Queen VS Guns N'Roses!

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Queen Versus Guns N' Roses


Gun N' Roses may have preferred a heavier rock than Queen but they still had some comparable songs e.g. Queen had their Bohemian Rhapsody and Gun N' Roses had their November Rain to brilliant songs, but overall they were essentially two great rock bands, what I want to know is which one do YOU prefer!

Lemming

Apples & Oranges.

Queen and Gn'R were two completely different styles of rock.

Gn'R were "sex-drugs-and rock and roll, high-octane" stuff

Queen could be, I suppose, described as being "grand rock" if you will.

phreak

Originally posted by Lemming
Apples & Oranges.

agreed, but if i HAD to choose, i would choose Queen!

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I knew that the difference between Queen and G n' R wud be brought up!

All i want 2 see is if people HAD 2 make a choice between the 2 bands who wud they pick!

Im just curious.....

IronMan

neeewbie.
Would have to be GNR, dirty sex ridden rock!!
Queen were different

Oeneus

How dare you make me choose between them! You have been put in a really bad position!

But I picked GN'R as they are by current most loved band ever. But back when I was a kid from the age 4 -12 I was a huge Queen fan.

But seriously, they're just uncomparable!

Dont be at yourself

Queen are better, and they don't have a guitarist who wears a KFC bucket on his head, which is always a bonus.

Oeneus

Listen, I saw the New GN'R in London in August, and I'm telling you, Buckethead was absolutely phenominal(spelling?). I haven't seen anything like him.

I promise you when the New material comes out and people see Buckethead a bit more, they will be stunned at his guitar playing. He is an amazing talent. So don't be bullsh1tting about him/her/it. I predict this guy is going to be big, even without Axl!

Dont be at yourself

That may be so, but the man wears a KFC bucket. On his head.

Oeneus

I just found this:

Buckethead is the masked, inverted KFC bucket wearing, "mutant guitar virtuoso" that stunned audiences during Primus's set at OzzFest '99, toured the world with Praxis and GN'R, and graced many a movie soundtrack/score. There has been much speculation as to the identity of Buckethead. He was raised in a chicken coop by chickens. And possibly due to the unusual circumstances surrounding his upbringing, he is a very private person. He doesn't grant many interviews, and shuns most conventional means of contact. The mask and bucket add an eerie air of mystery to his activities and serve as a harbinger for his otherworldly musical stylings and sensibilities.

Goodshape

Two completely different bands...

...But I chose Queen. Never really cared for GnR.

Lemming

Originally posted by Oeneus
I promise you when the New material comes out and people see Buckethead a bit more, they will be stunned at his guitar playing. He is an amazing talent. So don't be bullsh1tting about him/her/it. I predict this guy is going to be big, even without Axl!

GnR is not GnR without Slash. Axl & Slash WERE Guns N'Roses. You need both of them to make it live up to the name. Buckethead may be good, he may be damn good in fact .. but he's not Slash.

I don't want to sound like some "purist", but that's simply what made GnR - that love/hate relationship.

Karl Hungus

I voted Queen.

What can I say? Great childhood memories.

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*sob*

The squirrel made off my my teddy.

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Ah, anyway. I can see this being a bit of a rivalry thread. But I'm gonna take sides and agree with Lemming. Slash & Axl *ARE* Guns N' Roses. But I was never really mad on them. My Appitite For Destruction tape is floating about somewhere in the attic, being torn open for rat bedding. Never bothered to get it on CD again.

thedrowner

nekked bible man-thanks, that was the funneist thing ive read all day!!!

fisifan01

Voted for G`NR. Frankly i think Queen are one of the most Overrated bands of all time ,imho.

GoneShootin

Queen, its official

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Why has only 19 people voted?


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Oeneus

Gone Shootin, would you like to know why that Google fight is inaccurate?

Because the search for "Queen" is going to bring up a lot of results that aren't related to the band "Queen". For example, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of hearts, Queen of Spades, and of course probably the most common, Dragqueen!

Mossy Monk

Guns N' Roses for me. i was never really into Queen all that much but they had a few songs i liked

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by Lemming


GnR is not GnR without Slash. Axl & Slash WERE Guns N'Roses. You need both of them to make it live up to the name. Buckethead may be good, he may be damn good in fact .. but he's not Slash.

I don't want to sound like some "purist", but that's simply what made GnR - that love/hate relationship.

I agree with this view. I think buckethead is extremely fast, but I still don't think he matches Slash in the slightest. He also takes away from the GNR image, as far as I'm concerned.... and I think Axl's voice is gone, but they were still far better than Queen.... although, yes, they are 2 completely different styles.

NeMiSiS

http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=Guns+N+roses+n%27&q2=queen+-Victoria+-I+-Elizabeth+-II+-hearts+-Spades+-Dragqueen&B1=I%27m+Feeling+Groggy%21%21+Go%21&compare=1&langue=us ... cant say im the biggest queen fan in the world ..but the two bands are like chalk and cheese... and i dont like the 'new' Guns N' Roses .

GNR is dead and buried,whats there like 2 original members left.. is dizzy playing keyboards or something ? Its more like Axl + hired guns. The new tunes dont sound like something 'Guns N' Roses' would create,it sounds very 'Axl'. As for Mr BucketHead..intresting maybe he likes the smell of fried chicken.. ! Hell if he wanted to look realy strange he could grow a big ass mop of hair along the lines of 'Cousin It' with a perm and get himself a huge mother****er of a top hat..

In summary : Silly Poll,New GnR aint as good as old GnR,Buckethead most likely smells and tastes 'Finger Licking Good !',and Slash looks like cartoon character.

nem

Oeneus

This is the problem with you lot! You are all looking at it as still being GN'R and therefore still comparing them with the old guys, then thinking "Oh it's completely different therefore it's crap!"

