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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Sir HC on February 22, 2012, 12:40:10 pm
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So who is in the band and at the Filmore? I guess their stadium days are behind them.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_%26_Roses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_%26_Roses)
Today, Axl Rose is the only remaining original member, in a lineup that comprises lead guitarists Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and DJ Ashba, rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Frank Ferrer, and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman.
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Three guitarists and two keyboardists? Are that many really necessary?
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Moderation has never been Axl's strong suit.
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The current tour has been getting some great reviews
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go join a band . . . then you get to comment about others.
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this is gonna be awesome ;D
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there are "day of show" tickets for $163 ...
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GNR doesn't go on until 11:30. Tomorrow is going to be a slow day at the office.
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so you guys home yet???
;D
looks pretty sweet..
Luck Intro
Chinese Democracy
Welcome to the Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Sorry
You're Crazy
Estranged
Rocket Queen
Richard Fortus Guitar Solo
(James Bond Theme)
Live and Let Die
(Paul McCartney & Wings cover)
Instrumental Jam
This I Love
Used to Love Her
Motivation
(Tommy Stinson song) (Tommy Stinson on vocals, with band introductions)
Dizzy Reed Piano Solo
(Baba O' Riley)
Street of Dreams
You Could Be Mine
DJ Ashba Guitar Solo
(Mi Amor)
Sweet Child O' Mine
Instrumental Jam
(Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2)
Axl Rose Piano Solo
(Gran Torino/Goodbye Yellow ? more)
November Rain
Bumblefoot Guitar Solo
(Pink Panther Theme)
Don't Cry
Shackler's Revenge
Civil War
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
(Bob Dylan cover)
Nightrain
Encore:
Instrumental Jam
Madagascar
Better
Instrumental Jam
Patience
Instrumental Jam
Paradise City
My Way
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Show was epic. Axl still sounds great and the band plays the hell outta those songs. Getting home at 4am wasn't so great.
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Did he really need that many breathers? Assuming he was not doing very much during the instrumental jams.
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Show was epic. Axl still sounds great and the band plays the hell outta those songs. Getting home at 4am wasn't so great.
yah i was majorly bummed to miss it. ..opportunity won't come again i'm pretty sure... .had almost a confirm on a ticket but then a 9 am meeting came up and i was like this ain't going to work.. ;D
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What a set list! If only I would have had an extra 100 bucks for this...
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Show was epic. Axl still sounds great and the band plays the hell outta those songs. Getting home at 4am wasn't so great.
Did they hit the stage at 11:30, if so was it over 3 hours? Thats kinda funny that they all do different themes for the guitar solo. Slash did the Godfather theme, now someone does Pink Panther and the other does James Bond. I would do Jaws, Halloween or maybe something from West side story. :)
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on at midnight, off at 3:08 am....a wild time
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on at midnight, off at 3:08 am....a wild time
Yowser.
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So when did they stop selling booze for this show? Pity the guys coming down off a booze high 3/4 of the way through the show.
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The signs at the bar said last call at 1:45 - no idea if it happened or not.
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Lollerskates. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/in-concert-guns-n-roses-at-fillmore-silver-spring/2012/02/24/gIQA5CwRYR_blog.html#pagebreak)
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Lollerskates. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/in-concert-guns-n-roses-at-fillmore-silver-spring/2012/02/24/gIQA5CwRYR_blog.html#pagebreak)
More like lollocaust.
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I've linked to the WashPost, DCist, and CityPaper reviews (CP is really just photos) here (http://showlistdc.com/more/2012/02/27/showlistdc-music-notes-monday-02-27-12/)
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Didn't the author of that article play in Q and Not U? I'm sure it was a horrible show, but is a member of that band really qualified to review anything regarding Axl Rose? Just sayin'. Those two worlds are... worlds apart.
edit: I wish Q and Not U would play music again! DC needs it.
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That is pretty unfair. His playing in Q and not U does not disable him from being able to appreciate totally different styles of music. His tastes, based on his year end lists veer much closer to the mainstream, anyway.
Didn't the author of that article play in Q and Not U? I'm sure it was a horrible show, but is a member of that band really qualified to review anything regarding Axl Rose? Just sayin'. Those two worlds are... worlds apart.
edit: I wish Q and Not U would play music again! DC needs it.
