Guns N Roses New Sound Still Rocks
There are plenty of naysayers out there decrying the new Guns N Roses album. The complaint is that it doesn't sound the same. And that's not so bad. I think intentions were to migrate to a newer sound.
The older music, especially Appetite for Destruction, the first G n R album was about as perfect a debut album that could have been made. It was an almost perfect mix of glam rock mixed with some punk influence and a healthy helping of I dont give a crap attitude. It was loud, brash and arrogant in it presentation and in its excess. In a word-perfect. It didnt get any better than Appetite.
The Illusion albums carried the rock influence and strung it out, making a more epic and sweeping feel. There were still some hard rocking songs, but everything felt bigger, more polished and lost a little bit of its grimy back alley feel. They were still very good, and seemed a natural evolution for the band. Now, after 15 years we get another face slap of rock and roll from Axel. It is a new sound, but it sounds like an updated G n R album.
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 album opens up with the first two songs reminding listeners why they bought it. The title track Chinese Democracy, rocks and seems familiar to most, since it has evolved over several years without ever being released until now. The album is able to create a bridge between the last album and itself - not an easy task. No matter if you like this latest effort from Axl and crew or not, you must admit that it still awakens your senses that the mass of "rock" drivel out there today can not do. - 23806
The older music, especially Appetite for Destruction, the first G n R album was about as perfect a debut album that could have been made. It was an almost perfect mix of glam rock mixed with some punk influence and a healthy helping of I dont give a crap attitude. It was loud, brash and arrogant in it presentation and in its excess. In a word-perfect. It didnt get any better than Appetite.
The Illusion albums carried the rock influence and strung it out, making a more epic and sweeping feel. There were still some hard rocking songs, but everything felt bigger, more polished and lost a little bit of its grimy back alley feel. They were still very good, and seemed a natural evolution for the band. Now, after 15 years we get another face slap of rock and roll from Axel. It is a new sound, but it sounds like an updated G n R album.
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 album opens up with the first two songs reminding listeners why they bought it. The title track Chinese Democracy, rocks and seems familiar to most, since it has evolved over several years without ever being released until now. The album is able to create a bridge between the last album and itself - not an easy task. No matter if you like this latest effort from Axl and crew or not, you must admit that it still awakens your senses that the mass of "rock" drivel out there today can not do. - 23806
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