Swindon Music

Hmmmm

"Appetite for Destruction" was, and still is a fantastic album, one that transcends genres, a bloody good rock record that would sit well in any cd collection, at that point they were a thrilling cross between the NY Dolls, The Stones and The Pistols.

But now?

No Slash, No Duff, No Steven Adler (or even Matt Sorum), Izzy plays live sometimes but not on the album which seems to be an Axl Rose vanity show.

What is the point?

#Axl Rose, wank wank wank, Axl Rose, wank wank wank#

These days = yeah

Back in the late 80s = singer in a great band

Slash = Velvet Revolver = Superb Guitarist

Guns n roses with only 1 original member = Not guns n roses

What a pathetic waste of breathing space

I agree

For me G N R were "a gang" it just doesn't work for me without Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steven

I think Izzy Stradlin was the most overlooked musician in that band, maybe because you got the feeling that he wanted to be a Stone when the rest obviously wanted to be Hanoi Rocks. Just check out the Ju Ju Hounds ( any band with an ex-Georgia Satellite playing the riffs has got to be worth a look) for proof that his finest hour came later, although I do agree that Appettite... is a classic album.

Seems a bit daft to dismiss the album before it's even been heard and even dafter to compare it to the old stuff seeing as it's a completely different band and it isn't 1987 anymore! At the end of the day, GNR is just the name of a band. They'll live and die depending on whether the songs are any good or not... Of course, it'll probably bomb because people will just listen to it once, hate it cos it's not Appetite For Destruction and it'll be in the bargain bin (or deleted off the hard drive ) immediately.

Fucking hate this band, always have, overblown cock rock bullshit. Appetite... stank, as did everything else, as will Chinese Democracy. Grr

Oh my god, could you have been any more wrong if you tried!?!? Guns N Roses circa Appetite was the result of the 5 people in it. Prior to that with different members it sucked, post that with different members it sucked. They were the perfect example of art (good or bad) being created because of the immediate space they were in. I bet you would stamp your feet immediately if it was announced that Curve were releasing stuff again but only Steve Monti and Debbie Smith were in the line up?

Its a perfect example of a band / record being a result of its parts. There is not a single song recorded post Steven Adler that even sounded like GNR. All of the musicians had their own inimitable style that made it exactly what it was. Going forward they were replaced by far more "competent" musicians, but sadly they had no soul or character. Matt Sorum was a whore who killed the Cult and he did the same to GNR.
I agree Izzy was overlooked, he had more of an English style to his guitar work. He could easily have stepped straight out of Camden circa 89.
I know its not everybodies cup of tea, but to me its still the most amazing album ever full stop. Nothing they did as a band or as separate projects ever met it halfway - with the exception of some of Izzys solo work, but even thats patchy.

I wasn't referring to whether a band sucked or not, I was just simply stating that the band has a different line-up now. It's a FACT, whether you like it or not..




Always hitting me over the head with the Curve... Lame example though. Curve WAS Toni and Dean and they'd never reform the band without each other as they've got integrity. How about using Pink Floyd as an example instead? Three very different line ups with completely different sounds - all hugely successful with their own fans/detractors.




Yet, they recorded Use Your Illusion's I and II without him, sold millions of copies and toured the world quite successfully.




I'm not really a fan so couldn't give a monkeys either way.

They played the single on the radio tonight. It is pretty wank. The guitars sound like NIN circa-Broken with a Slash copyist constantly widdling over the top. There's no real chorus to speak of either. Axl's voice is not too bad considering his age though.

Based on that one song, I don't think I'll be buying the album.

But you used the argument that the bands name was what made them GNR, not the line up. Which is wrong whatever case you write FACT in.


Exactly, which was my point!!! GNR WAS the 5 of them and once one had been removed, it was no longer the same band. If curve with live session musicians but not Toni and Dean is not curve, then GNR without Izzy, Duff, Steven and Slash is not GNR.



That does not mean anything! The quality of a song and the quantity of records sold are not directly linked. I think even Helen Keller could listen to Appetite and Use Your Illusion and assume its 2 different bands


Oh yes you do, go on admit it - while DJing you actually really have appetite on loop in your headphones dont you

Christ, I know what Charlie means now by what he says in my signature...




I didn't use any argument at all. The plain FACT is that a band called GNR currently exists so I'm not wrong in any way at all.




That's just one opinion. Bet Axl's is different... :p




Nope, not my cuppa tea. I play them at the club and have a fondness for "You Could Be Mine" but that's as far as it goes.. :p

So you were on your 3rd reply before you clicked that then!!


Right. Im now going to start a band called Curve. I will make lots of s**t music. Then we can all say "Christ, Dusts favourite band is shit. But its definitely Curve because they are called Curve, irrelevant of whether there are any members of the original line up in it - its the fact they have name thats the important bit"

What is the obsession with Curve? I love the way you've completely ignored the better example I used of Pink Floyd changing their line up beyond recognition. Ah well. Good luck with the new band. The lawyers might be knocking on your door soon tho...