Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Wow!!!

Thats all i can say right now. ive seen this version of gnr 5 times this year  but this show was amazing! Seeing izzy play 5 songs, axl being back in la!

Anyway we caught axls mic at the end of the show, and thanks to the posters here a htgth i heard that security tries to take the mic back. So i shoved it in my jacket and went to valet and got the hell outta there!

Axl was doing his rant about the bloggers and people saying how they couldnt make it at the end of the show, and we were running out the vip exit! its 4:03am as i write this and im beat, ill write a much more detailed synopsis tomorrow! Below are pics of the mic to prove!

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2327671840048645613lfdIYm

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2405984720048645613wfoeWQ

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2184056700048645613OlDTAm

p.s. they played the best live version of "better" ive heard this year, axl nailed it vocally

p.p.s thanks to the guy who posted awhile back who tipped me off that security would try to take the mic back!

You lucky lucky motherfucker well done i for one am jealous

Very nice... I too could've have caught the mic in the S.F. Show but my stupid ass for got about that he throws it up and the guy literally?in front of me capitlized on it.

But yea, Fuckin Awesome man... I'll give $XXX.XX for it, how about it?

h?h? cool

Awesome man

Good for you

-Greg

Cool!
Is it a Shure Beta mic? What model?

I was thinking about Slash but hey! you got it!!  ;D

Awesome! I'm so jealous for you.

THAT ROCKS!!!!  :beer:

shure beta 58

For your info dude congrats , but beta said on here before that nobody from, their security staff retrieves the mic back.

Lucky MF!

I WANT THAT MIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
 if i were you, I wouldn't let anybody touch that mic :hihi:.

sorry i cant see the pic yet but im curious to as if it has the red cover or whatever on it or is it just the mic

You suck!!!

 :hihi: :hihi:

j/k. Good for you, I got a handshake, that was good enough for me.

by who? axl or bumblefoot? it seems bumble foot will give anyone a handshake lol

Congrats dude.. Finally someone can prove they have the Mic.... Enjoy that bad boy  : ok:

rock the fuck on, thats awesome!

wow, would you ever be willing to sell that ?

lucky bastard  ;D

Nice, here today... gone to ebay ;)

cool stuff :)
don't sell it, keep something like that for the rest of your life and treasure it, you will be glad you did in the future 8)

make sure you tell us if it ends up on ebay......I would bid  handsomely for this!

ill pay you $3000 to eat the mic  : ok:

congrats, bastard. :D

Nice people on the board are quite lucky.

I have an Axl mike as well.  Congrats  . . . .

Yes!!  It happened this year in Las Vegas.  Security made the guy surrender it to him.  So you know that he just used his power to get it, and wanted it for himself.  If Axl wanted the mic back he wouldn't throw it. 

p.s.  I forgot to congratulate you, luck was definately on your side that day, I want one too!!

wow, looks like Axl does throw his beta 58 mic into the crowd, nice! i always figured he swapped it with a cheap one.

I don't see why he'd have to

thats cool dude, thanks for sharing, great pics  :yes:

you lucky bastard! lol

How did you get the backstage pass?

You sir are one lucky bastard. I must say though that I'm really happy that a cool fan caught this. It really looks like you and your friends had a blast!

*Please* resist the temptation to sell this thing! Hold on to it!

(Unless you get a PM from Beta asking for it back, haha)

Congratulations, that's awesome. I know how excited you must feel.

I managed to catch Axl's mic at the end of the MSG show last month. I considered starting a thread about it too, but never got around to it.

If anyone's interested in seeing some pictures and/or hearing the story behind that night, let me know. Afterall, some time has passed since then.

Again though, big congrats. Make sure to hold onto that thing, and not be tempted to sell it off on eBay (like everybody that went with me there kept suggesting!)

You both should put them in those 3-D frames with a little gold plaque thing stating what show and shit....

And yeah, rz4... lets hear your story! Did security try and bully you around for it?

Congrats on getting the mic, and thank you for posting pictures to prove it!  : ok:

RZ4 , post your pics of the mic.  ;D

awesome man! : ok:

Well done - glad security didnt catch ya, enjoy your new trophy!

so is this gonna turn into the episode of the simpsons, where Bart, Milhouse and Martin buy Radio Active #1 and they can't deicide who gets to take it home when, and then they get into a big fight, and in the end, destroy the comic book?


PS: awesome though!

I saw u lucky fucks catch in from Mezz, don't think Axl can trow that far.  I think it was the guy in the white shirt that caught it :rant: :beer: 

I caught the mic at the Cleveland show...

Mick Jagger!? :D

Congrats dude! I hope you don?t sell it on ebay :-*

I would have caught it at the first Vegas show (then probably have it taken away by security) but Axl threw it off to the left of me..

And congrats man...that's awesome  : ok:

sweet! thx for the pics! i really like Axl's mic, i want one!! :'(

congrats, treasure it, don't sell it!

thats insane.
it'll mke a nice display peice

I'm not selling mine....not ever.

very nice, don't get rid of that. You are very lucky my friend

You will be living high of this night for a long time!  Congrats!!!!  : ok:

 I do voiceovers and I use the same Brand Mic as Axl. I've still got the Box.

