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Post by helt on Mar 3, 2011 3:15:01 GMT 10
If the Gunners came out with Appetite for Destruction now as a debut Would it still be as loved or would todays antipathy towards anything new make it unpopular. Or would the PG fare of today make it too underground?
If the Gunners debuted now do you think they would become the legendary band they are now or just be a flash in the pan
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Post by RECKY on Mar 3, 2011 8:10:18 GMT 10
well...I think if the original gunners came out today with A f D... they would be i-tuned to death like everyone else and not have the same punch with appetite as we know they did....as for them attaining the same status now...I dunno, maybe...I think the world was ready for a new "rolling stones" rebel kinda band back then to counteract the Motleys , Poisons Ratts etc etc (who i thoroughly enjoy to this day i might add), i dont think the industry would try as hard with the gunners in this day and age....
...and can i just add one more thing, if i ever meet the judge who awarded that fn a-hole Axl the rights to the name , i'm gonna introduce him to the finer points of the anaconda vice
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Post by nath on Mar 12, 2011 16:14:21 GMT 10
If a similar band came out today, it would be welcomed I'd imagine.
I personally think we're seeing the completion of a 20-30 year cycle in music. Or close to it.
Popular music today is very much like the popular music of the 1980s. Genre aside, as it was then, popular music now is dominated by essentially, " hair bands. " All style, and no real substance. Image being 90% of the work, and song writing being the remaining 10%.
Most of the groups, artists today are not " rockstars " nor pop stars, they're seen as " fashion & style icons " and " persons in popular culture " and other bullshit. That and every pop song today sounds like it was recorded in the heavily synth driven 1980s.
I think the industry is quietly begging for a " dangerous " rock and roll act to come along, but in saying that a band like Guns & Roses were just as much about image as any other group.
What made the Gunners great were, you really had the perfect storm caught in a bottle for a short period. An explosive and nut-job front man who moonlighted as a sex symbol. A cast of rough and ragged supporting players and probably the last great guitar player in rock and roll history. Throw in drugs, booze and women and you've got a chaotic mix.
I think all we have to do is look at Slash in 2010/2011. He's bought out an album involving a bunch of his mates singing lead. It's a collection of high screams, big riffs and rock and roll. It was a success in all regards. And in all regards, half of the tracks sound like potential Guns & Roses songs anyway.
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