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Slash solos. I was watching the Live in Japan '92 DVDs, and there were tons of solos. There were extended solos in the songs, solos between songs, and a few long solos. The intro to Paradise City alone is more of any solo Slash has done on the VR tour.

you must've not seen VR recently. He plays a lonng solo right before 'wish you were here' and 'you got no right'  at my show in NJ they played  a little Patience instrumently before those 2 songs

When I saw them in January, he did a talk box solo during "Illegal I" and then a acoustic solo before "Used To Love Her".


/jarmo

He has definetly done extra solos.. he did some extended stuff on slither, illegal I as mentioned. They just don't have that time to introduce the band stuff. Sex type thing when weiland was up in the crowd they kept playing for a long time with no singing.. Show moves

yeah I forgot about the talkbox solo. He still does that one

He didn't do the talk-box solo when I seen VR. I wish he did though. That's one o my favourite parts from the Illusion DVD's

trouble with slash coming from gnr is there are way to many expectations./. Could say the same for new gnr if that ever happens.. 

Yea he did the same wen i seen them, a few extende songs aswell

Yeah, I saw them in Jersey a couple weeks back and he did a talk box solo and a couple other little things in between songs.  However, his solos in the songs on the album are very un-Slash.  I was very dissapointed in Slash's guitar work on Contraband.  His GN'R and Snakepit guitar stuff make his stuff on Contraband sound very generic and uninspired.

I just wish Slash and Izzy would write another Nightrain together! : ok:

I'm only going by the VR show I saw in MA, vs. the GN'R videos.

I think his playing on "Contraband" is great, esp. "loving the alien." For the next VR, I'd love a ten minute epic, w/a few great solos.

I`m going to see VR soon and I  would like to know what does their setlist look like nowadays? Are they playing You got no right and Loving the aliens? Do they play Wish you were here regulary now? Which Gnr tunes are they playing? Have they already played Come on come in?

WTF!?  The Snakepit records are dreadful.  Anything is better than them.  Nikelback even!

This is the set they played at the most recent shows on the last leg of the tour:

Sucker Train Blues
Do it For The Kids
Headspace
Superhuman
Crackerman
Illegal I
Fall To Pieces
Dirty Little Thing
Big Machine
It's So Easy
Sex Type Thing
Set Me Free

Wish You Were Here
You Got No Right
Mr. Brownstone
Slither


"Used To Love Her" was replaced by "Wish You Were Here".




/jarmo

You don't know what you're talking about.  His guitar playing on the Snakepit albums is amazing.  If you disagree then you don't know jack shit about guitar, buddy.  His solos and riffs are amazing.  They put his bland basic playing on Contraband to shame.

I think there's a good chance they'll throw Loving the Alien and Spectacle in the set since its the last go around for Contraband before they go back in the studio in the Fall to record the next album. They always work on new songs to add to the set whenever they have a couple of weeks off.

So I think starting tonight at Zeppelinfield europe is going to be in for a treat this month!

amen dude.. His playing on snakepit was killer.. I think it's common for most people to just bash after gnr.. I don't say all but it wouldn't suprise me if some never even bought snakepit..

no question about it! the majority who bash haven't bought it or listen to it more than once! Slash's guitar work on both Snakepit albums is unreal! The ballads on Contraband have some great solos but the rockers outside of STB and DLT lack classic slash solos.

It's extremely funny that they do an acoustic version of patience when both slash and duff never even wanted to record it in the first place.

yep, goes to show how bad a liar Axl is. and how he's trying so hard to deflect blame on the other guys but himself.

its not surprising that Slash, duff, izzy like the song since they are all big Stones, beatkes, Pink Floyd, alice cooper fans

Um no, it actually shows they hypocrits. They are playing the song just to get more gnr fans to go see them.  ::)

oh really first of all they played maybe 30seconds of it instrumently as an intro. Secondly, don't you think it's possible that they didn't agree with the decision to release an acoustic ballad as a single over a rocker at the time but then after they saw the success it had they warmed up to the idea? Same with Slash and Sweet Child o Mine

Thanks Jarmo! I won`t complain about Wish you were here and YGNR being added to the set!! :beer:

new gnr is playing all songs they had nothing to do with just to attract fans... it's no suprise axl dropped certain new songs for the 2002 tour rather then dropping afd music, he knew no one came there for that.. The 20-30 second instrumental is going to get tons of fans :hihi:

there is a difference between gnr playing gnr songs, and vr playing gnr songs just to get more people t go to the shows  : ok:

both are new bands.. Playing a cover or two was how gnr always operated.. Even when they move on they still have the same ways.. They must be the first group that broke up where in their new gigs they played some of their past catalog.. Saying a two second drum intro of ycbm, or a little bit of the opening guitar to patience is why people are going is rediculous.. That can change at any point and the nearly 15 thousand people would still be out on long island watching the show.. I sure as hell didn't go to the shows I saw to hear some covers.. I went to hear the new songs..

