24 September 2006, 16:22

Take me down to the Paradise City...

Filed under:loose-bits, first-person by julie T

We went to the Guns ‘n’ Roses concert last Thursday at the Warfield, which was hot. It’s really more like Axl Rose and his cover band now, but it was still totally worth it. (Photo by Curtis Chin linked from the SFGate.).

I never saw them back in their glory days, but what shocked me most was his voice still sounded good, and he was actually really professional. After the reports this year of some no-show events, we were half-expecting the leadman to pull a runner. But show up he did at 11:30 pm, sang a full two hour-plus set in all his raspy, hysterical glory with fireworks, and even bid the crowd adieu with “Be good to each other. Drive home safely.”

Of course, he did throw three people out of the show.


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