DOES ANYBODY ELSE REALIZE HOW SIGNIFICANT IT IS AXL HAS HIS VOICE BACK

[Evil Ash]

what's even more significant IMO is that he played so many shows, without any cancels (on his behalf)

Even in the illusion tour, some shows got cancelled!


Perhaps Axl has found some inner peace now

[Sober_times]

Ok so i'm listening to the show right now...and since being at hammerstein, i think axl's voice is great once again.? BUT, for only about half the show.? It gets "tired" after about 10 songs...thats the only thing that is a little discouraging.

You tell me anybody who can sing like Axl does at his age and not get tired after 1 song?? Give the guy a break, he's trying his best and I'm just glad he's out there performing and sounding a hell of a lot better than in 02. Whatever he's doing to sound like he does now I hope keeps it up for years to come 

[russtcb]

There's no two ways about it; Axls voice is somehow better now than it's ever been.

Anyone who says his voice wears out eventually needs to look up any bootleg from the Illusions tour to find out what he really sounds like when his voice wears out.

[requiem156]

There's no two ways about it; Axls voice is somehow better now than it's ever been.

Anyone who says his voice wears out eventually needs to look up any bootleg from the Illusions tour to find out what he really sounds like when his voice wears out.

+1 - I know you all love the rasp, but it's a double-edged sword which is why he is using it less now. However, I'm going to resist the temptation to sermonize about his vocal technique for the thousandth time since it has approximately the effect of trying to teach Darwinian theory to people from the middle ages.

[crofty]

Just listen to 2002's Live and Let Die screams...or opening to Jungle.  He held the notes 5 times longer on those songs.

He only did the full Jungle scream like two or three times in 01-02. I can think of Rio, Osaka and the VMA's off the top of my head.

And notice how after doing the full Jungle intro at the VMA's that he was completely out of breath afterwards.

He's lost a fair amount of weight since that time and now he can actually achieve vibratto in his falsetto, something he couldn't do in 2001-2002.

Leeds 02. you can get the video (or you used to be able to) from sladdi's website. I thought his voice was really good at that show (being there in person) though i do admit, the VMA show was appaling. He, in fact the whole band, sounded amazing at hammersmith

[PhillyRiot]

His voice sounds a lot better than it did back in 2002. ?No doubt about it. ?And that is a very good thing for Axl and his fans. ?Kind of why I hope they perform at the VMA's, so this time he will out perform all the lip synching garbage that MTV promotes these days.

[codenameninja]

DOES ANYBODY ELSE REALIZE HOW SIGNIFICANT IT IS AXL HAS HIS VOICE BACK


..well i guess its helpful, especially as he is a lead singer, and all that. ?

[WARose]

DOES ANYBODY ELSE REALIZE HOW SIGNIFICANT IT IS AXL HAS HIS VOICE BACK


..well i guess its helpful, especially as he is a lead singer, and all that. 

i guess i have to agree with that

[Yesterday]

His voice is much better that 2002.  Not quite the Illusion era, but then again he's 44 now.  But for being 44, sounds awesome.

[pollyblue]

and yet another stupid topic.

[WARose]

and yet another stupid topic.

so what`s more stupid?  the topic, or the people who`re posting in it?

 

[russtcb]

His voice is much better that 2002.  Not quite the Illusion era, but then again he's 44 now.  But for being 44, sounds awesome.

Again, check out some of the bootlegs from the Illusion tours. His voice is somehow better now. For one small example, check out Estranged on the Tokyo DVD.

[Skinflick]

His voice is much better that 2002.? Not quite the Illusion era, but then again he's 44 now.? But for being 44, sounds awesome.

Again, check out some of the bootlegs from the Illusion tours. His voice is somehow better now. For one small example, check out Estranged on the Tokyo DVD.

That was a concert....where his voice had left him an hour prior to that one song......There are A LOT more shows that are A LOT better......his voice back then was untouchable....several different metal magazines awarded him vocalist of the year a few times from 91 - 93.....I read them when it was happening. I was a teenager then. He sounds good now, but he used to be ridiculous...

[dave-gnfnr2k]

did axl have a vocal coach in 02'? can a vocal coach bring that rasp back because it was completley gone in 02'

He did have one back then and that is why he sung that way. The rasp is him singing WRONG.

[russtcb]

His voice is much better that 2002.  Not quite the Illusion era, but then again he's 44 now.  But for being 44, sounds awesome.

Again, check out some of the bootlegs from the Illusion tours. His voice is somehow better now. For one small example, check out Estranged on the Tokyo DVD.

That was a concert....where his voice had left him an hour prior to that one song......There are A LOT more shows that are A LOT better......his voice back then was untouchable....several different metal magazines awarded him vocalist of the year a few times from 91 - 93.....I read them when it was happening. I was a teenager then. He sounds good now, but he used to be ridiculous...

