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[AxlsMainMan]

I just miss Robin. The crab-walk, the spider-walk, the crazy transformations, everything.

[Mr. Roboto]

Yea me too, I thought he was awesome.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

I'm just listening to some Chinese Democracy now. It's actually very enjoyable without having to read all the forum fanboys telling you it's the greatest album ever recorded.

In other words, I haven't been on HTGTH much recently.

[*D*]

when i listen now.. its ok...... half of it is great the other half is pretty forgettable.

[*D*]

Robins personality and stage presence with DJ's playing would be the perfect Slash replacement Sorry but i just never liked Robin's style of play. great onstage though

[AxlsMainMan]

Michael Jackson has beaten Queen's Freddie Mercury in NME's poll of the Greatest Singers Of All Time.

Jackson got an average score of 9.02 out of 10, while Mercury's was 8.39.

The poll, which took place on NME.COM saw 10 million votes being cast, 4000 Facebook comments and, initially, saw Mercury at the top spot until Jackson went to Number One.

Elvis Presley took the Number Three position with an average of 7.17 out of 10 and Guns N' Roses Axl Rose took fourth place with 6.47.

Matt Bellamy from Muse was the only singer within the Top 20 to have emerged in the past 25 years. He made Number 11. Meanwhile, Aretha Franklin landed at Number 10, making her the only woman in the Top Ten. As the chart stands, nine of the Top 20 are dead.

The full Top 20 was:

1. Michael Jackson
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Elvis Presley
4. Axl Rose
5. John Lennon
6. David Bowie
7. Robert Plant
8. Paul McCartney
9. Stevie Wonder
10. Aretha Franklin
11. Matt Bellamy
12. Ray Charles
13. Jim Morrison
14. Bob Marley
15. Elton John
16. Kurt Cobain
17. Steven Tyler
18. Mick Jagger
19. Marvin Gaye
20. Tina Turner

[Mr. Roboto]

I'd imagine there was a major push by nerds on a wide assortment of forums to cast votes.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

And I bet there were some who still weren't satisfied with that result. "How could Axl lose to those amateurs??"

The lead singer from Muse looks so fucking out of place on that list. While I'm not a fan of every singer on that list, I understand their impact and influence on music. I'm sorry, but Matt Belamy sharing list space with Plant, Jagger, Lennon, Mercury, Morrison etc.?? The NME probably just shoved him in there so they had someone modern in the list.

[AxlsMainMan]

You mentioned a Guns N’ Roses tour. Would that include North America?

Well, I mean, I don’t want to put anything out there yet, the only thing that’s in stone right now is Rock in Rio, on Oct. 2, but I know that we’re all itching to get out there, and one of our main big goals is to tour the States. When everything goes through, obviously, everyone will know about it. I’m hoping it happens; it’ll be a lot of fun.

Has Guns N’ Roses been recording any new material?

Axl has so many songs up his sleeve from the ‘Chinese Democracy’ era. He has three albums of really amazing stuff. He’s played me quite a bit of it, it’s really good. I’ve been demoing tons of stuff in my studio; I think the ultimate goal is to sit down and go through everything, and put together what he feels would be the next best thing for Guns N’ Roses. I’ll do whatever I can to help him meet that vision.

What are your favorite songs from ‘Chinese Democracy,’ and which are the most fun to play live?

Probably ‘This I Love’ is one that really hooked me, because it’s just a great song, lyrically and musically; it goes through a rollercoaster of emotions. It’s very heartfelt, you can tell. I love playing that, but once you get out there live, stuff like ‘Shackler’s Revenge’ and ‘Chinese Democracy’ comes alive. They all really do translate live very well, they’re just high-energy and fun to play. ‘Street of Dreams’ is also great.

The band played a three-and-a-half hour show in Tokyo a while back. Was that a dare or something?

No, we were just having an absolute blast. We went, I think, almost four hours. It was one of those things where we came back [from the main set], it had been 3 hours and 16 minutes, and we had no idea.

You really didn’t notice?

Not really, because every show we’ve been doing a two-and-a-half to three-hour show; we’ve been doing some long nights. The crowd was going nuts; we kind of lost ourselves. We went back out for the encore, we were gonna do two or three songs, and we ended up doing quite a few more. By the time we got off, we realized we beat the all-time Guns N’ Roses record for longest show, which we didn’t set out to do, but it was cool.

You also own your own ad agency?

Ashba Media, it’s a graphic design agency, a creative agency. We do everything from, gosh … you name it. Right now, I’m working on an animated movie script that I wrote, and my company is designing all the characters. We’re starting to design some Guns N’ Roses merchandise; we did some of the stage design, all the art on Axl’s piano. We do a lot of work with Ovation guitars, just a lot of different things. It’s just a really cool way to tie in my love for art and my love for music.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-dj-ashba-interview/

[Gomer Pyle]

The lead singer from Muse looks so fucking out of place on that list. While I'm not a fan of every singer on that list, I understand their impact and influence on music. I'm sorry, but Matt Belamy sharing list space with Plant, Jagger, Lennon, Mercury, Morrison etc.?? The NME probably just shoved him in there so they had someone modern in the list.

Muse are MASSIVE. The equivalent of this generations U2. I wouldn't place him on the list either but I can see why he made it.

[freedom78]

My daughter went down for a nap easier than ever after just one track:

[Timothy]

It wasn't a Lullaby of " Prostitute" was it??

[BlowUpYourVideo]

It wasn't a Lullaby of " Prostitute" was it??

Haha, there are many GNR songs I want to hear sung in a soft, slow, soothing lullaby style.

"Yoouuu dooon't understand your seeex, you aaaain't been mindfucked yeeeet....."



Regarding Bellamy and Muse, I know they're probably one of the biggest modern bands (and he has a rather unique voice on some of the stuff of theirs I've heard), but there's so many more older and better singers that could've been in that spot. Then again, these lists don't 'mean' much and always provoke these kinds of complaints....

[freedom78]

It wasn't a Lullaby of " Prostitute" was it??

Haha, there are many GNR songs I want to hear sung in a soft, slow, soothing lullaby style.

"Yoouuu dooon't understand your seeex, you aaaain't been mindfucked yeeeet....."

Yeah, that would be interesting. This cd is more like xylophones and other instrumental versions.

[TAP]

"HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIJON" - Axl tweets about mustard.