Axl Rose is one ballsy, gutsy, AND funny guy!

[W 23 AXL II]

just a real quick thought.

how funny is it, that in 2002, while the whole world watched and waited for Axl Rose and the new GnR to finally play live n go on tour, how funny is it that there were riots, cancellations, and various problems.

the guy is hysterical. can nothing go right??? after all the riots and problems with 91-93, you'd think he's older, more mature, wiser......but nope, cancellations, riots, then a cancelled tour!

the guy is funny...the fact that he doesn't care about much at all is kinda hysterical. he's like the godfather, but he never gets pinched.


by the way::: who here thinks Axl checks out this website??

[DoubleTalkingJive]

Axl by his own admission says that nothing ever goes right for him now whether that is self-imposed the majority of the time, I don't know.   With the riots on the new tour, at least he didn't walk angrilly off the stage, he never showed up, so we don't know what the real reasons were for that.  also, the cancellation of the tour is sketchy too.

As far as Axl checking out this sight, I don't know, Jarmo what do you think?  I believe that Axl has and does check out the sites from time to time just by the rants on his last tour. 

[mikegiuliana]

after all the riots and problems with 91-93, you'd think he's older, more mature, wiser......but nope, cancellations, riots, then a cancelled tour!

?I was like wtf when I heard about vancouver, I was like damn again, the man is older now has a new band to think about why start this way..?? Guess it wasn't his fault but he was running late, to close for a first show in so long.. I really felt like he had changed and all would be better time wise..

the guy is funny...the fact that he doesn't care about much at all is kinda hysterical. he's like the godfather, but he never gets pinched.

I think it's more sad then funny, and I'm sure the lawsuits prove he's no teflon don..


You'd think for a lot of us older fans that waited he would have mellowed out in the later years and just concentrated on being a showmen and enjoying the music..

Gues not, but thank god we have the old music to always hear..

[Kitano]

Axl is to blame for most of his problems including no lack of new material.  It's all up to him, he still has time to change his ways and act like a professional or he can continue to piss his career away.

[Thorazine Shuffle]

I beleive it could be b/c of his mental health the cancellations, riots etc.  I'm Bi-Polar II and can have a really tuff time doing anything without my meds.  Axl back in the day admitted to being bi-polar and not taking meds.  The condition does not get any better with age.  And with his new-age beliefs, he might still not take anything.  But thats just my opinion about his mental health.  For all I know he could be fine, or following docs orders.   I don't want the man calling me out at his next concert.

[TWOIFBYSEA]

Axl Rose was one ballsy, gutsy, AND funny guy!

[alternativemonkey]

just a real quick thought.

how funny is it, that in 2002, while the whole world watched and waited for Axl Rose and the new GnR to finally play live n go on tour, how funny is it that there were riots, cancellations, and various problems.

the guy is hysterical. can nothing go right??? after all the riots and problems with 91-93, you'd think he's older, more mature, wiser......but nope, cancellations, riots, then a cancelled tour!

the guy is funny...the fact that he doesn't care about much at all is kinda hysterical. he's like the godfather, but he never gets pinched.


by the way::: who here thinks Axl checks out this website??

The truth is Axl cares too much! He has always been worried about how the press reports him and how many albums he sells. For God's sake, during the 2002 MSG show, he complained about a concert review he received at MSG back in 1991! He hasn't released CD yet because he is worried what his critics will say.

[gilld1]

Axl is caught is a self-fulfilling prophecy.  He goes on tour thinking that something bad is going to happen, he starts showing up late if at all and trouble starts, then Axl gets to say "See I told you it was going to be bad." 

I wonder how many songs have been trashed during this CD process as a result of this kind of thinking. 

[jameslofton29]

W 23, you think its hysterical that Axl doesn't give a damn about this situation?? I think its extremely pathetic. He doesn't even deserve this hardcore fanbase he has. Because of what he did 87-91, he keeps all of us hanging by a thread. While 99% of the other stars from that era joined the land of the has beens.

[BaDoBsEsSiOn418]

He hasn't released CD yet because he is worried what his critics will say.

Probably the most simple, intelligent reason I've heard about the delay of Chinese Democracy.? Hit the nail right on the head.

[noonespecial]

good point gilld1--everyone goes back to quotes from Brian May and other musicians that helped out with this CD (and it's been a couple years since the collaboration hasn't it?), and that is a very good point that the stuff they heard may be indeed be trashed by now...I don't think funny is the right word...sad sounds about right...

[vietnow138]

He hasn't released CD yet because he is worried what his critics will say.

Probably the most simple, intelligent reason I've heard about the delay of Chinese Democracy.? Hit the nail right on the head.

What the hell are you talking about? That'd be one of the most dumbest reasons to not release an album that you've been working on for 8 years.