Richard Fortus

[norway]

damn what a good guitarist,   

seems he is influenced by the oldschool way and still puttin his own personl touch to it,
sounds sometimes a lil' bluesy and sometimes really riffing, descent style 

what do you think of it, the playin and how good it merges (live so far) with gunsnroses?
me like

[Dead N' Bloated]

Man im not sure bout his playing but Fuck he can rock out on stage 



 

[ClintroN]

i love the little bit of extra lead he does on Think About You. Sounds mad
And yes he kicks arse on stage!!

[Izzy]

damn what a good guitarist,? ?

seems he is influenced by the oldschool way and still puttin his own personl touch to it,
sounds sometimes a lil' bluesy and sometimes really riffing, descent style?

what do you think of it, the playin and how good it merges (live so far) with gunsnroses?
me like

Please,

What are u basing this on? A handful of live shows when he played parts written by other people?

Is that really enough to make a judgement on?

Some of u are so obsessed with the band if Celion Dion was put on guitar you'd be claiming she was the best thing ever - why don't u wait untill u've actually heard what he can do?

[norway]

What are u basing this on? A handful of live shows when he played parts written by other people?
 

it says so far in the orignal text, whats your problem?

+ there's other stuff he done b4 gnr 

Is that really enough to make a judgement on?

yup, we can say if we like with heard so far and can't wait\ are exited to hear his contributions to cd 

[nesquick]

I already said it lots of times: Richard Fortus is the best new guitarist of Guns N' Roses. He perfectly fits in GN'R. I love his sound (good old school Rock sound), his playing, his attitude, his stage presence and his style. I would have loved to see him play with Slash in the old band. Imagine:
Slash: lead guitar
Fortus: rythm guitar
Wow...what a duet?

[SADIS]

if Celion Dion was put on guitar you'd be claiming she was the best thing ever -

Now THAT would definitly create a huge buzz. They'd get free publicity like no one has ever had.   

[leesixxrose]

Fortus is cool... Izzy was cooler....

[SkinnyPuppy]

Please,

What are u basing this on? A handful of live shows when he played parts written by other people?

Is that really enough to make a judgement on?

Some of u are so obsessed with the band if Celion Dion was put on guitar you'd be claiming she was the best thing ever -

You sound like that comic book store owner in the Simpsons ? ?

seriously...just put his voice to your text ?

  and this too: '....claiming she was the best thing ever' ?

[norway]

He perfectly fits in GN'R. I love his sound (good old school Rock sound), his playing, his attitude, his stage presence and his style.

yeah, sometimes his playin reminds a ll' about slash...
just hope the have pushed him forward and taken lots out of him and put it in on the upcomingd cd's 

[nesquick]

About Fortus, He has this classic Rock n' Roll vibe, and that's also why he is so appreciated.

[norway]

Fortus is cool... Izzy was cooler....

can't beat the original 
richard do really has a classical rockvibe... new blood and i really like the rocketqueen solo his does,

..among many others, the guitar has thickness (hard to say in english\ depth?) a great sound and he plays it really well, good karma 4 him 
sad to hear that his recordins was done fast, maybe works that way-

- but i hope the status still not same after that interview 

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

..among many others, the guitar has thickness (hard to say in english\ depth?)

I think you said it very well... deep tone yes
other words also good:  heavy 

Fortus rocks!
and yeah he puts on a great stage performance
and YES! looking forward to hearing him on the album and seeing him live again 

[leesixxrose]

I too love his sound on "Think about you" 

That is one of the most under rated songs.. The new band kills that fucking song... It sounds alot better than the original ..

[discobiscuit1]

"Fortus is cool... Izzy was cooler...."

watch (and listen) to old gnr (86 - 91).....compare new gnr

never a truer statement on this board

[Malcolm]

Richard kicks ass..I think hes the next Ron Wood..Just his style

[nesquick]

Come on Izzy is Izzy, he was extremely important and never forget he wrote "think about you". It's him?
Lots of you underrate Izzy, mainly because he didn't have the same explosive mediatic coverage that Axl and Slash had...but does it hurt his talent? certainely not. Izzy was the guy who worked in shadow. Never forget that.
Now to come back to Mr Fortus, I think he can become a very mediatic player of his own if he is able to write great rythmic stuff on "Chinese Democracy". This is the point everybody is standing for about him. Is he able to write killer rythm guitar riff like izzy? We will see it on the album.

Here is his guitar solo: http://www.newgnr.com/dloads/shortclips/fortusthinkabout.wmv
He's got the right attitude?

[the dirt]

+ there's other stuff he done b4 gnr?

Like his stunning contributions to Nsync!

[norway]

Like his stunning contributions to Nsync!

and other stuff 
that clip was pretty cool...

[nesquick]

+ there's other stuff he done b4 gnr?

Like his stunning contributions to Nsync!

ok, so what? didn't slash play for Blackstreet in the mid 90's, wich was also a "boys band"? does it hurt his talent and his  reputation? I don't think so. People are free to do what they want.