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- Smoking Guns
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Re: Slash's new tour
Slash show by show is cementing his legacy, especially since he is currently playing at such a high level.
Re: Slash's new tour
There goes Slash breaking up another band. What an outrage. It's not even going to be the band that recorded the album, playing the songs live!
I kid. But seriously, any reason given for the departure of Bobby, who I freely admit I never heard of before reading that article. Does he have better things going on than playing with Slash? Hard to imagine. Again though, I don't know the man. I'm sure he has his reasons.
HAHA Metallex busted u on this post LOL
Comparing New GNR to Slash band FAIL
- monkeychow
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Re: Slash's new tour
Slash show by show is cementing his legacy, especially since he is currently playing at such a high level.
I hear that. Can't want for this tour when it hits Australia - i'll be there with bells on.
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faldor wrote:There goes Slash breaking up another band. What an outrage. It's not even going to be the band that recorded the album, playing the songs live!
I kid. But seriously, any reason given for the departure of Bobby, who I freely admit I never heard of before reading that article. Does he have better things going on than playing with Slash? Hard to imagine. Again though, I don't know the man. I'm sure he has his reasons.
HAHA Metallex busted u on this post LOL
Comparing New GNR to Slash band FAIL
He only half busted me. I threw that last part in after the initial post. Obviously you can't compare new GNR to Slash's band. I was just having some fun. Glad you had a good laugh though.
Re: Slash's new tour
There's just no way new GN'R or Slash's band ever can outweigh each other.
Instrumentally Slash's band has the right feel, because Slash's guitar is there, then Myles comes in and gives you gas pains.
New GN'R doesn't have the right feel, but vocally is very familiar and right with Axl.
Oh well, at least we have two good bands out there (i'm trying my damndest to like Myles) performing good music for the fans of all GN'R to enjoy. 
- monkeychow
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Re: Slash's new tour
Yeah...dude the way to think of it is that Myles is an enabler...he enables Slash to play songs that he's been ducking out of playing for years because no one can sing in Axl's register....namely....Civil War, Paradise City, Sweet Child of Mine and so on - meanwhile he's also able to handle the VR hits, Snakepit and the solo record, - basicly he enables Slash to play ANYTHING out of his back catalogue.
If you think of him as an Axl replacement you're only going to be disappointed, but then if you consider the alternative is to get someone who will only ever do brownstone and patience, then you realise myles serves his function.
But yeah...i'm all aboard for the love both bands theory...it's double the fun when one stops taking sides I find!
- monkeychow
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Re: Slash's new tour
I would love for Slash and Axl to bury the hatchet and then Slash's band opens for GN'R. Just to see some heads explode
I used to want that with VR.
Like a VR / GNR tour.
But i've decided it couldn't work while Axl tours as GNR. In the hypothetical world where Axl toured under another name, and the set list was all Chinese Songs with maybe 1 classic GNR song thrown in for good times (like a VR setlist) then i could see it swinging.
It's be awesome, slash comes out and does contraband and snakepit, then Axl comes out doing all the chinese democaacy and semi-industrial type new stuff. Killer.
But in the current situation. Where the band does an AFD/UYI heavy GNR show as GNR with DJ Ashba in the role of slash - moments after Slash has left the stage and everyone knows he's in the back - as great as DJ is and as good for the band as he's been - i think that would be a pretty tough job.
- Mikkamakka
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Review: Slash at Rams Head Live May 3
The iconic guitarist worked in Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver songs and more
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Slash (feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators) performed at Rams Head Live on Thursday night. Contributor Jay Trucker has this review:
The banner atop the stage during Thursday night’s tour-opening performance said it all. In size-72 font was the billboard for monosyllabic lead guitarist Slash, followed by a colorful size-48 font promo for his current lead singer-collaborator, Myles Kennedy. Below Kennedy’s name, in 12-point font was the name of their touring rhythm section, the Conspirators.
For their part, the Conspirators were a capable and enthusiastic group, tearing through a 19-song set that showcased Slash's solo material and his work withGuns N' Rosesand Velvet Revolver equally. Bassist Todd Kerns brought a particularly high-octane stage presence to Rams Head Live, working every part of the stage and providing standout backing vocals for the golden-piped Kennedy. Kennedy, too, was game. The 42-year-old rock veteran’s octave-scaling range was on full display throughout the evening.
That said, the setlist, the songs and the crowd reinforced what the sign suggested: this was a Slash concert. The crowd consisted mostly of fans who were around during Slash’s heyday and beer sales were no doubt brisk for this distinctly “of age” demographic. When the band took the stage at 9:45 (more than two hours earlier than Axl’s Guns N’ Roses showed up for their recent set at the Fillmore) 1,800 beery fans popped for Slash, who appeared in full regalia, wearing all black with his trademark long curls and tophat. Slash’s post-Guns song catalogue are all distinctly Slash, highlighted by recognizable bluesy guitar solos played atop fast-paced, straightforward rock riffs.
While the crowd cheered enthusiastically for each portion of the 19-song, 100-minute set, "Night Train," the first of five Guns songs, got the most bodies moving. Kennedy, who at this point probably possesses greater vocal ability than Axl, hit every note of the Guns songs. However, his clean-throated high-range is in stark contrast to Rose's raspy yowls. Songs such as "Night Train" and "My Michelle," which tell tales about a seedy underworld of booze, drugs, and prostitution, don’t have the same dirty feel with Kennedy’s crisp vocal delivery.
Also interesting is the fact that the set pays nearly equal homage to Velvet Revolver as it does to GnR. Surely, it is an easier task to replace the deep-throated Scott Weiland than it is to approximate Axl, and the crowd was happy to have four Revolver songs on Thursday night. Chart-topping ballad “Fall to Pieces” was a mid-set crowd pleaser.
For their part, the sold-out crowd responded enthusiastically all night. They were there to see a Hall of Fame guitarist, and even when his guitar died during “Back to Cali,” forcing the band to hit rewind and restart, he did not disappoint. A few times during the cover-heavy set, Kennedy looked like he didn’t want to be playing the replacement rock star the way he did in the movie "Rock Star." During “Sweet Child of Mine,” he incited the crowd to do the wave with more than a hint of detached irony. Still, as the confetti rained down during closer “Paradise City,” Slash had put on another great rock show and Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators proved worthy touring partners, if not peers.
Set list
Mean Bone (Snakepit)
Dirty Lil Thing (Velvet Revolver)
Ghost
Night Train (Guns ‘n’ Roses)
Rocket Queen (Guns ‘n’ Roses)
Back From Cali
Sucker Train Blues (Velvet Revolver)
Standing in the Sun
Fall to Pieces (Velvet Revolver)
Dr. Alibi
Speed Parade (Snakepit)
Watch This
Starlight
You’re a Lie
My Michelle (Guns ‘n’ Roses)
Just Like Anything (Snakepit)
Sweet Child of Mine (Guns ‘n’ Roses)
Slither (Velvet Revolver)
Encore:
By the Sword
Paradise City (Guns ‘n’ Roses)
