VIDEO - BY PETE SQUIBB
BY GABRIEL PRINCEWILL
The Eye of Media will be dedicating our radio show on Sunday evening to the established Guns and Roses band after a number of fans specifically contacted the show to request this. About seven different individuals, who likely know one another, requested for a tribute to be made to the bands plan to reunite this year.
The Eye of Destiny Radio which is part of The Eye of Media has been running for nearly 2 weeks, after a team of 11 were tentatively put together to flavor to an Internet radio online we hope to entertaining and engaging in many respects. Our server is on the Internet radio server, which has interestingly given us exposure to 78 countries as far as indications from our analytics indicate. Visitors from Canada, America, and Australia have been in their numbers at various stages whilst we are on air.
We aim to fill your appetite and enthuse your spirits with a variety of uplifting songs you like, and also engaging talks shows which are on the pipeline. The Eye of Destiny was designed to give talented individuals an opportunity to showcase their inherent strengths and gifts on a platform many may never have been able to get. In the process, we will be working with notable individuals in the field including established DJ’s and other established personalities in various domains of expertise, but we will also be empowering first timers whom we are convinced have the intrinsic abilities in the sort of high capacity that would further their prospects and be of mutual benefit to them and the excellent team we have put together and will continue to put together. It will be an opportunity for many to harness their latent skills or their developed skills which may be in need of a useful outlet to exhibit their qualities.
DJ Peter Squibby is a veteran DJ, one of a number of DJ’s recommended to The Eye of Media, and will be hosting shows on some week days and weekends. A man of excellent repertoire with wide experience in the DJ and festival scene, he is highly respected in the field as a big shot in DJ circles. He has hosted several shows in the UK and Europe and has a passion for what he does best. Speaking to the Eye of media about his upcoming show and work with us, he said ” it is an honour to work alongside an ambitious project with a big vision. I share the vision you guys have and am honoured to be a part of it. I have always been overwhelmed by the continuous support I get from my followers, and was deeply touched when we received the request to do a show for the Guns and Roses Band. They are a remarkable band and I am always going to be up for dedicating shows to remarkable individuals and bands”.
We have attached a video clip from Squibbly which he has done on behalf of The Eye of Destiny, and look forward to continuous journey with him and the rest of the team.
CONTROVERSY
Controversy has accompanied this band over a decade, but they continue to be a force to reckon with in the music industry and will perform from April 15-17 and from April 22-24 this year at Coachella – a center known to reunite bands. Although the cost of the show is in excess of $200, the quest to finally see two of their former members – Axl and Slash on the same stage- outweighs any issues of high entrance fees which several of their fans will be prepared to pay.
Like many bands around today, the well liked band have had internal feuds that has threatened the public perception of the collective group, but as a team, they have somehow always managed to overcome and transcend the effects of those shortcomings that have beset them in times past. The recent announcement by Billboard that the band were to come together once again shocked but thrilled many, because of the bad blood between Axl and Slash.
The reunited band is also earmarked to be negotiating with promoters to play in as many as 25 football stadiums in the U.S, in the summer of 2016, and is scheduled to be one of the first acts to play the new Las Vegas Arena, set to open on April 6.
A press release from the Guns and Roses (GNP) camp, Slash and Duff McKagan will re-group. However, it is still unclear rather whether other former members will be joining in.
The last show Axl and Slash played together was nearly twenty three years ago, back in July 17, 1993 in Buenos Aires. All accounts point to the suggestion that the pair have put to rest the acrimony between them that saw them go separate ways. Loved for their cool temperament on stage coupled with the ambiance that attends every showcase of theirs, this band was once dubbed the most dangerous band in the U.S. Yet, they have somehow amassed a following of 29 million followers over the years- a staggering number by any standards of measure. It is pretty well known that bands and groups generally reunite for the huge sums of money that accompany the limelight of their reunion. This, more especially so when a band has a huge loyal fan base like the band in question.
Touring has always been one of the biggest sources of remuneration for bands, and according to published reports, Guns and Roses (GNR) is apparently asking for around $3 million per show, with the grouping potentially higher this year. According to the RIAA, the band’s first album, “Appetite for Destruction,” is the biggest-selling debut in U.S. history, with 18 million sold. They have also sold 44.5 million albums in total. A band fuelled with much controversy, its has nevertheless garnered a steady fan base over the years with no sign of it waning anytime soon.
CHINESE DEMOCRACY
Their sixth studio album “Chinese Democracy,” was released, over a decade in the making before the “CD,” came to fruition on November 9, 2008. Dubbed “The Most Expensive Album Ever Made,” by the Newyork Times, the American publication went on to state how Geffen Records attempted to get Axl to deliver the album, and it had produced costs of an estimated $13 million. Axl Rose is perceived by fans as a musical genius but his private woes has sometimes turned him into a recluse who disappears only to reappear when it is least expected
