Guns N’ Roses

Posted on June 16, 2009 Written by ripitup

July 12th.2006

Axl, nowadays — Axl Rose, Chinese Democracy

Axl and gang were to start at 9 pm. They started at 11. By the time they claimed the stage, we were pissed off, tired and impatient. The cheering had turned into booing…Everyone started talking about James Brown, who also was to perform on the same day, at the same time at a different venue, as if they liked him. But finally axl and his gang came, it was all forgotten. Axl rocked. New image, new band members… Sure Slash was missed. There were 3 guitarists and at one point the number became 5; with the addition of two guests. So I get 5 for one? I still missed the all the OTHER guys. Sure the guitarists were good. But they weren’t that good. They lacked the charisma and the chemistry between Slash and Duff. I would love to see the old days….

Guns n'roses as I wish I could have seen-before the break-up

But hey, I was 9 in 93, give me a break! But the thing is I am pretty sure if I had seen Velvet Revolver live, I would miss Axl. Since I can’t have them both, what I got was pretty good. Axl might be an asshole, and romantically the guy of any sane girl’s nightmare…But as a front-man, he kicks ass. His extreme stage of egomania probably comes from the fact that he knows how he good he is. He runs and dances and excites the crowd. In fact I can compare him to Joe ( Joe Elliot of Def leppard) and Jon (Bon jovi) and he is number one with them ! We had fun!!! I even liked the new songs. Sure, he could have stayed longer. He could have made a comeback. The band could have played more songs instead of doing so many long and sometimes irrelevant solos.But it was a kick-ass start. He was on fire. We were on fire. Him playing the piano, for November Rain… Dizzy, also an old member;playing the piano, firecrackers… Welcome to the Jungle, Out to Get me, November Rain, Live and Let Die,Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Mr. Brownstone, Nighttrain, You could be mine, Patience…But the final was with Paradise City- my biggest love, as gunsnroses go. With fireworks and confetti. All around, multi-colored…It was fucking amazing! Yes, it was a 9er out of 10. It was fun. Ray was right. Good show. And yes, I love AXL ROSE and I am not afraid to say it!!!He was also a good boy on stage, which took me by surprise. He was sincere, took the sign from a boy that said : Mum, you don’t need to worry. I am with Axl now.! He loved it. We loved it. It was a good night. And once again : Yes, I do love Axl!!!!!!!!!!

Bon Jovi 2006 Munich Concert Review: Updated

Posted on June 16, 2009 Written by ripitup

BON JOVI-HAVE A NICE DAY ALBUM TOUR,2006

This post was originally titled Bon Jovi Once is Not Enough. Today, I published another pot to prove it. Yesterday (July, 08, 2011), Bon Jovi were in Istanbul Turkey and they rocked the hell out of us. Now, I have to say you can never be to enough Bon Jovi concerts. To read 2011’s review, click here.

For the Munich concert review, read on:

I had been waiting to see these guys for 10 years. 10 years. You see, I absolutely HATE waiting I am a Sagittarius and I couldn’t wait to be born. So now that you know I can’t even wait for 5 minutes, you will realize what kind of torture it was to wait such a long time. I grew up listening to these guys. When I found my true self, they were there. I was just 11 when I first bought their album. It was 95, their most recent at the time. I had got sick of listening to same shit and I wanted something new,something exciting. And I found it with These Days.

After I knew These Days inside out, it was time to try other albums. As I did, I loved the band more and more. Every album was different and I liked them all. Along the road, I discovered other bands. Rock was my thing. Fit my character, helped me express myself. There was a good song for my every mood. I listened other bands too of course: Def Leppard, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Poison, Goo Goo Dolls…But Bon Jovi remained the most special. As I said, I grew up with them but didn’t grow out of them. I am full of life and their songs celebrate life in the most fun fashion.
I saw Bryan Adams when I was 15. Small stadium, great concert. Loved it.
For my 20th Birthday, I saw Sebastian Bach- front- man of Skid Row-with friends. It was cool,
great party.
I saw Uriah Heep at a Harley Davidson Festival. It was summer, it was a park. It was fun.
Then I saw Motley Crue this summer. Wow! Crowd capacity: 16.000. The biggest concert up to date. Effects, stunts, performance. Everything was perfect. The great theatrical rock concert

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But I hadn’t seen Bon Jovi. The thing about this band is that I like them in person too. I like the fact that they didn’t do heavy drugs, they quit completely after they had kids, that they were nice guys who appreciated family, friends, fans, love and dreams. They wrote about stuff I cared about. So I wanted the ultimate concert. And finally, when I was in Norway, I got the chance!!!

28th May, 2006, Sunday, Munich

I am not a fan of the people in Munich and I did have some bad luck with the ticket before and after the concert. And no I wasn’t in the front. But I was in the field of an Olympic Stadium! There were like 70.000 people, all fans, all mad about the band! I was at the heart of an amazing concert! The front band Nickelback warmed us. But the real thing was absolutely glorious. They didn’t do stunts like Motley Crue did. They played. Jon sang and danced and worked the band and the crowd. It was pure, naked rock and the pick of songs couldn’t have been better!

Started with Last Man Standing, from the Have a Nice Day album. They played 25 songs in total, with 2 comebacks. You see, we didn’t want to let them go! And I definitely want to see them again. Here the songs, not in order of playing.