Of course it's a completely different band! Try and not to see them as GN'R. Try and see it as Axl's solo project. And I tell you, "Axl's solo project" is one of the most amazing things I've heard in ages, primarily due to Buckethead. I predict this band are going to be fuccking huge!

Don't judge them until the new album comes out, and if you get the chance, go see them live. I saw them and it was ****ing amazing, partly because it wasn't anything like the shows back when the Illusions tour was going on. It's all completely new...and brilliant!

I was as iffy about the New GN'R as you lot are now until I saw them live! I also saw a bootleg of the Rock In Rio 2001 show that they did and that show just doesn't do the new band justice. But a year later a lot has changed!

And...http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=Guns+N%27+Roses&q2=Freddie+Mercury&B1=I%27m+Feeling+Groggy%21%21+Go%21&compare=1&langue=us

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by Oeneus
This is the problem with you lot! You are all looking at it as still being GN'R and therefore still comparing them with the old guys, then thinking "Oh it's completely different therefore it's crap!"

Of course it's a completely different band! Try and not to see them as GN'R. Try and see it as Axl's solo project. And I tell you, "Axl's solo project" is one of the most amazing things I've heard in ages, primarily due to Buckethead. I predict this band are going to be fuccking huge!

I wouldn't see it as Guns N Roses if he'd changed the name. It's not Guns N Roses, you're right, it's Axl's solo project, so he sholdn't have kept the Guns N Roses name. That's my point.

I'm looking forward to the new album, as so far it sounds interesting. However, anything I've heard so far, including their live renditions of old Guns N Roses tunes isn't as good as the old version.

So in summary, they're not GNR, never will be, and won't live up to any of GNR's stuff, but it may well be a worthwhile solo project for Axl.

Oeneus

But think of it this way. If you had the rights to the name "Guns N' Roses", would you use it? I would. Think about how much more successful the promotion and album sales will be just because it has the name GN'R on it.

Plus, it's wrong to say GN'R is not GN'R without Slash etc.

Right after Traci Guns left GN'R it was no longer GN'R. That's where the whole Guns thing came from. So to be completely honest...making a fuss about the name is just totally pointless and time wasting.

Just go with the flow and quit all this Axl bashing. He's doing a good job and his new band are going to kick all the asses of all the crap band that are being played on Kerrang and so on!

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by Oeneus
But think of it this way. If you had the rights to the name "Guns N' Roses", would you use it? I would. Think about how much more successful the promotion and album sales will be just because it has the name GN'R on it.

Plus, it's wrong to say GN'R is not GN'R without Slash etc.

Right after Traci Guns left GN'R it was no longer GN'R. That's where the whole Guns thing came from. So to be completely honest...making a fuss about the name is just totally pointless and time wasting.

Just go with the flow and quit all this Axl bashing. He's doing a good job and his new band are going to kick all the asses of all the crap band that are being played on Kerrang and so on!

To me, and to most other fans, Guns N Roses, was the days of Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steven Adler\Matt Sorum. That was the height of their fame, and their best music came from this era.

Axl's would be the main man for staying real, and if he's holding on to the name in hopes of better sales, then he's not exactly being true to his music\band. They'll never be GNR for me again, but as I said I look forward to hearing Axl's new stuff.

However, judging the performances I've heard I think his voice is gone. Maybe it's the bootlegs, maybe not, but the close of the VMA's was bad, and the bootlegs from London and Leeds sound terrible, but as I said I won't write Axl and his band off untiol I've heard the new album properly.

Oeneus

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
and the bootlegs from London and Leeds sound terrible...

You should of fuccking been there. You missed out! You would have been impressed. Although I personally thought Robin Finck sucked. He did some really **** guitar solos. We were all like "Fucck off and get Buckethead to do some more freaky guitar stuff! You bore me!"

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by Oeneus
You should of fuccking been there. You missed out! You would have been impressed. Although I personally thought Robin Finck sucked. He did some really **** guitar solos. We were all like "Fucck off and get Buckethead to do some more freaky guitar stuff! You bore me!"

Admittedly, I saw a top quality mpeg of Madagascar at Leeds and his singing, although weaker than his younger years, was top notch. I'll get the album when it's out, and I'll pass judgement then.

Doesn't look like they're gonna come to Dublin does it?

Diarmuid

Originally posted by Lemming
GnR is not GnR without Slash. Axl & Slash WERE Guns N'Roses. You need both of them to make it live up to the name. Buckethead may be good, he may be damn good in fact .. but he's not Slash.

must say I would argue the GnR is not GnR with Izzy,Slash and Axl. Izzy wrote the best riffs in GnR. Check out the credits on Use your illusion and their interviews. The man was a genius

Diarmuid

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
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However, judging the performances I've heard I think his voice is gone. Maybe it's the bootlegs, maybe not, but the close of the VMA's was bad, and the bootlegs from London and Leeds sound terrible, but as I said I won't write Axl and his band off untiol I've heard the new album properly.

Having been at the Leeds festival I thought they played quite well. All the guys were very professional and seriously good musicians (Buckedhead esp). However when it came to the newer songs I wasnt too impressed. They sounded more like November Rain type ballads than the rip-roaring Nightrainesque songs GnR were great for....

Oeneus

Originally posted by Dr. Loon

Doesn't look like they're gonna come to Dublin does it?

You'll never know. They did Slane 10 years ago. If they do come I can garantee they'll be late!

artvandelay

that was gnr not the new gnr (missing slash, matt, duff and izzy)