Axlin12 wrote:

Yeah I like you have certain preferences of what i'd shell out to see.

For example...

I won't see Elvis on a screen, but would gladly see an Elvis hologram

I won't see a Freddie impersonator, but would prefer Freddie on screen as a tribute.

And rather than watch old videos of Axl, i'd rather he be honored with impersonator with Slash & Duff, before a hologram, although the hologram would be fine too.

Kinda weird.

I think Alice In Chains in someone where that could come in handy. I really think DuVall is overrated and brings literally nothing to the band (sorry AIC fans). I don't hate DuVall, but his prescence other than added guitar is pointless. It's still a trio, and basically Jerry Cantrell on lead, which could be done with or without DuVall.

So consider Layne Staley. Here's a guy who didn't move alot. The band has played up "the ghost" persona. They could easily drop DuVall and have hologram Layne front AIC shows. Just pipe in soundboard vocals in Layne's parts, and have Jerry handle his "frontman for a song" stuff, especially on Tripod, and of course on the new post-Layne stuff.

AIC might be the "perfect" rock scenario for something like this. Especially when they've already got dead weight in the band with DuVall.

Not to hijack the thread about Elvis specifically, but let me tell you, I was VERY skeptical of that whole deal prior to seeing it. On top of that, I accidentally bought second row at The Palace the first time I saw it in 98. So I went in thinking "Awww shit. The illusion will be completely ruined since I'm so close".

About 3 songs in, I honestly completely and totally forget he wasn't actually there. When he introduces the real James Burton, Ronnie Tutt, etc... it's awesome. They even did the "Funny How Time Slips Away" thing where they brought the house lights up so Elvis could "take a look at us" and it was just awesome.

As I said I've seen it several times including once in Memphis but the first one here in Detroit was just magic. To give you an idea of how good they pull off the "he's there" vibe", during the first show they were doing "Just Pretend" and when they went into the last chorus, I was singing along and staring up at the giant screen. When Elvis went to sing the very last "....we'll just pretend" I looked down to the stage where he should've been and got choked up because I immediately thought "OH YEAH, he's hot here"

I'd like to see members come on over, the leadership staff here can weed out the nutjobs and maybe we'll get some good users out of it?

In a related story; I meant to say Welcome To The Forum struck!

also, the only think that makes me mad about mygnr is that I paid to help keep it going.