Hallenstadion,Z?rich,Switzerland - POSTPONED

[dave-gnfnr2k]

At the risk of getting banned for life by heavy-handed moderating, I think there is a legitimate question as to why the "understudy" drummer was not ready to step in?? It may well be simply that Brain's wife developed unexpected complications earlier than anyone anticipated -- and OF COURSE one's family life always should take precedent over a gig.?

Its easy. They wanted to give him a day or two to PLAY a rehearsal with the band and not just go in cold with out ever playing with the band.  If these shows were not back to back,  I am sure they would not have push the show back  a week. Its only a week, who cares. 

[Neemo]

is he brain's cousin? j/k

He must have it easy...

He is from love spit love with Fortus

Ok never heard of it.... Thanks though

they did a bad cover of "The Smiths" tune - "How Soon Is Now..." for that crappy movie "The Craft" that's all I've heard of them...aside from Fortus formerly being in the band

At the risk of getting banned for life by heavy-handed moderating, I think there is a legitimate question as to why the "understudy" drummer was not ready to step in? It may well be simply that Brain's wife developed unexpected complications earlier than anyone anticipated -- and OF COURSE one's family life always should take precedent over a gig.

maybe if they had a day or two practice with him but there is no break from last night so they rescheduled...thats what it looks like to me anyway

edit: damn dave beat me

[mikegiuliana]

HEY I liked the craft..... But I'll be damned if I could ever remember a song from that movie..

[axl_rose_700]

Anybody whining will see their post disappear.

Brain's wife is pregnant. You really need to get a clue if you think that's not a reason to postpone a show.



/jarmo

Come on jarmo ...don't be like that ....
there' s a good reason to whine ... they have an extra drummer and they don't use him....
i would like to see u if u had bought tickets for zurich , took a day off work ... for what ?? a no show ..

ok , brain'wife is pregnant but he's doin' an european tour ... .WITH GUNS N' ROSES .. MAYBE YOU CAN WAIT AND SEE YOUR SON WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THE TOUR ..... OK?

That is stupid but I agree about the stand in drummer, why not use him if he's there?

[dave-gnfnr2k]

They are using him. Some of  you need to get a clue

[Neemo]

HEY I liked the craft..... But I'll be damned if I could ever remember a song from that movie..

you just liked Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman...not the movie

They are using him. Some of you need to get a clue

excuse me while i go buy their back catalogue so i know what to expect

[Locomotive98]

Im surprised that they havnt been using both drummers for the tour. 2 keybs player, 3 guitarists, 2 drummers - why not.

[mikegiuliana]

HEY I liked the craft..... But I'll be damned if I could ever remember a song from that movie..

you just liked Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman...not the movie

They are using him. Some of you need to get a clue

excuse me while i go buy their back catalogue so i know what to expect

wow I thought you were talking about the movie with neve cambell and that other wacky chic from the waterboy, the 4 witches in HS

[dave-gnfnr2k]

HEY I liked the craft..... But I'll be damned if I could ever remember a song from that movie..

you just liked Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman...not the movie

They are using him. Some of you need to get a clue

excuse me while i go buy their back catalogue so i know what to expect

wow I thought you were talking about the movie with neve cambell and that other wacky chic from the waterboy, the 4 witches in HS

I did too lol

[DunkinDave]

I did some research on Frank Ferrer.

In addition to joining Love Spit Love in the mid-90s, it should also be noted that Frank Ferrer played with Richard Fortus on the 2000 Psychedelic Furs tour.

Ferrer was part of the New York band "The Beautiful" in the early 90s. They had a few videos that made MTV.

Here's a quote from an interview they did back in 1990:

The drummer, Frank, is this total Led Zeppelin, John Bonham freak-that's what he's all about. He used to play in salsa bands, all sorts of stuff.

The lead singer of The Beautiful made this tribute page to the band:

http://www.jonathanlacey.com/the_beautiful/index.htm

[Neemo]

HEY I liked the craft..... But I'll be damned if I could ever remember a song from that movie..

you just liked Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman...not the movie

They are using him. Some of you need to get a clue

excuse me while i go buy their back catalogue so i know what to expect

wow I thought you were talking about the movie with neve cambell and that other wacky chic from the waterboy, the 4 witches in HS

I did too lol

haha...maybe, who knows....fact is al i know of Love spit love is that they did an obscure cover on an obscure soundtrack i think you two are right though....oops

I had the movie title right but had the actual film confused with Charmed

[mikegiuliana]

HEY I liked the craft..... But I'll be damned if I could ever remember a song from that movie..

you just liked Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman...not the movie

They are using him. Some of you need to get a clue

excuse me while i go buy their back catalogue so i know what to expect

wow I thought you were talking about the movie with neve cambell and that other wacky chic from the waterboy, the 4 witches in HS

I did too lol

haha...maybe, who knows....fact is al i know of Love spit love is that they did an obscure cover on an obscure soundtrack i think you two are right though....oops

I had the movie title right but had the actual film confused with Charmed

http://imdb.com/title/tt0115963/

that's the one I saw...

http://imdb.com/title/tt0120791/

your movie

[Butch Français]

best of luck to Brain and Frank!

[Neemo]

http://imdb.com/title/tt0115963/

that's the one I saw...

http://imdb.com/title/tt0120791/

your movie

I mean practical magic charmed is the TV show with Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan & Holly Marie Combs
 
anyway the movie title "The Craft" is right

The Craft: Music From The Motion Picture

1. Tomorrow Never Knows - Our Lady Peace ?
2. I Have The Touch - Heather Nova
3. All This And Nothing - Sponge
4. Dangerous Type - Letters To Cleo
5. How Soon Is Now? - Love Spit Love
6. Dark Secret - Matthew Sweet
7. Witches Song - Julianna Hatfield ?
8. Jump Into The Fire - Tripping Daisy ?
9. Under The Water - Jewel
10. Warning - All Too Much ?
11. Spastica - Elastica
12. The Horror - Spacehog ?
13. Bells, Books, And Candles - Graeme Revell ?

[dodger girl]

I think the reason they had to postpone this show is because they didn't expect Brain to have to leave today, maybe they had a planned period of time where Brain would be abcent and Frank would replace him, but his wife required him earlier than the accorded date, so they weren't ready for tonight without him

[gnr2006]

Frank is an awesome drummer. I saw him perform with Richard in the band pisser, and he is hands down a true professional and an awesome rock drummer. We couldn't be any luckier than to have a guy of his talents step in.

Love Spit Love recorded 2 records, and I'm not sure if Frank was on both of them.

The band Pisser was a lot heavier than Love Spit Love, and if i'm not mistaken, I think Frank may also have lent some drums to the band Honky Toast, which fucking rock.

Congrats to Brain and I hope all goes well with the delivery. Maybe Brain and Richards kid will be forming Guns N' Roses 2025!

[chineseblues]

Frank has recently been playing with the NYC band The Compulsions! The guy is a fucking AMAZING drummer.

[Judge Dredd]

I hope Brain, his wife and his kid are fine.

I like the bit about the new guy being a Led Zep freak, and I hope he plays a blinder for all the shows that he has to step in for.

[mikegiuliana]

Maybe Brain and Richards kid will be forming Guns N' Roses 2025!

axl will be 63, wonder if he'll run around still...

CB is there anyone associated with new gnr that isn't amazing

[veritas55]

ts easy. They wanted to give him a day or two to PLAY a rehearsal with the band and not just go in cold with out ever playing with the band.  If these shows were not back to back,  I am sure they would not have push the show back  a week. Its only a week, who cares.

Fair enough -- I thought that he had been around a little longer in anticipation of Brain needing to branch off at some point for the birth, but that GnR MAY have been caught a bit unprepared (not a crazy assumption, given that the replacement guitarist was hired a couple of weeks before the tour . . . .)  But I agree -- a postponement is a minor inconvenience (for some people) and what can you do when life intervenes in unexpected ways?

By the way , the first two (and maybe only) Love Spit Love albums were VERY good, especially the single Am I Wrong? from the first album (the radio edit is a bastardized remix, but still ok).  The singer of LSL was the singer from the psychedelic furs.  I saw LSL, with Richard Fortus (who was tiny in person, but a great performer -- much more glam looking than in GnR), in a tiny club and they were excellent.