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I wish Q and Not U would play music again! DC needs it.
How about two of them? (https://www.facebook.com/events/271169999619610/)
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Q and not U did a great job of blowing it and failing to seize their "moment."
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the dude in q+not u once wrote a real funny review about a bob dylan show and got lots of complaints.
Dylan, Wheezin? In the Wind
By Chris Richards
August 21, 2006
Ah, the sights, smells and sounds of the ballpark. A grown man dancing with a sunflower. The smell of reefer blowing in the outfield. A mother lecturing her fidgety child: "He is a legend!"
"He" is Bob Dylan, and yes, kiddo, he is a legend. Dylan's third annual summer tour of minor league ballparks stopped Saturday night at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, where parents got to hear one of America's greatest living songwriters wheeze through his greatest tunes while their kids just watched, confused.
It's not breaking news that Dylan's voice has withered over the course of his storied 65 years. Nor is his tendency to rearrange the phrasing and melodies of his songs to suit those battered pipes. But these days, the man sounds less like a rock-and-roll icon and more like Cookie Monster with a head cold.
He played the hits, but would you have recognized them? The opening one-two punch of "Maggie's Farm" and "The Times They Are A-Changin' " was full of promise, but Dylan's run-down vocal delivery rendered the songs almost unrecognizable. The lyrics are still trenchant -- "There's a battle outside and it is ragin' / It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls / For the times they are a-changin' " -- but good luck finding them in the garble of huffs, puffs and croaks.
Even more disappointing was Dylan's lack of engagement with the audience. From a stage erected in deep center field, he stood hunched over a keyboard, rarely facing the thousands of fans flooding the ballpark's field and stands. During his 90 minutes onstage he thanked the crowd only once.
He also thanked his band, which brought a bluesy hue to his songbook. After a lean, driving version of "Cold Irons Bound" (a tune from Dylan's 1997 comeback album "Time Out of Mind"), the band slipped into the twinkling, nimble "Girl From the North Country." Dylan reined it in and sang quietly over the song's sparkling guitars before blowing a plaintive harmonica solo.
Despite the ragged vocal performance, the crowd mustered enough applause for an encore in which Dylan cued up two of his masterpieces, "Like a Rolling Stone" and "All Along the Watchtower." It was a once-in-a-lifetime moment: One where you wished those drunk dudes singing behind you would cut loose and drown out the guy onstage.
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Priceless.
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To: The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Guns N' Roses Fans and Whom It May Concern,
When the nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were first announced I had mixed emotions but, in an effort to be positive, wanting to make the most of things for the fans and with their enthusiasm, I was honored, excited and hoped that somehow this would be a good thing. Of course I realized as things stood, if Guns N' Roses were to be inducted it'd be somewhat of a complicated or awkward situation.
Since then we've listened to fans, talked with members of the board of the Hall Of Fame, communicated with and read various public comments and jabs from former members of Guns N' Roses, had discussions with the president of the Hall Of Fame, read various press (some legit, some contrived) and read other artists' comments weighing in publicly on Guns and the Hall with their thoughts.
Under the circumstances I feel we've been polite, courteous, and open to an amicable solution in our efforts to work something out. Taking into consideration the history of Guns N' Roses, those who plan to attend along with those the Hall for reasons of their own, have chosen to include in "our" induction (that for the record are decisions I don't agree with, support or feel the Hall has any right to make), and how (albeit no easy task) those involved with the Hall have handled things... no offense meant to anyone but the Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony doesn't appear to be somewhere I'm actually wanted or respected.
For the record, I would not begrudge anyone from Guns their accomplishments or recognition for such. Neither I or anyone in my camp has made any requests or demands of the Hall Of Fame. It's their show not mine.
That said, I won't be attending The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction 2012 Ceremony and I respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N' Roses to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
I strongly request that I not be inducted in absentia and please know that no one is authorized nor may anyone be permitted to accept any induction for me or speak on my behalf. Neither former members, label representatives nor the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame should imply whether directly, indirectly or by omission that I am included in any purported induction of "Guns N' Roses".
