Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Anyone else have a 2006 sort of feeling creeping up on them?

The circumstances aren't the same, but I feel something's in the air. Reunion or no reunion, I'm just waiting for Axl to stop by Eddie's radio show to shoot the shit any day now! Haha


Even if the album didn't come out in 2006, I feel that was the most exciting year of GNR in the past 20 years.

I 100% agree with this.  It was the best year since the relaunch.

2002 left such a bad taste.  But to then have Axl come back 4 years later in far better voice, it seemed like he was ready.  And the night he showed up at Trunk was surreal.  I still recall him calling in and you could hear the band playing in the background.  Legit excitement.

Yeah, isolated the 2001 comeback ranks highest in my book but as a period of time 2006 was an awesome time to be a fan.

It didn't hurt that Axl came back singing as good as he ever did either.

There were a few good 2002 shows

I think 2002 was much more appreciated as time went on. 2006 was a special year for the fans and the band. 2006 had the most shows played by GNR with any line up.

I hope the next run can be as good.

There return in 2009 or 2006 was way more needed than the 2001 return, but when they returned they were still very popular. I hope they gain that popularity back. I just like 2002 because he is more active on stage.

This is why I love it though

http://youtu.be/cA8WTRuSd8I

Waay better than 2012- version

I think the new songs sound great.  But the old songs sounded a little off to me with the clean vocals.

But, I also think it was just because the old songs seemed so different after 10 years listening to bootlegs.  The new songs were able to be judged, brand new.

definitely have that same kind of feeling. like some sort of tension is building up. its awesome! cant wait to see where this all goes.


its so awesome to be able to hear new music from a band you love. you go through all these different stages... first impressions... then after a listen or 2 you have one or 2 favorites... then another one starts growing on you, maybe one you didnt even like much at first... next thing you know its your new favorite, especially since you played the other 2 to death by that time... oh man. being a virgin again through a new album you love is so rad. nothing like it. its been a long time for me. last thing i got off on like that was neil young when i checked out his catalogue after mortis brought him up so many times. that was almost a year ago i think. for all the disagreements we had, i did get that one awesome thing out of him. strange how that works.

Dear lord.  Excitement?  Around "the band?"  What band?
I'm a huge fan of everything GNR...but could it look any darker?
There is no functioning band that we know of.
Members have come and gone.
Hell, I'd pay to hear Axl show up with a piano and a mic solo.  No overhead.  No lights.  Just performing music of any kind.
Nothing indicates this (or anything else) will happen any time soon. (unfortunately)

Nothing indicates anything? Is it just me or is GNR in the news practically every day these days?







Oh yes!

I compared these days to what I hope will be some sort of 2006-excitement. In case you forgot, 2005 came before 2006.. a period that was way darker than this. Virtually NO news about the band that had just disappeared after a Dec. 5 2002 concert in New York...

That?s the thing. We don?t have news about GN?R. We have rumors. I wish I could have the excitment I had back in 91 and 92.

That's true. But it's not dead silent such as 2005.

I think people got way too excited about the rumors regarding the festivals. I figured that a reunited GNR will make a statement on their own and not let a festival do it for them. I think we will definitely see a reunion. Too much smoke around it.

I think sometimes the festivals seem to get to make the announcement before the artists. It seems like it's part of the deal.

At least this has been the case with GN'R in the past.




/jarmo

Really?! Something as big as a reunited GNR?! I would have thought the opposite. I didn't realize that a festival would have that in a contract. Interesting.

There have been longer and much darker times in GNR fandom than this.

I wish I had my car back from 91-92    ;D

Obviously I don't know.

But it seems like it happens. Riot Fest announced the Replacements were playing their festival, and those were the first reunion shows they did....





/jarmo

I feel more excited than ever... more than 1999 to 2014. And have scare of that too, because my expectations are too big... expecially with our frontman.

I send positive energy to him... to his almost 54 years old!

You are the number ONE MOTHERFUCKER!. Dont forget that!

And make a twitt soon.

In GnR's case it would be a business deal, they make another half million and the festival gets the credit and makes a few $ too - follow the money

Yeah, I know sometimes it's done that way.

In the past GN'R have been announced to play festivals and shows before they've made their own announcement.




/jarmo

I Wait Whit Calm For 2016:

- New Music
- New LineUp
- New World Tour

 :beer:

Calm is good.




/jarmo

Sure, calm before the storm is good, assuming there is "a storm" coming.  The longer we go with no news on the next record, you have to wonder whether there is any real faith in it from the powers that be, meaning Axl, label & otherwise...And I say that believing it will likely be just as strong, if not, stronger than Chinese Democracy if they actually put it out. 

Not everybody has invested all their feelings/excitement in that one album.




/jarmo

That was certainly an unneccessary pot shot wouldn't you say? And here I was just responding civilly. And you scratch your head and wonder why 99.999% of the GNR online fan community thinks you're about as cool as AIDS.  ::)

No, it's not a potshot at all. Just stating a fact.

The poster (HBK) who I responded to listed THREE things he was calmly waiting for.
You chose to focus on ONE.

