Over the years I've been to GN'R shows with lineup incarnations that included the guitar likes o' Slash,Izzy, Gilby N' Buckethead. These shows took me to many clubs N' arenas on Long Island in NYC, Conneticut, New Jersey and Las Vegas!! All shows were great...But 11/17/2011 at the IZOD Center may have been the BEST!!!
Sure it was a typical late start..But openers Asking Alexandria took the stage at approximately 9:00PM N' were off before 10:00PM. GN'R hit the stage, after a mopping o' same possibly due to AA singers constant spitting, at 11PM sharp.. Not bad only a 1 hour wait!!
Intro music than the opener, with full pyro, Chinese Democracy followed by Welcome To The Jungle and an incredible 2 hour and 45 minute performance.
No disrespect to Slash, Izzy, Duff Rose "the King O' Beers" Mckagen, Steven Adler (have only seen him in Adlers Appetite),Gilby, Matt Sorum, Paul Tobius/Huge, Robin Fink, Brain, Buckethead (we hardly knew ya) and Teddy Zig Zag Andraus, but this lineup was sharp, SUPER SHARP!!!!
Axl sounded great!! The band were tight..Oh and lets not forget about the setlist!! Heavy on Appetite For Destruction, 6 songs from the underrated/over looked Use Your Illusion set, Patience (from Lies), 2 AC/DC covers, My Generation N' a great representation of the Chinese Democracy album!!
To Axl, Tommy Stinson, Frank Ferrara, Dizzy Reed, Chris Pitman and the Dynamic Guitar trio o' Richard Fortus, Bumblefoot N' DJ Ashbae, JOB WELL DONE!!!
