Here Today... Gone To Hell!

FYI, Guns is rehearsing these days in preparation for the upcoming tour.

Saw Dizzy in Burbank last night and he had just gotten back from rehearsal at a sports arena...they were testing pyrotechnics and stuff...he said they were trying to burn him LOL...

He had a REALLY cool GNR crew jacket that I had never seen anywhere... :peace:

unfuckinbelievable....love to hear it

Now, if they can just announce a warm-up show in the states and I will be happy



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Ron's tweets have been saying this for weeks

Does anyone know if they did their past rehearsals (06-07) on a full scale stage in a sports arena?

Things seem to be a bit bigger this time around..  :)

I hope you're planning on following Dizzy tonight.  No, it's not stalking  :hihi:

I thought I remember hearing such things in the past.  Maybe those were just rumors though.  In fact, I'm pretty sure they were.  Back when the VH/GNR tour rumors were out I thought there was also the rumor they were rehearsing at a local sports arena.  And I think they WERE rehearsing, just not sure of the whereabouts of said rehearsals.

size doesn't matter  :rofl:

I heard they were rehearsing at Staples Center earlier this year but that might well have been a rumor

I saw some member in LA in Feb..... :hihi:

Yeah, they kicked the Lakers, Clippers, and Kings out just to rehearse for a month.

Yup!

'Burn, Dizzy, Burn!'  :hihi:
I remember that they rehearsed at Miami Arena for the NA tour in 2006.
Oh yeah - Del James wrote that on the offical site. 'Some time last week, GN?R flew into Florida for production rehearsals at Miami Arena. '

I didn't mean that they were rehearsing there regularly, just that they had rehearsed there a handful of times.  But again it could have been false

They're rehearsing down the street at the moment.  I wonder if they are using both facilities.

wwiii... thankz friend... 28 days by Tour...

 :beer:

It's threads like this that make me start getting excited


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I?d sell a piece of my soul  to see a video from this rehearsal!  :nervous:  :nervous:  :nervous:

imagine Axl?s voice!  :o

I think it?d be like the VMA?s rehearsal!  :nervous:

I'm getting so exciting with all these news lately  ;D

It's gonna be so fun again!!!! :drool:

Me too.  I'm not even reading any of those "I've got a complaint posts".  :hihi:  Take that to the end of the line, it's time to party.

Amen Sister!

Can't wait for the starting of tour, im also excited  ;)

Yeah I'm starting to hear the chant.

GUNS N ROSES!
GUNS N ROSES!
GUNS N ROSES!
You mean that one?

Yes  :hihi:

I'm waiting for Lars to come along and put up a flashy one.

i love twitter  :hihi:
http://twitpic.com/pez7p

That's cool!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

What the Spies Said

Notes from the arena dress rehearsals in LA:

Richard Fortus is playing through a 1973 Jose Marshall along with a Friedman "Marsha" amp and some modified Randall modules, all driven by a Randall RT-2 power amp. His pedals are incorporated with all of the above (pictured) and are racked and switched through a custom system built by Dave Friedman of Rack Systems Ltd. Fortus has 2 Randall isolation cabinets with Celestion Golds and Celestion G12H loudspeakers. He's playing a Chet Atkins Gretsch guitar, a Gibson ES-335 and a bunch of Fender Telecasters and Gibson Les Pauls.

DJ is also using a "Marsha," as well as a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier tube amp. The Mesa Boogie plugs into a 4x12 with Golds and the Marsha is using V30's. DJ has a ton of different Les Paul's he's playing with.

Ron is sticking with his Engl heads played through Marshall 4x12s. He's using Vigier guitars. He has a double-neck Vigier with a fretless.

... And, just in case you were wondering, the lineup is still: Axl, Dizzy, Tommy, Chris, Richard, Ron, DJ and Frank

Photos: http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-spies-said.html

What language was that?  ;D

Whoa!

but.............. nobody took a picture from the band?!  :'(

First Double Neck Ron Whit GUNS N' ROSES !!!
 :peace: :peace:

cool update


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I'm not a musician so that went right over my head  :hihi:  How about the design on those guitars?  I'm loving that new burned orange color I've seen on one of the basses out there.  Does Tommy have that bass?

