I listened to it for the first time the other day and I was shocked by how good it is (upthread I think?). I'd heard it was good, and it has a lot of good/glowing reviews but I was still kinda skeptical. But yeah, it's the real deal. Verrrrrrrrry stones. ie my wheelhouse, lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
"Shuffle It All" got a lil MTV rotation, i asked for (and received) the CD for Christmas 1992.
― push iatee (some dude), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, just came across this interesting audio-- Izzy's isolated track from "Welcome to the Jungle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUSFOxhxtLI&feature=related
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 1 November 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
Izzy album, the first one, iirc, is no better or worse than the first couple of Black Crowes albums.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
What I love about the guitars on "Appetite" is that they are so, so far from the virtuoso precision of the day. They're sloppy but awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
don't know the albums but BC were a pretty killer singles act in that run
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
They sort of approach as Izzy, actually. Stones-y riffs, vibe over precision, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Same sort, that is.
The first couple of Black Crowes records are good. No problem with that comparison, though there's more early Aerosmith sound in the Ju Ju Hounds.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
Stones/solo Keef by way of Black Crowes, yeah I'll buy that.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
So... I have a lingering question from my youth... When Axl enjoins us to feel his serpentine, is he like talking about his dick and stuff
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
didn't you read the interview, he has a zoo.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
hm... so the jungle is literal. huh.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
exactly.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
I write him a note every so often reminding him that serpentine is an adjective and that verbs traditionally want a noun, so probably "serpent" is the better call if he ever gets around to a rewrite, or perhaps "serpentine penis" if he wants to draw out the line a little
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
those 'motivational poster' memes that use adjectives and nouns interchangeably are just further proof that axl was a prophet
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mBfIQBzimbjXlnhBp6RwvlQ.jpg
Now a race of snake people in LEGO Ninjago.
― how's life, Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
serpentine: a mineral or rock consisting essentially of a hydrous magnesium silicate usually having a dull green color and often a mottled appearance
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
serpentine: a mineral or rock consisting essentially of a hydrous magnesium silicate usually having a dull green color and often a mottled appearance, usu. found in the jungle
― trebek sajak iii (cwkiii), Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
― how's life, Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Appetite for Destruction was the first album I ever bought. When I was a kid, I thought "You're Crazy" was about someone endearingly wild and free-spirited. I now realize that I was probably wrong.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
lol well axl is endearingly wild and free-spirited
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
Seems appropriate: Axl suspended above the audience playing grand piano, equally isolated from band and audience:
http://instagram.com/p/RlgYAuNDua/
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Monday, 5 November 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Izzy joins GnR on stage in Vegas: http://www.spin.com/articles/guns-n-roses-end-las-vegas-residency-izzy-stradlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quHICrZTzrk
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
Vegas would seem like a perfect place for Axl, in a compound with 20-ft-high walls next to Penn's.
― Artie Bucco Drummer Type (Eazy), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
Good old Izzy.
Love Axl wandering around in the distant background and then trotting back to the front whenever there's a chorus. It's like he's doing a tribute to the Mah Na Mah Na sketch from the Muppets.
― wump, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
that's...just how "14 Years" goes though?
― The Doc Morbama (some dude), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
axl sounds pretty good in that clip with izzy!
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
like izzy's threads too, he looks slick
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
izzy still sounds p good - seems healthy no? and yeah axl sounds good with him
love 14 years
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
lol speaking of muppets izzy's hat/glasses combo kinda reminds me of Zoot the sax player from Dr Teeth's Band
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
in a good way
izzy's got one of those voices where he sounded like a 50 year old at 30, so yeah good on you for sounding the same when it's age appropriate haha
― The Doc Morbama (some dude), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
izzy's still one cool motherfucker
14 years, huh. this song could actually be about the making of Chinese Democracy.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
we need to get word to izzy to stage a coup, oust axl and all those plastic-faced weirdos and bring back slash and duff
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
― charlie h, Tuesday, November 27, 2012 12:16 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is pretty funny: a song izzy wrote about 14 years of friendship when they were 28, and there were 14 years between GNR's last official release and Chinese Democracy. And the lyrics are pretty apt.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, November 27, 2012 12:19 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Axl-Izzy sideproject would be the best imo
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's true
songwriting-wise, definitely
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
they recorded one Izzy song for CD, probably the unreleased song I most want to hear
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:39 (eleven years ago) link
really? i didn't know that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
I'm glad he's still on ok terms with axl - I dunno why but it gives me hope, lol
Izzy's early exit is prob why he's the only member of the classic lineup who seems to be cool w/ everyone -- he saw where things were headed and got out peacefully before it got ugly
― The Doc Morbama (some dude), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7Z20fJH6I
― small-scale fux with (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Sunday, 23 December 2012 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
i posted that on the "welcome to the jungle" thread a few days ago.
― gimme some reggae! (get bent), Sunday, 23 December 2012 05:14 (eleven years ago) link
Oh. Should be posted in every thread prolly.
― small-scale fux with (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Sunday, 23 December 2012 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
believe me, i've thought about doing that
― fanute me or shoot me (some dude), Sunday, 23 December 2012 05:50 (eleven years ago) link
It seems not to be an april fools and actually fucking happening:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-guns-n-roses-at-the-troubadour-tonight-20160401-story.html
― Mule, Friday, 1 April 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
http://www.trbimg.com/img-569e96b1/turbine/la-et-ms-guns-n-roses-las-vegas-coachella-2016-001/750/750x422
I like how Axl's outfit *almost* makes it look like a tiny lingerie model is wearing a giant Axl Rose costume
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 April 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
I don't know how Axl is going to stand it, maybe he's forgotten. The dressing room at the Troub is one of the most unpleasant places to sit for hours waiting to play and the specs of the building mean you can't just stay in your hotel/bus and come in at stage time - you can't get into the club from the front without going through the audience, and you can't get up to the dressing room from the back without crossing the stage
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 1 April 2016 23:36 (eight years ago) link