Robin vs. Slash, which one do you prefer?

[Dayle1066]

Jim Bob, as a GN'R fan what do you think of Slash's playing. Considering you are a fan and he plays lead guitar on 4 out of 5 albums of original material?

[Jim Bob]

Jim Bob, as a GN'R fan what do you think of Slash's playing. Considering you are a fan and he plays lead guitar on 4 out of 5 albums of original material?

i'm tired of it

[WTTJ_91]

Yeah, 10 years in GNR history is nothing. All his solos in the album are nothing. All his live gigs are nothing.

Actually, having been in GnR for 10 years is a bit of a discredit to him in my oppinion. It shows an amazing lack of productivity.
I know that isn't Robin's fault, and it's a massive shame that after ten years in the band all he has to show for it is one album, and only performing a handful of his own songs live in that time.
Slash on the other hand, in 11 years with the band released four legendary albums and a covers album, rose with the band to international fame and became an icon of rock.

I'm pro-Slash in this argument , but COME ON! That is just an unfair comparison , it is not on Robin's shoulders when albums would be released, he joined what was already one of the most known bands on earth , and he had to fill the shoes of not only a good guitarist but someone who had made a specific image for himself. Saying that since Robin didn't release many albums , didn't take the band to fame and isn't an icon that makes him worse than Slash is a total unfair comparison.

[AphroditeCity]

well i Haven't seen robin onstage n' from what i hear he's great but there's no one like Slash!See I'm an Axl Rose Fan so i should be against Slash but i gotta say he's the best lead guitarist i 've ever heard n' seen!He's my guitar player idol n' when he plays the guitar he's awesome he can make miracles n' he plays very fast.Don't know what he does onstage now but when he was with GN'R he didn't stay at the same place at all.If you seen Use Your Illusion II World Tour '92 In Tokyo  at the end of the show stepped offstage n' run towards the fans while playing Paradise City.Check what you gonna say before you say it!

[Dayle1066]

Jim Bob, as a GN'R fan what do you think of Slash's playing. Considering you are a fan and he plays lead guitar on 4 out of 5 albums of original material?

i'm tired of it

Fair enough.I was just curious!

[WTTJ_91]

well i Haven't seen robin onstage n' from what i hear he's great but there's no one like Slash!See I'm an Axl Rose Fan so i should be against Slash but i gotta say he's the best lead guitarist i 've ever heard n' seen!He's my guitar player idol n' when he plays the guitar he's awesome he can make miracles n' he plays very fast.Don't know what he does onstage now but when he was with GN'R he didn't stay at the same place at all.If you seen Use Your Illusion II World Tour '92 In Tokyo  at the end of the show stepped offstage n' run towards the fans while playing Paradise City.Check what you gonna say before you say it!

I don't want to point you out or anything but that is exactly what is wrong with a lot of people. Being an Axl fan doesn't dictate if you should be "against" Slash and vice-versa...

[monkeychow]

Being an Axl fan doesn't dictate if you should be "against" Slash and vice-versa...

Exactly. Also frustrates me when some fans of slash then develop a problem with Axl.

Axl apparently has a problem with Slash, and that's his business, it's an issue best left between them and kept out of the fan base.

It's natural for some people to prefer Slash or Robin, each to their own, but I don't think it's positive for people to feel a need to takes 'sides' based on the feelings of other people.

[WTTJ_91]

Being an Axl fan doesn't dictate if you should be "against" Slash and vice-versa...

Exactly. Also frustrates me when some fans of slash then develop a problem with Axl.

Axl apparently has a problem with Slash, and that's his business, it's an issue best left between them and kept out of the fan base.

It's natural for some people to prefer Slash or Robin, each to their own, but I don't think it's positive for people to feel a need to takes 'sides' based on the feelings of other people.

When you find yourself taking "sides" on current/former members of a band you where never a part of nor never will be , yeah that cant be healthy   

[oldgunsfan]

Jim Bob, as a GN'R fan what do you think of Slash's playing. Considering you are a fan and he plays lead guitar on 4 out of 5 albums of original material?

i'm tired of it

so, you must really hate seeing GnR in concert since the setlist consists of mainly songs from the 4 of 5 albums of original material that he contributed to?

[Voodoochild]

How many concerts from the new band after the new album came out did you catch?

Also, who said the band plays exactly what Slash played and the way Slash played?

[Jim Bob]

Jim Bob, as a GN'R fan what do you think of Slash's playing. Considering you are a fan and he plays lead guitar on 4 out of 5 albums of original material?

i'm tired of it

so, you must really hate seeing GnR in concert since the setlist consists of mainly songs from the 4 of 5 albums of original material that he contributed to?

No, I enjoy all the old songs.  I'm just tired of $la$h'$ playing.  I prefer Robin's take on all the old songs.. IMO he made them all a lot better. and I would rather see how DJ Ashba handles the parts as opposed to having $la$h in the band.

[WTTJ_91]

Jim Bob, as a GN'R fan what do you think of Slash's playing. Considering you are a fan and he plays lead guitar on 4 out of 5 albums of original material?

i'm tired of it

so, you must really hate seeing GnR in concert since the setlist consists of mainly songs from the 4 of 5 albums of original material that he contributed to?

No, I enjoy all the old songs.  I'm just tired of $la$h'$ playing.  I prefer Robin's take on all the old songs.. IMO he made them all a lot better. and I would rather see how DJ Ashba handles the parts as opposed to having $la$h in the band.

I hate $la$h too! Slash though , good guitar player!

[Limulus]

"Robin vs. Slash, which one do you prefer?"

if an simple answer is intended then off course it's Slash!!

[4tus phenomenon]

Fantastic song, I can't wait to hear it Live. It will probably be spectacular to hear it "in real".

The Guitar Solo? well... I don't know what to think about it, it's Robin on Lead you know... He is no Slash, so don't expect him to make something as beautifull as Slash. It's not a bad solo but it's unmelodic. The second part is better when the drums enter in the mix though.

Of course, Slash would have put this song to another level because he is a genius. Robin is not. That's it. There's nothing we can do about that.
Only Axl can by taking his phone. But it didn't happen. So enjoy what you got, it's still good as it is 

[angeles]

i`m sorry for you, ... guitar solo in this song sounds fantastic !!! 

and now ..... is going to sound amazing !!! just because gnr has the best guitarist of the world 

love and peace !!!! 

[estebanf]

Fantastic song, I can't wait to hear it Live. It will probably be spectacular to hear it "in real".

The Guitar Solo? well... I don't know what to think about it, it's Robin on Lead you know... He is no Slash, so don't expect him to make something as beautifull as Slash. It's not a bad solo but it's unmelodic. The second part is better when the drums enter in the mix though.

Of course, Slash would have put this song to another level because he is a genius. Robin is not. That's it. There's nothing we can do about that.
Only Axl can by taking his phone. But it didn't happen. So enjoy what you got, it's still good as it is 

I need not to take you seriously, you are clearly here to make people like me react badly, that's why I wont do it the way you would expect.

But, let me ask you a question: where are Slash's stratospheric level guitar solos in Axl Rose absence? where are Slash's guitar solo master-pieces in Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver and all his ''without Axl Rose'' musical career? Why I cant see even one (1) guitar solo with the grandiosity of Robin's at TIL in ''Libertad'' or ''Contraband''?

don't you think Slash needs Axl Rose musically like a fish needs water to live? At the other hand, Axl created ''November Rain'' without Slash, and then he created a 14 track album with several masterpieces like TWAT, Prostitute, Madagascar, CITR, This i Love and who knows how many other gems he wrote for upcoming albums we still dont know, everything without Slash.

I could say ''Buckethead could have done it better than Robin'', and I could hold that argument basing myself in tens and tens of songs, like ''Nothingham Lace'', like ''Electric Tears'', like ''lebron'', ''Soothsayer'', ''Too Many Humans'', ''Night of the Slunk'', ''Jordan'' or several others. Buckethead, as you might know, didn't need Axl to write these SONGS (not ''solos'')

I will resume it all in one question: what empirical evidence do you have from Slash ''post Axl'' career to say he would have done the solo from This I Love better than Robin?

Slash is artistically dead from the day he abandoned Axl. He was nothing before Axl, he's nothing now without Axl. That's the word: abandon. Because poor little Sla$h left the band by his own decision. And then he tried to destroy the band we all love with a bunch of lawyers.

[faldor]

Fantastic song, I can't wait to hear it Live. It will probably be spectacular to hear it "in real".

The Guitar Solo? well... I don't know what to think about it, it's Robin on Lead you know... He is no Slash, so don't expect him to make something as beautifull as Slash. It's not a bad solo but it's unmelodic. The second part is better when the drums enter in the mix though.

Of course, Slash would have put this song to another level because he is a genius. Robin is not. That's it. There's nothing we can do about that.
Only Axl can by taking his phone. But it didn't happen. So enjoy what you got, it's still good as it is 

I need not to take you seriously, you are clearly here to make people like me react badly, that's why I wont do it the way you would expect.

But, let me ask you a question: where are Slash's stratospheric level guitar solos in Axl Rose absence? where are Slash's guitar solo master-pieces in Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver and all his ''without Axl Rose'' musical career? Why I cant see even one (1) guitar solo with the grandiosity of Robin's at TIL in ''Libertad'' or ''Contraband''?

don't you think Slash needs Axl Rose musically like a fish needs water to live? At the other hand, Axl created ''November Rain'' without Slash, and then he created a 14 track album with several masterpieces like TWAT, Prostitute, Madagascar, CITR, This i Love and who knows how many other gems he wrote for upcoming albums we still dont know, everything without Slash.

I could say ''Buckethead could have done it better than Robin'', and I could hold that argument basing myself in tens and tens of songs, like ''Nothingham Lace'', like ''Electric Tears'', like ''lebron'', ''Soothsayer'', ''Too Many Humans'', ''Night of the Slunk'', ''Jordan'' or several others. Buckethead, as you might know, didn't need Axl to write these SONGS (not ''solos'')

I will resume it all in one question: what empirical evidence do you have from Slash ''post Axl'' career to say he would have done the solo from This I Love better than Robin?

Slash is artistically dead from the day he abandoned Axl. He was nothing before Axl, he's nothing now without Axl. That's the word: abandon. Because poor little Sla$h left the band by his own decision. And then he tried to destroy the band we all love with a bunch of lawyers.

I agree that Slash did his best work BY FAR in GNR.  This argument was had over at gnrevolution awhile back and some of Slash's solo work was brought up and given some pretty good reviews.  Some of the songs referenced were "Vocalise", "Obsession Confession", and "Street Child".

The youtube videos should be on this page.
http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?id=6109&p=3

[Voodoochild]

Nes is so full of shit its not funny. But then I remember how he ejaculated about Madagascar solo just because he thought it was Richard playing it.and I calm down.

Just ignore him till he's banned again.

[4tus phenomenon]

So you think I'll be banned because I say Slash would have probably made a better solo than Robin right?
I suppose that if Jarmo followed your point of vue, I guess 99% of this board would be banned 
Jarmo knows better what to do, I think he doesn't need you to tell him what to do.

You like to think you control this board and take the decision. You don't. You never will.
And stop the personal attacks, I ain't here for that.

[-Rob-]

Slash.

By a landslide.