Post by Victor Synn on Jul 27, 2004 22:58:29 GMT -5
Mikey touched on a point I totally let slip my mind. Or maybe I was just trying to forget? Well, in any case, everyone knows that Axl decided to come out of the cave he was in and reform GnR...a whole new GnR. But Axl in his "I'm a rock god" attitude destroyed it just as fast as he formed it. Here are my thoughts:
Guns N' Roses will always be Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy, and Matt/Steven. Period. Anything less is a joke. How in the hell did Axl think that getting together a whole new GnR would spark his dead career? I have a news flash for Axl...WE'RE NOT STUPID MAN! Did he honestly believe that GnR purists would accept this waste of a lineup? I mean, he had a guy with a fucking KFC bucket on his head and he wanted to be taken seriously? HAHAHAHAHA! Look, I don't give a shit if Buckethead can play Sweet Child with his ass cheeks, he isn't Slash. And none of the rest of his band mattered either.
My favorite highlight (Or is it lowlight?) of the GnR reformation is their Mtv debut with the new lineup. Christ, I never seen Axl so fat in my entire life. And braided dreds? What the fuck? Was he trying to be hip? Did Bob Marley's ghost take over Axl's body that night? I guess we'll never know, but what we do know is that Axl looked like 300 pounds of chewed bubblegum. It looked like the only thing he's lifted in 10 years was a beer bottle. And his voice absolutely sucked. He was winded after 1/2 of a half of the one song they did on Mtv that night. And they still had half of a song left! He wore a Raiders jersey to obviously hide his enormous gut. And the speedos went out like ABBA. Bottom line with that appearance is that GnR should never had made it. Axl should have gotten in shape first.
And while we're talking about things that will never happen, lets talk about Chinese Democracy, or what I like to call Guns N' Roses: The Lost Years. The way it's looking the Chinese will actually have a democracy before this CD comes out. Maybe that was the whole point of the name of the CD? Who knows, but what I do know is that the more this CD is delayed, the more integrity is lost with the name Guns N' Roses. Fuck, after all the delays, I would have just renamed it Axl Rose to save the GnR name from any tarnish. Everyone knows it's going to suck anyway, so why attach the name to it? I know a lot of people will say "So Axl can make some money." Well, you're right. That's the only reason why GnR's name will even be on this piece of shit. I can tell this will be one of those CDs that is pirated big time. Not because of it being delayed, but because most GnR fans will not want to buy this CD without hearing some songs first. Then once the people hear how terrible it is, they will more than likely remove the MP3's, retreat to the bathroom and hang themselves in the shower for subjecting themselves to a world of painful torment.
Then there's the infamous Chinese Democracy tour. I was entertaining going to the Philly show that was eventually cancelled because Axl was in NY watching a Knicks game on TV and wouldn't make the trip to Philly for the show while the rest of the band waited to play. Thank god I didn't waste my time. But some people did. And for them, I wished that Axl would sleepwalk onto a busy street. I know I would have been pissed big if I spent $100 for one ticket and Axl threw a rock star fit. I would have burnt the arena to the ground with all the rest of the angry crowd.
So what's the bottom line here? Axl needs to stop acting like he runs the show like he did in the 80's and early 90's. His ship has long sailed, so he'd better get his shit together and realize the PEOPLE made him. He didn't make the people.
Guns N' Roses will always be Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy, and Matt/Steven. Period. Anything less is a joke. How in the hell did Axl think that getting together a whole new GnR would spark his dead career? I have a news flash for Axl...WE'RE NOT STUPID MAN! Did he honestly believe that GnR purists would accept this waste of a lineup? I mean, he had a guy with a fucking KFC bucket on his head and he wanted to be taken seriously? HAHAHAHAHA! Look, I don't give a shit if Buckethead can play Sweet Child with his ass cheeks, he isn't Slash. And none of the rest of his band mattered either.
My favorite highlight (Or is it lowlight?) of the GnR reformation is their Mtv debut with the new lineup. Christ, I never seen Axl so fat in my entire life. And braided dreds? What the fuck? Was he trying to be hip? Did Bob Marley's ghost take over Axl's body that night? I guess we'll never know, but what we do know is that Axl looked like 300 pounds of chewed bubblegum. It looked like the only thing he's lifted in 10 years was a beer bottle. And his voice absolutely sucked. He was winded after 1/2 of a half of the one song they did on Mtv that night. And they still had half of a song left! He wore a Raiders jersey to obviously hide his enormous gut. And the speedos went out like ABBA. Bottom line with that appearance is that GnR should never had made it. Axl should have gotten in shape first.
And while we're talking about things that will never happen, lets talk about Chinese Democracy, or what I like to call Guns N' Roses: The Lost Years. The way it's looking the Chinese will actually have a democracy before this CD comes out. Maybe that was the whole point of the name of the CD? Who knows, but what I do know is that the more this CD is delayed, the more integrity is lost with the name Guns N' Roses. Fuck, after all the delays, I would have just renamed it Axl Rose to save the GnR name from any tarnish. Everyone knows it's going to suck anyway, so why attach the name to it? I know a lot of people will say "So Axl can make some money." Well, you're right. That's the only reason why GnR's name will even be on this piece of shit. I can tell this will be one of those CDs that is pirated big time. Not because of it being delayed, but because most GnR fans will not want to buy this CD without hearing some songs first. Then once the people hear how terrible it is, they will more than likely remove the MP3's, retreat to the bathroom and hang themselves in the shower for subjecting themselves to a world of painful torment.
Then there's the infamous Chinese Democracy tour. I was entertaining going to the Philly show that was eventually cancelled because Axl was in NY watching a Knicks game on TV and wouldn't make the trip to Philly for the show while the rest of the band waited to play. Thank god I didn't waste my time. But some people did. And for them, I wished that Axl would sleepwalk onto a busy street. I know I would have been pissed big if I spent $100 for one ticket and Axl threw a rock star fit. I would have burnt the arena to the ground with all the rest of the angry crowd.
So what's the bottom line here? Axl needs to stop acting like he runs the show like he did in the 80's and early 90's. His ship has long sailed, so he'd better get his shit together and realize the PEOPLE made him. He didn't make the people.
. And I do have to say I was more than disgusted with Axle by mid show. So the only comment I have on this is.......AMEN Vic!!!! You nailed it!! 