Comments on: New Guns N Roses CD streaming on MySpace

By: the artist formerly known as jj

the artist formerly known as jj — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:55:51 +0000

i listened to the first half of the album from the myspace stream.

garbage.

it is painfully apparent that this was a 17 years in the making record… with axl’s shot voice to back it up.

maybe the second half didnt sound like a bag of screaming cats being drown in the river… not sure if i care to ever find out.

By: Wade Tatangelo

Wade Tatangelo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:54:22 +0000

Dad, stop posting comments on my blog!

By: Bob Loblaw

Bob Loblaw — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:40:31 +0000

I think this Wade Tatangelo has little to no credibility as a music “journalist” with your readers. Send him back into a bar so he can get drunk and write about it. That should be a good career maker for him.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:57:30 +0000

True, Joran. Axl’s gone through more band members than Auditorium. Wait…that can’t possibly be true.

It just seems to lack vitality. It’s over-thought, melodramatic, and (in my opinion) hindered by technology/over-production. Its not the players aren’t good, the band’s just not hungry and lacks chemistry.

Nevertheless, it will succeed through controversy and publicity, not necessarily because it moves people.

By: Joran Slane

Joran Slane — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:53 +0000

This in G’N'Axl, not Guns N Roses. It’s like saying “Right Now” is REALLY a Van Halen song.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:12:41 +0000

I’m not sure what to think of this new GNR album. It seems to be all over the place. I wouldn’t say it sounds like Meat Loaf, but there are hints of Geoff Tate and Queensryche in a number of tracks. Fortunately, we get the occasional treat of the old Axl Rose sound on a couple of tracks. But most of the time he seems almost bipolar. The switching back and forth from a crooning ballad style to his trademark guttural wailing was a bit off putting. That said I’ve still pre-ordered the album on iTunes. If nothing else it is worth purchasing for the nostalgia and hype of this long overdue release from Mr. Rose.

By: Wade Tatangelo

Wade Tatangelo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:07:08 +0000

Hilarious. I’m hearing Count Dracula more than Meta Loaf in the vocals — but there’s def something fishy going on in his voice when he goes for the big dramatic sell.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:52:21 +0000

It sounds like Axl collaborated with Portishead and Meat Loaf to create a soundtrack to a Pixar animated film. Adventurous, but it’s got no nuts.