Promoter pulls plug on Guns N' Roses

AP | 12-13-02 | N/A

[Temple Owl]

Promoter pulls plug on Guns N' Roses

NEW YORK (AP) - When Guns N' Roses announced they were going on tour this fall after a nine-year hiatus, fans of the heavy metal band snapped up tickets. Axl Rose was back and there was talk of a new album.

But the comeback has been no ``Paradise City.''

Rose, the mercurial frontman whose disappearing acts have long irritated fans, failed to show up for the opening show Nov. 7 in Vancouver, prompting thousands of ticket holders to riot outside the venue. The band was a no-show again last week in Philadelphia, and fans got unruly.

By then it became apparent that the ``Chinese Democracy'' tour was finished. On Wednesday, promoter Clear Channel Entertainment made it official: The rest of the tour has been scrapped. Clear Channel didn't offer a reason.

The group's management, Sanctuary, referred all calls Thursday to Guns N' Roses' label, Interscope Geffen A&M, which declined comment.

``In a strange way, this tour has been very reflective of pretty much everything that has happened to the band since about 1992,'' said Chuck Klosterman, a senior writer at Spin magazine.

Led by Rose's screeching vocals and Slash's fiery guitar, Guns N' Roses broke onto the scene in 1987 with the hugely successful ``Appetite for Destruction.''

Containing the hits ``Welcome to the Jungle,'' ``Paradise City'' and ``Sweet Child O' Mine,'' the album was filled with rage, paranoia and profanity, and provided a glimpse into the excesses of a band rising through the ranks of Los Angeles' burgeoning metal scene.

But Guns N' Roses was plagued by a series of ugly episodes. Drug and alcohol abuse was rampant, band members had numerous scrapes with the law, and Rose's volatility and eccentricities put a strain on the group.

Still, the band managed to carry over the success of ``Appetite'' into the 1991 ``Use Your Illusion'' double set. The album and ensuing world tour enhanced its popularity, but infighting persisted and band members parted ways in the mid-1990s.

Rose became a recluse and reportedly began work on the long-running ``Chinese Democracy'' project.

All the while, Guns N' Roses followers held out hope for a reunion.

That sort of happened this year, when a new core of band members played a boisterous, surprise finale at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. A new tour was announced; Rose and keyboard player Dizzy Reed were the only holdovers from the ``Use Your Illusion'' days. (Rose is the lone original member.)

Then, however, came the Vancouver no-show, which a band spokesman blamed on poor weather in Los Angeles that held up Rose's flight. In Philadelphia, a promoter said the cancellation was because of an illness by a band member.

The band also was playing to thin crowds in venues they would have sold out a decade ago, Klosterman said. ``They just must be losing money hand over fist,'' he said.

One bright spot was a Madison Square Garden show earlier this month that won critics' praise and sold out quickly.

Interscope Geffen A&M would not comment on whether a new album is planned.

[Temple Owl]

Guns N' Roses shot dead after stinking up a couple of citites

[ShadowDancer]

I'll admit to liking Guns N' Roses 15 years ago. But only because of internet anonymity.

[Kerberos]

Actually, I am surprised the guy has lasted this long considering his propensity for over indulgence.

[AdA$tra]

You brought a smile to my otherwise crappy day! Thanks.

[Guillermo]

Rock stars over-indulge themselves?

No, I don't believe it.

[Kerberos]

"No, I don't believe it."

I know it's hard to beleive, but it does happen.

[RockinRight]

I liked the ORIGINAL GnR lineup! This crapfest Axl tries now sucks...

[Sir Gawain]

Rose has Michael Jackson syndrome in regards to plastic surgery.

[theFIRMbss]

>Promoter pulls plug on Guns N' Roses

Well, there is good news
for you Guns N' Roses fans --
Hilary's touring!

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[Modernman]

GNR is a case study on how to go from being the biggest band in the world to a train wreck due solely to your own actions and insanities.

If GNR (and Axel, especially) had been more sane, they could have had a decades-long career, like U2.

[Freebird Forever]

Posted on 12/13/2002 6:02:13 PM EST by Temple Owl

I liked the ORIGINAL GnR lineup! This crapfest Axl tries now sucks...

You dug up a 2 1/2 year old thread to comment that??

Slow day at the office?

[RockinRight]

Yeah...kinda slow LOL...

[riri]

If GNR (and Axel, especially) had been more sane, they could have had a decades-long career, like U2.

It was more due to changing music tastes than anything else. Grunge was ushered in and it left the 80's metal bands out in the cold. (thankfully)

Axle was/is extremely talented, IMO and he is very versatile musically but they were already pegged in that "Welcome to the Jungle" metal mold. Hard to break out of and when you try other genres it just seems fake to the listening audience.

U2 has always been U2.

[RonPaulLives]

Axl Rose went through some major bipolar swings.

You and I have similar tastes in music. So, on the note of old music/new music, what do you think about Velvet Revolver, made up of old G n R members? I bought their CD, which is pretty good. I just bought Def Leppard's "Definitive Collection," if you're a fan of theirs.

[RockinRight]

80s Metal was FAR superior to the I-hate-myself-and-want-to-die grunge crapfests of the 90s.

In the 80s rock was about having fun and enjoying life. Hedonistic, yes, but it was fun and for the most part, not depressing.

In the 90s it was about suicide and the horrors of their poor little lives.

[RockinRight]

Haven't heard Velvet Revolver. I'll check it out!

I like Def Lep but after Hysteria they started to go downhill.

[evets]

Dead thread ghoul bump

[theFIRMbss]

>GNR is a case study on how to go from being the biggest band in the world to a train wreck due solely to your own actions and insanities

Did you ever see
the Behind the Music show
about the group Heart?

There are real life bits
as funny as Spinal Tap.
(One Heart guitarist

quit while performing
by smashing up his guitar
while Ann and Nancy

just kept performing,
swinging their long hair around . . .
It was so funny!)

[toddlintown]

Back in the day it was Sly Stone who pulled this sh*t.

[Temple Owl]

Welcome to the jungle. It's time to shine.