Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Upholding a three-decade tradition of breaking ground, creating trends, and forever changing the face of rock ?n? roll, Guns N? Roses announce the most significant and anxiously awaited musical event of this century. Founder Axl Rose and former members Slash and Duff McKagan will regroup to headline the Coachella Music & Arts Festival (April 15-17 & April 22-24)?as announced last night!

For months, critics and audiences alike have generated immense excitement and speculation over the possible regrouping of the iconic line-up. The April performances will mark the first time since 1993 the Gunners will share the stage for what is certain to be an explosive event. For more information please visit www.gunsnroses.com.

Following the group?s 1985 formation, Guns N? Roses injected unbridled, unrivaled, and unstoppable attitude into the burgeoning Los Angeles rock scene. The spirit went on to captivate the entire world with the release of their 1987 debut ?Appetite for Destruction? ?the best-selling U.S. debut ever, moving 30 million copies globally. In 1991, the seven-time platinum ?Use Your Illusion I? and ?Use Your Illusion II? occupied the top two spots of the Billboard Top 200 upon release. Over the course of the past decade, Guns N? Roses have performed sold out shows and headlined festivals worldwide following the critically acclaimed release of 2008?s RIAA platinum-certified ?Chinese Democracy.? Six studio albums later, Guns N? Roses are one of the most important and influential acts in music history and continue to set the benchmark for live performances connecting with millions of fans across the globe.


http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-reunion-axl-slash-duff/?trackback=tsmclip

This is beyond exciting, but that's not yet a full lineup.  :hihi:

Do you guys think they're holding off on releasing the full line-up of the band purposely, or maybe they are still working on finalizing contracts with the people involved so they're not 100% sure yet who will be in the band (apart from Axl, Slash and Duff)?

Cool.  :D
Thanks for posting. :)





/jarmo

To me that says Izzy, Steven and Matt are not involved, at least in a full capacity.  I feel they would have mentioned them.  They made a point to mention the last time Axl, Slash and Duff shared a stage together. It looks like Slash and Duff are rejoining the current band, which I think is great!  Once again this is just a guessing game on my part, but that's what it looks like to me.

Who wrote this? How come Slash and Duff can be former members and current members at the same time?

They are former members who are regrouping.

I don't see anything wrong with the wording.

It clearly says two former members will be back in the band for the performances.



/jarmo

I would agree.  Reading between the lines and inferring all that isn't said is just as important as the things that are actually said when it comes to GnR. 

Having said that, Steven has been *insanely* quiet.  He's either being gagged and held against his will, or he will be a part of this in one way or another...

Its nice they added CD in the press release :D

I've mentioned this before but I'll bring it up again.

Is the mind playing tricks on us or is Steven very often in the press usually? I am asking because I haven't paid that close attention to how often we used to hear from Steven before..

Could it be that it's perfectly normal not to hear anything from Steven for months at the time? Not sure.

on his Adler site, they are supposed to be dong a show April 30th

I imagine the wording was meticulously scripted to ensure that the past 20+ years of Guns isn't simply thrown out because Slash and Duff are back.

Sheesh.  I can't even imagine all that's at play behind the scenes on this thing.  And how spectacular that it's happening at all...

I'm no authority, but Steven always showed up somewhere talking about Guns in one way or another...it wasn't constant, but I'd say every few months something would show up.  What absolutely IS abnormal - at least to me - is to *not* be hearing from him now, as he's always been the biggest - or at least the most public - advocate and cheerleader for a reunion...

What's his current state though? It may well be he's in rehab or similar at present.

Last we heard he had been sober for 20 some months I think, that was 2-3 months ago.

The wording of the release is a bit wonky (former members, etc), but fuck it, who cares.  GNR is reuniting!!!!

Hopefully Lollapalooza is next!!!

I love the picture of pic(s) here:

http://pitchfork.com/news/62714-guns-n-roses-confirm-original-lineup-reunion/

Pretty sure Eddie Trunk said he reached out to him and was rebuffed, or what have you. Typically he would jump at the chance to talk to Eddie or anyone else in the biz who might inquire. And I'm sure there have been others.

''(...) founder member Axl Rose and former members Slash and Duff McKagan'' > LOVED that!  :beer:

It is very clear to me that any other "former" band members are out. Current members will stay (Dizzy, Fortus, Frank, Pitman. I dont know why people still hope to see Adler or Izzy, its not going to happen!  GNR never broke up...we knew from several sources that Tommy, Ashba and Ron left the band last year...everyone else stayed.