Aside from the pics, I didnt see anything really new in those gear specs..

Also, I think Ron already gave a much detailed description of hid setup in his forum.

This is the source for that post:
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=628969

Thanks.

I guess it wasn't a "spy" after all.... Hilarious.




/jarmo

That was just their "headline".

It also says...

Notes from the arena dress rehearsals in LA:

And yes, thanks for the link.

I know it was.

The point is, what a "great" way to make information seem more "secret" than it in fact is.





/jarmo

Thanks! The post has more interesting stuff:

I was at one of their rehearsal's a few weeks ago and then todays was the full production run at a arena here in LA. I have to say, these guys got it together! All three guitar players are just monsters who each stand on their own as players, and then play really well as a unit. What's also cool is the fact that they are all quite humble and good people. For any skeptics, I can assure you that they treat the early hit's with respect by keeping the parts true to the record, yet with their own vibe and flare.

On to the fun stuff....

Richard Fortus is using his Jose Marshall ('73 I think) paired with a Friedman Marsha as well as Friedman modded Randall Modules...powered with a Randall RT-2 poweramp. He has a few pedals incorporated and all of the above is racked and switched via a custom system built by Dave. He is using two iso cabs with Golds and G12H's. He has a load of cool guitars including a Chet A. Gretsch, 335, tele's, and LP's.

DJ Ashba is their newest guitarist and sounds amazing as well. He also nails the 'classic' GNR tones via another Marsha paired with a Boogie Dual Rect. The Boogie feeds a 4x12 with Golds while the Marsha is using V30's. He plays a variety of LP's. He's also quite a talented businessman as his graphics company did a lot of artwork for the Virgin Mega stores and another one of his clients is Ovation (plus many others). Not bad for a rock star!

Many here know Bumblefoot and his playing famously sick! He relies on his Engl heads through Marshall 4x12 (may be using and iso but I did not have a tour of his set up. Guitar wise he sticks with is Vigier's....both standards as well as his double neck with the fretless.

They all share lead duties and then rhythm wise, Richard covers the "Izzy" vibe with his various guitars. DJ nails the Slash vibe, and Bumblefoot sits between them.

The rest of them are very solid as well.

They are off to Asia for a few dates and then Canada. I'm not sure what the plans are for the USA but I'm something will happen. I just thought I'd share because I'm a big Guns fan and was really stoked to hear just how well they nailed the early catalog....and then of course they smoked on the stuff from Chinese D. Check'em out if you can! It's past 3am and I'm just home from my own gig, so pardon any grammer errors on my part!

I dug the tale about Ron and his bro playing VH's 1984 BACKWARD the day it came out. He was only 14, no?  Ron "Phenom" Thal! :o

They should have added the link in the first place to source it and not pretend to an insider.
where're their manners?   :no:

Ronald  :love: VH

 : ok:

Yeah, he probably was 14 or so. He played Eruption backwards when he was 12 though.

Voodoo, Ron told us some weeks ago that he was going to use that setup in his forum.

Pic source:
http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&p=653070

Hell, I guess they never heard the word 'source'  :hihi:

This sounds great. Imagine seeing them rehearse in an arena with only a few people in attendance.... :drool:

Being at rehearsal with a few people would be great, and the info. is nice...whoever said it.  :D

And the link is posted.

concerning rehearsals, this was posted at gnrevolution, originally from link below at Metal Sludge:

Well without giving away the FULL set (I promised Del!) Ummm they did a complete run through of about 17-18 songs for about a week..Lots of visuals that complement each track..pyro, spots,etc nice lighting truss design plus a fucking bad ass Reworking of a theme song that leads into "Live & Let Die" written by Richard Fortus. Overall well done.

I loved Shacklers Revenge,Better,Prostitute & Rocket Queen live.
FYI:That middle ramp/riser has AXL's grand piano under it for quick access.

http://forums.metalsludge.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4429740#p4429740


 :drool:

Does anyone know if Axl has been rehearsing with the band?

