Why do you love that band?

[lostdream]

I am just curious..
Why do you love that ONE band so much?
I have met all kinds of people - most tell me something along the lines...here I feel free..
We have grown up I suppose...
We are functional. But we still love that image of "young, reckless, ready to take the world!
We love that band - cause it fills an emotional hole??

[EmilyGNR]

I am just curious..
Why do you love that ONE band so much?
I have met all kinds of people - most tell me something along the lines...here I feel free..
We have grown up I suppose...
We are functional. But we still love that image of "young, reckless, ready to take the world!
We love that band - cause it fills an emotional hole??

What?

Are you asking why we are GNR fans? Not really understanding this at all.

 

[lostdream]

Why do you love THAT band? 😉

[FreddieJames]

I am just curious..
Why do you love that ONE band so much?
I have met all kinds of people - most tell me something along the lines...here I feel free..
We have grown up I suppose...
We are functional. But we still love that image of "young, reckless, ready to take the world!
We love that band - cause it fills an emotional hole??

Well, that's quite simple: their music. Next to that: I think Axl is cool as fuck for doing everything the way HE wants it, and writing some of the best music I have ever heard. Personality wise, I recognize myself in Axl in some ways and the way he sings on Appetite actually helps me release some emotions in a way that other people don't get punched in the face  

Slash's style of playing is -to me- something different and strikes a chord with me. It's like hearing someone sing on a guitar. Duff is a bad ass bassist and a very respectable and humble person. And he writes killer tunes too! I never cared for the drummer(s) or rhythm guitarist (sorry Izzy, Steven, Matt, Gilby, Frank and Richard). I really dig Izzy's tunes for GnR though.

So for me it's a combination of their music and personalities, and the fact that my first vinyl single was Paradise City when I was 7, my first cassette tape was GNR Lies at age 8 (what were my parents thinking with that naked chick in the middle of the booklet?) and my first CD was Appetite when I was 9. Thanks Mom & Dad  

[lostdream]

That's what I was getting at: people LOVE a band...
They put their heart and soul into it.
I have seen and heard that SO many times 👍
WHY GnR?
Why do you love them so much??

[lostdream]

Abrasive?
You get me totally wrong 😘

[D-GenerationX]

I like them for their music.  

Never really able to relate to people that treat the band as some religious experience.  They make rock music I like.  They aren't splitting the atom or getting me through tough times in life.

Honestly, as people, they aren't exactly inspirations.  Drinking, drug addiction, immature behavior.  If anything, I like the music so much I can rationalize and overlook their personal shortcomings.  

Because its the music that matters to me, first and foremost.  The put out songs I like to listen to.  Songs I like more than any other band who's music I like. 

End of story.

[lostdream]

Status: excellent paid job.
You work all year.
You go to a festival.
You feel SO free - for that precious amount of 2-3 days...

[lostdream]

I like them for their music.  

Never really able to relate to people that treat the band as some religious experience.  They make rock music I like.  They aren't splitting the atom or getting me through tough times in life.

Honestly, as people, they aren't exactly inspirations.  Drinking, drug addiction, immature behavior.  If anything, I like the music so much I can rationalize and overlook their personal shortcomings.  

Because its the music that matters to me, first and foremost.  The put out songs I like to listen to.  Songs I like more than any other band who's music I like. 

This is really no trolling..😘❤️

End of story.

[D-GenerationX]

I don't think this is trolling.  Its a legitimate topic of conversation with fellow fans.

[EmilyGNR]

Why do you love THAT band? 😉

Because I bought Appetite for Destruction in the Summer of 1987 and have been a fan every since.

[Thorned Rose]

I am just curious..
Why do you love that ONE band so much?
I have met all kinds of people - most tell me something along the lines...here I feel free..
We have grown up I suppose...
We are functional. But we still love that image of "young, reckless, ready to take the world!
We love that band - cause it fills an emotional hole??

What?

Are you asking why we are GNR fans? Not really understanding this at all.

 

Yeah he's asking why we are Gn'R fans. It is a legitimate question. It's a great time to reflect.

[Thorned Rose]

Abrasive?
You get me totally wrong 😘

I was talking to Emily, but my post, even though made sense was removed for whatever reason.

It's like Prison Break... but on a message board.

[Spirit]

Brilliant vocal melodies mixed with guitars that can be described as both authentic hard rock and an organic entity layered beautifully to form a song.

Guitar solos for the history books.

They do both hard and softer songs just right.

Axl can be a lyricist up there with the very best. His best work is just amazing.

Live energy and presence on the stage. They are very charismatic people.

[lostdream]

SHE is still a she.
😜😂💃
I fell in  love with GnR 1990.
That was not the question...😉

[DeN]

music, attitude, kilts

[D-GenerationX]

Axl the person is a total yo-yo a lot of the time.  But when you see him on stage performing, there's just no one like him.

I think that was really driven home by Slash of all people.  Even think back to when things were as bleak as can be.  Slash is writing books and Axl is calling him cancer.

But whenever Slash was asked about great frontmen, he always had Axl right there.  Because he knew.  He knew despite all Axl's drama and bullshit, once you are onstage, the guy is money.

[D-GenerationX]

music, attitude, kilts

Hahahaha

Its so funny you say that.  When my buddies were talking to me about getting tickets for the show this summer, 3 of them, unprompted and with no connection to each other, asked me if he was still rocking the kilts.

[EmilyGNR]

Brilliant vocal melodies mixed with guitars that can be described as both authentic hard rock and an organic entity layered beautifully to form a song.

Guitar solos for the history books.

They do both hard and softer songs just right.

Axl can be a lyricist up there with the very best. His best work is just amazing.

Live energy and presence on the stage. They are very charismatic people.

One of the best lyricists of all time, I would list him in the top 5 .

[gcluskey]

I was about 12 and had listened to all that 80s pop as I was growing up and music was enjoyable for me but I wasn't a fan of anyone really. Michael Jackson was probably my favourite artist at the time. I had a friend who's parents sent him to boarding school but he'd come home at weekends with copied tapes from school. He got me listening to the Sex Pistols and other punk stuff and then one weekend gave me a tape that he thought I might like cos there was lots of swearing in it. Holy shit! It was Appetite for Destruction and every song was amazing. I instantly became a fan and wanted to know everything about them. I scoured magazine shelves in shops to read about them. Live at the Roxy was on one night on TV and I sat up late to watch it. I loved everything about this band and still do. My friend passed away many years ago but I have him to thank for introducing me to Guns N Roses and I'll never forget that moment.