Guns n Roses: Critical Rehab

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http://cdn.mattsorum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tank-portrait1.jpg

in case you wanted to, you know, wear me

I think the guys Axl didn't want to see inducted are more likely to be Adler and Sorum than Slash. But this is all about Axl not wanting to deal with the pressure of the situation, not whom they are or aren't inducting.

Basically Slash, yes. Although I'm pretty sure Axl doesn't want Buckethead there either.

― they do do doo doo sandwiches (snoball), Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nah, he loves Buckethead and begged him to come back to the band over and over. He did screw him out of writing credit for a song on Chinese Democracy though.

I guess it just stuck out to me that Axl seemed to not want to name Slash in that letter like he's Voldemort or something...seemed like a lot of fancy footwork to not say his name, yknow?

yeah, that was my read.

nuGNR released an official band photo today

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5186/57558842565755746080719.jpg

yipes

all we are asking is for our rightfully earned place in the rock and roll hall of fame

and maybe for somebody to launder tommy's ensemble

I'm imagining Alanis Morissette fronting GNR and singing "Live and Let Die" at the RnR HOF ...

nuGNR look eager to talk about fluttershy and rainbow dash.

which one of those clowns is Tommy Stinson?

RRHOF can do without Guns'n'Roses. Overrated band.

^^ Staff photo from new Williamsburg artisanal cheese shop.

Tommy is far left.

That DJ Ashba guitarist, third from left, basically looks like Buckethead naturally.

He looks like both Mick Mars and Mystery.

I mean what the fuck is wrong with people.

From Rocket Queen to hot pocket queens.

When did Tommy Stinson get cast as Wolverine?

I mean what the fuck is wrong with people.

what's wrong with Tommy Stinson. Jesus.

does this band really require 8 people?

The Polyphonic Roses

what does the jacket worn by the poor man's Izzy Stradlin say?

8 seems pretty small for post-Illusion GNR, tbh. no backup singers or horn section!

yeah but backup singers and orchestra were never part of the core band despite the jokes about bloat

yeah, but i'm just saying people are acting like 8 people onstage for a GNR show is a lot. even on the UYI tour the core band was 6 people w/ Dizzy.

I think we all agree that Gilby Clarke should be in the Hall of Fame.

Fuck, I mean, the real crime is that Tracii Guns appears to be getting shafted here.

I'm totally fine with anyone telling the rock'n'roll hall of fame to go fuck themselves, even Axl Rose.

he totally didn't, though! he respectfully declined!

Will there be a moment of silence for Ole Beich and any other human wreckage they have left in their wake?

what does the jacket worn by the poor man's Izzy Stradlin say?

It looks like it says GENERAL AMISH but that can't be right.

He politely told them to go fuck themselves, sd. Strongly demanding his name not come up is totally a fuck you whether it's written diplomatically.

They should ignore the late '80s/early '90s for a while, and focus on adored unheralded '70s acts for a bit (cheap trick, chicago, styx, blah fucking blah) until Green Day is eligible. Once Green Day is in, every conflicted "keepin it real" band of my childhood will feel their nod is overdue.

oh my god I just realized

one day, Limp Bizkit is going to be in the HOF, aren't they

I realize Axl would happily be there singing about Patience if they'd let his merry band of hacks play instead of the old squad, though.

xpost i dunno hard rock has to wait a while. Kiss wasn't an immediate induction and they've actually maintained a high profile since their glory days.

looks like "General Altruism" to me.

This is from lol CRACKED.com, but the dude makes a good case for The Cars, Jethro Tull, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Jeff Lynne/ELO. I think The Cars and ELO certainly should be in there.

one day, Limp Bizkit is going to be in the HOF, aren't they

― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:13 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

oh c'mon, definitely not. i mean Rush isn't in there, sales are not the only barometer, bands w/ a fraction of their sales like the White Stripes will get in first.

Rush, Blue Oyster Cult, Yes, Deep Purple, Kiss

there are some weird omissions. those bands were massive. And except for Kiss, they were awesome.

Alice Cooper only got in last year, as far as hard rock clowns go. Also by the time Limp Bizkit could be in no one will give a fuck about this thing.

lol wait Kiss aren't even yet? For some reason I thought they'd slipped in.

I just can't imagine nu-metal shit getting in there.

Is there a Stairway to Heaven of nu-metal?

HOF wiki has some stuff about Bob Welch not being included in Fleetwood Mac's induction along w/ founding members and Rumors era members that does make me wonder exactly how the HOF decides how to handle bands w/ lots of lineup changes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_n_Roll_hall_of_Fame#Fleetwood_Mac_.26_Bob_Welch

i mean Rush isn't in there, sales are not the only barometer, bands w/ a fraction of their sales like the White Stripes will get in first.

I would argue that Rush deserves to be there more than RHCP. And I don't even like Rush! My feeling is if the Chili Peppers can get in, anyone can.

xpost they figure out who matters and then figure who the people who matter are comfortable spending time on stage with.

re: bizkit, Alice Cooper has been eligible since '94 and got in in 2011 - the guy behind "I'm Eighteen" & "School's Out" who's last gold album was twenty years after his first. Limp has "Nookie" & "Break Stuff" and their last gold record came six years after their first. They won't be eligible until 2022, and unless Cash Money gives them a bonafide comeback, Rock'n'Roll probably has to matter past 2050 for Fred to go "hell yeah" at the event. Plus they'll probably have handed the ceremony to Ryan Schrieber by then and I can't see him letting that happen.

Chili Peppers are huge, though, easily one of the top 5 most inevitable inductions of the 90s/00s alt rock era

pointing out that bands who deserve to be in the HOF aren't actually in it isn't a strong argument against a band that shouldn't be in the HOF making it in

I mean, I do take the point and you're all probably right, and yet I can totally see voters going "you know what, in retrospect Limp Bizkit were IMPORTANT, in they go; fuck you, Rush"

"you know what, in retrospect Limp Bizkit were IMPORTANT, in they go; fuck you, Rush"

this would make sense if the stones were inducted for altamont

GNR is the only hair metal band in the HOF. if Crue were in there, i'd see Bizkit having a shot.