It seems the third guitar spot is the only big bomb that's left to explode. This band NEEDS three guitar players to properly play ALL the catalogue.
It's a one chance in a million, considering NIN's activity this year, but i would sell my soul to Satan for Robin being there...

Ugh, hopefully not.  I was hoping my festival days were behind me (yes, I'm old) and then the first 2 shows end up being festival shows.

I went to Lolla a few years back when my wife scored free passes.  It was actually pretty fun. Hell, the food was better than anything the taste of Chicago has to offer, and that's saying A LOT. Word is GNR are favorites to headline. If so, there's no way I'm not there.

Correct. However, it's hard to imagine this will be their only show, especially after reuniting/regrouping (call it whatever you want) with Slash. The bomb has been dropped. PR-vise, it would be suicidal to just play Coachella with Slash and Duff and than revert to one of the (many) former nuGNR members. In my opinion, these will either be a farerwell performances (which I don't think is the case) or just a begining of a new tour, which would include Slash and Duff.

Just for the performances? Only for those 2 dates? Or they are back in the band as former/current members?
Sorry but I got lost with your post.

You're all missing the most obvious answer:  the new lineup is Slash (guitar), Duff (bass) and Axl (drums).  Their set will consist of a free-form jazz odyssey...

OK, so now is 100% officially confirmed! It was a stretch thinking that the AFD lineup would get together and tour, but I'm still hopeful that they might play at least one special concert or having the AFD lineup doing a couple of songs here and there.

No words to express having one of my favourite bands back from the dead. I lost the count of the number of times I watched the Tokyo VHS and dreamed about seeing those guys live!  :drool:

Everybody left, if it's not a break-up, I don't know what it is. ::)

Wow, this i really bad-written press release.

We're talking about the 3 guys getting back together and get this? No hype at all, no excitment?  :( :o

It's a press release and it tells you exactly what is happening.  When you buy your ticket, you will get Axl, Slash and Duff. That is the fixed line-up.

My take is that they don?t quite have this all figured out just yet. They had to announce Coachella because it?s a festival with many other bands (very little of interest to hard rock/Guns fans), it was leaking out everywhere, and tickets are going on sale. But I would hope for and expect a press conference and more details, dates, and band members to be released as they get closer and sort through everything. My sources have told me current GnR drummer Frank Ferrer will be retained and play the bulk of the show, with perhaps a guest appearance from Steven Adler if a deal can be worked out. I would suspect the same with Richard Fortus staying, and maybe Izzy popping up. I would also expect Dizzy and Chris Pittman to stay. I have heard the Dave Kushner rumor but don?t know anything about that and don?t see the connection, but anything is possible. Axl always liked 3 guitars in the later era Guns so who knows? So what this really looks like now is the remaining current Guns lineup (except Stinson, can?t have two bass players I guess), with Duff and Slash being plugged in, and maybe guest spots from Izzy and Steven. Is this enough to make long time fans dying for a reunion content? For most yes. For some no. But it will do huge business regardless of the percentage that was holding out hope for an Appetite reunion 100%. That was never going to happen anyway since Guns only really made one album with that band. I have also been told consistently by many that Matt Sorum is not involved. Read into that what you will. Have not heard Gilby?s name attached either at this point.

Source: http://eddietrunk.com/15-my-latest-on-the-guns-n-roses-reunion-news/


What Eddie Trunk said makes sense. And explains why Axl had to pull the plug on the Kimmel interview. And that's why we just got some tweets and this press release so far.

 axl b4 he confirms coachella (http://www.coxshoney.com/wp-content/uploads/bee_swarm_man.jpg)

Agreed and I think the Kimmel appearance fell through because all of the questions don't have answers yet.

Eddie Trunk perfect in his statements , always sensible.

Please stop your passive aggressiveness against current members. HAHAHAHA.

Bullshit.  There was Appetite for Destruction and GNR Lies.  And yes, they did two albums that Steven rehearsed and in some cases demoed.  It's ridiculous to assume that the original five couldn't tour together strictly because of the songs.  The majority of the public (outside of the internet) still remembers and prefers the classic lineup (which is why they're considered the classic lineup) and they don't really care about that.

Having said that, if I could get my hands on a ticket that included Steven and Izzy in even a partial capacity, it would be worth it.


 :hihi:  That's more credit than I'd give him if he lived 100 lifetimes.   :P

I think he's correct when he guesses that Coachella is likely the only thing that's been finalized so far.  I'd love to think that rumored US stadium tour announcement was right around the corner, but who knows, really? 

It's hard to separate facts from all the garbage rumors flying our way lately.  Here's hoping!

Maybe Third Guitar Is:

- THE SURPRISE -

 :beer: