Where do we go now

[Jude]

Well it's quite obvious: new music, new stuff.. something new please. It seems like this forum too was more active couple years ago when CD was still quite fresh and new.. but now here seems to be much less posts, less activity.. and I don't like seeing that. 

But as we know, Axl likes to take his time so GNR could release a new album next year or in 2020, you never know with this band. I wonder how DJ is feeling at the moment.. maybe he really thought that they could release a new album quite quickly (I just got the feeling from his previous interviews) but it really doesn't seem like that at the moment.

[el_loko]

NEW MUSIC!

Get together in a studio and start writing some freaking songs already.  We had to wait how many years for CD?  Axl's not getting any younger.  New music! I'm dying for some new GnR.

Complaints, complaints, complaints...

Complaints?  All I want is some new music from my favorite band.  Hardly complaining.  If they wanted to tour some more, I'd go see them in a heartbeat but I'd rather have new music first.  Jarmo started the discussion by asking where do we go from here?  Well, new music is my answer.  So politely go fuck yourself.

Well, to be honest you just say Beta to fuck herself. It was quotation from her Instagram in response to somebody who want new music.

So Jarmo ban this man, he's saying bad thing about Beta...

[jarmo]

Don't be silly.

Thank you.





/jarmo

[raindogs70]

Well yeah, it was a generalization.

There's a bunch of casual fans who don't keep up with the news, don't visit the fan sites but go see the artist every time they come to town. They might not travel to see the artist though.

It's kinda like going to the movies for them. Have a few beers, sing along to the hits, buy a t-shirt to remember the show and go home. Entertainment.

They probably don't know the names of all band members, even if the band never changed.
I didn't say there's not a whole lot of fans like this, I think they might be in the majority at shows. If it's a regular festival/arena show.



I do find it amusing when I read somebody complaining about a band playing new songs they didn't know. Those hits you know and love weren't known or hits the day they were released! 
People weren't singing along to November Rain when the band started playing it.

This is true for any song at any show. People might love to hear U2 play One these days, but back in 1991 it was a new song too.


As I've said, you can never please everybody. I'm sure back in the day people didn't wanna hear that long new song with Axl on piano either. 




/jarmo

I think Axl would disagree. At one of the 1991 shows before UYI was out,  he asked the crowd if they had the November Rain bootleg and the entire place yelled back. He must have seen the crowd singing along to it.

[Lord Stan]

I think Axl would disagree. At one of the 1991 shows before UYI was out,  he asked the crowd if they had the November Rain bootleg and the entire place yelled back. He must have seen the crowd singing along to it.

Surely that might be true. But have you ever been to a gig where the entire place doesn't yell back no matter what's being said? In many non-English speaking countries most of the crowd simply don't understand what it is. Still you seem to get the loudest answers in those countries like in South America.

[Boromir]

Fernando's fb page:

Getting a lot of messages about a "canceled" GNR tour in Brasil, we are working on dates in which makes sense for both the band and our dear promoter. So, hang tight and don't let the rumors get the best of you. When it does happen, you will all be very happy with the dates. I promise.

[GnR-NOW]

So I guess we're going to Brazil

[reayj2003]

I'llbe the first to say it! Stop touring and get in the studio. Brazil can wait.

[Montrealrocks]

I'llbe the first to say it! Stop touring and get in the studio. Brazil can wait.

I agree

[Siamese Democracy]

I for one am excited for GNR to tour Brazil.  They are some of the most passionate GNR fans on the planet.  Again we will hear new music when Axl's inspired to do so, and when the time is right.  If Brazil is next on deck, I'm on board even though I won't  be there

[Princess Leia]

I for one am excited for GNR to tour Brazil.  They are some of the most passionate GNR fans on the planet.  Again we will hear new music when Axl's inspired to do so, and when the time is right.  If Brazil is next on deck, I'm on board even though I won't  be there

I agree. I also I like more shows. And it?s true, in Brazil and other South American countries GN?R has plenty of die hard and passionate fans.

Besides if I could ask Axl something to in the future I would ask him to write a biography book rather than making a new album. In my case I?m more interested in a book at this point now knowing that former GN?R members have done it. And it worked really well for them. And I have the feeling that Axl could make a lot more money selling books than albums. Sorry...      

[reayj2003]

I for one am excited for GNR to tour Brazil.  They are some of the most passionate GNR fans on the planet.  Again we will hear new music when Axl's inspired to do so, and when the time is right.  If Brazil is next on deck, I'm on board even though I won't  be there

I agree. I also I like more shows. And it?s true, in Brazil and other South American countries GN?R has plenty of die hard and passionate fans.

Besides if I could ask Axl something to in the future I would ask him to write a biography book rather than making a new album. In my case I?m more interested in a book at this point now knowing that former GN?R members have done it. And it worked really well for them. And I have the feeling that Axl could make a lot more money selling books than albums. Sorry...      

Oh dear

[LuanVictor]

I'llbe the first to say it! Stop touring and get in the studio. Brazil can wait.

I agree

This. I'm brazilian and would choose a new album instead a tour easily.
Anyway, maybe I will see them.

[hunter80]

I'llbe the first to say it! Stop touring and get in the studio. Brazil can wait.

I agree

This. I'm brazilian and would choose a new album instead a tour easily.
Anyway, maybe I will see them.

I think a new album is unlikely. I would think a new song or two would be a better bet and pretty awesome if it happened. It seems easier and more acceptable for GNR to play new material anywhere but in the US so I have my fingers crossed for a Brazil tour to unleash some new gems. I would be really, really happy to hear some new tunes. Even just one or two. I bet the band would like it also.

[One.In.A.Million]

I think we've got to the point now where a new album is on 80% of the fans minds. After touring for so long after CD, now you feel that the band needs to release another album sometime within the next year at least. I don't want GN'R to end up as a nostalgia type of band where they mainly play the hits, and that's starting to happen with them dropping a lot of CD songs live like Sorry and SOD... We need new material from GN'R.

[jarmo]

I think we've got to the point now where a new album is on 80% of the fans minds.

According to my calculations, 200.33% of the fans want a new album!
I think the number might not be accurate... 



You, and some others, seem to have this idea that one thing makes something else impossible. It's like you think the band goes "hey, let's record something, let's book some shows!".
And you think if there's no shows, it must mean they're in the studio.

I don't think it works like that....





/jarmo

[Scabbie]

I think we've got to the point now where a new album is on 80% of the fans minds.

According to my calculations, 200.33% of the fans want a new album!
I think the number might not be accurate... 



You, and some others, seem to have this idea that one thing makes something else impossible. It's like you think the band goes "hey, let's record something, let's book some shows!".
And you think if there's no shows, it must mean they're in the studio.

I don't think it works like that....





/jarmo

I agree with this, but usually the opposite - i.e. if there are show booked there's no studio work going on - applies. Which is why people probably get concerned when more shows are announced.

[Sillything]

Nostalgia acts is no fun after a while. New Music!

[jarmo]

I agree with this, but usually the opposite - i.e. if there are show booked there's no studio work going on - applies. Which is why people probably get concerned when more shows are announced.

Some people seem to think the band is forced to record if there's no shows.

Well look at this month, August. Bumblefoot, for example, is in Europe playing shows. So no GN'R shows doesn't mean recording will take place.

How many examples of this do people need before they open up to this possibility?




/jarmo

[GnR-NOW]

I'm interested in new music only for the sole purpose of I enjoyed CD. Like Axl said a while ago about new music it will be more of the same. I think majority of people that want to hear new music want it to be like Appetite, which most likely not be the case which then leads to unnecessary and in fairly bad reviews