Your GN'R highlights?

[Christos AG]

Well, since I first posted in the thread lots of things have happened so I'll post again...

I brought Adler's Appetite to Greece in July 2004 for one concert (and spent 2 days with them), Tommy Stinson in October 2004 for 2 concerts (and spent 3 days with him), Adler's Appetite again in February 2005 for 3 concerts (3 and 1/2 days with them) and I spent 2 days with Gilby Clarke (and MC5) in March 2005.

Velvet Revolver are coming this June and it looks like I'll meet them too.

So, as time passes by, more GN'R highlights for me...

[erose]

Well, since I first posted in the thread lots of things have happened so I'll post again...

I brought Adler's Appetite to Greece in July 2004 for one concert (and spent 2 days with them), Tommy Stinson in October 2004 for 2 concerts (and spent 3 days with him), Adler's Appetite again in February 2005 for 3 concerts (3 and 1/2 days with them) and I spent 2 days with Gilby Clarke (and MC5) in March 2005.

Velvet Revolver are coming this June and it looks like I'll meet them too.

So, as time passes by, more GN'R highlights for me...

fuck man, that sounds really cool!! you live so far off broadway that when rockers come to greece they're not sure if there will be any fans so they make sure they meet at least one

I'm gonnu take you up on it tho, start a norwegian gn'r site, send thousands of mails and hope for the best he he.. How do you hook up with these guys anyway? And how do i make a website? 

on topic, i had my highlight in 93, and also vr at ?ya last summer, i do believe that the biggest highlight has yet to come tho!

[Christos AG]

fuck man, that sounds really cool!! you live so far off broadway that when rockers come to greece they're not sure if there will be any fans so they make sure they meet at least one

What does Broadway have to do with rockers?

How do you hook up with these guys anyway?

Well, the key words in my post are "I brought" which means that I'm the one that organised their concerts in Greece, so I guess it wasn't that difficult to hook up with them...

Oh, and trust me, if you send thousands of emails, they'll never take you seriously... Sounds more like a stalker to them... 

[asdorf]

When Chinese Democrazy comes, it will be the biggest highlight besides listening to AFD first time.

[esox]

seeing guns in Belgium in 2002. Never thought I would see Axl perform live. And they sure as hell kicked some serious arse.

I also saw Snakepit and Vr, but somehow that doesn't bring the same exitement.

[MrBrownstone]

• First time I ever heard GNR was Welcome to the Jungle on independant radio station in Melbourne (RRR), 1997,? and loved it, but never heard who the band was!
• At time of Sweet Child hitting the charts in Oz, went over to friends house and he was playing Appetite and heard Jungle again, once I heard another 2 or 3 songs after that, I was hooked. Instantly recorded it on a cassette, and the rest is history. Bought my own original copy on cassette not long after that.
• Recorded gig live at the Ritz from TV and watched it constantly, frequently, religiously! One night I reckon I watched with a friend about 4 times in a row (over a slab of beer).
• Bought Lies EP on vinyl, I still remember the day, on the way home in my mom's car taking out the sleeve and seeing that naked chick. I don't think my mom was too impressed. When I got home I played it straight away and heard Patience, what a song.
• When GNR released song and video for You Could Be Mine, it was like "Fuck yeah, Gunners are back, hard as ever", and you could sense something big was gonna happen.
• On my 18th birthday got Illusion I & II, played them both for two weeks straight. In particular Don't Cry, had heard it a couple of times before getting the albums and instantly loved. Always one of my fav GNR songs.
• Saw GNR do November Rain with Elton John at finale of MTV awards, magnificent.
• Finally got to see GNR live in Feb 1993 (missed 1st Oz tour due to lack of funds) at Calder Park, Melbourne. Was about 70000? people there. Sat in 40 degree heat all day. In afternoon the storms came, and got soaked. Waited until just after sunset, freezing cold and wet, then they came out, and it was all worth the fucking wait, and them some. One of the best 2 hours of my life, although it was a shortened version of their usual 3 hour concerts.
• Later in 93, got my one and only tattoo, a revolver wrapped in a rose.
• In 1997, Don't Cry was played at my father-in-law's funeral (also a GNR fan), very moving.
• 2002, return of Axl at MVAs, couldn't believe it.
• February this year, saw Velvet Revolver live in Melbourne, when they sang Mr Brownstone I felt 18 again. Excellent concert.

[The_Long_Road]

2000 - This was the year when I started listening to GN'R, heard November Rain on VH1.. And I was blown away

2001 - My first GN'R concert, Rock In Rio 3.. Man, that was so fucking awesome.. Actually started crying of happieness.

2002 - The VMA's.. They didn't have theire best day, but it was fun to see Axl on tv.. And he seemed really happy.

2002 - My second GN'R concert in England.. The Leeds festival.. It was great.. Also other great bands there too.

[appetite_for_paul]

Finding my Appetite cassette a few years ago after thinking i lost it

[wadey]

where do i start.!!!!!!!!!!
hearing appetite for the 1st time, seeing G N' R at wembley 31st aug 91 ( izzys last show), seeing them again at the leeds carling festival (2002 new line up), finally getting hold of a copy of suicide, buying a suicide promo for ?5!!, getting my 1st G N' R tattoo way back in 91' ( 3 more since then), learning to play sweet child on my electric guitar   (which gives me a major buzz every time a play the 1st few bars). to tell you the truth there are no highlights for me.. G N' R is a real part of my life and i treasure every single moment... not just a few highlights!

[Jamie]

Me and my da getting a loan of the UYI2 tape off of my da's friend, when I was a nipper. It was my first proper introduction to GnR, and I've been hooked ever since then.

