Axl's Voice

[Jimmy?]

Flawless, better than the illusion tours!?

Maybe NOT better than the illusion tours....but better than 2002?

Well his voice on Better was definately better than the illusion version............ wait............ 

[There Was A Time]

i saw the low quality welcome 2 the jungle vid n sum parts it reminded me of 02 and sum of 88... so do u think his voice is back? or are people just excited 2 see him n dont care about the voice?  Cuz 02 was a dissapointment vocal wise 4 axl i hope hes changed 

[Origen]

I think people who actually attended the concert could answer this, because in my honest opinion you just can't tell from the bootlegs.

[Bostonrose]

i saw the low quality welcome 2 the jungle vid n sum parts it reminded me of 02 and sum of 88... so do u think his voice is back? or are people just excited 2 see him n dont care about the voice?? Cuz 02 was a dissapointment vocal wise 4 axl i hope hes changed?

MOst are excited he is back and think he sounds great...

His voice is better than MTV VMA...but not nearly as good as UYI tour, ?with that said that was what 15-20 years ago.

[Jessica]

From someone whose voice was once trained :

Yes; he did a VERY GOOD  job.

 

[Littlegunner]

I just got home from NYC. I live in OHIO.  I thought his voice was as good as I've ever heard it.

[Axl4Prez2004]

 I was there Friday.  It's such a small place, the noise level was very high.  I couldn't get a great feel for Axl's vocals for a complete song until Out Ta Get Me.  They were top-notch!  Amaaazing and much better than '02.  The ending to There Was a Time for me was my highlight.  It's one of the few times instruments weren't on Volume #11 (Spinal Tap reference there)  when Axl was singing.  It's such a difference from '02 when at times Axl's voice was a bit high.  Just so people know I'm objective, I did like LALD from '02 better.  I'm a sucker for Axl holding the scream for 16 to 20 seconds...it was unbelievable in '02.  Friday nights was shortened.  I honestly think he was excited as hell for this, it was a beautiful thing to witness still.  Axl Rose is back!!!         

[DunkinDave]

Judging from the crappy quality bootleg, it seems like Axl is singing with a way rougher voice than Rio/2002. My Michelle and You Could Be Mine sound great! Just like the 87-93 Axl. A lot of peopel complained of Axl's voice being too clean in 2002.. What are your thoughts on his singing now?

The great part is you can really hear what Axl's capable of when he's singing with Sebastian - having to compete against Bach's vocals brings out the best in him.

[Johnnyblood]

Judging from the crappy quality bootleg, it seems like Axl is singing with a way rougher voice than Rio/2002. My Michelle and You Could Be Mine sound great! Just like the 87-93 Axl. A lot of peopel complained of Axl's voice being too clean in 2002.. What are your thoughts on his singing now?

I'm gonna wait till I hear some soundboard recordings or a TV broadcast, a la the VMAs. When I saw the first Vegas show (01.01.01) I thought he had performed some vocal miracle, restoring his voice to the 86-89 version. But later when I saw the VMAs, and then listened more closely to boots (including a boot of Vegas 01.01.01) I realized how "technical" his voice had become. I know he can shred when he wants (he always nails Fuck Off in ISO), but I need to hear a clean professional recording to know if his voice is better, worse, or the same as 2002. The one boot we have to go from is incredibly poor. By the end of the summer tour we should have a pretty good idea. I do think the album vocals will be fine, because he won't be *protecting* his voice---or at least, I hope not!

[bigcash2002]

I have to agree with Axl4Prez...Axl's vocals were unreal...it's hard to even describe how much better he sounded that 02..he sounded as good as the old Freddy Mercury Show, IMO.

The end of TWAT blew me away and on Better, he had the nasty snarl we have heard on the demos. 

[badapple81]

One thing you can definately tell is, he hits each note he needs to perfectly. I think it was dark who mentioned that the difference was that this time he could hit the high notes without it sounding helium like. There were some parts of OTGM I could hear Axl's voice just awesome!

[jimmythegent]

from the low quality boots ive heard, he does indeed sound better than in 02 - he needed to, because he sounded very poor in 02

[GNRslave]

Axl sounded unbelievable on friday, he just sounded so raw and...i cant put it into words, seeing him from the front row was an unbelievable experience, way better than the upper deck at msg(which by the way, still kicked ass)!!

[Booker Floyd]

He sounded very good as far as I could tell, but honestly everythings so loud that its hard to really discern either way.  I will say that I thought his mic was off for a few songs - I couldnt hear his voice at all.  I was about front row, so I could sort of hear his voice off-mic at times, but not much on-mic.  That was for the rocking songs however, he was pretty clear on the slow stuff.

[There Was A Time]

especially on better it was worse than 02 

[Lord Kayoss]

How can this be!?

Maybe because the guy is 4 years older...

[crazyfool]

I thought Axl sounded great last night.  And I could hear him much better than I could on friday.

[WARose]

did you attend the gig?

[kunzerd]

i think he sounded better on friday, but was mixed better on sunday.

[faldor]

I've only heard Better and The Blues but I would have to say he sounded better on Friday night from what I heard. ?Small sample though, so who knows. ?We'll see what tonight brings. ?As long as he's having a good time I'm sure he'll get into a groove in due time.