From: mdmelvin@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Tyrant)
Subject: Re: GNR/METALLICA DEBACLE IN MONTREAL
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:00:09 GMT

In article <1992Aug10.175628.7993@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> bui@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (BUI/DON/MR) writes:
>To those of you wondering, GNR are the most self indulgent, self centered
>egotistical bastards on the planet.  Why they sell so many albums and tickets
>I will never understand.  They continually rip their fans off yet seem to get
>away with it.  I loved their first record but the Illusions weren't all that
>special.  Every week there seems to be a story about them ruining a concert
>in another city.  

Yes, yes.

>This past Saturday I was looking forward to a great day of music.  It ended
>up being only Faith No More giving a real show.  They did a great set even 
>though the sound was horrible.  They really rocked the house, my hats off to
>them.
>
>
......

>After a hot, humid 2 hour break, the idiots came out.  Playing a half assed
>set which included some cool songs off "Appetite" (Mr. Brownstone, Its So 
>Easy, Night Train) they slowed down whatever momentum they had gained by 
>playing these boring, long laborious solos.  Duff got to sing lead on some 
>song I'd never heard before and then they did some new stuff (Bad Obsession)
>.  During the next song, "Double Talkin' Jive",  Asshole Rose decided to
>take a break, so he sat his stupid ass on the stage singing in monotone.  
>He actually managed to get to his feet to do "Civil War" and get a couple of 
>costume changes in but by the end of the song he was back on his ass, but
>this time he didn't even bother to sing.  As the rest of the band carried 
>him with their background vocals, he just sat there staring into space it
>seems.  What a jerk.  Before the end of the song, he got up, said something
>along the lines of "I'm outta here" or "I'm gone" then he took off.  The 
>local paper ran a photo of him giving the crowd the finger (I was too far
>to see this for myself).  The rest of the band split and then the house
>lights came on.  They were on for about 50 minutes of which half of it was
>totally useless.  
>
>The stadium people tried to explain it by saying Asshole Rose was having 
>throat problems.  Gimme a break, he was singing fine, anybody could see 
>that.  What was completely obvious, and are the rumors going around now,
>was that your royal highness thought the crowd wasn't into it enough.  
>His subjects should have been in complete complete pandemonium when he hit 
>the stage ala Beatlemania I guess.  After the Metallica disappointment and
>then having to wait for another 2 bleeping hours, what did he expect?  What
>a loser-idiot-jerk-off-asshole.  
>
>There aren't too many GNR fans left here in Montreal.  Burned banners,
>burned tour-shirts, ripped out cassettes were strewn out all over the place
>after the show.  A riot broke out and 12 arrests were made.  The Expos
>boutique was looted and lots of damage was done to police cars and anything
>breakable in the stadium.  This is sad because what we really wanted was to
>break Asshole Rose's head, yet the mob ended up only hurting our city.  
>This sucks.  If any of you out there who were like me, who thought this 
>stuff only happens in other cities and that they'll give your city a great
>show, think again and beware before you attend one of these fiascos. 
>
>I've read posts before about how crap they were but is ridiculous.  They
>are truly pathetic.  
>
>GnR SUCK SUCK SUCK
>Asshole Rose - GO TO HELL.
>

Go to hell yourself, asshole.  Either you're not a G 'n' R fan, so you
shouldn't have cared if they did the show or not, or you are and if so,
you should have known the risk you run of attending the show.  Does this
ring a bell?

'The show usually starts around 7:00, we go on stage around 9:00'

It should.

So get off your self-righteous ass, and give me a fuckin' break.


					Tyrant.
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