Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver

Text-only Version: Click HERE to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links.



Gn'R Rebel
ok, I love both bands, which one do you like better...
Line up for Guns N' Roses: Slash, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin', and Steven Adler... the Appetite for Destruction line up.
Velvet Revolver: Slash, Duff, Scot Weiland, Dave Kushner, and Matt Sorum.

Darth Revan
Velvet Revolver because Axl is really annoying and Scott Weiland pwns him any day of the week.

SlipknoT
I hate Velvet Revolver but love Guns and Roses

Mane
I hate them both.

Bierbommetje
Dont think there really comparable :-/

eleveninches
Guns n Roses ROCK!!!

I got their greatest hits album earlier this year, and its Great!!!

norrin radd
Guns n roses

MornGlory
Velvet Revolver looks like a bunch of washed up junkies that are trying so hard to make a come back -

anyways

GUNS N ROSES are classic - always love them - even if Axl is annoying!

always love the beginning of Sweet CHild of Mine- and love the way Axl could do that side swiping step thing...

Deathblow
I miss STP.

Red Superfly
Everyone hates Axl bla bla bla bla..............

Fact of the matter: Guns N Roses rock. That's all you need to know.

Velvet Revolver have so far made one good song that I actually like. When I first heard Slither I thought "cool this band'll be good if they keep this up" - but alas, their album isn't to my tastes. Slither was good, but everything else is just too "meh" borderring on crappy.

Jackie Malfoy
I like only one song that Guns and Roses sing(my boyfriend is a fan of them through!)"I use to love her but I had to kill her"Until I found out that they were talking about a dog I did not like them but now that I know.
I think that song is pretty funny!Well goodnight guy!JM

Red Superfly
Go listen to Appetite For Destruction, and if you come away only liking one song, well, that's just very, very naughty.

el_barto
Even though I dont like Velvet Revolver or GNR they are both pretty rocking bands. Velvet Revolver sounds more "rockin" then most of the shit on the radio so they're ok with me, I guess confused

Fearnix
I just lost all respect i had for you.

eggmayo
Velvet Revolver ok, (because of sliver and the fact they have slash as a guitarist) Guns and Roses, ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK GROUPS IN THE WORLD EVER!

Come on, go listen to Knocking on Heavens Door, November Rain, Live and Let Die, Sweet Child O Mine.

Fearnix
i did and my ears bled

baracustastic
Guns N' Roses were the best rock band, ever!

Appetite is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than Contraband.

Every single song on Appetite is classic. None of the songs on Contraband come close to the standard of Appetite.

Jungle - awesome, what a way to announce yourself to the world
Easy - crackin'
Nightrain - lets get wasted
Out ta Get Me - Laaaaarge
Brownstone - Excellence
Paradise - Pure class
My Michelle - "Your Daddy works in porno no that Mommy's not around"
Think About You - only very good
Sweet Child - Thee. Best. Song. Ever!
Crazy - Charged up to fit in with pace of Album, Original is better
Anthing Goes - Dirty
Rocket Queen - The best closing track I've heard.

Contraband don't come close.

Sorry, ranted a bit there, didn't I?

yoda ledbetter
Guns 'N Roses

I was 16 when Appetite for Destruction was released, and to me, is one of the best of all time. When the 'Welcome to the Jungle' video was released, I wasn't terribly impressed. But after I saw them open for another band, I went out and bought the album, and still listen to it.

Alice_In_Chains
axl is a weak front man


Weiland and Velvet Revolver are so much better thn Guns N' Roses

Korri
i dont hate them....i like some of their stuff but they will never be anything as big as Guns. were!!

eggmayo
Guns own. End of story.

Korri
yeah stick out tongue

eggmayo
thank you. anyone that has an officially stolen metallica sig has gotta be right.

BOPRecruit 16
where the heck has velvet revolver gone? are they on break or about ready to go on tour or what?

Alpha Centauri
They're on tour.

I think Axl Rose WAS a better frontman and singer than Scott Weiland, I don't think he still is.

I do think the band and the kind of music they play is better suited to Scott Weiland.

Contraband is their first album and as an album I think it's much more solid than Appetite For Destruction to be perfectly honest. Appetite for Destruction has some songs that were better than any on Contraband but as an album Contraband is better IMO, overall.

If Guns N Roses were still around they would never get the acclaim they got for A.F.D. I think alot of this "Best band ever" thing they get (which isn't true by a long sight I might add) is due to antiquity. They were around at a time when alot of people were having a great time and enjoying life and I would guess that the memories you strike up when hearing the songs, adds to love of the band. Nothing wrong with it but I think on talent alone, they're just very good.

They have amazing songs, but I wouldn't call any of their albums amazing as a whole.

