(July 3, 2015 at 10:25 am)bennyboy Wrote:(July 2, 2015 at 11:14 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: 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.
Aerosmith I can definitely hear a lot of, Soundgarden not so much -- but they did foreshadow grunge with their grittier take on hair metal.
Axl doesn't have much soul as singers go, imo. I really can't stand his voice, either.
