Your GN'R highlights?

[Thumper]

Meeting Gilby Clarke.

Seeing GN'R last November.

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

ooo and I gotta admit I was squealing like a school girl when a VH1 producer contacted me by e-mail and the by telephone to interview me as a fan of the new GN'R...  and likewise flattered when Rolling Stone magazine contacted me lookin' for info on how to get a recent pic of Axl.

met Tommy in Vegas, also Del and Beta. They were all very nice.  [ok]

[badgirl]

it would have to be when Richard flirted with me during Sweet Child at their MSG show. I was sitting up real close, super VIOP section, and i was holding up my cell phone so my friend could hear the chaos, and he came over to the far right side of the stage and pointed at me. It was pretty hot.

[Drew]

ooo and I gotta admit I was squealing like a school girl when a VH1 producer contacted me by e-mail and the by telephone to interview me as a fan of the new GN'R...  and likewise flattered when Rolling Stone magazine contacted me lookin' for info on how to get a recent pic of Axl.

met Tommy in Vegas, also Del and Beta. They were all very nice.  [ok]

Hello Eva!!!! [love]

So nice to see your familiar face!!!

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

Hi Drew

uh to get back on topic
I'd have to say some of my greatest GN'R memories are meeting so many cool fans [ok]

on line and at the shows
Gunners Rule!!!
 [peace]

[Jesse James]

I heard appetite for destruction for the first time about 8 years ago.Pretty much the reason I got into rawk.The reason I quit the piano and picked up the guitar.(but I still favour piano for those axl moments).

Now I know I'll never die a happy man, firstly because I didnt know about them when they played in Athens and secondly because I was too young anyway (like axlgreece said) to travel such a long distance from Salonika to Athens...     damn.... [crying]

Now my old copy of les paul if fitted with Alnico II pros and I spend about 3-4 hours a day playing gnr songs  [ok]
If I ever get the chance to form a band, well, probably it would be a tribute band to the greatest band ever stepped foot on earth [beer]

[chineseilusions]

1. when i got all the albums
2. msg
3.vmas
4.gnronline update

[Atlgunner]

The first time I saw the Gunners was in Char, Nc on the first leg of UYI tour before the albums were released. Skid Row opened it was fun but difficult because I never heard alot of the songs. They came out to Right Next Door to Hell.
The next time I saw them was a in Columbia,SC. I bought tickets in ATlanta and got sixith row.
I was working my summer job between college...and i remember driving to my construction job and hearing on the radio. "For u fans going to see Metallica and GnR I have bad news...The concert has been postponed!! I almost cried.

The concert rescheduled for a month or two later. the problem was I was playing College footbal and we had curfew. No problem ..my roommate and i broke out and I gave some girl a ticket...she was thrilled until I told her she was driving!!! We got busted by the cops for drinking under-age .....he let us go and it was an awesome show.
The best show I went to was at the University of Nc...the Skin and Bones leg. Awesome!!
The last show I went to was Vegas! i paid 500.00 bucks for two tickets expecting awesome seats. I sat on the front row of the balcony and got bumped several times (tables). Finally, the last time I demanded to sit and got tossed for RON JEREMY!! I through a fit and demanded my money back....and then snuck back in....and was rebated a week later.
And then of course the last set of tickets were for Greenville, SC 2002 and it was cancelled.
Cant wait for the next show. By the way walking into The Hard Rock Cafe in vegas the night the Guns played was awesome the energy everywhere was awesome. Everyone dressed on black, everyone pumped, great feeling!!

LJ

[.:BuCkEtHeAd:.]

GnR last year at leeds for me.

*waves to ppl* new here, fresh form www.newgnr.com

[thegoat77]

A couple of highlights for me.

1st was when I saw the You Could Be Mine video on TV a few years ago. I didnt know much bout GNR but as soon as I saw the video and heard the song, they became my favourite band. Even now YCBM is my fav ever song.

2nd was the Leeds gig last year. I started travelling to the gig at 8am. Got to the festival at 2pm, had to put up with loadsa crap bands like Incubus, Slipknot and the Prodigy, then I was kept waiting for nearly an hour while Axl was getting ready.

It was 11pm and I was totally knackered. But as soon as the "I believe" monologue ended, and the WTTJ chords rang out, it was amazing. 50,000 people going crazy! It was the greatest feeling, I'll never forget it. Other highlights were the YCBM performance and Buckethead doing his nunchuk-dancing solo, I'd never seen anything like it!! [wow]

All of these will be beaten when I finally get my hands on a copy of Chinese Democracy and crank it up loud! Someday soon hopefully! [peace]

[oculas]

The first time I saw GN'R I was staying up late with my two brothers and we were watching MTV, and Welcome To The Jungle came on.  We thought the video was crazy, but also very cool.

