money back and that's all, I have better things to do then be mad with them forever...

Shut up and grow up. Gays can be GnR fans too!

actually it was only for a few days that they stopped playing gnr. and its not just pierre that does it, the whole morning crew, jaxon in the afternoons, most of the station.

my problem isnt always with them expressing their opinion, its that immediately after expressing them they take a shit load of phone calls to back up their opinion making it look like everyone hates the band and the new music (they did this when IRS was leaked, then when dizzy showed up they acted like they were playing the song in support of the band).

they can have their opinions, thats fine, but its the way they present them, and further more its the idea that if axl comes back to north america and they make a huge comeback with CD, all these people will do a turn around and speak highly of it all, and i just cant backed that two faced behaviour.

maybe im still just pissed that they said Scott was a more talented singer.



 - transcript will be posted here after they upload the podcast of the morning show so i can transcribe it.

but you did get a reason. thats most of the reason for the hard feelings some people still have over the philly show. personally i kind of agree with you, over time you should just get over it. i actually was saying the entire day that i dont beleive it would happen until he was on stage, so i actually got what i expected, no shock there for me. but i can still see how some people would be mad, but it wouldnt cloud my judgement of what he is trying to accomplish now.  i think the radio station is trying to feed off of that, and i think they help to continue its presence in the philly area. which i think can only hurt the band in the long run.

Did you got your money back?!? If don't, it's not Axl that you have to mad with, it's with the venue!  : ok:

money was returned. 


    it was for me anyway. shouldve been for everyone else too.

So I think that's cool then! There's no reason to still be mad with them!!

I'm sure it's a frustating thing, that you all wanted to KILL THEM because of this at the time...but it's been almost 4 years!!! This should be over right now...

like i said, i think the radio station helps keep the bad feelings around.

Yeah, that sucks!!

The fact that Pierre Robert is queer certainly goes a long way in explaining his distaste for "One in a Million" and Axl in general. To think otherwise is naive. Not exactly sure why pointing out this obvious bias would cause you to say shut up and grow up.

Friday May 12th, on my to the Hammerstein, I called up Pierre and requested some GNR to get me pumped for the show.  3 songs later he played Paradise City.  Pierre is a nice mellow DJ, but GNR doesn't seem to fit his "hippie" persona.  I like him, but diagree with his GNR views.  But Pierre is one of the nicest personalities on the radio, which is better than having a loud mouth screamin' in your ears.

what about elton john?

seriously, let it die.  I wonder if pierre was even at the show.  if he wasn't he should stop complaining.  i was there and you don't see me dwelling on it.  I just think its unfair for him to contantly say things like "i hope no one supports the new album" and saying how terrible IRS was.  whatever man.

I'm gay and I totally understand what Axl means with OIAM.

guys u should know that this is the dirty hippie who said hed love to see genesis back together and that phil collins was and still is one of the greatest entertainer ever,  so dont get to worked up over what this windbag is saying.

I was at the 2002 Philly no show - was going to be my first GNR concert - I was disappointed but stayed loyal. ?Finally was able to see them Sunday - Which finally gave me complete resolution. ?

While at the show in 2002 - Just before they announced the concert would be postponed - I spoke with a guard in the concourse and he stated they knew that GNR was not going to perform hours prior but wanted the minor league hockey game across the parking lot to be over and people out of area before announcing.

Also the venue were serving beer and such up to announcement - So more than the band caused the riot - The venue needed to take some heat but deflected with some what I believe were staged photos of destruction.

Well anyways - just wanted to add what I experienced in 2002 and say that when listening to that station they seem to play GNR alot and I agree with CD release they will need to support it by air play and eat their words. ?GNR bashing does seem the cool thing to do ever since the 2002 incident.

Hopefully the potential interview tonight will give others some resolution if some type of explanation or apology is given.

Sorry for length.

Ugh, that makes me wanna vomit! Phil Collins best frontman ever? What a joke.

Exactly! Because of "One in a Million," Elton John had a huge problem with Axl until they met and smoothed things over.

Pierre is more of the "hippy" type of personality so I would never expect him to relate to many of the things GNR wrote about. That's okay. We are all different.

You fail to mention that Pierre said he would gladly give Axl a second chance if he would just apologize. So it's not he is some completely irrational hater. He just wants to see Axl do the right thing. He said he loves the city of Philadelphia and it bothers him to see Axl do something hurtful to the city like that,

Elton:IM A GAY MAN!
Axl: Cool. So when we come to..
(or something along those lines)
 :rofl:

^^ That was funny as hell during the Trunk show

i still plan on transcribing the morning show bit, but im at school right now, if i dont do it before i go to the show tomorrow, ill do it by thursday.

I don't feel that rock radio finds it to be 'in' at all to bash on GNR/Axl.
 I'm on air at WMMS in Cleveland and I think people just don't know what to make of the transition, but everyone would love to see GNR come back strong.
If rock radio in Philly is still a little miffed over the 02 affair, it might be justifiable.
 I know when GNR was in Cleveland in 02 our station was all over the event from promotions, programming, and on down. When any entity is tied into an event like that and something goes awry it's very stressful, and everyone winds up wiping egg off of their faces. Maybe MMR felt the burn on some of the outcome.
 Not defending anyone/anything, but just sayin'...
 I had a hell of a time at the Hammerstein on Friday, and the listeners seem genuinely interested in seeing GNR back.

I just downloaded the podcast, and I can't believe how bad he trashed Axl.  It went on for almost 20 minutes.  That is a lot of air time to spend.  I was sitting at the Philly show as well, but while a little miffed, I didn't take it personally like it seems some people did.  I just hope it doesn't stop GnR from playing somewhere in the vicinity.  While it was fun to travel up to NY for a night, I'd rather they play a little closer during a U.S. tour.

Good for Matt Cord that he called in and attempted to diffuse some of the bashing, because in my opinion, it was a little over the top.  Oh well, I wouldn't be surprised if that bit made Axl think twice about calling in..  Guess we'll never know..

they are replaying it now

listen online

http://www.wmmr.com

that's interesting cause I switched from WMMR to WYSP because they(MMR) played too much GNR...wow....That's really interesting... :smoking: