im tired of GNR fans that want to limit Axl

[D]

so u think contraband will be better than chinese democracy?

if u take that bet u already lose dude cause "The blues" alreadysmokes everything on contraband!

If chinese democracy doesnt live up to my expectations ill be the first to admit it right here but madagascar the blues and those are suppose to be filler album tracks?

How can anyone bet against axl honestly?

Contraband is a good cd but its not a classic standin the test of time cd and isnt anything better or different than the other mainstream,modern rock stuff out today.

[matt88]

Well i prefer AFD because it's just so easy to listen to and it just rocks. I play guitar and that album is just bluesy rock guitar all the way through. I wanna pick my guitar up and play every fuckin song when i hear it. The guitars controll the music..Axl is second to Slash..he waits for him to finish unleashing his guitar ability before he lets loose with his awesome lyrics.

Though i also love The Illusion albums. They were so different and very good at the same time. But i wish they limited the use of Piano on it. I want to hear more louder guitars. The Piano is the one that controlls the flow on these albums...and the guitar on most songs is just a quiet Rythm in the background until Slash takes a Solo. I want that guitar to be louder and more important than the Piano...an incredible waste of Slash's talent. That's why we all see Ycbm, Back Off Bitch, Don't Damn Me as the ones that are closer to AFD sounding era GN'R. I wish Axl had limited the use of Piano and let the Guitars take a bigger importance. Can u imagine massive guitars...axl's brilliant lyrics..so deep and meaningfull with a piano in the background. Ah well that's the way i would have prefered them but i love them the way they are.

[Voodoochild]

I play guitar too but there's a world outside the guitar players. I feel the same way sometimes, but the duet with Axl's piano in Estranged makes Slash shine even more to me. And they want to change a little, no big deal... Even VR had some ballads like YGNR and LTA, it's not "an incredible waste of Slash's talent" - those are the tow best tunes in Contraband, for me.
D is right, The Blues and Madagascar are the proof that Axl wasn't kiddin' when he wanted something more than a straight rock album. I think he's still in the right way to make good music.

[ccorn69]

i like axls ballads way morew than contraband but i enjoy contraband i think axl should do what he wants even if that is an album of all whistling (all though I wouldnt buy that) but i wouuld want gnr to progress and grow rather than do AFD 2, I enjoy epic songs so, im glad at what tommy said about the epicness of the new songs

[nesquick]

I enjoy epic songs so, im glad at what tommy said about the epicness of the new songs

me too. I love epic songs! (november rain, estranged, bohemian rhapsody, stairway to heaven etc....), I really love long epic songs with progression.