BLACK SABBATH - MARILYN MANSON - VELVET REVOLVER(no disrespects) - PANTERA - SLAYER - SLIPKNOT - ROB ZOMBIE - AEROSMITH - MOTLEY CRUE - KORN - MUDVAYNE - APRIL WINE - and even the hottest band in the world...KISS!!! And last night, GUNS N ROSES proved to be the greatest show that I'd ever been to! I was on the edge of my seat, fidgeting and shaking my knees just waiting for the bastards to come out! And let me tell you, when they did...I almost shit a brick. But anyways I'll fill you in on the whole show from scratch to the best of my recollection.
There was a warm-up band that played from 8:00pm to like 8:40pm who's name I didn't quite get(I think they just some home-town heroes), but they were a 3 peice band with a stoner chic singer/guitar player. This girl was all over the place including up in the seats, on top of the guard rails and even in the audience! I was thinking to myself "Who does this broad think she is?!" But I give them their props. It's not that they were a bad band(they were pretty good) but I just had no patience for opening acts like that when I'm waiting for the cream of the crop!!!
Next to take the stage were the SUICIDE GIRLS burlesk show...Oh boy, these girls were fucking hot, man. They did some dirty dancing to songs from bands like LED ZEPPLIN, WOLFMOTHER, WHITE STRIPES and some big pop tunes. It was an excellent, diverse twist to the rock concert scene. I really enjoyed it. Even my girlfriend appreciated the fine performance that these ladies had to offer. I was just a bit worried that after that...The crowd on the floor would get violent from gettin all worked up and frisky watching those women dance practically naked, leaving all the guys with blue balls and sexual frustration, but it was ok. Haha. But yeah, they were great!
The 3rd act to take the stage was the ever-so colourful, energetic and charismatic SEBASTIAN BACH!!! He rocked the shit to of that place and being that Toronto is his hometown...You can bet that he was rockin a his hardest and his crown just ate it up, it was fuckin great! I'm not sure which song they opened up with, but they played shit like 18 AND LIFE and some new stuff which was super heavy and kicked ass. Now, for some feedbach...BAZ sounded amazing! You can tell that this guy practices hard with top notch vocal excercises, because his voice was was so powerful and spot on. He is still today, one of the greatest vocalists of all time in my opinion. I saw him with SKID ROW opening for KISS 10 years ago and he sounds better now! The band was fucking excellent! His drummer was spot on, the bassist and guitarists did awosome backing vocals, but most of all, his guitar players were fucking amazing man! Oh yeah...During one of their new tunes, they stopped right in the middle because they were invaded by some other guests...None other than the fuckin TRAILER PARK BOYS themselves!!! RICKY, JULIAN and of coarse...BUBBLES! It was hilarious and so ramdom, I couldn't believe my eyes, ears...Anything. BUBBLES w/audience and BAZ accompaniment sang BUBBLES's tune called LIQUOR & WHORES. It was great, when they left and BAZ finished his song that they'd stopped, I turned to my girlfriend and was like: "Did that just happen?".Anyway, they closed with I REMEMBER YOU and YOUTH GON WILD. I really hope for the best for these guys in the future becasue they deserve the support bigtime!
And finally...After a long, worth-while wait...On came GUNS N FUCKIN ROSES!!! It took the bastards till 11:45pm to take the stage...But when they did, all was forgiven and forgotten because they put on a show that made jaws drop. AXL looked great and sounded even better that he did 15 years ago! The band was incredible. There were absolutely no problems at all, AXL was very kind and greatful to the crowd, there were no "WE WANT SLASH" chants what so ever, the band won the crowd over easily, especially RON THAL, he owned that crowd. The only thing that was thrown on stage was a rose and a pair of sexy panties which AXL obviously acknowldged and retrieved, haha. The show included pyrotechnics, great lighting, another breif special guest apperance by BUBBLES and SEBASTIAN BACH and some other great stuff. Anyway...Here is the set list to the best of my recollection...
(Wierd freaky intro)
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
IT'S SO EASY
MR.BROWNSTONE
LIVE AND LET DIE
KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN'S DOOR (AXL's high note was very climatic & breath-taking)
ROBIN'S SOLO (rendition of PINK FLOYD classic COMFORTABLY NUMB)
SWEET CHILD O' MINE
DIZZY REED SOLO (not sure what song it was but it was pretty)
THE BLUES
BETTER
YOU COULD BE MINE
NOVEMBER RAIN
MY MICHELLE (w/SEBASTIAN BACH)
RICHARD FORTUS SOLO w/FINCK (beautiful)
OUT TA GET ME
USED TO LOVE HER
RON THAL SOLO (OH CANADA/crazy solo/DON'T CRY)<- Best guitarist of the night...Hands down!!!
IRS
PATIENCE
NIGHT TRAIN
(encore): CHINESE DEMOCRACY
PARADISE CITY
There was also quite a bit of cool jamming going on in between some songs. But I think that I've covered most grounds of the show with the acception of the order of the tunes possibly not being completely precise, but it's pretty fuckin close and I'm pretty sure that it's closer than Ryan's (no offence intended) but I really follow this band regularly. They did not play DOWN ON THE FARM (for the record). There were 3 guys in our area who were ejected from the building (unrelated to the show though), 1 for fighting & 2 for getting busted smoking weed which is bullshit, I don't even smoke the shit, but traditionally it is great for the rock concert atmostphere as long as you're not blowing it in young kids faces or some shit like that. That's just my opinion though. Anyway...The show was over a little after 2:00pm and it was definitely the greatest rock n fuckin roll show that I'd ever seen. And I'll back that up anytime. I love that band, ROCK ON BOYS!!! Thanx for the memories, and I hope to see you again someday!
LONG LIVE GUNS N ROSES!!!
- JOE