This decision is personal. This letter is to help clarify things from my and my camp's perspective. Neither is meant to offend, attack or condemn. Though unfortunately I'm sure there will be those who take offense (God knows how long I'll have to contend with the fallout), I certainly don't intend to disappoint anyone, especially the fans, with this decision. Since the announcement of the nomination we've actively sought out a solution to what, with all things considered, appears to be a no win, at least for me, "damned if I do, damned if I don't" scenario all the way around.
In regard to a reunion of any kind of either the Appetite or Illusion lineups, I've publicly made myself more than clear. Nothing's changed.
The only reason, at this point, under the circumstances, in my opinion whether under the guise of "for the fans" or whatever justification of the moment, for anyone to continue to ask, suggest or demand a reunion are misguided attempts to distract from our efforts with our current lineup of myself, Dizzy Reed, Tommy Stinson, Frank Ferrer, Richard Fortus, Chris Pitman, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and DJ Ashba.
Izzy came out with us a few times back in '06 and I invited him to join us at our LA Forum show last year. Steven was at our show at the Hard Rock, later in '06 in Las Vegas, where I invited him to our after-party and was rewarded with his subsequent interviews filled with reunion lies. Lesson learned. Duff joined us in 2010 and again in '11 along with his band, Loaded, opening in Seattle and Vancouver. For me, with the exception of Izzy or Duff joining us on stage if they were so inclined somewhere in the future for a song or two, that's enough.
There's a seemingly endless amount of revisionism and fantasies out there for the sake of self-promotion and business opportunities masking the actual realities. Until every single one of those generating from or originating with the earlier lineups has been brought out in the light, there isn't room to consider a conversation let alone a reunion.
Maybe if it were you it'd be different. Maybe you'd do it for this reason or that. Peace, whatever. I love our band now. We're there for each other when the going get's rough. We love our fans and work to give them every ounce of energy and heart we can.
So let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn't owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another's, or in this case several others', expense.
But hey if ya gotta then maybe we can get the "no show, grandstanding, publicity stunt, disrespectful, he doesn't care about the fans" crap out of the way as quickly as we can and let's move on. No one's taking the ball and going home. Don't get it twisted. For more than a decade and a half we've endured the double standards, the greed of this industry and the ever present seemingly limitless supply of wannabes and unscrupulous, irresponsible media types. Not to imply anything in this particular circumstance, but from my perspective in regard to both the Hall and a reunion, the ball's never been in our court.
In closing, regardless of this decision and as hard to believe or as ironic as it may seem, I'd like to sincerely thank the board for their nomination and their votes for Guns' induction. More importantly I'd like to thank the fans for being there over the years, making any success we've had possible and for enjoying and supporting Guns N' Roses music.
I wish the Hall a great show, congratulations to all the other artists being inducted and to our fans we look forward to seeing you on tour!!
Sincerely,
Axl Rose
P.S. RIP Armand, Long Live ABC III
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of course
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gaaaaaaaaah: of course
eponysterical
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i just came here to post this story....
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/axl-rose-declines-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction
haters gon' hate, but i respect the way axl handled this.
the obvious one-liner here is that "even axl recognized that he didn't belong in the hall of fame" yuck yuck.
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i just came here to post this story....
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/axl-rose-declines-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction
haters gon' hate, but i respect the way axl handled this.
the obvious one-liner here is that "even axl recognized that he didn't belong in the hall of fame" yuck yuck.
scooped ;D
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i love guns n roses. i love any form of them. when buckethead played with them, i thought it was awesome. slash is a ego fueled poser . . . but still an incredible guitarist! i love axl. even with the new hair. go gnr!
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scooped ;D
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no no, i was in fact recognizing that it was posted beforehand.
i guess it would have been clearer to write "funny, i just came here to post that same story".
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now i'm listening to old gnr and looking at various pictures of axl throughout the "hair years." thanks thread . . . now i can't stop. it's sweetcell's fault, i'm sure. :P
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scoop rescinded...
I guess there is precedent with the Sex Pistols..
Personally I like the move...
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i just came here to post this story....
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/axl-rose-declines-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction
haters gon' hate, but i respect the way axl handled this.
the obvious one-liner here is that "even axl recognized that he didn't belong in the hall of fame" yuck yuck.
wow, this letter is over-lawyered
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GNR one of the three worst and most overrated bands ever. Axl is absolutely the WORST lead vocalist ever to front a band.
