Here Today... Gone To Hell!

From his site:  

dear friends,
i want to make this opportunity to comment on gnr's recent withdrawal
from the rock-in-lisbon festival. i was disappointed, as were the lot
of us, to come to grips that we won't be performing there as
anticipated. my bags have been packed for some time awaiting such an
event. i'm chomping at the bit to get out and really shake things up
with gnr and look forward to the release of the new album and
ultimately to tour and to tour.
  'til then - love, r ob i         n

 
 
 

We need more communication from the band. The last 15 months have been an embarrassment.

Robin is the man.  : ok:

WOW! Two messages in TWO days. A NEW RECORD!!! ::)
At least Finck still is here and committed  : ok:

I take this as a good sign! : ok:

Thank you for posting that!

Do I sense the temperature droping in hell?  Hehehe.  Just kidding :)  But yeah, it's so good to hear that he is enthusiastic and still involved with Guns n' Roses.  I especially like his "to tour and to tour" comment.  

Now this is what I was referring to in my earlier posts!!  A bit more at ease now...The fact that someone who never really plays up his involvement in GNR has confirmed his both his commitment AND excitement over future activities...good stuff..Now whether or not this comes to pass will be seen, but someone whose communication has been cryptic and usually interpreted as negative (ie the photos) in the past posting something like this is good stuff.  Kockstar, I hope you were right earlier about the barriers being eliminated...I just hope this isn't an April Fools joke... :nervous:

Alright Robin!!!

Thanks! About time somebody fuckin' said SOMETHING!

So he's in, and he's ready to go! : ok:

Shocking ... 2 messages from band members in two days ... and a pig just flew by my window!

Robin knows his stuff. He rocks, he didnt have to comment, but still did. More than what you can say about the chicken loving un-friend.

Well, I am not being negative. But it?s "business as usual" in gnr...

And at least it?s better than nothing...i guess.

/
sil

To tour and to tour comment rocks :yes:. Great thing he is very enthusiastic about still being in gn'r.

i like this cause it shows axl wasnt full of shit when he said when there is something to report u will hear from me until then u wont

this makes me optimistic that we will hear from axl when a release date is set, so from now on i believe nothin till it comes from axl

Yeeeaaah!! This made me so fuckin happy I literally ran round the house screaming like a nutter!

And this can be a big FUCK YOU :rant: to all the idiots the last few days who have turned this board into a haters paradise and filled about 20 threads with onepost after another of 'This is the end' 'It's all Axl's fault' 'Axl's a cunt'.

It's really cool to see the band speaking, even in this situation... We may expect something like this with tommy, hopefully. It would be nice to begin to drop the baby.  : ok: :peace:

major props to robin for sending a message out to the fans, hey at least this time gnr memmbers are talking to us, so thanks go to robin for communicating and being loyal to GNR : ok:

peace :peace:

it's great that both Robin and Axl didn't just comment on lisbon, but actually talked about the future and the album (notice neither called it chinese democracy), and they spoke of some kind of excitement. i like that they're not afraid to mention these things. this means to me that they're much closer.

Thanx Robin! I think every GNR fan wants more communication with band... something like this!

Back to back messages from band members, great.

I'm guessing they knew how all the GN'R boards would react to the news about Rio, and they're probably also aware that we bitch about communication a lot, so that's the perfect way to cool us down.

It sounds like dispite all the disappointment, this situation has really lit a fire under their asses.  Lets hope that fire's strong enough to bring us a new CD.  : ok:

Wow, that's really cool. That's a really sweet message of Robin, I'm so glad he's still in the band and that he seems to care about Chinese Democracy and the whole band :)

Robin is the man : ok:

ROBIN ROCKS!!! i was so sad for the last events and not knowing for sure what was going on in the GNR camp, but now i feel more assured that there's still hope and that gnr will move foward! great day. this news just gave a huge smile that i'll keep all day!

THANKS ROBIN! YOU RULE  :peace:

robin is the man he put one of my stories up on his page. That guy is so underapreciated.

Robin!!!!
 :love:

tears of fucking joy!
its a beautiful thing....

 :love: :love: :love:

Fuck yeah!  : ok:

oh man i can't wait to see them live again!  :D

Thank you! Robin and Axl for the messages : ok:
Buckethead???  Life is so much better whitout such an obvious albatross!:peace:

Thanks Robin

It can be hard to be supportive sometimes
Any news is good news to the fans.

If this is true and not an April's Fools kind of joke,

I wanna thank Robin for still being in the band, for keeping the faith and for saying something that he truly feels and not only cause he signed a fuckin contract...

Thanks man. Greece Loves GN'R...

and Finck.

Thanks a lot, Robin. And thanks, Axl.
Finally you guys communicate with you die hard fanbase. We all appreciate that a lot!  :peace:

Hope to see you guys on the road some time.


