Jarmo, Axl himself played the songs to a bunch of whores in a strip club, to some 'in crowd' at a NYC night club, to Mike Piazza...but we - HIS TRUEST AND MOST LOYAL FANS IN THE WORLD - are not allowed to hear, share and discuss even one and a half demos because the management asks us to "respect their wishes" when it was actually Axl himself leaking the songs because he WANTS them out there to get buzz, hype and a recation?
You explained it very well with the third word in your post.
Axl chose to play it for those people. As far as we know, Axl didn't choose to spread these songs on the Internet! There's a difference.
With that in mind, you can now guess what kind of impression "respecting the management wishes" leaves on the fan who comes online to a FAN board for the latest news, gossip and - yes - eventually the latest leaks from his fav band.
I bet many of them want to see porn pictures and pirated software too, but they won't find that here.
I'm not saying who is right or wrong, just sharing my opinion wich could be wrong also. But you know, sometimes I'd just love to see a bit more of Jarmo the fan, and a little less of Jarmo the admin. It would not hurt.
Yeah, spending nine years working on a fan site doesn't prove anything other than how I'm an admin....
To not post private addresses and pics of Buckethead unmasked is one thing (that I totally support),
That request came from his webmaster. Some people whined about it and said since it was in a magazine, it was public.
but to not share and eventually not even discuss the MUSIC on a FAN BOARD is another. I'd understand the file sharing policy if it was official stuff you could buy in stores, but these songs are a) demos, b) won't even be on the album and were c) intentionally leaked by the band. Even if only one of these points is true, there is absolutely no reason to not share them because they would not be out there if someone in the band camp would not have burned them onto a CD to see what happens.
What are you talking about? Didn't you visit the GN'R section in the past few days?
I'm not exactly criticising you, I'm just pissed about how the fans are treated. And by supporting the management, you are more or less directly supporting that kind of treatment. I'm not one of those who expect a personal 'thank you' letter from Axl along with my copy of CD. But after YEARS of that no comment no communication bullshit from the mangement, enough is enough. The situation is a joke and you know it.
Unlike you, I'm not angry with Axl, Geffen or management.
When they think we should hear music, we will.
/jarmo
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