-AC

Circadian Rythm
Take Me Down To The Paradise City Where The Grass Is Green And The Girls Are Pretty
TAKE ME HOME

Alpha Centauri
I don't think Sweet Child O' Mine is the best song ever by a milestone.

-AC

Sex_kitten
I adore "Rockett Queen" and "It's so easy". Both are probably my favorite songs of all time.

LOL...I love obsessed gnr fans. *hides sig* No, I'm not one. stick out tongue

Bierbommetje
APF is GNR's only great album imo, its a classic, not a single bad song on it. The UYI's had some great songs on it but as whole albums werent exactly great.

I like both GNR and VR

Korri
no expression

Linkalicious
Velvet Revolver is wayyyy better than Guns and Roses.

Axl can't touch Scott Weiland...or his drug problems.

eggmayo
Don't worry, I have absolutely no idea what the hell I was talking about... I have absolutely no recollection of this thread.

Alice_In_Chains
Velvet Revolver all the way....





SCOTT WEILAND IS A LEGEND!!!!!!!

Smasandian
Appitite For Destruction is a classic album. It was either Heavy Metal, or 80's retro during that time. AFD came in, and reserrected rock and roll. Velvet Revolver say there the only rock and roll band now, but I think their having midlife crisis and grasping for the glory days.
Weiland is overrated.

Korri
yeah and you are..?

ScarFace Clone
Gun's all the way, i think the had the perfect combination of people to make an awsome sound!

Alpha Centauri
Axl Rose is the embodiment of not letting go and longing for the glory days. Not Weiland.

-AC

eggmayo
who? me?
i dunno... just some crappy vagrant from the assend of the country

Korri
oh ok smile

Linkalicious
and where is Axl now? confused

If memory suits me correctly Axl was the problem child that drove Guns and Roses to drop their tour resulting in their break up.

But in GnR's defense against, Velvet Revolver hasn't been together long enough to go through all the trails and tribulations that most groups go through.

Their first CD is awesome and in my opinion can go toe-to-toe with just about any GnR CD...but GnR didn't make JUST one good CD.

Red Superfly
I don't like Velvet Revolver all that much. They just aren't as fun as GnR.

Don't get me wrong, I like Velvet Revolver, it's just that comparred to Guns and Roses, they aren't that great by a long shot.

Also, funnily enough, I like AFD, but my fave songs on it are the popular ones. Welcome To The Jungle is the best song on there while Paradise City and Sweet Child O Mine come next. That's really wierd for me, because I usually buy an album because of the singles songs - listen to the album - and fall in love with the "unknown" songs even more than the singles. With AFD, it's come full circle. I bought it for the hit tracks, ended up liking the likes of Mr. Brownstone even more, and now I'm back to preferring the hit songs again. Wierd.

But GnR are imo better than Velvet Revolver.

PTim
Guns 'N' Roses.

VR are as bland as a Jim Davidsom stand up show V_V

eggmayo
Guns and Roses are one of my top 5 bands ever

Korri
Yeah same.


I think there is like one Velvet Revolver song that i think is "ok" and thats All Bad Things...

come to think of it thats not even that good messed

BOPRecruit 16
i just joined this really cool velvet revolver forum where duff mckagan actually checks out and posts comments. no joke! i read all of them and the threads that talk about how the band is aware of that forum and do check up on it, mainly duff does. if you would like proof and all or join the forum, ask me nicely to post the link to it sometime! dude, i left a comment and question for him in the question thread made for him, can't wait for him to respond! eek!

Cid
guns n roses is better but velvet revolver is cool too. ^what's the site called??

BOPRecruit 16
here's the link to the velvet revolver forum where he posts: http://www.velvetrevolverforum.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=423 - this is his profile - just find the link that says "find all posts by duff" and a window should pop up of his comments - then once there - just click on the title of the threads that he posted those comments in to check them out. also, there are a couple of other threads that provide proof that he does post there and is aware of the forums.

if you would like to join the forum, just click on the banner at the top to take you back to home page and then look to the right for where you can register. enjoy! smokin'

LiveAndLetDie
Guns N' Roses, definetly. I like VR, got their album, but it bores me when I listen to it. I still listen to AFD often and I think it`s one of the better albums that came out in the 80`s.
Axl kills Scott, btw. Axl is a great frontman, even if he is crazy. Scott can`t top Axl.
I think Guns has better music, too. Slash`s guitar solos, Matt`s drumming abilty, and Duff`s bass playing were all memorable in their days in Guns. You can`t say the same for VR.
Izzy isn a better rythum guitarist than Dave is. smile

bardock
true

Pandemoniac
Originally posted by Linkalicious
and where is Axl now? confused

If memory suits me correctly Axl was the problem child that drove Guns and Roses to drop their tour resulting in their break up.

