Author Topic: The Borescore: Axl or Slash? (Read 1893 times)

Cerveza mas fina · « **on:** March 03, 2013, 08:38:02 AM »

I've always thought what really made the GnR was Axl's voice. Of course Slash was probably important in developing the sound, but having been to a GnR concert last year and listening to Chinese Democracy I really don't miss him. Now if Axl wasn't there I wouldn't go to the concert.

Polari · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2013, 10:09:45 AM »

Himu · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2013, 10:42:09 AM »

Both. Slash's solo effort is meh, but axl needs slash because slash's guitar writing is top notch.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2013, 10:57:52 AM »

put me down for one vote of kurt cobain punching axl in the face

Momo · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:14:14 AM »

Slash, because velvet revolver (Pilot Weiland

)

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:16:36 AM »

Hmmm. Axl is a great song writer, Slash is a great guitarist. I guess I'd give Slash the edge simply because of his riffs whereas Axl's extravagance is what ruined the band musically.

That being said Chinese Democracy is underrated.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #6 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:16:51 AM »

Axl looks like a fat Charles Bronson, so Slash

Momo · « **Reply #7 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:19:50 AM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on March 03, 2013, 11:15:52 AM

Velvet Revolver and Audioslave are basically the same thing. Same band with different well known vocalist substituting in releasing music that's just OK.

In both cases Velvet Revolver > GnR, because Weiland >>>>>>> Axl and Audioslave >>>> Rage against the machine because fuck De La Rocha and

Chris Cornell

Momo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:23:05 AM »

De La Rocha cant hold a candle to Chris Cornell's voice, Weiland is a far, far better song writer and vocalist over Axl

Momo · « **Reply #9 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:25:56 AM »

Guns and roses wish they could do this

:weilandance

Momo · « **Reply #10 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:35:49 AM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on March 03, 2013, 11:26:24 AM

Chris Cornell > De La Rocha. I'm not debating that. But Rage Against The Machine is a thousand times the band Audioslave is, it felt like everyone involved was winging it with that one. As for Weiland: Good voice, meh songwriter. I hate Axl but he has written much better songs.

I strongly disagree with Rage the only thing that ever stood out for me is Guerrilla Radio and I pretty much grew up with their music (always fount it to be pretty meh) Whereas Audioslave did an almost perfect album of road trip songs

Weiland vs Axl isnt even close for me. Him, Jerry Cantrell, Chris Cornell stand head and shoulders above everyone else in their kinda genre (i know mixed genres)

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #11 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:39:16 AM »

ITT a yuropeen likes bland music, news at 11

Positive Touch · « **Reply #12 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:42:12 AM »

i want to troll more but this thread is so terrible i cant even read through it all

stop listening to terrible music yall

Momo · « **Reply #13 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:44:36 AM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on March 03, 2013, 11:39:16 AM

ITT a yuropeen likes bland music, news at 11

Oh yeah? Well your face!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:57:59 AM »

Audioslave' first album is better than all of Rage's albums. That's a fact

Momo · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:58:50 AM »

Momo · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:08:56 PM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on March 03, 2013, 12:03:26 PM

PD loves Creed, he doesn't count.

There are people who like Creed?

Fuck this gay earth

brob · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2013, 01:40:21 PM »

the disparity in quality between the first and second Audioslave albums is so extreme I now reel in horror whenever a musician successfully gets on the wagon.

Also Rage's catalog outdoes Audioslave's first album and the track Moth (which is everything of note from them). Not to mention that Audioslave suffers retroactively from Chris Cornell's solo effort which he left the band for.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2013, 01:57:19 PM »

Audioslave's first album is quite an amazing body of work that hits every box on the "good rock album" checklist. Great heavy stuff, nice ballad-esque track, very good blues track, etc

Robo · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2013, 04:28:06 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on March 03, 2013, 10:57:52 AM

put me down for one vote of kurt cobain punching axl in the face

Only memorable thing Axl ever did.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #20 on:** March 03, 2013, 04:41:57 PM »

I thought this was a poll about deodorants.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #21 on:** March 03, 2013, 07:13:46 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 03, 2013, 11:57:59 AM

Audioslave' first album is better than all of Rage's albums. That's a fact

AUGH FUCK WHY DID I COME BACK IN HERE

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #22 on:** March 03, 2013, 07:16:36 PM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #23 on:** March 05, 2013, 06:49:31 AM »

I can't believe Im the only one that voted Axl.

SMH

Chinese Democracy is good.

StealthFan · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2013, 08:01:55 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 03, 2013, 07:16:36 PM

I saw you mention the bluesy track and knew you were talking about one of my favorite songs.

EDIT: Nice quality there PD :scusthov:

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25 on:** March 05, 2013, 01:26:04 PM »

That's not the bluesy track...

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 05, 2013, 01:55:07 PM »

Slash was the heart and soul of the band, how could you argue otherwise?

bork · « **Reply #27 on:** March 05, 2013, 02:06:00 PM »

I would side with Slash since Axl is a huge fuck-up, but you need both for Guns N' Roses.

I still remember how bad the replacement band (and Axl) sounded when they "returned" for the album that wouldn't release for several more years:

Kurt Loder's enthusiasm for this was incredibly fake.