I’m somewhat of a purist in that I think there needs to be more than one member of the original known band left to call it GNR, While axl definitely is the voice of GnR I don’t consider the current line up “guns n roses,” never the less the one time I see the new band it was ok… When they finally took the stage. Chinese democracy is ok but certainly doesn’t have a GnR feel to it…
Slash, yeah!! He’s the reason I started playing guitar. What do you think of his bands? Which is your favorite? I think the Snakepit 5:00 Somewhere is my favorite followed closely by the first Solo album. I don’t mind Myles Kennedy as the singer and he’s by far the best of any singers that have consistently recorded with him but I would really like it if he would go back to the multiple guest singers on his solo Albums. I thought all of the guests were great and only a few dud singers. It’s a shame he couldn’t get kid rock (I know, I know) to sign on with him instead of Myles. I think Kid rock’s voice is by far the most suited compliment Slash’s sound.
I was thinking about changing up the Avatar but I hadn’t really thought of what to change it to. Perhaps Slash will make another appearance. [;)]
Ha, i know what you mean, i can understand that. Some of my friends have never accepted anything after Appetite because they think Gn’R sold out and went soft after that! They’re ultra-hardliners. I think i was just so grateful to hear Axl (and i liked his big ballads that lots of people hated on Use Your Illusion I & II) that i loved Chinese Democracy. Both times i’ve seen the new lineup they’ve taken the stage pretty much on time. First time i missed the very start because i thought they’d be on late and hadn’t gone into the arena yet, 2nd time they were about 30 mins late, better than the 2 hours late i expected.
As far as Slash goes, outside Gn’R he’s never matched that quality. I keep listening though. I loved It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere (Beggars and Hangers On especially), but wasn’t so keen on Snakepit’s 2nd album; i missed someone with the personality and arrogance of Axl, i think. His contributions to Lenny Kravitz’s Mama Said album are great. The solo in Fields of Joy is fucking awe-inspiring, one of his greatest. I wasn’t keen on the first Velvet Revolver album, but then i saw them live and was blown away, as much as i hate Weiland he was great with Gn’R’s remnants. That was an amazing show. I saw a Duff solo show too, was amazing also.
Slash’s solo albums, hmmm, i listened to the first one once and hated it, i just thought he was degrading himself playing with some of those people, but in retrospect some of the songs were ok, some were even good. I haven’t checked out the second one yet though. I did buy the Live In Stoke blu-ray though, which if you haven’t seen it, i can’t recommend it strongly enough. I was going through one of my “Slash is wasting his talents” periods and i thought the show would be crap. I’d just missed Slash playing about 300m from my house - couldn’t get a ticket, sold out fast, i was devastated, haha - and i saw the Live in Stoke show on one of the arts channels here, wow! I expected nothing but was blown away. I ordered the blu ray the same night. It definitely made me think a lot more highly of Myles Kennedy, i think he’s probably the best singer Slash has had for a long time and they should stick together.
I think the problem these days is he doesn’t have people with such strong songwriting skills working with him, as he did in Gn’R, so it feels, to me anyway, like he never really lives up to his full potential. I’ll always be a fan though, the man’s a fucking legend.
