Axl stage presence.

[Grouse]

I was at that concert and that guy is 1000% wrong! Axl totally blew me away! It was one of the greatest night of my life since this really nice guy invited me up front! Besides GNR my current obsession is the musical WICKED which I have seen 11 times and even that can't top seeing AXL live! AXL IS THE GREATEST FRONT MAN EVER!

You're kidding right?, The greatest frontman ever is FREDDIE MERCURY and nothing else you say can change that, He had the most stage presence.!

 Axl is a good second

[Steel_Angel]

aint he dead? freddie mercury? so i think that means he WAS the greatest frontman ever. or atleast in your book.

[misterbrownstone]

I was at that concert and that guy is 1000% wrong! Axl totally blew me away! It was one of the greatest night of my life since this really nice guy invited me up front! Besides GNR my current obsession is the musical WICKED which I have seen 11 times and even that can't top seeing AXL live! AXL IS THE GREATEST FRONT MAN EVER!

never seen Freddie Mercury, eh?

Freddie is about 34859023583902 times better than ANY front man EVER.

[StoneTempleRoses]

I think we just cant see it enouph cause theres no good proshot except rio and that was there second show back. They didnt have Fortus then either.

StoneTempleRoses

[Origen]

I was at that concert and that guy is 1000% wrong! Axl totally blew me away! It was one of the greatest night of my life since this really nice guy invited me up front! Besides GNR my current obsession is the musical WICKED which I have seen 11 times and even that can't top seeing AXL live! AXL IS THE GREATEST FRONT MAN EVER!

never seen Freddie Mercury, eh?

Freddie is about 34859023583902 times better than ANY front man EVER.

I agree. I'm not even a Queen fan but I've heard/seen some of their stuff. Freddie Mercury was amazing, his stage presence was great and his voice just can't be beaten it was like rock and oprah combined, genius.

[god of thunder]

This thread is BS. I have seen Axl in Belgium in 2002 and his stage presence was awesome. He did not run around as much as in the late 80s but he surely ran a lot. Besides him not running as excessively benefits his voice, which was awesome that night. He was extraordinary good mooded, joking and definetely rocking. Further discussing this is not necessary since we will all (hopefully) be convinced lateron this year when GnR tour....

I remember there was a show on the UYI Tour, when he was sitting on a monitor for half an hour LOL.

[Smoking Guns]

Mercury was good, but Axl, Roth, Plant, Bon Scott, Steven Tyler, Alice Cooper, Jagger, Roger Daltry were all bad asses.  I think Mercury may have had the greatest voice, but these other guys were right up there with him.

[VRslash]

just looking at axl is amazing. they could hang him upside down and he could just hang there. people would go nuts. but i hope he has the image back tho. i didnt realy like how he was whereing the baggy jersey and baggy pants. thats kind of the new hip hop grove. which is out now btw. lol only dirtys ( gangster fag's that get picked on by everyone else ) dress like that. im in 12th grade i know how it is. but id rather see a new age rock n roll image. like VR. but axl has been off stage so long i think that in 2002 his voice wasnt use to it. he wasnt use to running all over anymore. he just needs to get back in to it.

[Axlfreek]

I was at the Columbus show back in 2002 and the fuckin crowd went nuts and hit stage peformance wasn't bad. certanly doesn't compare to the 87-93 era but who gives a shit. His MSG peformance was fantastic. You also have to take into consideration that back in the old days axl was in phnomenal shape, all he did was run, non-stop on stage, and since he took an 8 year break from peforming, well he got out of shape (reference RIR3). but he seems in better shape now than he did five or even 3 years ago. i think he will do better in the next tour.

[VRslash]

corn rows rock but what i mean by it as after i watched the MTv show 3000030 times u realize that isnt the image GNR stands for. that isnt rock n roll

[Chief]

Good points so far.. he is older so he doesnt have some of that crazy young man energy that he used to have for sure, and he has also matured so he doesn't do as much crazy shit that we all loved in the old days.  he is still such a magnetic front man, i had to almost force myself to watch some of the other guys at the shows...
His stage presence is just different, but it is still undeniably Huge!!

p.s. I love his voice now, even if it is inconsistent sometimes and maybe a bit thinner. His range and sustain are better and he has more control over his voice so he doesn't blow it out like he has done in the past. I just saw the 88 VMA awards and its clear that he's learned a LOT about singing and keeping himself in good shape.  I think he can still sing like he used to but he chooses not to.

I think Axl had pretty good stage prescence in 02, he wasn't jumping off of Matt Sorum's drum perch, but he did his share of running around.

PS I like Axl's voice better in 2002 than it was in the old days. Someone aggree with me please!