A Simply Brutal Review of Guns N'Roses
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bluesky
Lunatic Member
Harsh!
I've seen some bands in their older age. It's just really nice to see them once again, or for the first time. (As long as the whole band is together, or at least most of it. haha)
Seen Leslie West a couple few years ago. When he walked out on stage everyone was in 'shock'. Is 'that' Leslie West??? What happen to him???
I'll never forget this...
Then he went into a 2 minute solo guitar lick, stopped, walked up to the mic and said exactly quote word for word: "Oh ****, I'm just ****ing around!" The entire place just went TOTALLY bizerk. WOW!!
It was like a beyond outstanding concert. People were standing on their chairs screaming at the top of their lungs. For 2 hours! I was one of them. Couldn't even speak the next day. haha. F A N T A S T I C !! RIP Leslie. You were GREAT!!
It's just nice to see the old bands play again. If they are great, GREAT! If they are not, ok. It really doesn't matter. They don't need to prove anything. They have already proved it. Just nice to see them in person again. That's what you are really paying for anyway. To see them again.
Not to be taken seriously anyway...it's just a party...a happening. There they are, here I am...perfect. On location.
That's my take on it.
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sven
Tilting At Gin Mills
Harsh!
I've seen some bands in their older age. It's just really nice to see them once again, or for the first time. (As long as the whole band is together, or at least most of it. haha)
Seen Leslie West a couple few years ago. When he walked out on stage everyone was in 'shock'. Is 'that' Leslie West??? What happen to him???
I'll never forget this...
Then he went into a 2 minute solo guitar lick, stopped, walked up to the mic and said exactly quote word for word: "Oh ****, I'm just ****ing around!" The entire place just went TOTALLY bizerk. WOW!!
It was like a beyond outstanding concert. People were standing on their chairs screaming at the top of their lungs. For 2 hours! I was one of them. Couldn't even speak the next day. haha. F A N T A S T I C !! RIP Leslie. You were GREAT!!
It's just nice to see the old bands play again. If they are great, GREAT! If they are not, ok. It really doesn't matter. They don't need to prove anything. They have already proved it. Just nice to see them in person again. That's what you are really paying for anyway. To see them again.
That's my take on it.
As far as I know, Leslie is still among the living. Felix Pappalardi died awhile ago.
bluesky
Lunatic Member
I thought he passed away 6 months ago or so. Sorry Leslie!! Great Music!! :thmbsp: Your one of my favorites!!
Leslie had a leg amputated last year due to diabetic complications. He's fine now though and will continue to play.
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
I was at the big riot in St. Louis in the early 90's. It wasn't pretty. I got out of there before it got ugly. I saw a video on local TV, about a half hour long of what I missed after I left. Chairs and sheet flying left and right!
getright99
least likely to succeed
Gun's hit when I was in I think 5th grade. Without the benefit of growing up in the 60's and 70's I felt it was the closest thing I'd heard that could compare to all those great bands. I've always been a fan of the early stuff and ''Appetite..'' is a favorite of mine. Axl can go pound salt for all I care, and he's one of my favorite singers. His ego and self-absorbed rockstar bs neutered the original lineup back then, and I wouldn't pay a dime for any of the new crap he's put out.
I always thought G'n'R were a bad Aerosmith copy also. Never got why people liked them. Metal for hairdressers, or people that don't understand the 'noise' part of metal/hardcore/punk. Black Flag, Flipper and even Slayer are U.S. bands that play more emotional music, and write intelligent lyrics.
Dangerous-to who? Promoted for teenagers by MTV. Look to Burzum, Graveland or Darkthrone for danger.
Dangerous-to who? Promoted for teenagers by MTV. Look to Burzum, Graveland or Darkthrone for danger.
getright99
least likely to succeed
yep.
KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
Bad reviews are an art form.
I'm a GnR fan. They were controversial when they came out among the music freaks. I chose to believe they were authentic and their hair-brained antics seemed to back that up. Rock was missing something and GnR had it for a brief brief period.
Not many folks are neutral about GnR. That's a good thing. I mean, who's got the energy to really hate Coldplay or Mumford & Sons. Hardly worth the effort.
As for a great American Rock & Roll band, I saw the Black Keys on March 9 at the Verizon Center. Reminded me of those old B&W videos of Led Zep when they just got rid of the "New Yardbirds" monicker. Heavy, tight, loose, funky, glammy, soul. These cats are single-handedly saving Rock w/o the preening, cooler-than-thou antics that characterize Jack White.
I'm a GnR fan. They were controversial when they came out among the music freaks. I chose to believe they were authentic and their hair-brained antics seemed to back that up. Rock was missing something and GnR had it for a brief brief period.
Not many folks are neutral about GnR. That's a good thing. I mean, who's got the energy to really hate Coldplay or Mumford & Sons. Hardly worth the effort.
As for a great American Rock & Roll band, I saw the Black Keys on March 9 at the Verizon Center. Reminded me of those old B&W videos of Led Zep when they just got rid of the "New Yardbirds" monicker. Heavy, tight, loose, funky, glammy, soul. These cats are single-handedly saving Rock w/o the preening, cooler-than-thou antics that characterize Jack White.
I saw them with Metallica on the Use Your Illusion tour. Despite being late on stage and Axel's piss-poor attitude, they were explosive. A great show.
As I said in another post, I get the feeling Axel has some low-level mental illness. He may never see the inside of the Bin, but he has never and will never be able to hold it all together band-wise.
As I said in another post, I get the feeling Axel has some low-level mental illness. He may never see the inside of the Bin, but he has never and will never be able to hold it all together band-wise.
Naptown Rob
Ponographer
Great post, Ken.
I'm on the other side of GNR non-neutrality. I never liked them, although I acknowledge that they were very good at what they did, and at least they didn't kill Razzle.
But the whole was greater than the sum of it's parts, as is so often the case with great bands. Once the personnel changes started happening & Axl's delusional egomania ran wild it was Game Over. Has there ever been a bigger clusterf@ck than Axl's genius opus Chinese Democracy?
I will say that I only have the energy to intensely dislike Mumford & Sons, and to go out of my way to avoid them. For what it's worth, in my personal in studio experience they couldn't hit the harmonies to save their lives. An off day, perhaps. In my perfect world they would only be allowed to play at Bennigan's.
The Black Keys (that was a great show @ Verizon) are proof that we will always have great rock bands, & despite his numerous affectations (or perhaps because of them) Jack White offers that proof as well.
KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
I'll admit that a Ben Lovett accordian solo is, for me, the funtional equivalent of anger to Bruce Banner. That whole UK, nu-folk, Communion label authenticity musical scam reeks of damp, sweaty wool.
As for Jack White, I'm glad he exists. His restless energy and numerous projects quite often tap into something deeper than the same old thing. Still, I wish he'd find a band and settle down.
Speaking of bad reviews, one Washington Post reviewer ragged on the overly-zealous Mumford & Sons banjo solos.