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June 5th, 2013 - Buffalo, NY


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Whats the problem? If u don't like him these days and r stucked in the 90's, go watch a dvd. "He is not even trying!" What da fuck do u know?! Not a shit! Voice expert during the internet!? No jobs like that out there! But he's not 28 anymore! But 2010, yeah thats three years ago! Im pretty sure he want to give his best while performing, but he's old and maybe his "screaming-ability" change from night to night! Just don't look if it hurts u so much! Don't type "Gnr Buffalo" in that yt search field! Close it!! Go vacuum cleaning! So....sorry for my bad english! But whining doesnt make him sound better!

Hasta la vista!

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Whats the problem? If u don't like him these days and r stucked in the 90's, go watch a dvd. "He is not even trying!" What da fuck do u know?! Not a shit! Voice expert during the internet!? No jobs like that out there! But he's not 28 anymore! But 2010, yeah thats three years ago! Im pretty sure he want to give his best while performing, but he's old and maybe his "screaming-ability" change from night to night! Just don't look if it hurts u so much! Don't type "Gnr Buffalo" in that yt search field! Close it!! Go vacuum cleaning! So....sorry for my bad english! But whining doesnt make him sound better!

Hasta la vista!

Emo rage? What's next? Will you do a vid of yourself crying over a bunch of Ashba Swag merc asking please not to bash Mickey, I mean, Axl?
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Great show. Very windy so they weren't allowed to use fire just incase (didn't miss it). Axl soundedgood and bad at times but was in a great mood

He kept trying to wear hats but they kept blowing off. Which made him look better (not a fan of the hats on every song)

A fight broke out during the intro to sweet child (I always knew this was a fighting song)

Good show all together (my eight)

:lol:

Good to know you had a good time! :thumbsup:

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Is the hat hiding something? He holds onto it throughout CD as not to lose it, but is without it for Jungle.

Someone said something earlier in the thread about it being very windy
Correct. His hat blew off a few times. One time it flew off the stage and landed in front of us at the foot of the barrier. One of the crew guys came running to get it so fast you'd think there was a bomb threat or something :lol:
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Jungle doesn't sound bad, with the exception of the scream just before the outro.

First few songs were the roughest as far as the vocals go IMO.

Glad you guys enjoyed the show. Here's to tonight!

Safe travels.

Edit: And thanks for the updates last night. :)

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Guns n Roses delivers the goods in Outer Harbor show Jeff Miers Updated 2013-06-06 05:32:47 1 of 1

Monster Truck a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, opened at the Outer Harbor for Guns N Roses Wednesday night .Members include lead singer and bassist Jon Harvey, guitarist Jeremy Widerman, keyboardist Brandon Bliss and drummer Steve Kiely. (Photo by Harry Scull Jr. / Buffalo News)

Did he still have the banshee howl?

Its been a long time since Axl Rose was the undisputed king of the underground Los Angeles rock scene. Back then, his band, Guns n Roses, was the it band, the group that had been able to navigate the terrain between punk, metal and glam rock.

It has been 20 years since Guns n Roses played Buffalo, the last time being a headlining slot at what was then known as Rich Stadium. The slightly metal-inflected version of the GnR take on Aerosmiths early work has not exactly been in vogue over the past two decades. Were the GnR faithful still out there?

On Wednesday, as Guns n Roses kicked off the the Outer Harbor Concert Series season, it certainly seemed that the the folks who worshipped Appetite for Destruction had not forgotten their band. And judging by appearances, a whole new generation of Guns lovers was eager for their first experience of the band as well.

The concert site at the Outer Harbor was stuffed with rockers, folks who, one surmises, like their rock jarred and their choruses memorable. It was cold, unseasonably so, and very windy too. But when Guns n Roses took the stage - at 10:15, perhaps surpisingingly, given singer Axl Roses tendency to start shows as late as midnight - it felt as if Appetite for Destruction had just come out, and Paradise City was still in sight.

The Outer Harbor series has made some serious improvements since last year, its maiden voyage. In addition to much more accommodating parking, the investment in sound, production and staging was immediately apparent on Wednesday. The sound was incredible - loud, well-mixed, and abundantly powerful.

The band? Yes, this is the version of Guns n Roses that lacks founding member and guitarist Slash. And yes, so much has been said about singer Axl Rose over the years since Slash left to suggest that the GnR singer is pretty much a nut job. But Wednesdays show suggested something different. This version of GnR came to kick butt and take names. And, flying in the face of Roses tendency to take the stage hours after the published time, the band arrived by 10:15 p.m., and tore into a set that could not have left diehard Gn R fans disappointed.

Opener Chinese Democracy gave way to Welcome to the Jungle, and the place went nuts, cell phones held aloft bobbing in real time to the groove. Rose, a heftier and significantly more Southern rock-looking form of the man all of these people had fallen in love with in 1989, accorded himself well. Its So Easy boasted much of the strut of the original, as did the decidedly swanky Mr. Brownstone. Rose was energetic, on point, and if he couldnt quite deliver the goods with the power he displayed in the old days, well, who could blame him? He was certainly going for it.

Rose, from the beginning of his career, sang in a hyper-powerful head-voice falsetto of the variety that does not age well. That he could sing as well as he did during older tunes like Rocket Queen and the highlight of the evening, a take on Paul McCartneys Live and Let Die, was rather incredible.

Without founding member, and acknowledged guitar god Slash, the 2013 version of GnR fell back on the talents of three sublimely gifted guitarists. Led by Ron Bumblefoot Thall, and including DJ Ashba and Richard Fortus, the guitarist lineup delivered an inspired mix of blues-based hard rock, virtuoso shred playing, and post-Keith Richards slop. It all added up to some killer playing, though at times it did seem that there was simply too much guitar in the mix.

Rose did highlight each player - pianist Dizzy Reed vamped on Led Zeppelins No Quarter, while a jam on Pink Floyds Another Brick in the Wall Part II gave way to the power ballad November Rain - with Rose seated behind the piano in all his Elton John-esque glory ,and finally, guitarist Bumblefoots Objectify. These were some of the sets high points, and seemed to get former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson in the mood to rock.

But in the end, this is Roses show, and he lorded over it - for better and for worse - throughout. GnR in 2013 still kicks butt. Even if Roses voice is not what it once was. But then again, what was it once? A scream that perhaps could not endure then test of time.

That said, Wednesdays show was a riot. Fantastic sound, plenty of room, and the sort of sightlines that would make Bonaroo proud.

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He called Ashba a sublimely gifted guitarist. Stopped reading.

But by then you had already read this part:

"Rose, from the beginning of his career, sang in a hyper-powerful head-voice falsetto of the variety that does not age well. That he could sing as well as he did during older tunes like Rocket Queen and the highlight of the evening, a take on Paul McCartneys Live and Let Die, was rather incredible."

This is entirely in tune with what I have been saying, although his voice has deteriorated Axl is still great on vocals (for most shows, not counting some spectacular botches like Bridge School and parts of the last RIR).

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