Guys Just Heard Some Of Contraband

[RnT]

well...
honestly... I didn?t like it like I though I would

but like Falcon said: "I reserve the right to change my mind when I get the CD, quality, you know.." and I agreed with him

DO IT FOR THE KIDS and LOVING THE ALIENS ( SOMETIMES ) are my favorites

I didn?t like the YGNR...

[Doc Emmett Brown]

I didn?t like the YGNR...

Strange, RnT.   YGNR is what made me a VR fan!  I love everything about that song, from the guitars to the vocals.   I cant wait to hear the studio version.

[Falcon]

Don't know if there's another single in the rockers, of the others, maybe YGNR...
It won't have "long legs" (ie Audioslave), but will do well on radio (all formats) and garner enough sales to excite the record company...

Out of curiosity, what is the weakness?  The music or the vocals?  I love the music of Slither, but I feel the vocals & lyrics are somewhat lacking.  

As for Audioslave, their long leg songs arent exactly rockers, at least not in my book. Then again, they're not extremely ballady either.  Songs like 'I am the highway', and 'Like a Stone' which I often hear on the radio.

To clarify, I don't think the album will have "long legs" in general..
IE,  a year and half on the charts and going strong, ala Audioslave....just an opinion, time will tell..

As for weakness, I'm not sure yet, got to hear CD quality recordings...

Strengths are obviously Slash and Kushners guitars, heavy stuff indeed, Matt's groove should also shine on the final product..

[killingvector]

I think Scott is the weak leak because of his drug history and his inability to sustain the momentum of the rockers. Out of all the songs I've heard, it's the slow songs that dominate; Suckertrain, FTK, Superhuman are at best passable but clearly not the gems on this album.

[tomass74]

Loving the alien is somthing elses what a class song its ten times better than the blues!
cant wait for this cd slash you and a god my friend, scotts vocals are class , duffs bass work !!
dave is class and matts there being gr8

loveing the alien is the best song ive heard followed by you got no right

ull all see that loving the alien is the best work from slash as ever put out !
 

Why are you comparing thi sto Axl's new music and singling out the Blues?? It prisses me off when Dave does it and having you do it is just as bad. Your just gonna start issues. Anyway, can't wait to hear it!!!

[tomass74]

Loving the alien is somthing elses what a class song its ten times better than the blues!
cant wait for this cd slash you and a god my friend, scotts vocals are class , duffs bass work !!
dave is class and matts there being gr8

loveing the alien is the best song ive heard followed by you got no right

ull all see that loving the alien is the best work from slash as ever put out !
 

Why are you comparing this to Axl's new music and singling out the Blues?? It annoys us and we go off on  Dave when he does it. Having you do it is just as bad. Your just gonna start issues. Anyway, can't wait to hear it!!!

Just listened to it and I got the fucking chills. What a great song. I really like Slither and SMF but some of this stuff i seven better than those. I cannot wait to get the album and listen to these songs the way they should be heard.....

[Imfuckincrazy]

I can't wait to hear the whole album! I've only heard Slither, but want to keep it that way until I buy it... It's going to be a long wait though. I know it's only two weeks, but it seems every 5 minutes I ask "What's the date today!?" lol.

I like Slither, though it took watching it a couple times before it grew on me. If Slither isn't its best track, I know I'll love the album.  

I can't wait!!!

I hate having to be patient.  

[gezm]

ygnr and lta there both class songs, off your head if u think otherwise
and yes i still think there better than the blues and madagascar is well over rated the song aint that good its ok but nothing special but thats my opion

bring on contraband

[eNgIeS]

From hearing Big Machine & Do It For The Kids studio versions they sound so awesome. I dont have any doubts about this album now, its what I wanted, some good hard rock, not something that is overproduced & an album that we dont have to wait a good part of a decade for dusting to be done & layered with pointless phone conversations & other wackyness

If Dave Eva or whoever dont like it, good for them, I like it myself & hopefully others will also like it, & from the reviews & stories I hear so far so good

[Mattgnr]

Loving the Alien

Wow - what a song.  

Loving, loving the alien

[starchild_666]

downloaded this, but don't know what to do... listen or wait till June 8  

[Mattgnr]

downloaded this, but don't know what to do... listen or wait till June 8  

Just listen to loving the alien.

And try and stop there  

[oneway23]

Hold out Starchild!!  I need moral support!

[starchild_666]

Hold out Starchild!!  I need moral support!

fuck! I failed... I'm listening to these songs over and over again that's the sad thing... the good thing is that these songs are amazing! I wasn't hoping that album will be so fuckin' good!

[Johnnyblood]

Thank you Dave for that link, thank you to whoever ripped these songs. I like 'em and I'll be purchasing Contraband on June 8. No doubt. Whenever I've listened to the non-GNR stuff from Slash and Duff, I've always wondered what the music would have sounded like as a Guns song, or at least with a better and more charismatic frontman/lyricist than Eric Dover, Rod Jackson, Duff, et al. This band with Weiland seems to be the best realization of a new "classic" sound. It will be little while before I can reach a conclusion about all the material (I didn't get into The Blues until months after hearing the first time --- and certainly it will be after listening to the actual disc that I'll really have a feel). But at first listen it sounds like a full, heavy, interesting album they've put together. Some tossers, like Spectacle and Super Human. It's not a good thing when Set Me Free sounds so good compared to these two. But Big Machine, Suckertrain Blues, Do It for the Kids, You Got No Right, and Loving the Aliens sound promising.  

Edit: after a second listen I recategorized Big Machine as promising and not a tosser.

[GNRisAFD]

Can somebody please help me out here.

I finished downloading but when i went to open the file it said "Cannot open file does not appear to be a valid archive."

Thanks.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

unzip it

[Mr Cowbell ?]

I just heard the downloads and got to say they are missing alot by not playing some of their better songs in concert.

I heard "Big Machine" in concert and I have to say I liked it, and thought I couldnt wait to hear the Album cut. After hearing the download though I got to say Big Machine sounds heavier and Better Live and on the bootleg download it kind sounds pussy like.

LTA and YGNR do sound pretty bad ass

[tomass74]

like i said scott is the weak link in this band
voice and lyrics

I would have to disagree. I don't think they have a weak link but Matt would be my least favorite. Anyway I have seen Scott with STP twice and was blown away. I also love his lyrics, but to each is own.

[GnRNightrain]

right click

http://metaversus.altervista.org/vr/ContrabandPREVIEW.zip

This site doesnt work.  Anyone have any of these that they care to share.  Just one song to hold me over till the album comes out (besides slither and SMF)