Guns'n Roses

1ère vidéo officielle, Richard Fortus en backstage quelques heures avant le début du show.



Un album des Guns N' Roses avec Slash et Fortus va carrément tout péter

C'est quoi sa guitare ? En tout cas il a vraiment un son plutôt cool ! Et qui vas bien avec Slash je pense.

Ce ne serait pas une Les Paul ok

Ben oui, mais c'est pas une Gibson.

Bon je poste peu sur ce topic, qui ressemble en général plus à un defouloir pour Haters de Guns et d'axe, qu'autre chose,

mais qu'est ce que c'était bon de revoir Axl et Slash partager la même scène, y a peu de vidéos du concert d'hier mais je ne pensais pas revoir ca un jour ...pourvu qu'il vienne en France l'année prochaine !

Il y a des ouvertures sur l'éclisse juste après le binding. J'ai déjà vu ce type de construction chez un luthier ou une petite marque, évidement là je ne me souvient pas du nom.
Et évidement rien sur la tête à part une sorte de signature illisible (visible à 1'00)

Je pense que c'est ça
http://www.scalaguitars.com/do(...)eluxe

Carrément.

Bon apparement d'après les premières reviews, Richard Fortus a tout pété sur scène hier, il a impressionné beaucoup de monde... Slash n'a jamais joué avec un guitariste de ce calibre en groupe.

et en plus il est capable de composer de sacré trucs... tout ce que vous allez entendre a été composé par lui... solos et rythmique... montez le son :



à imaginer en association avec Slash sur un futur album des Guns!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BD(...)man36

cette voix

Va falloir qu'ils bougent un peu plus aussi,
Mais il y a eu quelques chanceux quand même

Je veux bien les links qui parlent de Fortus, voir ce qu'ils en ont dit... Car a priori tous les solos sont donné à Slash, y compris ceux de chinese et better ! ( sauf le micro solo de Nightrain bien sur )

Sinon, cool de les revoir ensemble, ca fait plaisir, même s'il y aura toujours des méchancetés gratuites... D'après les reviews, Axl était super heureux, mais Slash on ressentait qu'il avait le trac (très peu bougé, assez "froid") mais s'est déridé par la suite.

Un compte-rendu du concert d'hier. On y apprend que certaines chansons (Better et Chinese Democracy) ont été modifiées:


Okay just got home from work...i don't know how well written this will be, still cant really find the words to grasp how amazing this night was...to start the vibe was just really positive all around. The security was letting us drink outside the venue waiting for the doors to open. All they said was if the sheriffs come by just get rid of it so we dont get in trouble ha. Inside the venue the place just buzzing, it was electric. I ended up getting front row on Slashs side right in front of the monitor. Doors opened a little after 10pm and the lights when down a little before midnight. No intro (which i totally thought it was gonna be McBob) Slash walked out first and everybody followed, crowd erupted and Duff launched into Its So Easy. And from there the band didnt stop firing. Slash jumped up on the monitor during Easy for the first time and everyone around me lost it. Slash couldnt help but smirk at our reaction. The band was killing it and they knew it. They were all smiles and i just remember Duff looking up one point at Lenny Kravitz with a face like "yeah, we're back motherfucker!"

Axl sounded the best he has since 2010. He had the fire in his belly and that look in his eye. Rasp was everywhere to be seen. The song i paid most attention to vocally was YCBM cuz i know thats one he hasnt done good on for the last 5 years and he nailed it. He slayed the "breakin down my back" section! He was in a great mood and was definitely slimmer than he has been and he was not out of breath. Slash was very focused but he was rocking out for sure. To see him rocking out HARD to the chorus of Better was so surreal! It was just mindblowing to see him playing these songs and standing on stage next to Axl, i really couldnt believe it at some points. He was in top form and nailed every solo. At first they didnt interact too much but by the middle of the set Axl was throwing his arm on Slashs shoulder, he leaned up against his back rocking out during some solos and they exchanged a couple laughs between some songs.

As the setlist is out there, here is some highlights that stood out.

-Axl lost his footing during Brownstone and ended up ripping his jeans in the crotch. During the solo he walked over to the side of the stage and pointed up at Lenny Kravitz and back down at his crotch and said "Penisgate" or somethin to that effect and they both started laughing.

-Frank started a long countoff on the hihat and Slash launched into the Chinese Demoracry riff. I was like no way are they fucking playing this right now. It was very raw and punk rock sounding. It was pretty awesome and Slashs spin on the solo was great.

-Double Talkin' Jive!! Holy fuck was it awesome to hear that live. The band killed it and Axl sounded mean!!! He did the "i got...lies" part just like he sounded on the record.

-before the slide solo in Rocket Queen Slash did an extended talkbox solo, when he finished it Axl had a huge smile on his face and looked at us and said "you missed that, didnt you?"