But people did go to see new gnr for the old music.. if axl dropped that old setlist the place wouldn't be as crowded..? That would be like metallica giving st anger only....

Axl knows afd is the one album gnr is remembered for that is why his setlist is heavy with those tunes..

but vr has more gnr members then gnr,..

I think it shows that they havnt forgot where they came from and their old fans that put them wer they are today!

but vr has more gnr members then gnr,..


 :rofl:True!

Aww, i love Used to love her!

if u ask me the only thing missing form Velvet Revolver shows is Loving the Alien, i know they dont play Spectacle and i like it but u have to at least have Loving the Alien that song is the best one of the album

They also do a long extended jam session during Set Me Free which no one has mentioned.. It kicks major ass too by the way....

Which MA show was this? I was at all three of them and a NH show and all the jams and solos everyone mentioned were done at all of them... I did have a bit too much to drink at the Avalon show though...

Agreed!! LTA is one of my favorites on the album and they totally ignored it...

LTA
Superhuman
DLT

Those are my top 3 (just thought I would throw that in there)

Not when I saw them in Jersey a couple weeks ago.

Of course they did! I was there at the PNC Banks Art Center! You didn't notice the extra part after set me free ended where Slash and Dave trade off guitar solos! Dave does  one, then Slash answers with his, then dave does another and slash answers again!

The Worcester Centrum. Good show, but not enough solos.

Personally I don't miss the solos, I'd rather hear a cool cover, another GN'R track or a new track than a 10 min drum solo. The small solos Slash may do before a song is enough.

Oh shit I totally forgot about that.  Sorry...that was actually really cool.  I was thinking of that other kinda trippy jam thing that they did after one song.  It wasn't Set Me Free.  Do you remember when they did that?

I think you mean the one in the middle of Illegal I Song

Yeah, there ya go.  That was what I was thinking.  I totally forgot about that Slash N' Dave solo thing.  That was actually one of the highlights of the show for me...that and the 2 GN'R tunes.

They did the long ass solo in the middle of Ilegal I, The Extended Set ME free, and A looong ass jam at the end of No More No More at that show... The best show so far was teh Amherst show though.... That had the most especially with teh shit before Wish You Were here..

Oh shit...you guys got No More No More.  That's awesome...much rather hear that than the Pink Floyd song.

The one thing missing from VR shows is the intencity. I saw the show in sydney aus and i thought it rocked hard but it seemed to me that at least 30% of people were standin there waiting for a guns song.....pathetic. If they had that spark id like to think that everyone would be alot more into it.  Dont get me wrong, i love VR and loved the concert. it just aint guns.....

Did you go first or second night? Second night a lot of the tickets were giveaways as it didn't sell so well.

I went to the first night, and I can assure you (from being crushed front row centre!) that the intensity was there! Some dickheads were chanting "GUNS N' ROSES" before they came out but generally people were rocking as much during VR and STP songs.

i was there first night. The mosh was awesome, i was in there but when i went out of there it just wasnt happenin in the rest of the crowd.

The subject is correct, one thing is missing from Velvet Revolver shows.  His name is Axl Rose.

I was at the Jersey show a couple of weeks ago. I don't recall Slash and Duff playing Patience.  I recall them doing the acoustic version of Wild Horses, which used to be the prelude to Patience during live shows.

Yeah, I don't think they have been playing Patience....

Amen to that.

Just saw them last month, they have changed it up a bit.  He plays a long solo in Illegal I and before Wish You Were Here.  The show is a lot better now than when I saw them last year. 

I mean fuck why didn't everyone think that.. Axl rose is missing from his new gnr too..

what in the hell axl isnt the one thing missing from vr shows get over it he's not w/ slash,duff,or matt plus i think at this point in time scott is the better frontman he's in shape and he still has his voice..... plus if axl gets his shit together we can have both vr and gn'r