Do you miss the "Classic-Rock" vibe in GN'R?

[ppbebe]

Experiment all you want, but you have to retain some element of what made you famous in the first place, or you lose your soul.

+1. I totally agree with that.

Why people still confuse body with soul, material with spiritual is beyond me.
You can change the style keeping, or sometimes to keep the soul.

Read this Bob Dylan quote from Madagas's informative post.

Q: Do you worry, that the latest rash of awards and acclaim will make
the media start focusing on you again?
BOB: No, that time has passed. Once they move away and lose track of
you, they'll never catch up with you again. They're off searching for
someone new to put a label on.
BOB: I know there are groups at the top of the charts that are hailed as
the saviours of rock'n'roll and all that, but they are amateurs, They
don't know where the music comes from . . .

Soul is where the music comes from. Not the genre nor the format of the band and the music, let alone the label the media puts on them. Geez.

[younggunner]

Lucky we have Velvet Revolver for the classic rock

Vr do not play classic rock.

[nesquick]

yes, VR is not really classic-rock. Their sound is pretty heavy, not really bluesy. Maybe it's the mix of the album but not only...When I saw them onstage I remember I had the impression they sounded barely Metal. This is their own sound and they chose it. Everybody knows GN'R and VR don't sound the same. Even Slash and Duff admited it, that wasn't their goal to sound like GN'R. I remember Guns N' Roses covers (it's so easy, Used to love her) sounded much less "heavy" than their own material. It was more Rock music, it was Guns N' Roses. To tell you the truth, these GN'R covers were the best part of the show for me

[Billo]

VR do have the rock vibe......
But i like ..will like the new guns lineup too..
Bye the way..when VR played mr brownstone it was heavy as...