Thats why I referred to it as one small example.

I've heard probably 100+ shows from that tour and there wasn't one show where Axl sounded as good consistantly through the whole show as he does now.

I saw that tour 3 times (when it came through Detroit) and he didn't sound as good as when I saw them at Hammerstein earlier this year at any of those 3 shows.

[Skinflick]

His voice is much better that 2002.? Not quite the Illusion era, but then again he's 44 now.? But for being 44, sounds awesome.

Again, check out some of the bootlegs from the Illusion tours. His voice is somehow better now. For one small example, check out Estranged on the Tokyo DVD.

That was a concert....where his voice had left him an hour prior to that one song......There are A LOT more shows that are A LOT better......his voice back then was untouchable....several different metal magazines awarded him vocalist of the year a few times from 91 - 93.....I read them when it was happening. I was a teenager then. He sounds good now, but he used to be ridiculous...

Thats why I referred to it as one small example.

I've heard probably 100+ shows from that tour and there wasn't one show where Axl sounded as good consistantly through the whole show as he does now.

I saw that tour 3 times (when it came through Detroit) and he didn't sound as good as when I saw them at Hammerstein earlier this year at any of those 3 shows.

Yeah...ck out some late 92...and all of 93' that are good quality.......like I said...ridiculous.

[Lord Kayoss]

"DOES ANYBODY ELSE REALIZE HOW SIGNIFICANT IT IS AXL HAS HIS VOICE BACK?"

I think the proper question is does anybody not realize how significant it is? ?

It is totally obvious that it is much better than in 2002. ?All the 2002-Axl radicals that argued till the end of time that his voice wasn't any different have the contrary proof in their faces, and ears of course. ?Watching the Rock Am Ring 2006 show gets me ecstatic. ?No show in 2002 did that other than the VMA's which was mainly caused by the novelty of just seeing him after all those years.

Even my mother who has been totally turned off by Axl since 2002 exclaimed "WOOOOOOO! He's Baaaaaaaaaaack!" after seeing him nail "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" at the Budapest show.

It's truly awesome. ?Now, if he'll drop the release date at the VMA's this year I think we'll mostly all be happy (unless the album still doesn't come out of course).

[russtcb]

His voice is much better that 2002.  Not quite the Illusion era, but then again he's 44 now.  But for being 44, sounds awesome.

Again, check out some of the bootlegs from the Illusion tours. His voice is somehow better now. For one small example, check out Estranged on the Tokyo DVD.

That was a concert....where his voice had left him an hour prior to that one song......There are A LOT more shows that are A LOT better......his voice back then was untouchable....several different metal magazines awarded him vocalist of the year a few times from 91 - 93.....I read them when it was happening. I was a teenager then. He sounds good now, but he used to be ridiculous...

Thats why I referred to it as one small example.

I've heard probably 100+ shows from that tour and there wasn't one show where Axl sounded as good consistantly through the whole show as he does now.

I saw that tour 3 times (when it came through Detroit) and he didn't sound as good as when I saw them at Hammerstein earlier this year at any of those 3 shows.

Yeah...ck out some late 92...and all of 93' that are good quality.......like I said...ridiculous.

?? I saw them at the Palace in 91, at the Silverdome in 92 and back at the Palace in 93. Not to mention all of the boots in between.

He was definately alot more hit or miss back then than he is now.

[Skinflick]

His voice is much better that 2002.? Not quite the Illusion era, but then again he's 44 now.? But for being 44, sounds awesome.

Again, check out some of the bootlegs from the Illusion tours. His voice is somehow better now. For one small example, check out Estranged on the Tokyo DVD.

That was a concert....where his voice had left him an hour prior to that one song......There are A LOT more shows that are A LOT better......his voice back then was untouchable....several different metal magazines awarded him vocalist of the year a few times from 91 - 93.....I read them when it was happening. I was a teenager then. He sounds good now, but he used to be ridiculous...

Thats why I referred to it as one small example.

I've heard probably 100+ shows from that tour and there wasn't one show where Axl sounded as good consistantly through the whole show as he does now.

I saw that tour 3 times (when it came through Detroit) and he didn't sound as good as when I saw them at Hammerstein earlier this year at any of those 3 shows.

Yeah...ck out some late 92...and all of 93' that are good quality.......like I said...ridiculous.

?? I saw them at the Palace in 91, at the Silverdome in 92 and back at the Palace in 93. Not to mention all of the boots in between.

He was definately alot more hit or miss back then than he is now.

I am going to absolutely disagree with you.......let's just hope cd comes out soon....

[greendog]

Axl blantly sounds like shit.? SOrry

ummm... yeah