Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Saw this at ROV from the poster Dreamline:


(http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2106/gnrtruckyd1.jpg)

My GF caught this cruising around Tokyo on Saturday.? Sorry for the small pic, but she didn't know how to change the resolution on her new phone.? She says it was blasting "that something something jungle song"?

I've seen these driving around for other acts, but I would have loved to have seen this one.? Anyway, I thought it was cool and thought you all might like to see it.? If this doesn't merit its own thread, feel free to merge it with the Japan thread or whatever.


Edit by Will: changed "Tokoyo" to "Tokyo" in the title.

The coolest thing about this is I actually was a few meters away from Axl (my first GN'R concert ever) when that now classic picture was taken :smoking:

thats fcuking ausome,


lol, i love the japanese writing on the pic,

great find

Now thats Sweet ?:peace: :peace:

good stuff very cool  : ok:

cool, about time this popped up.

Very cool

Nothing's really "popped up" ?:no: ?"that" is just an optical illusion ?:hihi:


Is that poster truck specifically for advertising the shows (like a drive around billboard) or is it like a regular bus or something with a billboard on the side?


And I guess this means that they'll still use the "something something jungle" song to open the shows? :yes:

Wow that is awesome!

Can't believe they're actually promoting themselves like that again.. Great to see ;D

Is that simply a truck with an advert on it, or is it a truck containing Gn'R equipment  :peace:
Either way, its good to Gn'R are making an effort  : ok:

hopefully we will start seeing more stuff like that when they come back to the states. the pormotion i heard was that on the radio.

I see no reason for them to stop using jungle as their opening song. A GNR`s show is worth attending just for that moment, when first notes of the intro riff are played and the crowd errupts! :beer:

I know this is cool. :beer:

Can you imagine if GNR recruited someone to drive that around all day long in every city they visited. ?Can you imagine if you were that one person to drive it ;D

well.... the Japanese promoter knows how make great things!!!

Hmm so in Katakana it's "Guns And Roses" or directly "Ganzu ando Rosezu" (the last character is either Su or Zu, I can't tell if the accent is there or not).

These trucks make sense if you've ever seen how Japanese elections work (where candidates drive around at all hours of the day BLARING their message over loudspeakers). For whoever asked, it's not an equipment truck, it's just for advertising.

Or Blaring GODZILLA IS COMING>>>>  :rofl:

It's cool that they've decided to tell people that they're touring this time. 

Ads are such an awesome way to get your message out.

Since they are actually advertising, makes me wonder if they are going to announce that they are going to release Chinese Democracy while they are in Japan. Japanese love anything, Then the rest of the world hears that they are popular and bam! Back on top of the WORLD!

GNR Kick Ass In Japan !! thankz.

HBK *

By far one of the coolest promotions I've seen.  I know where I live (small city - Richmond, VA.) you would never see anything like this, especially playing music at the same time.

Does anyone have a bootleg of that deep-cut song, "something something jungle"?  I'd love to hear it.  : ok:

Not that it matters all that much, but it's definitely a "zu".

I love that picture... I really wish they would hype these tours with an official tour DVD. Just cut some songs together, make it 30 minutes or so. Use it to introduce the new lineup to casual fans that may pick the DVD up if it were the right price.


Gotta love Anchorman.

Great.THX for posting that

that is amazing, would love to see something like that in my country!

but what adds to the awesomeness of that ad is the japanese kanjis and of course the kick ass Axl picture! so cool 8)

Not that it matters all that much but the U is mute :P, so it's actually pronounced Guns and Roses  :hihi:

Another pic of the truck taken by a friend of mine:

(http://www.gnrfrance.net/img/news/news_875.jpg)

Very cool, thanks Will!

No shit, it is real...

lol, it's just the way English words wind up pronounced in Japanese, after being written in Katakana, and because of the differences in the language (no L sound, a lot of words ending in vowel sounds, etc).

Cool promotion though.

Ths is cool - ironically in the UK I work for a company that does this sort of thing amongst other things.  Didn't hear anything about GnR management wanting to promote the UK tour last year in this way.. still if they read this and have similar plans for Chinese Dem release they should let me know!!!

(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/66/c36b1bsq8.jpg)

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Guns-N-Roses-JAPAN-tour-mini-poster-ad-advert_W0QQitemZ330102272713QQcategoryZ53261QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hmm... might have to get that.

I don't see the Chinese Democracy album cover at the bottom of that poster... ??? :hihi:

Still pretty cool though.

Then you're not looking close enough  : ok:

the truck has been proved to be real, but all the mopeds, bicycles and buildings look fake to me  :nervous:

look at the tall, thin building on the left. made of lego? ....
surreal! :D

quite a spectacle thanks will wills friend in tokyo and spaghetti!

That is a very AWESOME pic!