Is the old GNR lineup on the new RS cover?

[stolat]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

Which would be??

A tour thats happened in 2002, 2006, and this year again, an album thats not out yet?

Theres no news to report on GNR right now.. Yes they're playing great shows, to great crowds.. But i'll take a story on a album thats 20 years old any day... It means the album is still relevant to this day... Plus its GREAT, FREE promotion for Guns N' Roses!!

Yep, I'd talk about the touring for a start....

[freddiebrph]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

You seem to be missing the point. They are celebrating 20 years. (THE NEW BAND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!)
Tune in to what is going on today? With gnr? not really anything relevant. Sure, they play the old songs really well. Then again, so does alot of cover bands every Friday and Saturday night at your local bar. They just dont have axl singing. When the album comes out, and there is something important to say, than I am sure mags will write about it.

[stolat]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

You seem to be missing the point. They are celebrating 20 years. (THE NEW BAND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!)
Tune in to what is going on today? With gnr? not really anything relevant. Sure, they play the old songs really well. Then again, so does alot of cover bands every Friday and Saturday night at your local bar. They just dont have axl singing. When the album comes out, and there is something important to say, than I am sure mags will write about it.

No I'm not missing the point, I am going beyond the point.

[freddiebrph]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

You seem to be missing the point. They are celebrating 20 years. (THE NEW BAND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!)
Tune in to what is going on today? With gnr? not really anything relevant. Sure, they play the old songs really well. Then again, so does alot of cover bands every Friday and Saturday night at your local bar. They just dont have axl singing. When the album comes out, and there is something important to say, than I am sure mags will write about it.

No I'm not missing the point, I am going beyond the point.


Now if only Axl and the band would. All these arguments would go away.

[LunsJail]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

Or maybe Rolling Stone wanted to put a band on the cover (old or new) that would move issues off the news stand and Hinder just didn't seem to be that band. 

[stolat]

Didn't Duran Duran put an album out 20 years ago!

[russtcb]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

Oh come on now.

Look. Whenever landmark albums hit a new anniversary, music magazines do this. Pet Sounds, Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin IV, London Calling, Nevermind... it happens for all of them.

If something like this hadn't happened there wouldn't have been about 5 threads whining about how Rolling Stone sucks, is out of date, doesn't know what they're doing and so on and so on.

To me, the question isn't whether or not putting GNR on the cover to celebrate the landmark of AFD hitting 20. The question is whether or not they went about it the right way.

[stolat]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

To me, the question isn't whether or not putting GNR on the cover to celebrate the landmark of AFD hitting 20. The question is whether or not they went about it the right way.

Hence, my comment about "tuning in to what is going on today".

[chriskon72]

Today?... nothing's going on today.

? I guess it would be better to forget about AFD then.


Oh yeah RS really fucked up bigtime!? I can't believe 8 pages of bitching in celebration of the major reason we all love this band.

I think they should have had Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff, Steven, Matt, Dizzy,Del, Gilby, Roberta, Tracy, Teddy, Paul, Dave Navarro, Zakk, Robin, Tommy, Bucket, Brain, Frank, Bumble, Pitman, and Richard....(I'm sure I forgot a few ohter people)

now that would be a cover!? ?

Cheers

[stolat]

How can some people keep on ignoring the politics of it all!

Do you vote at elections?

[bazgnr]

Me, I think they should have done a triple-gatefold cover that opened up, one celebrating the 20th Anniversary of AFD, the second cover featuring the current GnR, and the third a shot of Velvet Revolver...

[PhillyRiot]

It is celabration of one of the greatest albums of all-time.  That is it.  The 5 people on that album are Axl, Steven, Slash, Duff and Izzy.  Someday, the new GNR may be on the cover, but possibly not until they officially release some new recordings.  It is up to the editors of the mag.  People love Appetite.  The songs are really good you know?