From “Slippery When Wet” : You give love a bad name, Wanted dead or alive, Living on a prayer, I’d die for you, Raise your hands,Wild in the Streets.

From “New Jersey” : Bad Medicine, I will be there for you, Born to be my baby

From the “Young guns 2” soundtrack: Blaze of Glory

From “Keep the Faith” : Keep The Faith, I’ll sleep when I’m dead, Dry Country

From “Crossroad”: Someday I’ll be Saturday Night

From These Days: These Days

From Crush: Captain Crush and Beauty Queen From Mars, It’s my life

From Bounce: Everyday

Single: Radio saved my life tonight.

From Have a Nice day:

Have a nice day
I wanna be loved
Who says you can’t go home?
Bells of Freedom
Last man Standing
Story of my life.

22 years, 25 songs, 2.5 hours. It was fucking amazing. Best concert I have ever been to. They left us wanting for more. And yes, Jon Bon Jovi can evoke every possible positive human emotion in you… respect, admiration, lust, fun… Yep, I had a good time. Love everything about the band.

What can I say? Blame it on the love of rock and roll! ; )

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Look what the cat dragged in: POISON

Posted on June 15, 2009 Written by ripitup

Poison in their glam days-not that they have completely left it : ) — Poison in their glam days-not that they have completely left that phase: )

Poison was founded in the early 80’s by drummer Ricky Rockett and front-man Bret Michaels (the second guy from the left).

I am sad to admit that I have discovered them only about 8-9 years ago; but have been one of their biggest fans ever since.They offer everything I look for in a band: Great rock sound,lovely vocals,amazing guitar riffs, good lyrics…They also look the part.You might think that hair-metal phase is over but I’m glad Poison did not join the “fashionable” musicians who cut their hair and had a wardrobe make-over one by one.Today Poison wear much less make-up and this is not necessarily a bad thing but other than that, they still kick ass.

I haven’t seen them live yet but I am dying to.

You see, I grew up with Poison. Forget about the grunge age,the supposedly dead old school rockn’roll and fashion-wise frowned upon clothes.I love my jeans torn and ripped.I love leather,mini skirts and leopard skin patterns on my clothes.I adore red lipstick and electrifying guitar rips.I love my men with long hair.I have a soft spot when it comes to rockers. I wish I had the talent,the luck and the guts to try and become a rock star.I don’t.However learning to sing and learning how to play the guitar are on the top of my list. And although I am grateful the Internet made it much more easier for us to reach songs,I will kinda miss the time when I first discovered them and made it my mission to find all the songs they have ever recorded.Mind you,we had entered the new millennium and people worshipped computer-generated music and considered rock lovers/headbangers about to be extinct.Not that most people you run on the street today don’t think the same and throw you weird looks.But that’s why we have the rock concerts.Nothing like a great gig in town to for my kind of people surface and rock with our fav. musicians…

California,2000. I have spent this amazing time in Santa Barbara and found my love as far as places on earth go.I have seen a lot of places after that but California remains my first love.It also did wonders at helping me discover new bands.As much as I adored Bon Jovi,liked Guns n’roses and enjoyed some modern rock (Goo Goo Dolls,Third Eye Blind,etc…), I longed for faster,harder rock.It hadn’t helped matters that Bon Jovi had softened their sound and come up with songs like “Thank you for loving me” and “Say it isn’t so”- from the Crush album whose half had crushed me…)Anyways,so I buy these two records called Monsters of Rock 1 & 2.I met Poison, Alice Cooper,Ratt,Great White,Whitesnake…OK, before you start telling me I was too freaking late and where the hell I was when these people came out…OK,well-I wasn’t born!!!!!!! I had the misfortune of being born in 1984. I didn’t get to know rock until mid 1990s and after that it was all about Pearl jam or Metallica for people. But then I travelled to California and realized once more that rockn’roll was a hell lot more than just a phase for me.

So the records had the most popular hits of course. But I shan’t be judged for falling for all of them.Every rose has its thorn is a gem and Alice’s Poison is amazing (I have heard of these on VH1 for sure but hey,I was reminded once more to go record-hunting). And then my long quest began.Some of the record shop assistants didn’t know who they were and some were shocked by my age.My friends teased me on the “weird” bands I listened to all the time.But who gave a shit? I was having a great time with my Whitesnake and Poison records.And it turned out,those hits were not even that good next to all the other great stuff they had done.

While I discovered that the men I believed to be so hot turned out to be ugly after the massive haircuts they got,I was also thinking:If rockers follow fashion-instead of creating it-the world is even a shittier place than I thought.I loathed people trying to dictate what I could or could not wear.I still have jean mini skirts and own a black leather jacket.Why?I look hot in them! Who cares it was popular 10 years ago or will come back in another 10?

So I was so pleased to see Bret Michaels‘ on MTV cribs one day.His hair was still long,he was wearing black leather pants,a black t-shirt,one of his trademark hats and the silver that completed a rebel’s look.He was in his mid-40s,looked damn great and hadn’t joined the flock of short-haired 0h-so-updated musicians.Yes,I know they all resembled each other back in the day.But it doesn’t matter how many people you follow or how many follow you-it’s all about whether or not you are doing it because you like it.Then,it just looks natural.