[Carlos_f_Rose]

Well My Gnr Highlights definitely are:

1.- Argentina 1992 Guns N Roses drive everyone crazy.. some suicides and riots even before the concert... Mad argentinians

2.- Bolivia 1995 - Guns N Roses being played in a local Tv Channel... (N. Rain)

3.- Cbba Bolivia - 1998 I forgot to stop the VCR recording, and i suddenly found that I recorded Paradise City... a different song from this strange band... I used to like...

4.- I borrowed UYI 1 from a friend of mine.... Cd wich i Thought was kinda satanic and shit... because of the riots in argentina... but pretty cool by the way...

And many more things but those are the most importants...

[Friedemann]

seeing Axl --- Axl --- at the VMAs

seeing that he wasn't fat or bald or old (the braids suited him nicely, so did the jersey)

seeing him running up n' down the stage and doing the snake dance (lucky guy getting a handshake)

that's Guns N' Roses to me (I don't care about the new guys, he can replace them again)

[slash4ever]

The first time I heard the  November Rain solo.
And seeing Axl at the VMA'S.

And hearing Paradise City for the first time. 

[Litti10]

Brobably seeing live at the VMA's 02. but its always the highlight to listen gnr

[nyd]

After about a year of working on my Izzy Stradlin site I checked my email and for the first time there was a mail of Izzy. I had never dreamed of him even looking at the site but he said he found the site and thought it was cool. A few days later he sent me a new photo, and told me what he had been upto.

Not long after that I got a signed copy of River through my door  I thought it was so fucking cool and I believe I will be listening to Izzy for many years to come.

[linker]

probably first time I heard sweet child of mine ,5 years ago, in internet cafe, second time I heard knockin on a heavens doors was early in the morning on tv I barely opened my eyes at 5 in the morning and I saw Slash playing guitar.Then the exitement when i bought  CDS best of gnr and Appetite for destruction.BUYING MY FIRST GNR T- SHIRT,and spending almost all my money on dvds.   

[boston]

October 27th 1987 The Paradise, Boston Ma

          I had been listenin to Appetite since it's release, and had recently picked up a copy of Live Like A Suicide , I was kind of a loner at the time, and although i probably could have found some one to go with me I did not even try, This was going to be a solo mission.
          I did not find out they were playing until the day of the show, I called for tickets, I was told there was a dozen left. I jumped in my car and drove as fast as i could to get the ticket.
         I was fast enough, I got my one ticket, and headed for Downtown Boston......
         
        The Show.....Hard to explain in words......If you could look at a word, and see an audio/visual, this is what the word "rock n roll" would look and sound like.
        It changed my life, I was 16 and decided that night, I was gonna dedicate my life to playing music. 3 years later i would be playing on the same stages that guns started on, The Whiskey, The Roxy etc.., I would live the rockstar life in Hollywood, Steven Adler would come to one of my parties,I would have a drink with Slash @ the Rainbow, and even an Axl Rose sighting every now and then. This whole direction my life took was all inspired by the decision I made at the paradise that night................................         The next day i would meet the band at a record store signing, Although this would not be the last time i would talk with them, it was the first. and it adds to the memory of the show..
          To this day i still have a cassette tape recording of the show, i found this a couple weeks later through a bootleger,The sound quality is not the best, but i have held onto it for almost 20 years, If you knew me, and my drop everything and move on attitude that leaves behind many of my possesions, you would know what an accomplishment this is for me, As I look back I now realize it is one of my most prized possesions, I have the moment in time my life changed recorded on tape...................

[erose]

October 27th 1987 The Paradise, Boston Ma

? ? ? ? ? I had been listenin to Appetite since it's release, and had recently picked up a copy of Live Like A Suicide , I was kind of a loner at the time, and although i probably could have found some one to go with me I did not even try, This was going to be a solo mission.
? ? ? ? ? I did not find out they were playing until the day of the show, I called for tickets, I was told there was a dozen left. I jumped in my car and drove as fast as i could to get the ticket.
? ? ? ? ?I was fast enough, I got my one ticket, and headed for Downtown Boston......
? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? The Show.....Hard to explain in words......If you could look at a word, and see an audio/visual, this is what the word "rock n roll" would look and sound like.
? ? ? ? It changed my life, I was 16 and decided that night, I was gonna dedicate my life to playing music. 3 years later i would be playing on the same stages that guns started on, The Whiskey, The Roxy etc.., I would live the rockstar life in Hollywood, Steven Adler would come to one of my parties,I would have a drink with Slash @ the Rainbow, and even an Axl Rose sighting every now and then. This whole direction my life took was all inspired by the decision I made at the paradise that night................................? ? ? ? ?The next day i would meet the band at a record store signing, Although this would not be the last time i would talk with them, it was the first. and it adds to the memory of the show..
? ? ? ? ? To this day i still have a cassette tape recording of the show, i found this a couple weeks later through a bootleger,The sound quality is not the best, but i have held onto it for almost 20 years, If you knew me, and my drop everything and move on attitude that leaves behind many of my possesions, you would know what an accomplishment this is for me, As I look back I now realize it is one of my most prized possesions, I have the moment in time my life changed recorded on tape...................

yep, thats a gn'r highlight thats for sure!

how's it going with your music? are you still doing it?

[Nytunz]

Well! Just saw "Interview With the Vampire" on a Norwegian TV channel! I love the ending of that move!! A Great Highlight! 

[ppbebe]

The Show.....Hard to explain

I bet the tutelary deity of rock'n roll is a young godess.