Everyone's Favorite GNR High point AND Low Point

[TheMole]

According to newgnr.com he joined in 1996. I thought it was in 1997, but it's basically the same and the man has been there longer than Slash. He's (Finck) the longest running fulltime guitarist of GNR of all time.

And still he hasn't been featured on one single studio album... Hell, he hasn't been on a real live album either...
So he's just been on bootlegs, right? You've heard like what, 4, 5 solo's he wrote? So no singles either? Videos? No?

If CD comes out tommorow, GnR release three albums in the next 4 or 5 years, have several hit singles, have several videos in daily rotation on MTV that withstand the test of time. Well by then you could have a point. For now, Slash is the legendary lead guitarist of GnR and Fink is just his succesor, playing material that Slash helped write. I'm open to everything, and I really really really hope Fink does all the things mentioned above, really! But for now, your numbers mean nothing to me.

[supaplex]

Has he really been in the band for 10 years already?!?!? Holy crap, I didn't realize he'd been around so long. That's longer than Slash, isn't it?

According to newgnr.com he joined in 1996. I thought it was in 1997, but it's basically the same and the man has been there longer than Slash. He's (Finck) the longest running fulltime guitarist of GNR of all time.

a small correction if you don't mind:

June 6th, 1985 - The GN'R lineup of:
W. Axl Rose (vocals)
Slash (lead guitars)
Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar)
Duff McKagan (bass)
Steven Adler (drums)

slash left officially in 1996 so that gives him 11 years in gnr

not tryin' to be a smartass 

[diablo280273]

According to newgnr.com he joined in 1996. I thought it was in 1997, but it's basically the same and the man has been there longer than Slash. He's (Finck) the longest running fulltime guitarist of GNR of all time.

And still he hasn't been featured on one single studio album... Hell, he hasn't been on a real live album either...
So he's just been on bootlegs, right? You've heard like what, 4, 5 solo's he wrote? So no singles either? Videos? No?

If CD comes out tommorow, GnR release three albums in the next 4 or 5 years, have several hit singles, have several videos in daily rotation on MTV that withstand the test of time. Well by then you could have a point. For now, Slash is the legendary lead guitarist of GnR and Fink is just his succesor, playing material that Slash helped write. I'm open to everything, and I really really really hope Fink does all the things mentioned above, really! But for now, your numbers mean nothing to me.

Amen!

[tomass74]

Thanks mikegiuliana, but if you are not a fan of the new Gn'R I guess you can't have a say. Or atleast I can't.. Those were my high and low points.? I saw alot of other posts that listed the new band as the low point...

If it's such a problem and it really causes you lots of greif and disappointment, take my advice and check out some other stuff that causes you entertainment and fun and not complaints and negative posts.

Im not a Metallica fan and therefore I do not post on their boards. I used to be an Aerosmith fan, but the CD in 2001 really turned me off and therefore I do not post at their boards anymore either.?

Obviously all these unhappy former fans think there's something interesting about the current band because they stick around....

It's not like they're here talking about the songs on AFD, Izzy's hats, Slash's tattoos or which version of You're Crazy they prefer.

If they're only interested in what the former members are doing, there's different boards for them to visit. But they still stick around....



/jarmo

No, actually I don't think there is anything interesting about the current band but their name... I think your board is great and there really isn't another place to go to talk about Gn'R with as many Gn'R fans so I come here.? I do spend 99% of the time in the Dead Horse/Vr/ and Ex- Gunner sections.. But this section is for Guns N' Roses and I pop in to see if there is anything to talk about. I generally never post in topics about the New GnR because I will have nothing good to say , although I did give my two cents on a Better post.? I posted in this topic which asked my high and low point sof GnR and I gave them and got shit for it. There ocassionaly are topics here about the future Hall Of Fame band called Gn'R that I look for.. As long as Axl's bands is called Gn'R it's gonna happen. You cannot have a band of that magnitude and not have diehard loyal fans.

[ryan_of_lax]

High point: Growing up with the old band's music. For the new fans, I don't think you'll ever quite know what it was like to not have this new band on your mind while thinking of GNR. Yes, the new band are good, but it's just been such a mess these past 5 years or more, that it's hard to think of "GUNS N' ROSES" in the same way you could before '99. A band never captivated me like GNR did. And I don't think no band ever will again, not even present Guns N' Roses. Likewise, I can't imagine what it must have been like to experience GNR during the Appetite years. Must have been unreal.
Another high point was hearing Oh My God in 99. I thought the new CD was coming for sure! I really liked the song, and was really excited about the new band. It's been hard to keep that excitement for nearly 7 years...

Low Point:
- The 92 touring lineup... The horns and backup singers really make me sick.
- 2002 VMAs. While I was probably the most excited I had been in my life when I saw that the surprise band actually was GNR, the performance itself was terrible. That pretty much made me realize "This isn't Guns N' Roses."

[Death Cube K]

And still he hasn't been featured on one single studio album... Hell, he hasn't been on a real live album either...
So he's just been on bootlegs, right? You've heard like what, 4, 5 solo's he wrote? So no singles either? Videos? No?

That wasnt the fucking point. The point was years in GNR, not how many solos I have heard. 

[russtcb]

And still he hasn't been featured on one single studio album... Hell, he hasn't been on a real live album either...
So he's just been on bootlegs, right? You've heard like what, 4, 5 solo's he wrote? So no singles either? Videos? No?

That wasnt the fucking point. The point was years in GNR, not how many solos I have heard. 

It doesn't matter what the point was. There are way too many people on this board that try to turn every thread into a pissing contest between the old and new band.

Your point was how long Robin has served in GNR and that it was longer then you'd thought. I feel the same way, I didn't realize how long he's been involved trying to help keep this going in the right direction. If I could call that a "point", I'd probably think of it as a high point.

[Death Cube K]

There are way too many people on this board that try to turn every thread into a pissing contest between the old and new band.

Unfortenately....