Guns N' Roses Discussion Thread

I probably should know better by now but I see the official GNR twitter account wished Izzy a happy birthday last week...maybe a sign of good things to come? Either way I just wish the band would get on to releasing a record, preferably brand new with no Chinese Democracy era reheats.

35 years ago today appetite for destruction was released and it took a year or so but it took off and has sold around 30 million albums and is(or at least was) the best selling debut album ever. I mean it’s probably the album we heard of first from GNR and to me it’s the best because it was what started the bands rise to fame and also because it’s got Steven Adler drumming on it, which does help. I like Matt sorum as a person but his drumming to me felt clinical and not move swing to it, which Izzy has said wasn’t a good thing as steven leaving the band was the start of the end.

Apparently the live stuff being included in the forthcoming UYI set

The Ritz '91 show being the final warm up show (where Axl breaks his leg, as mentioned below), and the march towards Izzy's departure from the band in November 1991.

The 2022 version of November rain was released on streaming services on Friday and its the 1991 song but with an actual orchestra and not the synth that Axl used and the song has been remixed and it sounds great. The outro is where I notice the most differences, as Axl is more noticeable then in the 1991 version.

Been listening to the deluxe version since it dropped on Apple Music on Friday and the ritz and vegas live shows really show how much dicking around was done on the live era album with redoes and combining bits together to make one song. I’ve seen bits of the ritz show and damn it it’s so good and shows the band as they were before the UYI tour excess.

Thought the same. The "Live Era" album sounds fantastic, but the same songs (from different dates) on the new deluxe bonus disks sound very raw and almost under-rehearsed. I knew Axl re-recorded his vocals in '99 for some of the Live Era stuff but there must have been a ton of other studio trickery going on to make that album sound so good. No way were the band that hit and miss each night? Mostly 'miss' I'd say!

Btw, quite disappointed we didn't get all the YUI live tracks from 91-93 on those bonus disks. As far as I know we're missing Back Off Bitch (played once in 91), Garden of Eden (played twice in 93), The Garden, Dead Horse, Coma, Yesterdays, Breakdown, Pretty Tied Up.

If they were stuck for space, the could've made a separate EP with all the covers they added to the bonus disks. Having the likes of "Always on the Run" there just breaks the flow and makes little sense, imo.

I'd doubt it unless they going in arenas. Malahide or Belsonic would perhaps be the most likely otherwise. Presume a Glasgow date to make up for last year.

Yup no Ireland.

They had 3 Christmasses to flog tickets to Marlay Park and though sizeable didn't sell out.

These guys want to draw megabucks so aren't scaling down guaranteed festival cash and some stadiums. Glasto date looks certain.

I am right here clutching with you! 😂

So what did we think of the set? Band were on top form , music was class. Axl's voice is still strong on the lower key songs but he struggled as the gig went on with the higher stuff.

Shock absolute horror that music that GNR said they release on a specific days doesn’t materialise. A count down started on their website about a song called perhaps and the countdown clock went until today.

Hopefully The General will be much better when we finally get to hear it on the 27th of October as the B side on the Perhaps vinyl. It's always been one that has sounded promising, given that we used to get a bit of the orchestral bit at the start of shows. Word is that Atlas Shrugged will be released in November and that it will put to bed the Chinese era. But that's no guarantee that we will get brand new music after that.

listened to Perhaps the last few days,

it’s a load of drivel.

surely one of them could of wrote a song in the last 8 years.

Been listening to Duff's new album Lighthouse, it's excellent. Very melodic songs that you'll find yourself humming along to after one listen. He still can't really sing of course but at least he can be bothered to write some decent tunes and get into the studio now and then, unlike some people!