After years and yeaaaaaars and years of waiting, the record the world has been waiting for has surfaced!! ..well a bit of it has at least. No, the braided wonder hasn’t yet decided to come out from whatever rock he’s been hanging out under to actually release it and get us all our free Dr. Pepper, but sommmmeone in his little camp leaked 9 tracks from the ever elusive disc to the internet the other day and boy howdy has it caused quite a stir. Reactions have been pretty mixed thusfar from what I can tell, with some GnR loyalists loving every last drop of audio goodness..but for the rest of us objective folks with ears, the story is a bit different. I loooove Guns as much as the next dude for the classic work back in the 80s/90s, but after listening to this new material, the main thought that comes to mind is..’THIS is what you’ve been working on for 15 years…?’ Sure, there are traces of what made us all love GnR so much hidden in this music, but unfortunately that’s all they are – traces. Nothing is really the same. Vocally, he can’t really do it anymore it seems, and without Slash & crew, why even bother calling themselves Guns n Roses? All of these songs are really unimpressive and underwhelming, most of them sounding like they should be b-sides at the very most and heck, maybe they will be, we don’t know. Buuuut with the way Axl has sent out the lawyers, I think it’s safe to say this is the real thing. If you wanna hear this stuff for yourself, just search around out there in blogland a little bit, you can probably find what you’re looking for..just be prepared to be disappointed.
Such a shame too. Ah well.
Luckily, I wasn’t looking forward to this.
cant belive you wasted time writting about this…
can tbelieve you came to the website
traces of what made us love GN’R so much hidden in the new music? Not to diss the original lineup but Axl has always been the main man (lol, that’s a reference only the hardcore will catch) of Guns for me and many others. The vocals, the lyrics, the attitude – it resonated in the souls of some.
And the fans that remain to this day (like myself, duh) are those who have looked past the overexposed media fueled drama and appreciate the man for what he brings to the table. I and others have definitely found much to enjoy in these songs.
Sure, we’d love the old band getting back together. But we’re glad to hear Axl’s still got it in EVERY way, and he’s found some excellent musicians to bring his vision into focus. Sorry you disagree.