[Bodhi]

It is a great honor for Guns N Roses to get this magazine cover. ?Alot of you are failing to see that. ?Another thing that alot of you are not understanding is that as of right now in the minds of the media Guns N Roses are Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy, Steven or Matt, and Dizzy. ?If you go to a cd store and buy any of Guns N Roses cd's you are not going to find one without that line-up on it...besides TSI which also has Gilby. ?The bottom line is even though the new Guns line-up has been pretty stable over the past 10 years the media always refers to it as some kind of revolving door of musicians or "hired guns." ?Once "Chinese Democracy" comes out it will finally be OFFICIAL that the old line-up is no longer Guns N Roses, because you will be able to purchase music under the GNR name that does not include Slash, Duff, Izzy, Steven or Matt.....then and only then will the press finally give this line-up the respect they deserve.and they do deserve it, I have seen them 6 times and every time has been amazing..until then expect more magazine covers with outake shots of the AFD line-up....

[Jim Bob]

yes it is a great honor to get the cover and yes AFD is a great album worth a 20 year celebration.  That is no question.

But putting the AFD lineup on the cover and stamping it as "Guns N' Roses" is completely fucked up and undermining what Axl is trying to do with the album.   If they wanted to keep it in good taste, the cover should have just been a shot of Axl, or the album cover.

[russtcb]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

To me, the question isn't whether or not putting GNR on the cover to celebrate the landmark of AFD hitting 20. The question is whether or not they went about it the right way.

Hence, my comment about "tuning in to what is going on today".

So to debate that point; how would you have handled it?

If you were going to celebrate the anniversary of AFD in your rock magazine who would you put on the cover?

[stolat]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

To me, the question isn't whether or not putting GNR on the cover to celebrate the landmark of AFD hitting 20. The question is whether or not they went about it the right way.

Hence, my comment about "tuning in to what is going on today".

So to debate that point; how would you have handled it?

If you were going to celebrate the anniversary of AFD in your rock magazine who would you put on the cover?

Oh, I don't know! Tracii Gunns and Axl maybe! Or, perhaps I would have a balanced article about it inside the mag - the cover photo is not the right way to go about it.

[russtcb]

Yeh, but if Rolling Stone want a magazine that is relevant to the times, then they should tune in to what is going on today. Lazy journalism!

To me, the question isn't whether or not putting GNR on the cover to celebrate the landmark of AFD hitting 20. The question is whether or not they went about it the right way.

Hence, my comment about "tuning in to what is going on today".

So to debate that point; how would you have handled it?

If you were going to celebrate the anniversary of AFD in your rock magazine who would you put on the cover?

Oh, I don't know! Tracii Gunns and Axl maybe! Or, perhaps I would have a balanced article about it inside the mag - the cover photo is not the right way to go about it.

Oh ok... so you're saying to skip the cover altogether. Just having an article about the album and then talk about whats happening now?

Yeah, that'd be cool too.

[Ali]

FYI all,

Izzy has said (and this is on his fan site and RS.com) that he MAY drop by to see Steven Adler's show on the 28th.

So, even Izzy isn't definite.

Ali

[Bodhi]

FYI all,

Izzy has said (and this is on his fan site and RS.com) that he MAY drop by to see Steven Adler's show on the 28th.

So, even Izzy isn't definite.

Ali

ill bet ya its just steven...hell be lucky if the rest of Adler's Appetite shows up......(watch i say this and the whole band actually does show up including Axl...

[russtcb]

FYI all,

Izzy has said (and this is on his fan site and RS.com) that he MAY drop by to see Steven Adler's show on the 28th.

So, even Izzy isn't definite.

Ali

ill bet ya its just steven...hell be lucky if the rest of Adler's Appetite shows up......(watch i say this and the whole band actually does show up including Axl...

Lol.....good one....Here I am watching a Scrubs re-run and BAM, Dr. Cox is droppin' jokes both on the TV and on the computer.