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 first album, Appetite for Destruction, set the stage for the sound the band would become known for. As a debut album, it did what it needed to do by blending a little bit of punk, a whisper of glam rock, and a whole lot of loud and brash attitude.
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.
Other than Axl, there are no returning original members of the band. Thats okay, because Axl would make them crazy anyway. I know that the album cover says Guns N Roses, but this is most definitely an Axl Rose album. If it just had his name on the cover, it might have been a little better received. If the die hard fans give the album a chance, then I think that they will hear some of the classic sounds, some of the classic riffs that the hard rocking band of the eighties perfected.
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. - 23815
The first album, Appetite for Destruction, set the stage for the sound the band would become known for. As a debut album, it did what it needed to do by blending a little bit of punk, a whisper of glam rock, and a whole lot of loud and brash attitude.
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.
Other than Axl, there are no returning original members of the band. Thats okay, because Axl would make them crazy anyway. I know that the album cover says Guns N Roses, but this is most definitely an Axl Rose album. If it just had his name on the cover, it might have been a little better received. If the die hard fans give the album a chance, then I think that they will hear some of the classic sounds, some of the classic riffs that the hard rocking band of the eighties perfected.
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. - 23815
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