New Sound Spells Success for Axl and Guns N Roses
The new Guns N Roses release has gotten a lot of attention because it doesn't sound like the old stuff we all knew and loved. Yes, it is a different sound, but I don't think that's a bad thing.
The older music, especially Appetite for Destruction, the first G n R album was about as perfect a debut album that could have been made. It was an almost perfect mix of glam rock mixed with some punk influence and a healthy helping of I dont give a crap attitude. It was loud, brash and arrogant in it presentation and in its excess. In a word-perfect. It didnt get any better than Appetite.
After the raging success of Attitude, the two Illusion albums allowed the new millionaire boys to branch out a little bit artistically and try new sounds. Some fans felt the dirty, rough back alley sound had been lost to fancy production techniques but time has treated the Illusion releases well and they stand strong in the lineup. And with the new Chinese Democracy release 15 years later, we hear yet another new sound. Same old Axl, but updated to keep up with the times. Some heads are reeling.
On this recording, the only returning member of the original band is Axl. And that's just as well, because he'd likely have made them crazy. Though the cover says Guns N Roses, this is absolutely all about Axl Rose. In fact, he may have done himself a disservice by not putting his own name on the masthead instead of that of the band. An Axl Rose album with fresh sounds would likely have been received better than an updated rehashing of what some purists believe is the signature sound.
The first two songs on the album open it up with frenzy. The title track, being the better of the two, lights it up and even though it was written over the last fifteen years, it still feels fresh and new. These groups of songs bridge the years from the last album to today. They could almost all be played on the radio and have unique sounds that are far better than 90 percent of the other so called rock out there. I would much rather blast this album while cruising in my car than Nickelback or Three Doors Down or Daughtry or any of a hundred other rock bands that sound the same---weak. - 18424
The older music, especially Appetite for Destruction, the first G n R album was about as perfect a debut album that could have been made. It was an almost perfect mix of glam rock mixed with some punk influence and a healthy helping of I dont give a crap attitude. It was loud, brash and arrogant in it presentation and in its excess. In a word-perfect. It didnt get any better than Appetite.
After the raging success of Attitude, the two Illusion albums allowed the new millionaire boys to branch out a little bit artistically and try new sounds. Some fans felt the dirty, rough back alley sound had been lost to fancy production techniques but time has treated the Illusion releases well and they stand strong in the lineup. And with the new Chinese Democracy release 15 years later, we hear yet another new sound. Same old Axl, but updated to keep up with the times. Some heads are reeling.
On this recording, the only returning member of the original band is Axl. And that's just as well, because he'd likely have made them crazy. Though the cover says Guns N Roses, this is absolutely all about Axl Rose. In fact, he may have done himself a disservice by not putting his own name on the masthead instead of that of the band. An Axl Rose album with fresh sounds would likely have been received better than an updated rehashing of what some purists believe is the signature sound.
The first two songs on the album open it up with frenzy. The title track, being the better of the two, lights it up and even though it was written over the last fifteen years, it still feels fresh and new. These groups of songs bridge the years from the last album to today. They could almost all be played on the radio and have unique sounds that are far better than 90 percent of the other so called rock out there. I would much rather blast this album while cruising in my car than Nickelback or Three Doors Down or Daughtry or any of a hundred other rock bands that sound the same---weak. - 18424
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