Anybody saw GNR last year?

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Spoony C said:
    hauntingfamiliar said:
    ^ It seems as though Axl has/had a soft spot for Cornell and the other fellas from SG. Maybe due to SG opening for them in the early 90's.

    Live was fantastic. We showed up halfway through their set due to weather and travel issues. I was standing in the beer line when I am a Highway started and broke free from the line and ran to the closest place to view it. Felt like a kid lol. It was phenomenal.


    There's also the fact that Duff knew Chris Cornell and the guys from Seattle, which was a big part of why I assumed the cover was in the set. I like that they did it (and even included the Space Needle in some of the video effects behind them), even if the execution wasn't perfect.

    And (if I remember correctly) Live had to take over the headlining spot from Soundgarden at Ohio's Rock on the Range festival the weekend after Chris died; I think they started playing "I Am A Highway" in tribute to Chris at that show.

    yeah, I knew that Duff and Chris new each other, but that never stopped Axl from doing his own thing before. But maybe he's changed. Who knows. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    facepollution said:
    Oh, and I think Better is easily the best song on Chinese Democracy :)
    Damn straight.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    facepollution said:
    Oh, and I think Better is easily the best song on Chinese Democracy :)
    Damn straight.
    I'll third this.

    I had actually forgotten about this tune (and the album for that matter). Great song. Underrated album.
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,903
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Spoony C said:
    hauntingfamiliar said:
    ^ It seems as though Axl has/had a soft spot for Cornell and the other fellas from SG. Maybe due to SG opening for them in the early 90's.

    Live was fantastic. We showed up halfway through their set due to weather and travel issues. I was standing in the beer line when I am a Highway started and broke free from the line and ran to the closest place to view it. Felt like a kid lol. It was phenomenal.


    There's also the fact that Duff knew Chris Cornell and the guys from Seattle, which was a big part of why I assumed the cover was in the set. I like that they did it (and even included the Space Needle in some of the video effects behind them), even if the execution wasn't perfect.

    And (if I remember correctly) Live had to take over the headlining spot from Soundgarden at Ohio's Rock on the Range festival the weekend after Chris died; I think they started playing "I Am A Highway" in tribute to Chris at that show.

    yeah, I knew that Duff and Chris new each other, but that never stopped Axl from doing his own thing before. But maybe he's changed. Who knows. 
    Soundgarden also opened up for GNR on part of the UYI tour.  I've got a bootleg that has part of Soundgarden's opening set from a big GNR PPV from France (in '92?)  They probably all knew each other.
  • Olds44272
    Olds44272 Posts: 31
    I was at the Cleveland, Ohio GNR show, 2017. Slash still has it, he can play. As mentioned in this thread, Axl did not have it, you can tell his voice is just destroyed. It was awesome to be in the same room, at the same time, when that guitar riff begins for Sweet Child o'mine. I was hoping to hear Rocket Queen on the set list, but it was not.
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