mick, was the show great when you saw it "live" at MSG? which new member (So exept Axl) impressed you the most onstage? Did the band sound great?
Dude, the concert was FUCKING AWESOME. I flew from Tampa to NYC the afternoon of the show, had a hotel across the street from MSG. We got the last shuttle out of Regan, after some "pursuading" of the gate agent, before the airport was shut down due to bad snow storm. Made it to the hotel at 9pm.. good thing Axl is always late ... haha!
"SOLD OUT" flashing on the marquee outside, inside the whole place was lit up and electric.
There were some chants of "go home buckethead" and "where's Slash" but other than that I swear it was 1988 again prior to the show. Had some fun in the bar inside MSG with some drunk chicks, and the smoking cops... they were mad we were smoking in the bar, but couldn't catch us.
Once the lights went down, and the opening chords of WTTJ started the place went apeshit... made the hair on the back of my neck stand up!
Axl sounded fantastic and the band did a great job for the most part. I would say the BH impressed me the most, I actually thought Finck's solo was weak, and to be honest he puts a little spin into some of the solos on the old songs that I dont care for, but overall he can play his ass off and has a good stage presence, as opposed to BH who kinda "stands there".
I can't stress enough how good Axl sounded, some of the screams he hit and held for what seemed like an impossible amount of time. By the time PC started there was not a single person sitting or for that matter standing still, Axl slayed the place......
Hope like hell he makes a move soon.....
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