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Yes you heard right Guns and Roses.Probably the best rock band ever.Let me tell you a little something about them.
Some of you may be too young to have ever witnessed there ever lasting talent.
Before Nirvana came and ruined, or saved depending on your point of view, rock, GNR ruled the roost. They were angry young men in a world of big hair and too much foundation (that’s the men not the women by the way). Axl Rose called Guns N’ Roses the ‘most dangerous band on the planet’. And they were. They caused riots, upset the people that mattered, did things their way. They did it the right way, the rock way. But most importantly they, like the devil, had the tunes.
Axl knew how to put a band together. His right hand man, Slash, will go down in history as one of the best rock guitarists ever to pick up a six string. Unlike many super-talented strummers, he had taste and an ear for a good melody. He could play eight million notes a second but didn’t see why he should just to impress you. He didn’t care about anything or anyone, the perfect attitude for a rock guitarist. But to a degree Slash wouldn’t have been half the guitarist he was without the support of Izzy Stadlin. Izzy’s rhythm guitar smashed against Slash’s lead lines, both underpinning and fighting the melody. He was the football defender with a hat-trick goal average.
Live this pairing really came into its own. While Axl was snarling down the front, sending the crowd into hysterics, these two wrapped it all up in their twelve bits of wire.
There hasn't really been a band good enough to take over GN’R’s popularity and style. It was the perfect band. Axl Rose, the singer, was the man with unbelievable voice. Slash, the guitarist, was even more talented than Axl Rose but his tool was his guitar.
It is all too easy now to get snobbish about Guns N' Roses...and indeed about the style of music which they played.
Some of you may be too young to have ever witnessed there ever lasting talent.
Before Nirvana came and ruined, or saved depending on your point of view, rock, GNR ruled the roost. They were angry young men in a world of big hair and too much foundation (that’s the men not the women by the way). Axl Rose called Guns N’ Roses the ‘most dangerous band on the planet’. And they were. They caused riots, upset the people that mattered, did things their way. They did it the right way, the rock way. But most importantly they, like the devil, had the tunes.
Axl knew how to put a band together. His right hand man, Slash, will go down in history as one of the best rock guitarists ever to pick up a six string. Unlike many super-talented strummers, he had taste and an ear for a good melody. He could play eight million notes a second but didn’t see why he should just to impress you. He didn’t care about anything or anyone, the perfect attitude for a rock guitarist. But to a degree Slash wouldn’t have been half the guitarist he was without the support of Izzy Stadlin. Izzy’s rhythm guitar smashed against Slash’s lead lines, both underpinning and fighting the melody. He was the football defender with a hat-trick goal average.
Live this pairing really came into its own. While Axl was snarling down the front, sending the crowd into hysterics, these two wrapped it all up in their twelve bits of wire.
There hasn't really been a band good enough to take over GN’R’s popularity and style. It was the perfect band. Axl Rose, the singer, was the man with unbelievable voice. Slash, the guitarist, was even more talented than Axl Rose but his tool was his guitar.
It is all too easy now to get snobbish about Guns N' Roses...and indeed about the style of music which they played.
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Iron Maiden sort of count as a heavy metal band but ur right, i can hardly think of any more!!
Okay what I said about them being one of the first was a load of rubbish, I didn't even think about Black Sabbath and bands like that. But its true that there are very few actual heavy metal bands around these days.
Metal?
Pompous hair-rock is the genre that this mob fit into.
Pompous hair-rock is the genre that this mob fit into.
Granted Fear Factory are metal but Slipknot aren't there one of those completely untalented Nu Metal bands. I was old enough to know what they had, I just never thought they where that good. They are still classed as one of the first Heavy Metal bands. There aren't many actual Heavy metal bands around anymore its mainly Nu Metal or Death Metal or even Black Metal. I bet you wouldn't class Aerosmith as heavy metal either woiuld you?
TILTAWHIRL wrote:
> Guns N Rose are crap,
They are by todays standards, but they certainly had their time.
> there not a rock band there Heavy Metal anyway,
Maybe in their time, but its classed as rock now. Compare them to Fear Factory and Slipknot...
> they made two good songs Sweet Child and Heavens Door the rest is dated PAP!
There are many classics. Heavens door wasnt theirs, but there was loads that were theirs that will always be remembered. It sounds dated because it's 10 years old now.
I agree with Goatboy (like i do on most music topics :) ), that though its not my thing, I recognise the talent and what they had. Youre probably too young and wernt around at the time to know what they had.
> Guns N Rose are crap,
They are by todays standards, but they certainly had their time.
> there not a rock band there Heavy Metal anyway,
Maybe in their time, but its classed as rock now. Compare them to Fear Factory and Slipknot...
> they made two good songs Sweet Child and Heavens Door the rest is dated PAP!
There are many classics. Heavens door wasnt theirs, but there was loads that were theirs that will always be remembered. It sounds dated because it's 10 years old now.
I agree with Goatboy (like i do on most music topics :) ), that though its not my thing, I recognise the talent and what they had. Youre probably too young and wernt around at the time to know what they had.
Music, personal taste.
I don't like Guns N Roses. I don't mind a couple of songs of theirs, but Rose's attitude stunk.
Keeping crowds waiting for up to 2hrs later than the stage-time.
THAT was why they rioted, because he treated them with contempt.
But they still beat Steps et al any day of the week
I don't like Guns N Roses. I don't mind a couple of songs of theirs, but Rose's attitude stunk.
Keeping crowds waiting for up to 2hrs later than the stage-time.
THAT was why they rioted, because he treated them with contempt.
But they still beat Steps et al any day of the week
They released one good album Appetite for Destruction, the rest was pap. As for Axels singing goddamn it thatg guy can scream with the best of them, t call him whiney would be a total understatement.
Do you want to know why gnr r the greatest band ever because they had everything to make a perfect band.Great singer and great instumentalists.Not anything wrong with them.They r meant to be comiong back by the end of this year.They r supposed 2 b bringing out a greatest hits album aswell.Which is no point because most of there songs are just pure quality.
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