Slash - Made In Stoke 24/7/11 review
| Band: | Slash |
| Album: | Made In Stoke 24/7/11 |
| Style: | Hard rock, Blues rock |
| Release date: | November 14, 2011 |
| A review by: | Doc G. |
Disc I
01. Been There Lately [Slash's Snakepit cover]
02. Night Train [Guns 'n' Roses cover]
03. Ghost
04. Mean Bone [Slash's Snakepit cover]
05. Back From Cali
06. Rocket Queen [Guns 'n' Roses cover]
07. Civil War [Guns 'n' Roses cover]
08. Nothing To Say
09. Starlight
10. Promise
Disc II
01. Doctor Alibi
02. Speed Parade [Slash's Snakepit cover]
03. Watch This
04. Beggars & Hangers On [Slash's Snakepit cover]
05. Patience [Guns 'n' Roses cover]
06. Godfather Solo [Andy Williams cover]
07. Sweet Child O' Mine [Guns 'n' Roses cover]
08. Slither [Velvet Revolver cover]
09. By The Sword
10. Mr. Brownstone [Guns 'n' Roses cover]
11. Paradise City [Guns 'n' Roses cover]
Now, I'm not one to gauge my music tastes according to popularity or lack there of. There's some really great mainstream music out there, believe it or not. Unfortunately, when I see/hear things like this, I begin to wonder what's going through the heads of people who religiously follow mainstream rock. Why is music like this put on a pedestal? Is it the name? It's gotta be. Is the same mentality that your poor uncle has? You know the one who has to change grandmas diapers because he was the only one with objections to putting her in a home? Is it something like that? This live album from former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is a testament of how some rock stars need to be put out to pasture.
To be honest, Slash has never really been able to quite crack it on his own. Duff made mildly amusing punk/garage rock on his own, his only major flaw was it being over polished. Axl made his entertaining, albeit bloated Chinese Democracy. Slash? Slash has seemed comfortable making the most bland series of radio rock albums. Snakepit? Somewhat boring, a few good moments. Velvet Revolver? Was anyone not taking a nap, during, you know...their entire existence? Now it comes to this. A combination of all these mundane failures, plus a few Guns N' Roses songs performed live.
This whole thing would have been acceptably generic was it not for Myles Kennedy. Has anyone else heard this guy? Am I the only one hearing this shit? He sounds like an even worse version of Vince Neil for Christ sakes. Nasally and grating. In fact, there are some cool moments; the Godfather solo would have been pretty entertaining if it were cut down a bit, and "Been There Lately" didn't prove to be a bad opener. Myles Kennedy was just a colossally bad decision to bring in as a singer, especially for the GnR moments. Basically this live album proves that between Axl & Slash, who the more easily replaceable Gunner is.
Boring radio rock. Now with even worse vocals!
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603  |
I heard some bootleg of one of the Slash + Myles shows and Myles didn't sound bad on it at all I must say... I wonder how does this sound like.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Myles kennedy is the best thing to happen to Slash solo. Without Myles it would all be even worse. My God Slash solo is so goddamn mediocre it's not even funny. Axl without Slash is mediocre as is Slash without Axl. Both need echa other, which has been proven by Chinese Democracy and by everything Slash has done since leaving GnR
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.02.2012 at 14:22 Am I doing it right? 
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| Enissa Posts: 816  |
Weird, I always thought of Myles Kennedy as one hell of a vocalist, I was shocked by this review...
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13254  |
Stoke isn't the first place that jumps to mind when I think of rock 'n' roll...
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| Carl Berg Carl Berg Posts: 589  |
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3408  |
Since this lookes like turning into a "Slash or Axl" debate, am I the only one who recognises the input Izzy and Duff had in GnR?
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| thehondo Posts: 141  |
Written by M C Vice on 15.02.2012 at 09:58 No. Your not. Theres really not alot of people here who even care about mainstream, but Izzy wrote most of Appetite. Myles is good, especially with Alterbridge. The majority here prefer a different vocal. I dont even know why they bother with hard rock reviews, since this is not the venue for it.
---- No time like the present
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 |
Written by thehondo on 15.02.2012 at 18:38 Well, I know for a fact that there is a lot of people here who enjoy hard rock, and the reviewer is one of them 
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Written by Milena on 16.02.2012 at 01:13 Hence why I'm so hard on this.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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This is a good album. I didn't like that much most of his solo songs, but the rest is really good work. Honest, good rock and roll. You don't like it? Do I like it? Who cares? Quorthon once told me that "Opinions are like arseholes..." ... no hard feelings
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9157  |
Written by [user id=35907] on 18.02.2012 at 22:45 Doc is one of the most open-minded people on MS.  And pretty much aybody can see this is just a feeble attempt to make some money.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9157 |
Written by [user id=35907] on 19.02.2012 at 17:15 Damn, that's what I get for trying to be a smartass. Language major eh? sounds a lot like a guy we MS'ers used to know.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9157 |
Written by [user id=35907] on 19.02.2012 at 17:57 I guess you weren't here for the whole "Ponderer" thing. let's stop spamming up the Doc's review
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Exciter0870 on 25.02.2012 at 15:05 Doc cares immensely for the sort of music played here. I think you are missing the point what a review is, there is no such thing as an objective review.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
About reviews and their objectivity I urge everyone to read this http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/article.php?article_id=920
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Reviews being objective? Hhahahahahahah nice joke dude.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718 |
Written by Exciter0870 on 25.02.2012 at 15:05 No. No it isn't. At all. I suggest you look up the word "objectivity" in the dictionary before batting that word around with any review you disagree with. There is no way to make any kind of critical assessment of any kind of art objectively. I swear to God, I lose more and more faith in humanity every time someone bitches about lack of objectivity in a review.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Winterthrone Posts: 289  |
Quote: Well Doc, you are perfectly right on this one... The most objective reviewer is the one who admits his subjective bias in the first place and that's what you did. People can disagree with you on the rating and on musical tastes, but your review is legitimate and well explained so there is no problem here...You fanboys should realize taht Slash's golden years are far behind him IMO...
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| AnGina-- Dark Phoenix Posts: 3555  |
I seem to be the only one totally liking Myles on this CD  I think the whole live CD is pretty swell, good car music and I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with Myles; even the opposite, I love hearing him do old GNR stuff.
---- You think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was a man. But it was nothing to me but blinding.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Written by AnGina-- on 25.05.2012 at 11:31 Not really, check other people here and you see some others enjoy his vocals, just not this album.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| AnGina-- Dark Phoenix Posts: 3555 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 25.05.2012 at 12:39 I dig the album. Just got the DVD and I totally dig it too. I like it aaaalllll, Myles in general, Myles & Slash, this CD, DVD and Apocalyptic Love.
---- You think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was a man. But it was nothing to me but blinding.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9157 |
Saw them last night, it was terrible, bored me to tears, Myles voice DOES NOT fit here.
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