So I merely pointed out that everybody isn't like you.

Simple logic.



Well, I'm glad not everybody thinks that. The 0.001% makes it all worth while.
That says more about people like you, who make that kind of comparisons, than it says about me. Unfortunately for you.

Now let's calmly wait to see if your online buddies will show up and tell us all how out of line that kind of remarks are.




/jarmo

Agreed.  There is not even consensus if people want that album, the reunion tour, mix of both.

The only common denominator is that people want SOMETHING, whatever it winds up being.

Are you part of that 99.999%?

I'm making a list....  :rofl:



/jarmo

I am not.

There is no rebellion without a Darth Vader.  Our two positions dovetail, beautifully.

So you're not part of that 99.999% who compares me to AIDS?
What would you say to the guy up there for making such a comparison?



/jarmo

Little over the top.

Your rep is absolutely dogshit with large sections of our fanbase.  But certain comparisons (AIDS, cancer, Hitler) are best avoided, I think.

I'm glad we sorted that out.

Also, dogshit. Sounds good.
Never was in this for popularity.




/jarmo

I've told every person that has ever run you down that they can't honestly say they would not play things exactly the way you do if they were ever given the opportunity you were.

They swear up and down they would not.  I tend to think that's...suspect, at best.  Total and complete bullshit at worst.

It's not so much about opportunity, it's more about having different experiences.




/jarmo

Potato, pahtahto

I Have Good Memory & Remember:

- February 2006 Some - Festivals Confirmed
- March 2006 - Guns N' Roses LineUp Top Secret
- April 2006 - B/Day Izzy Whit Axl & GNR Members
- May 2006 - Radio Program Eddie & New Guitar NOT Revealed

10 Years Before !!! Currently In Short, Nothing New , Live You Life Guys.

 :smoking:

Not really.
Just because we're given the same book to read, doesn't mean we get the same things out of finishing the book.




/jarmo

I think I would keel over from excitement if anything happened at this point. The above posters mention about Ax coming out of nowhere with a piano and some new songs, for me that would almost be the best case scenario though.

Man, that would be amazing. Id love to see something like that. Get the GNR name, the record company, the problems with band members and all the rest of it all out of the way, and just let him do his thing. See how it goes. See what he can do on his own. Im of the opinion that it would likely be the most epic thing music has seen in a long time.

Comparing someone to AIDS (or, as DGen says, cancer, Hitler etc.) is really not on.  I can see that some people might not like Jarmo's style, but whatever.  There's no need for that kind of comparison.  No need at all.

Thank you. :)




/jarmo

You're welcome.

yES Sr.

 :beer:

I think that would be great as well...but the idea of Axl doing that on his own without all the baggage that the GNR name brings is always met with push back.

Is The History Of Guns N' Roses

 : ok:

No clue what you mean   ;D

AJjaJA, Ok, Cheers

 :beer:

It would be interesting.  Not sure about it being the best thing ever.

But that push back is real, and I think, well reasoned.  The obvious question is going to be that if he was cool with going that route, then explain the last 20 years. 

And that's a legit question.

He said his solo stuff would be very different-

Axl: "Why keep the name? I'm literally the last man standing. Not bragging, not proud. It's been a fucking nightmare but I didn't leave GUNS and I didn't drive others out. With Slash, it's been nothing more than pure strategy and saving face while manipulating the public like he used to me. I earned the right to protect my efforts and to be able to take advantage of our contract I'd worked hard for where Slash's exact words were that he didn't care. I get that some like a different version or lineup the same way some like a specific team line up or a particular year of a specific car but because you and I are getting played I'm supposed to throw the baby out with the bath water?"

Q: What do you think about people that say "Chinese Democracy" should have been a solo album instead of using the name GUNS N' ROSES?

Axl: "I didn't make a solo record. A solo record would be completely different than this and probably much more instrumental. I made a GUNS record with the right people who were the only people who really wanted to help me try, were qualified and capable while enduring the public abuse for years . The songs were chosen by everyone involved. I didn't want to do 'This I Love' in any way shape or form, and Robin [Finck, current GUNS guitarist] and Caram [Costanzo; co-producer] insisted gaining Tommy's [Stinson, bass] and the others' support. There's been a lot of pressure to go with using my name (all external) but that never felt right to me for this band and the parameters in regard to this music have lots more to do with the mindset of GUNS than something else. The instrumental I wrote for 'End of Days' that's more a solo effort, at least presently.


Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/axl-rose-why-i-am-continung-to-use-name-guns-n-roses/#ImByVA1VQHUmSPPU.99



-also I would love to someday hear this experimental piece-

Axl: Because that's all it was, only at the time having just got it together only Jimmy Iovine [music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M] knew that who wanted it to sell their soundtrack ["End of Days", released in 1999]. I saw segments of the movie which were good. As a whole later not so much, but it wasn't ready yet then. I did write an experimental piece inspired by the bits I'd seen called "Daddy Can the Devil do Mommy and Me?"

Agree:

Axl Rose Is The Creator And Founder Of Guns N' Roses

 :smoking: