Axl Rose = the biggest rock star of all time

[gilld1]

Why are people there?  To hear new songs?  No, they go to hear the songs they grew up with.  He may sell out every venue and everywhere he goes but so does Weird Al.  He could have been one of the greats but he pissed that away in the last 13 years of silence.  This current tour is nothing but a blast from the past sprinkled with a few new mediocre songs.  The magic is gone...

[IndiannaRose]

sprinkled with a few new mediocre songs.?

Give me a fuckin' break.

[gilld1]

I do not think that any of the new stuff that I have heard or seen live is that great.  Not bad but not great either.  I do not think that they stack up to the old stuff or to other bands that I am in to now.

[dizzy68]

 Axl = Biggest Rock Star of all time?  Doubtful.  Maybe in some peoples heads. But that's about it.

[Locomotive98]

Why are people there?? To hear new songs?? No, they go to hear the songs they grew up with.? He may sell out every venue and everywhere he goes but so does Weird Al.? He could have been one of the greats but he pissed that away in the last 13 years of silence.? This current tour is nothing but a blast from the past sprinkled with a few new mediocre songs.? The magic is gone...

I agree with absolutely everything you say, dont worry, Im sure Im not the only one:

I think many people are there due to the following:

1) That they are mad obsessives like the folks on these boards.
2) They are casual fans who have a copy of GH and dont know much else and never really knew the proper line up.
3) They were fans back in the day and arent aware that Slash etc jumped ship long ago.
4) People think that its a reunion tour because Axl has been away since 1993.

I agree that the new songs are pretty bollocks. TWAT excepted - great song, sounds just like  Slash solo to me. Maybe thats why.

The 'biggest rock star of all time' should more time being a rock star and releasing albums and not a primadonna berk that attacks women and bites people after being in hiding learning to be a numerologist or whatever for 13 years.

[gilee7]

When I think of "rock stars" the first people that come to my mind are Axl Rose, Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, and Kurt Cobain. Maybe Jim Morrison, also. And Elvis, since I guess he was kinda the king and all. Personally, as of right now, I would consider Mick Jagger the biggest rock star of all time. But Axl isn't far behind, plus he's only 44. If you think about it, GNR weren't around very long, they only released three CDs basically (not counting Lies or TSI), and yet they're still considered legends. In another 20 years, after Chinese Democracy and whatever other CDs the new GNR release, as well as possible reunions that might happen one day, I do believe Axl will go down as the greatest rock star of all time. True rock stars are a dying breed anyway; I can't think of one person out there now who is a TRUE rock star, a REAL rock star. Axl and Kurt Cobain were the last two, imo.