The Ultimate GNR Lineup

[Death Cube K]

Axl
Bucket
Robin
Richard
Tommy
Chris
Dizzy
Brain

[Terminator]

Axl Rose
Slash
Izzy Stradlin
Duff McKagan
Steven Adler

And if need be, Mr. Dizzy Fucking Reed.

[hackvresse]

Axl
Bucket
Slash
Izzy/Fortus
Duff
Matt
Dizzy

[PhillyRiot]

Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steven Adler.  The original 5 will always remain the ultimate lineup for me.   The new band plays the hell out of the old material, but the original 5 are responsible for the new material.  I would judge new GNR material but.......  

[Doc Emmett Brown]

vox -seb. bach
bass -steve harris
drums -nicko mcbrain
guitar - ?ystein sunde
guitar - that other norwegian dude wich is in the guiness book of record as the fastest player ever....
guitar - snake

haha that's funny!    

Well if Axl can replace all the Gunners, so can you!  

[St.heathen]

Axl
Slash
Duff
Gilby
Buckethead
Richard fortus
Matt
Dizzy

Teddy big-bad- zig- zag greek on the harmonica lol (just for old times sake)

Izzy (to co-write as i dont think he would want to tour)


The Bhead/Slash  clash theory maybe some truth to it now. But i think if they met under different circumstances they would jam well.

[//JK75]

Axl Rose
Slash
Izzy Stradlin'
Duff Mckagan
Matt Sorum

[tomass74]

Axl
Slash
Izzy
Duff
Steven

[AxlN'Slash]

Axl-vox
Slash-lead
Fortus-Rythem
Izzzy-Rythem
Duff-Bass
Steven-Drums

and if Dizzy is needed then that would NOT be the Ultimate lineup! Dizzy was the start of the end!

[Malcolm]

axl
slash
duff
gilby
dizzy
matt

[St.heathen]

Do you guys really think Steven would be a better choice over Matt?
I don't think he could do it justice anymore, looks pretty wrecked, from what i have seen.  Maybe he could do the Appetite stuff. But i would want more than that, i would want Coma, Pretty tied up, Right next door to hell... all those beasty greats.

[SLCPUNK]

The ultimate one to me is the one most likely to see perform now a days. So the current line up is just fine with me.

[Dizzy]

Do you guys really think Steven would be a better choice over Matt?

Yes.  He's been playing the AFD stuff regularly at his Adler's Appetite shows, and everyone who's seen the shows say he still has it.  As Izzy said, Steven had the swing that gave those songs their push and pull.  Matt's a decent drummer but he was too much of a power player for GNR.

GNR rarely ever played "Coma" live.  Maybe twice.

Most of the UYI songs were written and rehearsed (and some were recorded as demos) while Steven was in the band anyway, so I'm sure he could handle them.

[Slashly]

axl
slash
duff
izzy
matt
dizzy

say no more

[Captain P?l]

Do you guys really think Steven would be a better choice over Matt?

Yes.  He's been playing the AFD stuff regularly at his Adler's Appetite shows, and everyone who's seen the shows say he still has it.  As Izzy said, Steven had the swing that gave those songs their push and pull.  Matt's a decent drummer but he was too much of a power player for GNR.

GNR rarely ever played "Coma" live.  Maybe twice.

Most of the UYI songs were written and rehearsed (and some were recorded as demos) while Steven was in the band anyway, so I'm sure he could handle them.

what about You Could be mine? and back off bitch.. ive heard steven version... matt is by far better...

but everybody is entitled for they own opinions...

[Izzy]

Axl
Slash
Izzy
Duff
Steven

[EVH]

Slash
Steven Adler
Axl Rose
Izzy Stradlin
Duff McKagan

And if necessary, Dizzy Reed.

I 2nd that

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

Axl
Bucket
Finck
Tommy
Richard
Brain
Dizzy
Chris

 

[Dizzy]

what about You Could be mine? and back off bitch.. ive heard steven version... matt is by far better...

Matt must be given credit for the intro to "You Could Be Mine", that is a technically sound masterpiece of drumming, but the remainder of the song is repetitive and could easily be emulated by any competent drummer.

I think Steven could learn the way Matt played the UYI songs and pull them off just fine.  Just because we haven't heard him play many of them live doesn't mean he is not capable.