(http://www.johnchartier.com/shure.jpg)

 :o Oh man! I am so jealous. Congrats dude! DOn't sell it. Keep it forever!

but...   what are you going to do with his mic?

 ::)

Nice one, at the Ireland gig the mic landed close beside me but some lad was in there quick. think the foamy bit came off though!

Thanks for all the positive comments guys! I first started visiting this site in 2000, I just never have really posted in message boards or forums anywhere. (Never felt the need to) However after this little event, I had to post to the most hardcore GNR fans that I know of to tell them all about the experience.

I'm going to take this time to answer some of the questions comments that this thread has brought up. Like I mentioned earlier I have been lucky enough to see GNR 5 time this year and every show rocked! (Twice at Hammerstein thanks to the HTGTH lottery, once in Vegas, once at Inland Invasion, and then this past Sunday at Gibson) I gotta tell you though the hammerstein shows were unbelievable but the show this past sunday blew me away! (For obvious reasons <THE MIC>)

Seeing Izzy strut out there for 5 (FIVE!!!!) songs! And he was having fun! Working the stage walking all over, it was just a great moment and the first time theyve played together in LA in the past 15 years! and even though I wont be attending the next two shows I hope he comes back and does it for the fans again! I want every true GNR fan to be able to have that wonderful experience of seeing two guys who will be lifelong friends who changed the landscape of rock and then see them perform together! Cant say enough good things about it.

How we got the backstage passes, and who we saw floating around in the artist lounge: I have some connections at a large managment agency, geffen records, and mtv. We're all a little younger if you could tell from the pics, so most of the time my connections get hit up for backstage at the Killers, 30 seconds to mars, and MCR. So whenever I ask for anything GNR they usually can hook me up pretty easily. Backstage I got to say what up to Robin, he had some close friends there and was hanging out backstage damn near to when they went on and all the way through Baz's set. Andrew Dice Clay (The comedian) was trying to get back to the dressing rooms, and then finally got back there. (Could be friends with axl?) and got to BS with Ralph Saenz for awhile (Lead singer of the cover band Metal Skool goes by Micheal Starr on stage, who by the way play every Monday in LA at the Key Club on the strip, If youre a late 80s rock fan YOU MUST GO TO THIS SHOW WHEN YOURE IN LA. They rock every show and are great guys.)

Guns went on about 1145 and were incredible, I just wished they would have played Rocket Queen my only complaint. BEST performance of "Better" out of the 5 shows I've seen, Axl nailed it vocally. I was never really a big fan of it live because I thought they couldnt capture the "demo" that I have heard. However this time I was into it, and so were the majority of the fans. The guy behind me who clearly wished it was still 1988 exclaimed when the song ended "Wow, Where I can I get that?" So "better" is my vote for the first single. So we rocked out the rest of the night then Baz came out, my michelle was great, much better timing then ive seen them do in the past when switching of lyrics. Then axl makes the comments about "keeping up with the holiday spirit" The place went crazy when Izzy strolled out. I mean reallllllllllly loud, I was so afraid that he was going to play one song and leave. (Hammerstein he didnt come back out for Paradise City I was very dissapointed) So when he played 5 songs it was a fans dream come true. (I'm waiting for estranged to be played, I dont even have to be there guys just please play it live!)

So they come on for the encore, Paradise City sounds as good as ever, Axl exclaims "Good.... Fuckin... Night!" The mic gets launched in the air lands right in our hands. We were shocked... Our initial reaction was hold it up like a pop fly at a baseball game. Then I remember reading about security, and about what beta posted security not going after the mic. I personally have seen security head towards where the mic lands twice. What they were doing I dont know but this time we didnt want to find out. We made a B-line for the door using the VIP exit. Hiding it under one of our shirts until we got in the car, once we got in the car it was so surreal and it seemed like a scene out of a movie. Comments like "Dude, I think it has Axl's scent!" and "The most shocking frontman of all time just sang 20 fucking songs into that fucking mic man!" and "Shit, its still on do you think anyone can hear us?" Then we took the time to ask Axl a few questions as if he would actually be listening. We then went home took a shitload of pics, and then made the initial post.

As for selling the mic... NO FUCKING WAY. I will sell my kidney before selling this mic.

P.S. The guy who came on here, or was it mygnr.com a while ago and said her heard the blues studio playing out of a window in santa monica either really did his homework and made a very good hoax, Or he's telling the truth. I know someone who worked in that building and told me that it was very possible that that could happen. Also everything he said about the DMV being across the street and such is true. Always wanted to throw my 2 cents in on that.

Please tell me u didnt kiss the Mic Screen part though........................... :nervous: :nervous: :hihi:


How are u and your friends gonna decide who keeps the mic?

U said "WE" caught it.

He opened for Guns once.


And, on this - Vic's is telling the truth, I've known of him for almost 6 years now, dating back to the GNRX days. He doesn't go on the boards to post bullshit, he's legit.