suites Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 THat is what is going around....anyone there..... They say he played on 3 songs and the last one was Patience and he got emotional. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Band closes out four-show NYC stint with a bang.Leave it to Axl Rose to save the best for last. On Wednesday night, during the band's fourth and final warm-up show at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, the much-rumored reunion of Axl with erstwhile GN'R guitarist Izzy Stradlin finally came to pass. Izzy's appearance led many in attendance to believe that former lead guitarist Slash, who was similarly touted by insiders as a possible guest performer before the band's first New York gig on May 12, wouldn't be far behind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 awww Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 why am i not getting emotional? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 "special" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted May 19, 2006 Author Share Posted May 19, 2006 they played a private gig...Roserio Dawsons bday party.........that looked cool The band finally came a little after 1 a.m. I think. The stage was incredibly small and everyone surged forward to the point where tables were knocked over; my legs and feet are currently soaked in champagne and God knows what else. Anyway, Izzy and Matt were NOT there (or if they were, they didn't play), and if Brain was there, I didn't see him, either. But Axl, Robin, Richard, Tommy, Bumblefoot, Dizzy and Chris all took the stage. Everyone played acoustically except Robin, who played a semi-hollow Gibson, and Tommy, who played his usual bass; for KOHD, Robin and Richard switched instruments. Chris and Dizzy played maracas, congos, tambourines, and occasionally the keyboard, which was crammed in the corner. Axl introduced the show as the "karaoke version" of GN'R as a movie screen-sized monitor with all his lyrics was behind him (BTW, I don't know about everyone else, but all this time I've thought the lyric is I.R.S. was "All the legions," but it's actually "All the reasons that you give, I'll follow you.") . Everyone seemed to be in a great mood; they played some old tunes from LIES that they haven't done since Slash was in the band, and Axl said they had learned the songs just 20 minutes before arriving at the club. Before I.R.S., Axl asked the band if they felt like trying it even though they hadn't rehearsed it, and Tommy screamed out "I'm fucking fearless, I'll try anything!" November Rain, for which only Robin did an electric solo, sounded better than it did at the Hammerstein shows; Richard and especially Bubmlefoot's acoustic solos just sounded astounding. Needless to say, the whole place went apeshit... it was a really intimate, really amazing show and a nice way to close out the week after the 4 Hammerstein gigs. I don't remember the precise order of the set list but here is what they played: USED TO LOVE HERMR. BROWNSTONEWELCOME TO THE JUNGLEYOU'RE CRAZY (LIES version, not the APPETITE version)PATIENCEKNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOORTHE BLUESI.R.S.SWEET CHILD O' MINENOVEMBER RAIN (Axl on keyboard)PARADISE CITY I don't think I missed any songs; the whole show lasted a little over an hour, maybe. At the end Axl came back out and said "I forgot to do something b/c I'm a fucking idiot" before bringing Rosario Dawson out on stage and leading the audience in a rendition of "Happy Birthday." The Rosario grabbed the mike and went nuts - "THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED ALL ACOUSTIC, THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING, HOW MUCH DOES THIS MAN FUCKING ROCK," etc. Okay. I have work in the morning so I'm going to bed. If I forgot anything I'll type more later... -Matta.k.a. The Luckiest Bastard in the World" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dennis Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 fuckers. all these shows mere days before I am in NYC. They haven't been this active in a long long time. It's nice to see.D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyMike Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 I'm not really nostalgic for band reunions, but Izzy was the most talented member of Gn'R. I really dug his first solo record. "Shuffle it All" is an unknown classic. It was more of a roots rock record, very Stones-like. As for a GNR reunion....no thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Considering Axl once had Slash banned from entering the place they were playing on the last tour + the recent lawsuites - I don't see that happening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 (BTW' date=' I don't know about everyone else, but all this time I've thought the lyric is I.R.S. was "All the legions," but it's actually "All the reasons that you give, I'll follow you.")[/quote'] I can finally sleep. Considering Axl once had Slash banned from entering the place they were playing on the last tour + the recent lawsuites - I don't see that happening.Stranger things have happened... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 what is this? 1996 or something? wtf? i sense a collective yawn about this unless it involves a full-on reunion. nobody cares about the "axl and his ego" tour. seriously. i'd rather catch izzy by himself than with this frankenband. and i'm still disapointed that tommy's doing this. he belongs in a replacements reunion, not here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Axl: Hilfiger 'Just Kept Smacking Me' 05/20/2006 12:17 PM, APVerena Dobnik It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger. The rocker and designer capped a Thursday evening out at a new club called The Plumm in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood with midnight fisticuffs. "There was an issue between the two of them," Plumm owner Noel Ashman told The Associated Press. The scuffle reportedly started after the Guns N' Roses front man moved the drink of Hilfiger's girlfriend, Dee Ocleppo. "I moved his girlfriend's drink so it wouldn't spill," Rose told the Los Angeles radio station KROQ on Friday. "It was the most surreal thing, I think, that's ever happened to me in my life." According to the 44-year-old singer, Hilfiger, 55, smacked him in the arm and told him to put the drink back. "He just kept smacking me," Rose said. Attempts to reach Hilfiger or a representative were not immediately successful. Rose was there to play a surprise set for "Rent" actress Rosario Dawson for her 27th birthday party. At the time of the dustup, The Plumm was packed with a celebrity crowd including Lenny Kravitz, Mickey Rourke, Kid Rock, Peter Beard, Molly Simms, Wentworth Miller, Ann Dexter Jones, Lydia Hearst and Damon Dash. Rose did perform, and dedicated the song "You're Crazy" to "my good friend Tommy Hilfiger." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted May 20, 2006 Author Share Posted May 20, 2006 That is to funny. Axl should have kicked his ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyMike Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 and i'm still disapointed that tommy's doing this. he belongs in a replacements reunion, not here. I know how you feel, but when the only thing you can really do is play music, you got to make some money somehow. Plus, it can't be all that bad when you look around the stage and see some really good musicians that have played in great bands and with other great artists. Brain played with Primus and has done a lot of work with Tom Waits, etc, etc... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 one of the funniest celebrity things I've heard in a long time . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 i'd rather catch izzy by himself than with this frankenband.I rather liked the JuJu Hounds. Who the hell is Bumblefoot? Did he replace Buckethead? Are we supposed to be taking this band even remotely seriously? Or is this all just some sort of absurdist, dadaist perfomance-art thing? I'm confused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Who the hell is Bumblefoot? Did he replace Buckethead? Are we supposed to be taking this band even remotely seriously? Or is this all just some sort of absurdist, dadaist perfomance-art thing? I'm confused. Good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I rather liked the JuJu Hounds. i threw that cd on the other day. great stuff. it seems his career never had any momentum after that though. not sure why. Who the hell is Bumblefoot? Did he replace Buckethead? Are we supposed to be taking this band even remotely seriously? Or is this all just some sort of absurdist, dadaist perfomance-art thing? I'm confused. i checked amg for "bumblefoot" and he's got more production credits than anything really. he's contributed mostly to tribute cd's including a gnr one. so...as a musician, he's damn lucky to have been given this gig, because his resume ain't shit. must be really good at kissing axl's ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danelectro Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I liked them back in the day, when they were called the New York Dolls. Amazing that these inferior meatheads are getting press for crying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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