Obviusly Is Vocal Of Guns N' Roses

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cooooool shit, i bet this is the theme thingie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr-sXyIk0qo

007 ;D

so, these and Shacklers Revenge, Better, Prostitute and Rocket Queen are among the 17-18 songs they were rehearsing.

That's a good bet! Richard's James Bond theme is fucking awesome.  :drool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvaIopVuAHU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvaIopVuAHU)

This one is also written by Richard Fortus

This Fukin' Shit SONG.. Is AMAZING, Richard Rulez !!

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AWESOME NEWS!!

I'm particularly excited about Prostitute!

17-18 songs to rehearse,, and Dj had to learn 40.. well that's nice

Were you expecting they play all 40 a night??

Leaves room for alot of setlist rotation!!

Well, I think it was reported before that Axl actually didn't rehearse with the band, with other band member handling vocals.

prostitutes excite me also......

As someone else said, I'm sure you weren't expecting 40 songs a night??

Of course not.  that's why indeed I'm hoping for A bigger setrotation this year/next year (at least let's hope)

Second Show:

01) Intro
02) SHackler's Revenge

 :smoking:

NO! They HAVE to start with Welcome To The Jungle!

I really hope not. I'm so hoping for Chinese Democracy to start the show!

Yes. But...

1 show WTTJ

Other Show SR...

etc.

 :smoking:

Why do they have to do that?

That's easy. Because people on the Internet say so!

Imagine if they change something in the setlist. Imagine all the whining....


Oh wait...


 ;)


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I would like GNR to open with Chinese Democracy > Shackler's > Better, same order of CD's tracklist. Jungle > ISE > Brownstone is another hell of a start, but some changes and unpredictability could be awesome.

And if GNR were a Burger King (  ;D ), I would love GNR to open some sporadic concerts with extremely rare and dense songs like ''Coma'' or ''Oh My God'', for example.

am I the only one who wants Guns to play ''Stuck Inside'' with Sebastiancinho?  :drool: :peace:

Well if they're opening with Chinese Democracy, that person didn't mention the song.  CD would be a major change to the show opening and no mention in that report.  I was expecting CD to open the show.  Live, I consider it a "wow" song, apparently this person doesn't.

The board would crash from all the backlash.

great rehearsal last night  ;D

Very exciting.

Shacklers will be interesting live.
I'm really stoked about Prostitute live!!!
But man, Live and Let Die could be retired!!!!

As far as I'm concerned, Guns could get onstage and do "Mary had a Little Lamb" 20 times in a row and I'd still be thrilled.

I like too much Live And Let Die in live shows, people jump a lot and it's very exciting, with pyro efects. In Madrid this song was amazing  :drool:

I'm happy that they will play this song again.

And I hope they'll play You Could Be Mine too  :drool:

Yeah... i guess some people should rather stay home watching the Tokyo videos...

Oh DAMN! They start with Nightrain at that show!!  :P

People should be excited and curious about what GnR are planing to do. Not whining about what what GnR should or should not do.

Shackler would be a great opener! Kick ass song! Much underestimated!

People would appreciate the 'new' Guns more when they make actually changes in their show. With changes meaning: playing more new stuff, have something new in the show instead of the typical, predictable, stuff 'old' guns was doing... (example WTTJ as opener and so on...) in that way some people will then hopefully stop accusing this band of naming them a 'cover band' or 'Axl solo project'.

This band needs to show their own identity...and one way to achieve this, is playing a 'restyled' show that suits these Gunners! : ok:

Guessing the guys have shut down for a Thanksgiving break with Dizzy due in Colorado tonight.  Have a great show Dizzy.  Enjoy that last little bit of home cooking guys.

I am loving your sense of humor lately!! Hope you have a blast at the shows!

I know, it's a very short song.  People think if they ditch LALD, they'll start playing Coma or something instead.   ::)

Or, they just don't like the cover song. I've seen them live a few times and it's the one song that doesn't do anything for me. I'd much rather hear songs that haven't been played live a lot - Civil War or Yesterdays.
I doubt this version of GnR would ever play Coma live.
Not trying to be rude here, but why the snide comment from you about this?