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RatBastard's Lawn has been kid free since the late 70s...
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Axl is lost in an alternate reality. He's a ghost. The rest of the band can act like he died when they attend the ceremony, which to a certain extent he did. Bill Bailey still lives, I guess.
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#LOL
RatBastard's Lawn has been kid free since the late 70s...
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So is it that Axl thought that the current lineup should be inducted? That is what I infer from it.
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So is it that Axl thought that the current lineup should be inducted? That is what I infer from it.
unclear...but issues over the new lineup and the fact he seems to loath Slash seem to be there..
I wonder if anyone will show up?
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The surviving members should be ther and will hopefully play something.
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Rock Hall Rejects Axl Rose's Rejection of Their Induction
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn't give a hoot what Axl Rose wants: they're inducting him anyway!
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/rock-hall-rejects-axl-rose-s-rejection-of-their-induction
so does this make the RnRHoF cooler than axl?
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Rock Hall Rejects Axl Rose's Rejection of Their Induction
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn't give a hoot what Axl Rose wants: they're inducting him anyway!
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/rock-hall-rejects-axl-rose-s-rejection-of-their-induction
so does this make the RnRHoF cooler than axl?
the rrhof is a joke people....
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Rock Hall Rejects Axl Rose's Rejection of Their Induction
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn't give a hoot what Axl Rose wants: they're inducting him anyway!
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/rock-hall-rejects-axl-rose-s-rejection-of-their-induction
so does this make the RnRHoF cooler than axl?
the rrhof is a joke people....
But it is a cool place to visit.
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Rock Hall Rejects Axl Rose's Rejection of Their Induction
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn't give a hoot what Axl Rose wants: they're inducting him anyway!
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/rock-hall-rejects-axl-rose-s-rejection-of-their-induction
so does this make the RnRHoF cooler than axl?
the rrhof is a joke people....
But it is a cool place to visit.
That's the museum which is of course a completely different thing... tons of artists not in the Hall of Fame are included as part of the exhibits..
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Guns N? Roses Jams Way Into Rock Hall Minus Axl
http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=801107
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Rock Hall Rejects Axl Rose's Rejection of Their Induction
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn't give a hoot what Axl Rose wants: they're inducting him anyway!
http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/rock-hall-rejects-axl-rose-s-rejection-of-their-induction
so does this make the RnRHoF cooler than axl?
the rrhof is a joke people....
But it is a cool place to visit.
That's the museum which is of course a completely different thing... tons of artists not in the Hall of Fame are included as part of the exhibits..
True.
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We call it the "great rock and roll hall of fame and museum". I love the museum. I love the hate letter to the rolling stones. Been there three times. (the 60's exhibit, the doors, and john lennon). Always go there on our way home from Cedar Point.
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So why didn't they just get a hologram Axl Rose? I would've been cool with that. Hell, I'd go see a tour based around that...
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hologram tupac . . . ruled.
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To call it GNR without Axl and Izzy is a bit of a joke..
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Axl Rose Apologizes To Bummed Fans For No-Show at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://www.spin.com/articles/axl-rose-apologizes-bummed-fans-no-show-rock-and-roll-hall-fame
two things makes this story awesome:
- axl apologizes for not apologizing. this whole idiotic story has just gone meta. either that, or he has an upcoming show in cleveland that he doesn't want to be boo'ed at.
- axl somehow incorporates a story about buying pizza for a homeless woman into his reply.
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Axl Rose Apologizes To Bummed Fans For No-Show at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://www.spin.com/articles/axl-rose-apologizes-bummed-fans-no-show-rock-and-roll-hall-fame
two things makes this story awesome:
- axl apologizes for not apologizing. this whole idiotic story has just gone meta. either that, or he has an upcoming show in cleveland that he doesn't want to be boo'ed at.
- axl somehow incorporates a story about buying pizza for a homeless woman into his reply.
Unlike my open letter to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Guns N' Roses Fans and Whom It May Concern this was written for GNR's official website, Facebook account and my personal twitter account and not intended as a press release.
He put that up on twitter? How? 140 character chunks?