Post Tagged with: "Guns n’ Roses"

by / on March 6, 2013 at 8:17 am / in Metal, Rock Music

‘I’m going to raise the question’: David Lee Roth wonders why Axl Rose is still calling his band Guns n’ Roses

Touring again with Van Halen has David Lee Roth ruminating on bands that continue on without most of their original members — Guns n’ Roses, in particular. He compares the practice to staging a Broadway revival

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by / on January 6, 2013 at 7:35 am / in Metal, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Adler – Back from the Dead (2012)

Drummer Steven Adler has built a fair bit of legend in hard rock circles, but for all the wrong reasons. Adler, you may recall, was the guy who was kicked out of Guns n’ Roses because of his drug problem. That takes some real effort.

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by / on May 23, 2012 at 8:03 am / in Metal, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Slash – Apocalyptic Love (2012)

After being less than impressed with Slash’s last solo album and its parade of guest stars, and being only a marginal fan of Velvet Revolver or Slash’s Snakepit, I didn’t go into Apocalyptic Love with my hopes too high.

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by / on April 13, 2012 at 8:11 am / in Metal, One Track Mind, Rock Music, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Guns n’ Roses, “You’re Crazy” (1990)

Thinking about Guns n’ Roses in the wake of Axl Rose’s snub of the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies (which given that institution’s history is perhaps well-deserved), I had an urge to write a little something on the music

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by / on April 11, 2012 at 6:50 pm / in Metal, Rock Music

Are they still Guns n' Roses?: Axl Rose's Hall of Fame diss raises an interesting question

Frontman Axl Rose composes a surprisingly cogent — though, nevertheless, staggeringly wrongheaded — letter declining to participate in Guns n’ Roses’ upcoming 2012 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Our Fred Phillips responds

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by / on March 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm / in Metal, Rock Music

Slash says he's not looking forward to formal attire required for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

Though Slash calls his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Gun n’ Roses “an honor,” he won’t be appearing with the band’s other founding members to celebrate the honor.

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by / on March 20, 2012 at 12:12 pm / in Pop Music, Rock Music

Presenters for this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Robbie Robertson, Chuck D

The list of presenters at this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reads like, well, a hall of fame induction class

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by / on March 14, 2012 at 8:17 am / in Metal, Rock Music

Various artists – Welcome to the Nightmare: An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper (2012)

Originally released as Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper on Deadline Records in 1998, this collection of covers has recently gotten a repackaging from Cleopatra Records with a few extra tunes

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by / on March 7, 2012 at 2:33 pm / in Concerts, Rock Music

Check out tentative set list for Rock n Roll Allstars tour, featuring members of Kiss, Def Leppard, Guns n' Roses, others

The Rock n Roll AllStars — a group featuring members of Kiss, Def Leppard, Guns n’ Roses and Alice in Chains, among others — have confirmed the lineup for a series of shows

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by / on February 14, 2012 at 2:01 pm / in Concerts, Metal, Rock Music

Massive Titans of Rock tour will include members of Guns n' Roses, Def Leppard, Kiss, Metallica, others

An armada of metal standouts will join forces for an unprecedented tour aptly titled Titans of Rock, including members of Guns n’ Roses, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Kiss, Metallica and others.

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