Channel opened with a nice intro and retrospective......and right into wttj, then locomotive. So the obvious choice to open, and then a deep cut. Bodes well for what they will play (hopefully everything!)
Unfortunately the channel plays an "influence" literally every other song so it's only about half a GNR channel.
I mean, that's sorta the way these channels always work. It's the way all the limited edition "artist" centric channels have worked (even the Beatles channel currently running..and their catalog is WAY bigger). It's the way the permanent artist channels like Ozzy's boneyard and Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville channel works, too. They're not playing exclusively GnR...because, lets face it, that would be impossible without repeating material almost constantly. But it's all GnR influenced, or influencers, or related (the Motley Crue inclusion made me literally LOL...is there a Tommy Hilfiger single somewhere??).
I'm pretty happy with the mix. Lots of GnR, and the stuff they play that's NOT GnR all has GnR type links, has been named as influencers, etc. We're talking more about this in the thread specifically on this topic...but I've heard rarities, related stuff (for example, Duff on drums for The Fastbacks) and REALLY GOOD MUSIC for every minute I've been listening.
If you want all GnR, just load up the GnR playlist (or for us old school folks, the CDs into the changer) and hit shuffle.
This, IMHO, is actually better!
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