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I submit to you the theory that, at some point in the very late 80's/very early 90's, there was no band in this universe or the next that could match Guns N' Roses. For that short period they where the best around, period. Then of course, Axl decided to top Ritchie Blackmore's ego and that was that. But still, the music remains. RKd80miW03o

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Re: Guns N' Roses I probably dislike them for the same reasons I dislike Van Halen. They're both made up of capable musicians who tend not to do much with their talent, writing music that's lazy, but catchy enough to get stuck in the heads of the masses of radio rock fans. They're also both fronted by extremely obnoxious arrogant shit heads that phone in their vocal performances. It's all about bravado, excess, and image with both bands, as opposed to songwriting, their gimmicks and cheese are all that really shine through because their songs show that they're only after a paycheck. This is only my opinion of course, but I can't stand either band.

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Re: Guns N' Roses I dunno... I don't think GnR where there only for the money. Maybe later on, but their early work doesn't soudn like it. It also doesn't sound lazy, at least not to me, the guitar work is some of the most exciting stuff I've ever heard and Axl's singing... well, firstly it's his style, which is/was rather different from most standard singers and secondly I really don't see him "phoning it in", if that means doing a half-assed job... Basically, I guess what I'm saying is that the music came first, the image, the fame, the excess came later. Maybe I can agree a little bit though... listening to a lot of songs it feels like the first half is brilliant, but then they just couldn't figure out how to end them and just did the first thing that came to their bandanas.

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Re: Guns N' Roses As I said, it's not they couldn't play their instruments, which is maybe what makes it even worse for me. When bands play a good riff or a nice lead, but then just use it as a segue way to some saccharin pop/rock chorus, it totally kills it for me. You can see glimmers of talent, but it's strangled by the dumbed down hooks that it's building up to, to ensure lots of radio play and high record sales. And whether or not he's trying, I think Axl Rose possesses one of the worst voices I've ever heard, it sounds like a coked up cat screeching as he's dragging his nails down a chalk board for me.

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Re: Guns N' Roses All right, I give up. Guns N' Roses are a terrible half-assed band and I have no musical taste. I'm propably deaf and only like them because Slash wears a funny hat. And because of that I'm blind aswell. Actually, I am Axl Rose and I was trying to make my band popular again. Or really I'm Buckethead and Axl made me do it!

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Re: Guns N' Roses we aren't saying anything about you, mainly we (those who do not like gnr) don't like them because they could have been a very good metal band and instead chose the easy path focusing on commercial image instead of music, also we like to make fun of each other, for example The Strategos gets crap slung at him for being a huge metalcore fan, I get crap for being a huge Pantera fan, it's just a bit of harmless fun

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Re: Guns N' Roses I don't like all country... but Cash is special. Not like the achy breaky heart guy. (Though he has a fine daughter.) That's pretty much all the country you get around here, Johnny Cash and achy breaky heart. But some of the old country women like Dolly Parton have truly awesome voices, just their songs are a bit too corny for me at times.

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Re: Guns N' Roses Cash is my favorite, but other older stuff is still good. Achy Breaky Heart and any other modern pop/country you hear on the radio is pretty much just boy bands with twangy vocals and the occasional violin, it has nothing to do with country's roots. Hank III is one of the only recent performers playing real country, but it does sort of run in his family.

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