-Godfather Theme was awesome! Before he started it Axl said "Heres a man that needs no introduction, but gets one anyways. Ladies and Gentlemen, Slash."

-Seeing Slash play the Sweet Child solo right up front and him and Axl doing that outro right next to each other was just insane. I remember looking back and Jim Carrey had the biggest smile on his face and i remember thinking "all is right in the world." Haha.

-Better had a whole new intro. It was this really heavy riff that just kept building and we're in the crowd goin holy shit theyre playing a new song. The riff kept building until it somehow came to a crash with Duff starting "no one ever told me when..." It was epic and strange seeing Slash completely rocking out in the chorus. Again he did a killer solo and did a cool slide part in the last verse. Again Axl slayed the "i never wanted you to be so full of anger" section.

-before Michelle Axl and Duff were talking and into the mic Axl goes "im goin by your guys' list tonight. Im follwing your lead" Duff starts laughing and Axl goes "thats very rare for me. I mean you guys know im an agreeable kinda guy. Im like Trump, i consult with myself." Funny moment.

-Heavens Door was probably the most special moment of the show. Axl starts the first sing along section and then right when he looked like he was gonna start the 2nd he kinda stopped himself and looked around the stage and said "this is the first time in 23 years us 3 have been on stage together, 1993, July i believe it was" the crowd just erupted. He did another sing along section and after that one he said "we worked very hard with the city to make this show happen, and we worked hard with the sheriffs and that in itself took 24 years" and laughed. It was amazing to see him almost taken back and acknowledging the magnitude of the night.

-another cool moment was Nightrain when they kicked into the first verse. It was "Look out" and both Axl and Slash started the foot stomp, gliding across the stage, stoping for a brief second in front of each other, and spinning off. It was bad ass!

-During Paradise City the crowd was getting crazy and after the first chorus Axl started yellin to the crowd "you guys gotta step back people in the front are getting crushed.... (crowd didnt really move).....i said you people need to step the fuck back now!" They finally did and Axl signaled the band to keep going and he jumped into the next verse. Reminded me of somethin that would happen back in the day haha.



Im probably missing a bunch of stuff and its really hard to convey my emotions throughout the night. But this show will go down as the best show i have ever seen in my life. Just to see the first time Axl and Slash back together and have it be in such an important club to the bands history and to be right up front is just magical. I truly feel so lucky to have witnessed it. Im so looking forward to Vegas next weekend! See you guys there! You will not be dissapointed!!!

And for celebrities i saw: Lenny Kravitz, Kate Hudson, Nic Cage, Jim Carrey, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Kushner, John 5, Colin Hanks, Norman Reedus, Sean Kinney, Bubbles, Bradley Cooper, the sports guy in Anchorman. Im sure there was way more, hard to make out everyone in the VIP section.

Beau résumé

Enorme !!


Espérons qu'on puisse avoir d'autres retours aussi détaillés que celui-ci, c'est trop cool !

Merci à lui. Super review!

Pas con le mec avec la proportion de zombies qu'il devait y avoir dans la salle .

Plus sérieusement: je suis toujours mitigé, mais pas par rapport aux Guns en particulier: je suis toujours un peu attristé de voir une reformation de groupes "hi octane" dont une des majeures qualités était la folie et l'énergie folle de leur jeunesse. qu'ils ne peuvent évidemment (et ce n'est pas un reproche) avoir conservé à 50+ piges.

Qu'ils soient encore capables de jouer et chanter leurs morceaux correctement est une bonne nouvelle (plutôt inespérée dans le cas d'Axl, bravo pour l'effort). Et voir les ennemis jurés d'hier faire un effort de conciliation est réconfortant. Mais est-ce qu'un Guns & Roses posé et prévisible (j'allais dire pantouflard) a du sens? Ni plus ni moins qu'une xième reformation des Sex Pistols par exemple.

En fait, au plus un groupe se distinguait dans sa jeunesse par sa folie et son énergie, au plus il paraît impossible d'avoir une reformation satisfaisante, sauf à vouloir être à 150% dans un trip Nostalgie qui fait qu'on se satisfait d'un maigre reflet de l'original. Ceci dit, je comprend ceux qui se disent "mieux vaut les voir amoindris mais vivants que pas du tout" - je suis bien allé voir ZZTop y'a pas si longtemps, par pure nostalgie, donc je ne jette la pierre à personne.

Après, si eux y trouvent du plaisir (c'est pas évident à voir Slash, ça l'est plus dans le cas d'Axl - on se serait attendu au contraire), alors ils ont sans doute raison. En espérant qu'il ne leur arrivera pas le syndrome AC/DC ou Rolling stones: le grand public ne connaît plus d'eux que les shows barnumesques et assez pitoyables des dernières années, et ignore totalement que ça a été un jour des groupes pétant de sève juvénile et de dinguerie rock'n roll.