But in GnR's defense against, Velvet Revolver hasn't been together long enough to go through all the trails and tribulations that most groups go through.

Their first CD is awesome and in my opinion can go toe-to-toe with just about any GnR CD...but GnR didn't make JUST one good CD.

Ooh I f*cking remember that! I had tickets for that tour, but that party was cancelled. Goddammit!

Still, GNR remains my all time favorite band. VR made a decent start, and I appreciate Weiland a lot. But Contraband is IMO not as good as Appetite or both Illustion volumes. It lacks really legendary songs.

Alpha Centauri
Originally posted by Pandemoniac
It lacks really legendary songs.

Appetite for Destruction only had 3 major legendary songs that the band never really surpassed.

-AC

jks
I like VR and all, but I can't imagine how anyone would even consider them to be half as good as gnr just because many are former members. Gnr had perhaps the most dynamic frontman in rock since dlr left van halen, and izzy was also the main sonwriter, not slash.

Alpha Centauri
Axl Rose wasn't the most dynamic frontman, he was a dynamic front man who happened to be in the most famous Rock 'n' Roll band in the world at the time.

-AC

LiveAndLetDie
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Appetite for Destruction only had 3 major legendary songs that the band never really surpassed.

-AC
What about November Rain?

Those first three songs are legendary, but not near as great as some of other songs. They don`t go as deep as Estranged, Breakdown, Coma, Don`t Cry, November Rain, Locomotive, etc. They`ve had loads of songs that could`ve been legendary, but the public just wasn`t interested.
Izzy and Axl were the two main songwriters, not just Izzy. Axl wrote almost all of Use Your Illusions II. And he co-wrote most of the rest of the songs.
Axl was just strange. He wore kilts and hardly ever wore his pants. He wasn`t the most dynamic, though. I agree with AC on that one

Alpha Centauri
Originally posted by LiveAndLetDie
What about November Rain?

Those first three songs are legendary, but not near as great as some of other songs. They don`t go as deep as Estranged, Breakdown, Coma, Don`t Cry, November Rain, Locomotive, etc. They`ve had loads of songs that could`ve been legendary, but the public just wasn`t interested.
Izzy and Axl were the two main songwriters, not just Izzy. Axl wrote almost all of Use Your Illusions II. And he co-wrote most of the rest of the songs.

Yeah, November Rain also.

I'm not saying they aren't a great band. I'm saying it's not fair to judge another band on not having as many legendary songs as GNR is it?

-AC

LiveAndLetDie
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Yeah, November Rain also.

I'm not saying they aren't a great band. I'm saying it's not fair to judge another band on not having as many legendary songs as GNR is it?

-AC
That was just kind of a general statement, that wasn`t pointed towards you.
And, no, it isn`t fair to judge them like that. People need to give VR time to create a name for themselves rather than constantly compare them to STP and GNR.

Alpha Centauri
Well they've created a name for themselves.

They've made a very promising debut. If only promising in the sense that we'll see quality from them each time, not neccessarily massive evolution.

-AC

LiveAndLetDie
*thinks about it*
True, true. You win stick out tongue

BOPRecruit 16
anyone heard their fairly new song from the fantastic four movie and soundtrack, "come on, come in"? *also have seen the music video* so, what do you guys think of it? i know it has been out since late june... *this is about VR, btw*

Pandemoniac
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Appetite for Destruction only had 3 major legendary songs that the band never really surpassed.

-AC

SFW, contraband only has one. And how about Estranged, Civil War, Coma?

Pandemoniac
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Yeah, November Rain also.

I'm not saying they aren't a great band. I'm saying it's not fair to judge another band on not having as many legendary songs as GNR is it?

-AC

True, especially viewing the age of the band. But I don't expect them to plant milestones like GNR did

LiveAndLetDie
Originally posted by Pandemoniac
SFW, contraband only has one. And how about Estranged, Civil War, Coma?
Coma wasn`t a single. Only the people who have Use Your illusions I know about it..but it is brillant

bardock
bump. gn'r is awesome.vr hasnt had as many good songs as stp did

cool_dudes_rule
guns n roses

there awesome

It's_Alright
The OLD Guns n' Roses... I love every little song, every word, everything of their old songs.

kool4ever
Velvet revolver suck ass!! Especially the fukin singer!!!! **** you all velvet revolver fans!!!!!!!! evil face laughing rolling on floor laughing mad smokin'

kool4ever
Thank you Guns N Roses fans for loving Guns N Roses, thank you. smile

badAssSoadFan13
Guns 'n' roses because a lot of Velvet Revolver songs bother me.. Happy Dance

Text-only Version: Click HERE to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links.