One of my favorite bands of all time would have to be Guns-N-Roses. Even though the band has changed over the years, the attitude is still there.

	I used to run a website called CivilWar's Unofficial GNR Page back between 96-99, then I shut the site down to focus on running my site about The Crow. It was quite succesful for awhile, but my Crow site was really taking off, and its hard to run two massive websites like that. Do I miss running my GNR site? Yep I do, I get the occasional desire to bring it back. My site would have had to change due to the change in the band, there is no more Slash, Izzy, Duff, Gilby, and Matt.
	The new line up had be a little worried, but after listening and seeing their performance from Rock in Rio III in Brazil, I had no doubts about the new band picking up where the old band left off. Some of the songs from Chinese Democracy, still sound like GNR but they are a bit more modern. It was real nice to see GNR come back at the VMA's on MTV, even though Axl's voice sounded cracked out, that was more due to a bad sound mix. He didnt sound that way in Tacoma when I saw them. Below you can download three of the new songs, this was taken from the soundboard in Pittsburgh, PA. Right Click, Save Link As to save these files to your hard drive. The Blues Madagascar (One of the songs at the VMA's) Chinese Democracy
	November 8, 2002 in the Tacoma Dome was where I got to see GNR open their tour, since Vancouver, BC was cancelled due to dumbass management which led to a riot. I had a great time at the show, the sound mix wasnt that great because of the acoustics, the crowd seemed quite receptive to the new songs. A lot of people were expecting Oh My God to be played, but they havent played that song since Rock in Rio III. Axl's mic kept tweaking out on him during Paradise City, which he overcompensated for and blew his vocal cords. You had a few people there who was wondering where Slash was, but at the end of the night I dont think anybody cared as Buckethead became everyone's hero. The robot dance he did during his solo was funny. Robin Finck formerly of Nine Inch Nails did a great job on his solos especially Sweet Child O'Mine. The new band seems to play the old stuff with more intensity than the old band did. However I think the new band needs to learn some more stuff from the Use Your Illusion CDs such as Civil War, Estranged, and Don't Cry.