01-14-2006, 10:32 PM
This is kinda what I'm talking about with Axl and his band. Take a look at what a lot of people would refer to as awful music - Britney, all the pop-punk type bands, Hilary Duff etc...and how people say that for a lot of those types, the music is about sex, or how they look or everything but what really matters - the music.
Now people are giving Axl and his band shit. And for what - how he looks or that the guitar player he had wears a bucket on his head. If you hear his name pop up in any media or tv show or mainstream type forum...that's where it starts and ends - he's fat, washed up, the guys in his band look weird. That's not what it's supposed to be about - it's about the music. So the guy went away and didn't want to be in the spotlight. He's probably a really screwed up guy with a lot of issues to deal with. He's the singer for one of the biggest bands in rock history. Just because he isn't normal seems to make him a target for the rest of the world. I was a big fan of them when they started out. I was weary of the new direction and the fact Slash wasn't around...but I went to the show in Toronto a couple years ago...and it was awesome. The guys in the band can play. Plain and simple. Buckethead was incredible. Sure it's not Slash, but it was great. The new songs were great. Even Slash has said it'll be an awesome album once it comes out.
The whole story is bizarre, make no mistake. But that's GN'R. That's Axl. Always has been...always will One thing's for sure though - people can't stop talking about him.
Now people are giving Axl and his band shit. And for what - how he looks or that the guitar player he had wears a bucket on his head. If you hear his name pop up in any media or tv show or mainstream type forum...that's where it starts and ends - he's fat, washed up, the guys in his band look weird. That's not what it's supposed to be about - it's about the music. So the guy went away and didn't want to be in the spotlight. He's probably a really screwed up guy with a lot of issues to deal with. He's the singer for one of the biggest bands in rock history. Just because he isn't normal seems to make him a target for the rest of the world. I was a big fan of them when they started out. I was weary of the new direction and the fact Slash wasn't around...but I went to the show in Toronto a couple years ago...and it was awesome. The guys in the band can play. Plain and simple. Buckethead was incredible. Sure it's not Slash, but it was great. The new songs were great. Even Slash has said it'll be an awesome album once it comes out.
The whole story is bizarre, make no mistake. But that's GN'R. That's Axl. Always has been...always will One thing's for sure though - people can't stop talking about him.