(July 2, 2015 at 11:14 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(July 2, 2015 at 9:21 pm)Dystopia Wrote: I don't know if we can really say GnR was a soul/funk band, even though they have influences from many genres - Noticeably Axl Rose mentioned Aerosmith as a major influence and it's not surprising.
No, I wasn't saying they were a soul or funk band, but they had elements of that that made them stand out from their hair-metal Sunset-Strip peers. They were obviously a hard rock/heavy metal band. But Izzy and Steve played ahead and behind of the beat in a way that made their first album much less mechanical. I don't know if you're a musician or not, and it's hard to explain to a nonmusician, but where you land in relationship to the beat is what determines the feel of the music.
Haha. Thinking of Axl as a kind of white rocker James Brown is funny.
To me, GNR sounds like they caught a sidesplash from Seattle around mid-80s. Maybe I'm on crack, but to me, it sounds like Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Soundgarden had a 3-way baby.
