Where do we go now

[rckn]

How many of us wanded everything to end at 97?  No CD, no touring, no message boards...
C?mon? Anyone?

[jarmo]

did DJ do some of the tour t-shirts?

I think he did the one with the band cartoon. Not 100% sure on that though...






/jarmo

[raindogs70]

did DJ do some of the tour t-shirts?

I think he did the one with the band cartoon. Not 100% sure on that though...






/jarmo

The one where he's wrapped around the guitar cord was also on his site (custom skin for the iPhone), so it's his. I wonder if this was the most popular one at the shows.

[GnR-NOW]

Wish GNR had some shows lined up ! Each of the last two years the fall has been an exciting time to get tickets !!!!

[slash&axl]

Where is the news?

Soon...

[gnrfan1797]

They deserve a break!

[dolphins]

They deserve a break!

It would be interesting to add up how many hours a week Axl works, then add up the hours a week you work & see who deserves the break. 

Then again Axl can't go anywhere that he's not on show, no tourist spot, airport, supermarket, concert, movies etc without being bombarded by cameras & fans like you can so you'd have to include that as part of his work. Continuous photos with people you don't know must get tiring but luckily he's obliging & knows what a thrill it is for fans. 

[cyllan]

Yeah but even at my job when something is ridiculous I'll express that.

When something is ridiculous it's ridiculous.

Management also appreciates the honesty and advice.

Haha, you're fortunate then. Where I work my boss gets all shirty if I express an opinion and has told me in no uncertain terms that he doesn't expect to have to justify his actions to me. Apparently I'm supposed to respect his position of authority.  Yeah, as if!   I did tell him that respect had to be earned - bet you can guess how that went down....

(Disclaimer: I have never met Axl and I'm in no way suggesting that he bears any similarity to my boss.  )

[jarmo]

Where is the news?

Soon...

You can't always get what you want....


I do remember certain fans complaining that GN'R were playing "too many" shows. So this must be an improvement for them!




/jarmo

[Sober_times]

At this point the only thing that would disappoint me involving GNR is a return to the dead times. Many know what I mean. The times where there were no shows, no news; just the occasional b.s. rumor and complete silence. Take a break, make new music, put on new shows. Just do whatever you want. I just hope they don't take years off again. Or at least years off in the public eye anyway.

[Dead N' Bloated]

Where is the news?

Soon...

You can't always get what you want....


I do remember certain fans complaining that GN'R were playing "too many" shows. So this must be an improvement for them!




/jarmo

Fuck me! That whole "They are playing too many shows" bit got really old really quick. This band can't do anything right according to certain fans. I'm not saying everything GN'R has done has been the right choice, but to have the shits with a band for playing live shows (which is the absolute reason for forming a band) is just ridiculous.

I do understand that people wanted them to stop touring and focus on an album, but I think people forget that TSI was recorded as they toured. These fuckers can multitask.


 

[russtcb]

Where is the news?

Soon...

You can't always get what you want....


I do remember certain fans complaining that GN'R were playing "too many" shows. So this must be an improvement for them!




/jarmo

I remember seeing those type of complaints from ALL sorts of forum dwellers during 2011 and 2012. Me? I was busy going to as many shows as I could afford on those tours so maybe that's why I didn't have time to complain about shows I wasn't seeing 

[dolphins]

Where is the news?

Soon...

You can't always get what you want....


I do remember certain fans complaining that GN'R were playing "too many" shows. So this must be an improvement for them!




/jarmo

I remember seeing those type of complaints from ALL sorts of forum dwellers during 2011 and 2012. Me? I was busy going to as many shows as I could afford on those tours so maybe that's why I didn't have time to complain about shows I wasn't seeing 

Lucky you getting to lots of concerts. My only complaint is the lack of photos of Axl during this quiet stage, I'm suffering bad Axl withdrawal      & desperate to see some photos - you can't put yourself out there & make women fall for you & then disappear. 

[Dr. Blutarsky]

I just hope they do not go back on tour again with no new material.  But I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't go see them when they come close to my neck of the woods again.  They are better than being a greatest hits band, granted the hits are generational anthems but still, I'd like this band to be seen as evolving and current in addition to the back catalog.   

[GnR-NOW]

From what I've seen as a general fan of other bands....they just play they're hits . As a gnr hardcore fan we want to hear new material but majority if the people that go to concerts are general music fans, they don't want to hear CD songs they want to hear old classics sung by Axl. So he needs to play enough new stuff to appease diehard fans but enough old stuff to appease the general music fans.... In the end he's in a loose loose situation .... That's the problem

[old_at_heart]

While I agree that it is a tough balance to do, given that they play 30+ songs, they can easily include more CD tracks.

Also, Sorry to point this out...

lose lose situation, not loose loose. Loose means something not tight, etc.

[FootSoldier]

the moose is loose in the hoose - my impersonation of a Scottish person

[One.In.A.Million]

Vertually everyone who goes to see Guns N' Roses live expects to hear Jungle, SCOM, NR, PC etc. But that's no reason not to progress and give a portion of the setlist to the new songs, and Guns did do that for a period of time a few years ago, perfect balance. But recently I've noticed them drop alot of CD songs in favour of old favourites. We lost Sorry and SOD, and gained songs which were not necessarily "must hears" for fans. I hope they don't continue along this path, and realise that fans still want the band to progress and hear songs they are not familiar with.

[D-GenerationX]

How many of us wanded everything to end at 97?  No CD, no touring, no message boards...
C?mon? Anyone?

I'm not sure people are saying that.

What people ARE saying, and I would very much be in this very group, was that we'd rather see a more competent operation here.  I care less about the fact the old band broke up than I do about how Axl's supposed vision for the new band has been scattershot at best, and totally incoherent at worst.

People get blinded by the fact he's our favorite guy.  Hey, I'm guilty of that myself, sometimes.  And much like a mother who never sees the flaws in her precious baby boy that any outsider with a functioning brain can see plain as day, we excuse Axl's rather fucked up way of doing things as "rock n roll" and "unlike any other band."

Sometimes you are "unlike any other" because they way you are doing things makes no sense and is poorly executed.  And say what you will about their prime, you never doubted it was a well run machine.

This?  This ain't.

[jarmo]

And say what you will about their prime, you never doubted it was a well run machine.

This?  This ain't.

Playing over 200 shows with the same line up is something not even the Use Your Illusion line up managed.


I think people have a somewhat selective memory. Or they weren't fans back then so they base it on what others say.

It was a well run machine? People were fired or quit. There were riots at shows.

Now I know you'll say "they released albums" or "they made music videos". Sure. If that's the case, just say so. Don't say something and mean something else when in reality what you said isn't the absolute truth...


The point is, GN'R has always been GN'R. They've done things their way, they've always managed to annoy somebody for whatever reason.... 


/jarmo