StoneTempleRoses Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Guns N' Roses hasn't had a proper band photo since the Illusion days. What's the deal with that? It's so cool to see the whole band together plus it's nice for phone wallpapers and just all sorts of cool stuff. There should definitely be at least one band photo in any release be it CD or DVD or posters or t-shirts. Like just get in a room together and have some photos taken. I want to see one of the new line up soon hopefully but I doubt it. There is like no other band that I know of that hasn't had a band photo for like 20 years??? It seems very out of the ordinary. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoyd androyd Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 in short, Axl has been extremely insecure about his looks for 20+ years now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTempleRoses Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Haha your probably right but he needs to be more secure. I think he looks cool and I think the band would look super cool together as they are now. Frank looked real cool at the troub he even had a misfits shirt on kinda like duff circa 89 or something. Richard just fits in like sand at the beach. Those 2 plus the original big 3. Not to mention the new female and dizzy in the back they're picture perfect right now, snap snap that's what I'm sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 They broke up 23 yrs ago. Their was no band to do a "photo shoot" with. Now that they are back- maybe it'll happen. Plus- haven't shoots gone the way of albums etc...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTempleRoses Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 I know they broke up but there was still a band. Chinese Democracy should have had a band photo. They should have had photo shoots for tour promotion all those years. Robin looked so cool for so long and there's no like official guns n roses photos with robin in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) 26 minutes ago, paranoyd androyd said: in short, Axl has been extremely insecure about his looks for 20+ years now i refuse to believe a white guy that would wear a 5x football jersey with braids cared about his looks don't know why he got self conscious...he was a good looking dude Edited April 6, 2016 by -W.A.R- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PsychoKiss344 Posted April 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2016 An official band photo would have been so badass in the 2002 era with Finck and Buckethead. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 1 minute ago, PsychoKiss344 said: An official band photo would have been so badass in the 2002 era with Finck and Buckethead. that picture would give me nightmares...badass band turns into freakshow 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTempleRoses Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 I honestly think the lack of band photos all these years definitely added to the reason non hard core fans didn't know who was in the band. You need to show them photos of the guys together and it will seem like more of a cohesive team. Even if they're not hanging out every night wouldn't matter because they're still a team that would be like a sports team not having a photo for 20 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiss344 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 3 minutes ago, -W.A.R- said: that picture would give me nightmares...badass band turns into freakshow I love the 2002 era 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneTempleRoses Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) 13 minutes ago, PsychoKiss344 said: I love the 2002 era Yeah I do to. It's crazy how some people hate all the post slash gnr until the regrouping. Some of the coolest elements were added to gnr in those years some amazing musicians. I loved all the incarnations but the buckethead robin finck richard era was soo fucking cool. I would honestly love to see that regrouping almost as much as this one. I wish one day it could happen but probably won't ever for sure. Also right now they are as sexy and hip as they could be at their age. Duff looks amazing slash looks like slash, axl looks better than he has in awhile, Richard is shredded and has the coolest tattoos, frank makes them look hip because he looks young and rockin, dizzy is a handsome man and the new blue haired beauty alone sexisfies this band to the top notch. 13 minutes ago, PsychoKiss344 said: Edited April 6, 2016 by StoneTempleRoses Double quote 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiss344 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 4 minutes ago, StoneTempleRoses said: Yeah I do to. It's crazy how some people hate all the post slash gnr until the regrouping. Some of the coolest elements were added to gnr in those years some amazing musicians. I loved all the incarnations but the buckethead robin finck richard era was soo fucking cool. I would honestly love to see that regrouping almost as much as this one. I wish one day it could happen but probably won't ever for sure. I would say it's my second favourite time period for Guns.....first obviously being 86-93. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Zombie Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 When I saw them on the MTV awards in 2002 I was like holy fuck what a bunch of misfits. It was so awesome to see Buckethead and a gothed out finck. Best lineup ever other then duff, slash, izzy, Gilby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintari Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 3 hours ago, Original said: They broke up 23 yrs ago. Their was no band to do a "photo shoot" with. Now that they are back- maybe it'll happen. Plus- haven't shoots gone the way of albums etc...? Nah. When you log into Apple music or Spotify to stream music like all the hipsters do, there's still an up to date band shot right there staring at you in the face. Band shoots are still important. They're just used in difference ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintari Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, StoneTempleRoses said: Yeah I do to. It's crazy how some people hate all the post slash gnr until the regrouping. Some of the coolest elements were added to gnr in those years some amazing musicians. I loved all the incarnations but the buckethead robin finck richard era was soo fucking cool. I would honestly love to see that regrouping almost as much as this one. I wish one day it could happen but probably won't ever for sure. Also right now they are as sexy and hip as they could be at their age. Duff looks amazing slash looks like slash, axl looks better than he has in awhile, Richard is shredded and has the coolest tattoos, frank makes them look hip because he looks young and rockin, dizzy is a handsome man and the new blue haired beauty alone sexisfies this band to the top notch. You can put me into the group that just dismissed everything until the big three were back together. Yes, I bought CD and yeah, it's a good album. But I never considered any of it Guns N Roses. I considered it Axl's solo work. To me, it was Axl's VR or Loaded. The only difference was that he was using the GNR name. But, I never saw Axl's group play. I was JUST a tad too young to see GNR in the early 90's (I was almost 14 when they played their last show in 1993) so this July will be the first time in my life I get to see them. I've been waiting literally 23 years to see this show. I never cared about seeing Axl's band because it was just... Axl. Not that I don't like him or anything but, it's not the same to me. So I'm actually kind of proud that I managed to hold out for a reunion. Edited April 6, 2016 by Nintari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Whilst there aren't current band pictures to use (and to some extent even if there were) the media tends to use the iconic images from way back. This hooks in more interest from the general public from a marketing and business perspective than an up to date shoot would. It's totally different for a contemporary band that are still young but GNR are trading largely on nostalgia - that's not a dig, just factual. Interestingly it doesn't quite happen that way with bands like The Stones but I think that is because they are at a national treasure level that Guns hasn't quite reached due to the long hiatus with the classic members. If they put out an album with this line up they might be able to move up a notch in that respect but if they don't and they remain touring the hits it possibly doesn't benefit them to do a new RS cover or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Sage Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I think the lack of photos adds to their mystique.I would love to see a band photo with all of them in GnR gear but it's not gonna happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changes Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 5 hours ago, paranoyd androyd said: in short, Axl has been extremely insecure about his looks for 20+ years now I refuse to believe this. If he were THAT insecure he would have at least hit the gym occasionally. He was a fit guy back in the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoop Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 5 hours ago, StoneTempleRoses said: Guns N' Roses hasn't had a proper band photo since the Illusion days. How quickly they forget. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofnazareth Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) They (management, who ever is in control) are not proud of the full lineup. The Vegas promo vid only had the 3 AFD originals. Edited April 6, 2016 by sonofnazareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 5 hours ago, -W.A.R- said: that picture would give me nightmares...badass band turns into freakshow To be fair, in the context of their times, they kinda looked like freaks to 90% of the population in the mid to late 80s too, as big as glam metal and all that bullshit was they still looked kinda...fucked up The best bands always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofnazareth Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 11 minutes ago, bigpoop said: How quickly they forget. This photo represents the epitome of a 'thrown together' band. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 4 hours ago, bigpoop said: How quickly they forget. GNFN'R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 5 hours ago, bigpoop said: How quickly they forget. Crazy to think this wasn't long ago at all. And over half the guys in that picture are gone just to be replaced by duff mckagan and slash. Still feels like a dream too good to be true.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooker Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 This is about as close as we got... not bad either Even then Pitman was barely noticeable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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