/lastroots

Thanks for the update.  Champagne and cigars at Centros the next time your in Toronto!!!!

See ya there. :love:

 Finck is the man. As long as him, Axl, Tommy, Dizzy, and Brain are still there things should be fine.  : ok:

Awesome!  Great news to read this, this morning.  Thanks for posting it over here.
Answers lots of questions about Robin!  And he didn't speak in code :)

finally, i dont mind robin bein in the band...there's a sort of enthusiasm in him which is pretty exciting

And this announcement also coincides with April 1st.

I"m standing by my prediction that Robin will rejoin Trent.

;-)


Hopefully later today I can pull some more news out of my ass, to post. LOL

Now this was good to hear!  I would have rather heard it from Axl, but this is still optimistic!  : ok:

It was posted on March 31st.  I guess I didn't get the memo about April fools being a 48 hour event instead of 24 hours.

Anyway, I love the way Robin and Axl choose their words in the recent press releases.  Both are very intelligent and witty.

robin is great

Thanks for the update..nice to see the band speaking..even if its not good news

Lets hope they start to make this a habit : ok:

I think that Axl's finally waking up to the fact that the lack of communication from him and others in the GNR world, has only caused and continues to cause a lot of dissension in the GNR fan ranks.

 :yes: : ok:



Not that difficult to communicate just a little bit now then is it Axl??? :nervous:


Keep it up and maybe you won't lose the rest of your most loyal fucking fans. :confused:

Not only that, its only a 12 hour event. April Fools only lasts til 12pm. Then you're supposed to admit to any joke!

This statement doesn't mean much to me.  Just lip service.  The idea that Axl would ever tour again, seems ludicrous.  A one off gig maybe, but a tour?  He's not capable of that.

thanks for the communication.

I ?m impressed with this letter, warm and smart as he probably  is.

And your not capable of realizing that Robin is one of Axl's best friends and u have no clue on what axls and gnr plans are.

It's alive!!! GNR is alive!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :rofl: Your kidding me right? I think that deserves another couple of these.   :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I think it is very good news that we got from Robin.  Its just further proof that GNR are moving forward and getting ready for something big.  

Thanks for the message, ROBIN !! We just need some attention...

Peace
:)

Thanks Robin  :yes:

Your true fans appreciate all you do :beer:

Thats awsome Robin... you rule... just little messages like this mean alot to Gnr fans....

Those messages were really cool.  How hard could that have been for Robin and Axl?  And as is evident from the above posts, they go a long way.

what a guy : ok:

Our 1st piece of positive information since 12/5/02!!!

Very nice.

Let's just hope Axl is capable of pulling this thing off.

-TyRod-

It is nice to see some sort of communication...but Id be lying if I said I wouldnt like to see something more informative.

 : ok: anyway...

Robin is the man, I love him to death. And maybe this will confirm to some of the morons around here that *GASP* he's still in the band  :D

:yes:  I agree.  I think both Robin and Axl showed alot of class in the way they addressed the situation.


Thanks cineater for posting Robin's message here for us to see.  : ok:

Pot, meet kettle

Actually, GN'R plans are well known. Axl has said he plans to tour for a long time once the album is released. People then started saying "no, he doesn't even have one album let alone the ones he plans to release after" or "he is too old to tour now". So the point kind of always gets lost.

And now Robin is confirming those plans in his letter ("to tour and to tour").

No, I'm really not kidding.  I really don't know why year after year, people think this is part of Axl's grand plan.  Bottomline, Robin works for Axl.  For me, it has nothing to do with his age, he is just too emotionally fragile to pull off a successful tour.  Performing live has always proven a difficulty for him, not that he's not great, he is, but I don't think he even likes doing it.  If you're consistently late and unreliable, something tells me that he subconciously doesn't want to be there.  And that's fine with me.  I'm too old to stay up that late anyway.  

He may perform certain gigs in the future, that would be nice.  But I feel comfortable in saying that Axl will never tour again.  People should realize that.  

Robin's a class act.  I hope while he's out there touring he has the time to photograph the world for us.  He's a man of many talents.

Yes his photos are the best! Beutiful, funny,sad...

Thanks Robin and Axl.. yes both chose their words well.. Axl addressed the Bucket situation, but there was no insulting or bashing  : ok:

Amazing how much a small paragraph or two from Robin means so much to the fans  :)

Robin's the best. And it's nice to see some communication from the band - shows they care.  : ok:

PS - why isn't there a decent avatar of Robin? There are about 20 Buckethead ones, and just one mingy silhouette of Robin. That can't be right...

SG

ah...  now i know what i want my avatar to be!

Robin!

It's nice to get a regular updates like this hopefully we will get a release date in the next few months but I aint getting more hopes just gonna wait patiently for Chinese Democracy!

they're calling it "the album" now   :hihi:

Agreed, he is an artist in the true sense of the word.