Slash can't compare VR with anything

[Falcon]

So for all the VR fans that say Gnr is a laughing stock.
AT the VMAs how many people did you see laughing when they were playing?

That was 2 years ago dude, let it go....


To refresh:

Since then:

Failed tour, no single, no album, no vid, best new member left, parodies on VH1 and SNL (by Matt Damon for cryin' out loud), made fun of on Leno, Conan, Kilborn Stern, Kevin and Bean, Jim Rome....I could go on..

Do the math...

[younggunner]

[Failed tour, no single, no album, no vid, best new member left, parodies on VH1 and SNL (by Matt Damon for cryin' out loud), made fun of on Leno, Conan, Kilborn Stern, Kevin and Bean, Jim Rome....I could go on..

Do the math...
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I agree with you that for the most part Gnr has been a joke in the pr department. But with that being said all of those people you mentioned and everyone else who has bashed this band has bashed this band for the obivious reasons{we all know them} but have yet bashed the music. So if the music is good/great when it finally sees the light of day those same people will be first online for interviews etc. So I take what peopel say regarding gnrs image and tsuff witha  grain of salt. If they were mocking the music or crtitiquing the music then I would take them more seriosuly. When the music is out then judge.

[Falcon]

I agree with you that for the most part Gnr has been a joke in the pr department. But with that being said all of those people you mentioned and everyone else who has bashed this band has bashed this band for the obivious reasons{we all know them} but have yet bashed the music. So if the music is good/great when it finally sees the light of day those same people will be first online for interviews etc. So I take what peopel say regarding gnrs image and tsuff witha  grain of salt. If they were mocking the music or crtitiquing the music then I would take them more seriosuly. When the music is out then judge.

Since there's no music to judge the band by, (and none in the forseeable future we know of), all we've got to go on are the facts mentioned above and throughout this thread.

For the most part, the negative perceptions aren't necessarily towards band, hell, it's a good band (even without BH).  There pointed directly in the direction of one man and one man alone.

Anyone who doesn't recognize this fact is clearly seeing things through
Rose colored glasses.

[badgirl]

So for all the VR fans that say Gnr is a laughing stock.
AT the VMAs how many people did you see laughing when they were playing?

That was 2 years ago dude, let it go....


To refresh:

Since then:

Failed tour, no single, no album, no vid, best new member left, parodies on VH1 and SNL (by Matt Damon for cryin' out loud), made fun of on Leno, Conan, Kilborn Stern, Kevin and Bean, Jim Rome....I could go on..

Do the math...

 

 

[tomass74]

So for all the VR fans that say Gnr is a laughing stock.
AT the VMAs how many people did you see laughing when they were playing?

There were a whole lot of laughs after.

[badgirl]

So for all the VR fans that say Gnr is a laughing stock.
AT the VMAs how many people did you see laughing when they were playing?

There were a whole lot of laughs after.

ouch.  

i wanted to point something out... the VMA's are not exactly the end all/be all of audience receptiveness. I know this because i have gone to them before (don't ask). The audience is largely composed of star-struck teenagers and twenty somethings who get to stand in the "pit" so long as they scream and carry on like they just witnessed the second coming of the lord.
Yes Axl was received quite well, but that's really not saying that much. (and yes, i will say the same thing if and when VR plays- i like both bands equally)
People point to the VMA's as the premier indicator of how the new Guns N Roses is going to be received and that's just not the case.

[Falcon]

ouch.  

i wanted to point something out... the VMA's are not exactly the end all/be all of audience receptiveness. I know this because i have gone to them before (don't ask). The audience is largely composed of star-struck teenagers and twenty somethings who get to stand in the "pit" so long as they scream and carry on like they just witnessed the second coming of the lord.
Yes Axl was received quite well, but that's really not saying that much. (and yes, i will say the same thing if and when VR plays- i like both bands equally)
People point to the VMA's as the premier indicator of how the new Guns N Roses is going to be received and that's just not the case.

Exactly.

If I recall correctly, didn't Justin Timberlake get quite an ovation from the very fans that provided the so called "pop" for the Axl Rose 8?

I said it before and I'll say it again.

E-gads.

[Jizzo]

So for all the VR fans that say Gnr is a laughing stock.
AT the VMAs how many people did you see laughing when they were playing?

Many people laugh after watching the preformance on tape compared to RIO or MSG