[axl_rose_cap]

being at the ritz in 1987... hearing a band that my friend drag me too.... i seriously did not want to go... and withing the first minute of it's so easy... he won me over.. Axl Rose... the man..

And to top it all off.... He gave me a thumbs up while seeing the chorus to paradise city.... I will never for get

And to SR - 71 and all the others who try to ridicule axl F*k OFF... guns n roses saved rock n roll.... they were on top of the world.. And he broght the shivers down everyones spine while he hit those high notes in paradise city, sweet child, estranged and november rain.. the list goes on... all im saying is unless your legend like elvis and have done more the Axl has.. then shut your mouth.. and keep you jealousy to yourself...

[BeefyD]

1986: My buddy and I buy Live Like A Suicide on vinyl from Rolling Stone Records near Chicago because they "looked cool" in the picture on the back, for $5.99.  I couldn't believe that voice..... Played it for my friends who thought it sounded like a sh*tty bootleg.  [hihi]

1987: AFD - Bought it the day it came out. Joined Fan Club.  Changed rock in my brain forever. Collected all 12" and singles like an obsession.

Later 1987: bought AFD with 2nd album cover...
1987 or 1988: Saw GnR open for Alice Cooper at the UIC Pavilion. Awesome show, except Steven had a broken arm, so Fred Coury from Cinderella was playing drums.

1988: Saw GnR open for Aerosmith at Poplar Creek. Another awesome show. Left during Aerosmith (sorry aerosmith fans).

1992: Saw GnR and Smashing Pumpkins at Rosemont Horizon. SP got booed, but they're one of my favorite bands as well. Guy next to me gets so stoned he passes out during the 2-3 hr. wait and missed the whole show.  As a whole, I loved the show for the content, but thought Axl's voice was shot. Coma... WOW!

2002: New GnR at Allstate Arena (formerly Rosemont). With some doubt and hesitation, I went. Wow. On time, and sounded great. Was really impressed by Axl's voice and both BH and Robin.  That ending with Paradise City and the confetti just topped it. And now that's my lasting memory until CD comes out....

[jarmo]

We must've gotten some new members since July 4th who's got some kind of "highlights" to tell about.....


/jarmo

[Cocaine__tongue]

My highlight is got to be attending the gnr concert at madrid's vicente calderon stadium in july 93. it was the skin n' bones leg of the tour, and opening for them were suicidal tendencies and the brian may band (nice chicks he had on the chorus by the way!! [drooling].

At the begginig of "dead horse" axl played guitar, but had to restart the song when they had played it for almost a minute!!. cool concert, can't wait to see them againhopefully [hihi]

[mattbober]

axl slapping my hand in vegas........

[Christos AG]

I have to admit that yesterday was a big highlight for me...

I had just opened my email and I got the newsletter from lastroots while I was talking to my dad on the phone.

So I read about Axl playing CD at that Strip Club and I'm not talking to my dad for like 2 minutes... He started worrying until my mouth got back to normal and told him not to worry.

Those damn lucky strippers...

[BostonGunner]

My Gn'R highlight would be jr. high school.  This was ten years ago  I'm getting old.  

[IraqiDemocracy]

Tokyo 1992: Take away all the Excesses with the Backround Singers (TRACY AND ROBERTA) and horn Section. This is a damn fine show

Coma Live in Chicago: My favorite (as of now) song done live

GNR Unplugged Bootleg: CD of their 2nd to last show ever's Acoustic Section along with CBGBs in 1987 with one of the only performances of One in A million and 1st performances of Patience

Rock in Rio: Proved to Me that the new band is a force to be reckoned with

VMA's: The performance sucked, but it was damn exciting.

Madison Square Garden: From a Blitzerieg "Welcome to the Jungle" to a Newly Renergized "Paradise City". This show proved to be one of the best shows either of the bands ever done. The Atmosphere was Unbelievable as well.

Chinese Democracy: To be Continued

[whitey]

Hi.  I am the newest member to the site, and a huge Gunners fan from back in '87.   I flew from Calgary to Vancouver to catch the opening nite of the North American CD Tour, but we all know what happened.  I would like to ask someone, or anyone out there to let me know if they know of any places in LA where Axl may hang out.  I assume the Troubador, and the Rainbow Bar & Grill, but I would like some input if anyone is willing.  I am going to LA in September, and am going to check out a few clubs.  Thanks for your assistance in advance, and I am looking forward to many more conversations on the site.  To all Gunner fans, keep the updates coming, they rock!
Whitey [ok]