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You know what pisses me off about morons like this?
He didn't force them to do anything. He gave them an ultimatum, sign over the name or Guns is over. Axl said that GNR became something no one imagined and it became the biggest band in the world at the time. Axl also said he got control of the band because he knew if he didn't it would die because all the drug use and living fast. My belief is Axl much wise at the time took control to preserve the name. If Axl was to take control of the band and keep the name alive yet stay reclusive there will always be that interest in the band. I feel he was waiting for the others to realize and become older and wiser then one day he will throw out the reunion and they will be the biggest band again.
Thanks for supporting what I said....
And yet the band died, anyway.....
lolwut?
well they'll never be the biggest band again, that time has come and gone, but yes reuniting the original lineup is the only way they can be relevant again. Thats why all the press chinese democracy is getting isnt about the band or the music, it's about "omg, it's finally coming out" Maybe taking 15 years to release generic and bad material was all planned by axl. Genius marketing strategy if so, but in the end it will be forgotten.
I'm not. They could've chosen to let him end the band right then and there.
I meant it figuratively and literally. You know if they kept on living the way they didd someone would of eventually died or ODed. In fact, Slash did die once, his heart stopped beating. Obviously he was revived. Izzy was smart, he sobered up and left.
what? you dont get it
Well that's what i meant. Izzy played a bunch of shows in 2006-2007 with the new GN'R. Duff said he doesnt rule out a reunion. Steven so wants it to be like it was back then. i think Slash has also expressed interest in it too. But like most of them said it's all up to Axl.
uhh, yeah...he forced them to sign over the rights or he was going to end the band. You're still supporting what I said.
Uhh, adler already did OD and had to be replaced by sorum, so it's not like it was uncharted territory for the group
They don't The axl rose band sells out an occasional show or 2....of course that doesnt mean he will actually perform at them, lol.
There's more to it than that. If it was that simple the reunion would have happened in time for CD's release. There's just too much $$$$ and integrity to be gained by not doing it, so wats the hold up?
No, do you know what forcing means? He didn't grab their hands, put it on the contract with a pen and guided their hands to write their signature while they were all drugged up. They had a choice. Of course you don't expect them to not sign it and give up the fame and fortune but don't make it sound like he manipulated them or drugged them.
Adler's an exception, he ODed in '96, they fired him in '90. The only person to have a drug related attack while in the band was Slash, i think it was in '91-'92
Well they might not have sell out shows but there's as much people going to see them now as there were back then.
Like i said it's up to Axl, maybe he doesnt want to talk to Slash, Matt or Duff. maybe when theyre inducted in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2011-2012.
That's just dense and sheeplike fanboy mentality. He threatened to leave the band if they didnt sign over the rights. He forced them to sign it or the band would have ended there. hat part of that isnt sinking in?
Adler was fired once but was allowed back in after signing a contract saying he wouldnt use drugs anymore. Wold ithave been so hard to do that with other members?
Of course he is, that was part of gnr's appeal. Problem is that with him being an iconic frontman, you also get his ego iin the package....an ego that lead to the end of the band
Wait until you hear chinese democracy!!
