Stop the Finck bashing

[St.heathen]

Ok i'd be the first to say he can't play SCOM from what i have heard, it's just not right.

BUT i have been a fan of  his since The Downward Spiral,  now i would say any guitarist who has heard some of the guitar work on that album would have to have respect for Finck, especially on a track like Mr Self destruct that is a beast of a guitar riff.

And alot of people who are put off by the look.  It's easy to forget how fucking scared people were of GN'R when they first came on the scene.  They were n't "conventional" to some people.  Some wouldn't see the difference between GN'R and Finck.  If you want you'r rock n'roll all safe and nicely dressed to fit a scene then ...that's not rock n' roll.  

[Booker Floyd]

BUT i have been a fan of  his since The Downward Spiral,  now i would say any guitarist who has heard some of the guitar work on that album would have to have respect for Finck, especially on a track like Mr Self destruct that is a beast of a guitar riff.

Really?  Thats interesting since he didnt play on The Downward Spiral.  And its a safe bet that you should thank Mr. Reznor for that riff, and the rest of the album.

[PeterCoffin]

I was thinking that as well, didn't he join NIN in 96? Spiral is 94, if I am not mistaken.

[ClintroN]

im a guitarist and im tellin' you, Fink pulls off the SCOM solo not perfect but fucking million times better. He added in heaps more shit in it and it blew me away. Sure he might hit the wrong chord now n' then like some of you pointed out, but he's only fuckin' human guys. Slash fucked up from time to time, so will the next legendary guitarist. Buckethead never fucks up, 'cause he doesnt fuckin' move. Fink to me has the perfect look for GNR IMO, just because he doesnt wear flanalet shirts n' bandanas doesnt mean he doesnt fit. I like his image.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

First off Finck never played on a NIN album.
Trent plays EVERYTHING.
Finck just played on the ive album and live onthe tours.

Now about finck and scom.
Anyone who says finck cant play it, is just flat out lying.
Listen tothe intro, he plays it perfect.

[Captain P?l]

you go dave!!
and listen to the Sossego song from RIR3! it is PERFECT! very very good!

[Nicos]

I know this has been going on for a while now, but it seems to have gotten worse since the supposed quitting of buckethead. Robin Finck is not a bad guitarist. not only is he not bad, he is exceptionally good. it makes me sick to see 50% of the fans of the new band say negative things about him. how can people say that he butcher's slash's solos? just because he doesn't play them exactly how slash does, doesn't mean he can't. he uses his own interpretation of the songs. i love how people will bash the new gnr as being a cover band, but then get pissed about the new members adding their own things. robin finck is the most valuable member of the new guns n' roses.

I fully agree!!!

And anyone who thinks Robin is a bad player, worse than Slash or whatever, doesn't know anything about music.

And take that one to your fuckin' heart!

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[Booker Floyd]

First off Finck never played on a NIN album.
Trent plays EVERYTHING.
Finck just played on the ive album and live onthe tours.

Actually, guitars on The Downward Spiral are credited to Adrian Belew and Danny Lohner.  Same with The Fragile I think.

And Finck, I believe, is credited on the"Closer To God" and "Further Down The Spiral" EPs, but Im not sure to what extent his role was on either.

Now about finck and scom.
Anyone who says finck cant play it, is just flat out lying.
Listen tothe intro, he plays it perfect.

None of the ones Ive heard have been perfect.  Then again, I havent head all of them, but the point is he does mess it up.

[Fuckin' Gunner]

you go dave!!
and listen to the Sossego song from RIR3! it is PERFECT! very very good!

Yeah Sossego was just perfect... I mean, was really funny he speaking portuguese, but the crowd really liked and he showed how charismatic he can be...

And the brazilian (original) version of Sossego is not a guitar song... so, he just created that riffs.