Agreed.  2002 and 2006 lineup nailed that fuckin song, so much energy.    A staple of the GnR show.

I agree...lots of fans seem to love this one live


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Regarding this post on Metal Sludge:

Hello and FOR THE RECORD....

Feel I must clear the air a bit because of all the GNR Boards including this one discussing the rehearsals that cut & pasted my comments from Sludge on the heels of the initial one. I made the mistake of putting a positive spin replying to a post there about how great I thought the band sounded the night I saw them. I am NOT a "spy"or a reporter nor did I intend for my post(s) to provide some official "sneak peek"of whats to come..couldnt be further from the truth, but I see that it came off that way.

I was a guest who was given great hospitality by the GNR camp. Nothing more. Nothing less.

A few things I stated were inaccurate anyway so please know that my brief "review" shouldnt be taken as 100% gospel in the first place. Its rehearsal for a reason. Things change.

I look forward to seeing GNR kick ass live like the next person so please decide for yourselves especially those who'll get to see them next month and in the new year.

Thank you for reading.

djwill

http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/2009/11/update.html

too late broh! lol

Apparently the post was made by KNAC's DJ Will.  I think he's just trying to set the record straight.

As usual... Things get taken out of context and twisted around.

Somebody who was invited to a rehearsal is suddenly labeled a "spy"....




/jarmo

Because it's obvious that this song will never be ditched from the setlist.  The band doesn't have to cater for the couple thousand DIEHARD FORUM GEEK fans scattered around the world who want to see a different setlist.  The band will play songs that people know, and that song is great fun to play for the band and the fans enjoy everything that goes with the song.  It's high energy, has lots of pyro which meathead rock fans enjoy, and features killer Axl screams.  And like I said, it doesn't take a lot of time to play. 

I'll draw a picture for you if you still don't get it.

I'm interested as to how this fellow was invited to rehearsals. ???

Only a guess on my part but he's probably a close friend of someone in the band or GNR camp.

Just like that young man (sorry I don't remember his name) who is a friend of Ron's that was invited to jam with some of the guys in the band.  If I'm not mistaken, I believe this guy is now playing in Baz's band (I think it's mentioned in the Baz's thread in Bad Obsession).

I've asked him, but I doubt he'll be able to say.

Yes that's correct, Nick Sterling is his name.

How do people get invited places?

Think about yourself. Do you get invited to go places? There's your answer.


He just got invited to see a GN'R rehearsal instead of something ordinary.



/jarmo

I'm not interested in the invitation but the reason behind it. I'm interested as to who this "DJ Will" is, as in is he a friend of Guns N' Roses or is he involved in the media. This doesn't facinate you much, because you're used to invitations from Guns N' Roses and it's surrounders, I'm not.

lolzwhat?


as a simple fan i'd be more interested in the invitation than who cares why.  :P

I got that and I tried to make you think about your own life and how you get invited to things.

It's probably not any weirder in this case. Except the invitation was for a GN'R rehearsal.



The reason I'm not "fascinated" by this guy getting invited to a rehearsal like you, is because I'm assuming that he's friends with somebody and that friend invited him over.

Just like you might get invited places by your friends.

That's common sense to me. Very fascinating stuff indeed....





/jarmo

That could well be the case, but would certain music reporters not be invited as well? I'm just interested as to what his involvement or association with Guns N' Roses is.

I guess the whole friend aspect just went past you without making any kind of impact.




/jarmo

we all get invited some times to things beyond our looks...
that's all Jarmo tried to say.

It didn't.

Ok. So you understand that he's possibly a friend of somebody there and you still wonder why he was invited?

I can't help you with that one. Sorry....




/jarmo

I understand that but I also understand that he could be part of the media who have been invited to attend the rehearsals.

The problem is some people forget they do have a life outside of the computer in front of them. lol
And yes it is always fascinating watching people try and get more info then need be.

But your assuming something Jarmo, you assume they have friends  :hihi: 

good pt.  these things just come down to who u have a relationship with

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