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- TheSundanceKid
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Re: On Truth, The Man Who Wasn't There and Happy Endings
The letter came off as crazy. Obviously he is egotistical as he could have just no showed and not made any statement. He clearly wanted the attention.
The fact of the matter is he wasted thirteen years and only provided one album.
He can't keep band members in his projects.
The dude is the epitome of a douche bag as his current guitarist aka DJ Ashba. The dude is a step back, big time.
His Slash hatred is pathetic at best, move forward stop obsessing about him like a crazy stalker.
I learned my lesson when Finck left to not support the greatest hits package with replaced replacements.
The dude has the inability to release music and tours on an album released four years ago.
I can't believe people are going to buy tickets to his shows.
The fact is Axl Rose has been washed up for awhile and it is pathetic at best that he still "performs", hopefully he just goes away and the world doesn't hear from him anymore.
Re: On Truth, The Man Who Wasn't There and Happy Endings
I've came to a realisation about how I feel about Axl and the current state of GN'R. I thought I was completely done with it. That's not true, there are two things that will get me back behind Axl.
1. He finds a way to make peace with the members of the old band. Am not asking or expecting a reunion just some sort of acknowledgement that he can let by gones be by gones and make a public appearance with Slash. Not even to perform.
However that probably won't happen so...
2. He comes out on these next shows like a man possessed. He cracks out a new song or two and plays the best performance he can. He busts out Double Talkin Jive and does stupid shit like rant on Slash and if he really still has a problem with the guy then just let shit fly and go off the wall. Call him a parasite, cancer, whatever. Shit on the hall of fame, and just rant his ass off. If he wants to be the most hated man in rock n roll then amp it up to ten and just make every show spit venomous agression in the direction of those he's pissed off at. I'll disagree with him, I'll think he's being a immature asshole, but damn it I will at least back him.
...however that probably won't happen either so I'm probably done.
I agree and disagree with this.
The reunion ain't happening, and new music ain't happening neither. We've seen no signs at all, short of a song title on a set list that never got played, and an oldie but newbie from a 1999 non-single. And even that still didn't get played short of soundchecks.
New music is the ONLY reason for Axl's GN'R to exist. These guys HAVE to make a mark, otherwise they're just a walking lie. Even they know it, based on numerous comments of wanting to get into a studio badly and make their own mark as GN'R.
Busting out DTJ ain't gonna get it done. That fanboy stuff of "play Estranged & Civil War and i'll have your children Axl", that stuff is for the dogs, and long past.
BUT, what I do agree with is...
Axl embracing his heel persona. Ab-so-lutely. If the guy were to promote himself this way at this point, and feed the beast that the media runs with, he couldn't buy that kind of promotion, honest to God. Axl gets more headlines as an asshole, and instead of running from it and trying to prove "his truth", embrace their image of him, and just let it fly, all the while texting Duff and letting him know "it's just an act, i'm playing this up". Don't go all Joaquin Phoenix on everybody, but yeah, just embrace 'the legend' of Axl Rose. This whole thing has turned into a WWE-style farce anyways. So why not just embrace it, and make some bank in the process?
Then when Axl decides to reunite and turn face again, it should come out of nowhere and then boom he's back. I've said before it might be the last "unpredictable, rebel rock n' roller" Axl has left in him.
AND when he does decide to reunite, it should be something with the energy, passion, build up, aggression, and all out "holy shit" factor as this moment.
I could easily see something like the Spike TV Scream Awards or possibly a televised Golden Gods show doing something like that.
All you'd have to do is make everyone think Axl "blew off" the show all over again, just like HOF. Slash, Izzy, Duff & Steven are all standing on stage, and refusing to play saying "Axl didn't want to be here with you tonight", and then the big video shows outside Axl speeding up in his Lambo full blast, slamming on the brakes, jumping out, running full blast into the show with white Leather biker jacket and red bandana, in typical "Axl's late" fashion.
And then he just runs up on stage.
WHEREVER they were at, the fuckin roof would rip off that joint. Boos would turn into deafening cheers, just as the audience realized what they are about to see, and NO ONE would see it coming.
Re: On Truth, The Man Who Wasn't There and Happy Endings
I could easily see something like the Spike TV Scream Awards or possibly a televised Golden Gods show doing something like that.
All you'd have to do is make everyone think Axl "blew off" the show all over again, just like HOF. Slash, Izzy, Duff & Steven are all standing on stage, and refusing to play saying "Axl didn't want to be here with you tonight", and then the big video shows outside Axl speeding up in his Lambo full blast, slamming on the brakes, jumping out, running full blast into the show with white Leather biker jacket and red bandana, in typical "Axl's late" fashion.
And then he just runs up on stage.
WHEREVER they were at, the fuckin roof would rip off that joint. Boos would turn into deafening cheers, just as the audience realized what they are about to see, and NO ONE would see it coming.
what was that about fanboys? 
Re: On Truth, The Man Who Wasn't There and Happy Endings
-D- wrote:Axl failed with CD
didn't say he failed with the new lineup.
with all due respect.. read entire post. don't skim
You're completely right. I did skim and posted a reaction based on it. I try to keep that to a minimum but it's the case here and for that I apologize.
Thanks!
I normally try to keep posts pithy and try to not go on and on.
that one prob dragged on too much and didn't hit my point as soon as I should've!
Re: On Truth, The Man Who Wasn't There and Happy Endings
Axlin12 wrote:I could easily see something like the Spike TV Scream Awards or possibly a televised Golden Gods show doing something like that.
All you'd have to do is make everyone think Axl "blew off" the show all over again, just like HOF. Slash, Izzy, Duff & Steven are all standing on stage, and refusing to play saying "Axl didn't want to be here with you tonight", and then the big video shows outside Axl speeding up in his Lambo full blast, slamming on the brakes, jumping out, running full blast into the show with white Leather biker jacket and red bandana, in typical "Axl's late" fashion.
And then he just runs up on stage.
WHEREVER they were at, the fuckin roof would rip off that joint. Boos would turn into deafening cheers, just as the audience realized what they are about to see, and NO ONE would see it coming.
what was that about fanboys?
I tend to look at it as
I am
"Axl's promoter"
- Intercourse
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Re: On Truth, The Man Who Wasn't There and Happy Endings
Axlin, you're a man after my own heart!
LOVE shit like this!!
- monkeychow
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Re: On Truth, The Man Who Wasn't There and Happy Endings
Hhaha...
Actually that's kinda what was cool about the RIR3 opening too....the animated Axl apologising for a no show...then the haloween clip, then the real Axl busting out jungle...almost a little WWE as well.....
But yeah...can't see it happening..
I do think to an extent the public does love to hate Axl....then again sometimes I think of all the people GNR has pissed off with late starts and so on and the fans lost through the drama and I think if those things didn't happen...GNR would have been the u2 of our era...the band everyone seems to love.
