Axl Rose to sign first certified autographs for Topps

Posted by Guns N' Roses unofficial blog on February 5, 2013

Welcome to the jungle.

Topps announced the headliner in its forthcoming 2013 Topps Archives Heavy Metal Autographs set on Tuesday, and it’s none other than Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose.

It will be Rose’s first fully licensed trading card appearance and his first certified autograph as he has nothing listed in the Beckett.com database. The singer was an icon of the late-1980s and early 1990s as his band’s 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction, has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide while five other records sold more than 65 million copies total.

The 10-card autograph set will be one of three additional insert sets to the previously announced 2013 Topps Archives release. There will be a standard version of the cards as well as one that will be limited to 25 copies and printed on metal.

Among the metal signers? Motley Crue‘s Tommy Lee, Skid Row‘s Sebastian Bach and Twisted Sister‘s Dee Snider.

Interest in the Rose autograph should be strong as PSA-authenticated autographs have strong asking pricesand are not plentiful online.

Along with the arrival of Archives, Topps is planning a two-week hobby shop promotion where a limited number of 25-cent packs will be made available. These will include a parallel card only found in these packs. In addition, a Father’s Day promo will allow collectors to bring in a 1980s card and receive a free cello pack of 2013 Topps Series 2. Those packs will include parallels only found as part of this promotion along with randomly inserted autographs.

Topps also will be doing a redemption program tied to Archives where one redemption card will be found in every hobby box good for a throwback single-card pack with a 1950s-1980s card inside.

Here is the preliminary checklist for the Heavy Metal set as provided by Topps:

Heavy Metal Autographs
Sebastian Bach, Skid Row
Tommy Lee, Motley Crue
Kip Winger, Winger
Reb Beach, Winger
Lita Ford
Bobbie Brown from Warrant’s Cherry Pie video
Stephen Pearcy, Ratt
Scott Ian, Anthrax
Dee Snider, Twisted Sister
Axl Rose, Guns N’ Roses

SOURCE: http://www.beckett.com/news/2013/02/axl-rose-to-sign-first-certified-autographs-for-topps/

2013 Ultimate Classic Rock Bowl FINALS

Posted by Guns N' Roses unofficial blog on January 28, 2013

The 2013 Ultimate Classic Rock Bowl Finals have begun! After three weeks and 14 hard-fought battles — with over 250,000 votes being registered in the semifinal round alone — only two legendary bands are left to fight for the title: Guns N’ Roses and Rush.

16 of rock’s biggest bands met up earlier this month in a series of single-elimination polls to determine the genre’s true champions. Each of our finalists has racked up an impressive string of victories. Rush dispatched Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith and most recently Van Halen (58 to 42%) in their three matches.

Meanwhile, Guns N’ Roses were giant-killers, defeating the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and in an absolutely epic (50.3 to 49.7%) semifinal round battle, the Beatles.

So who gets your vote — the progressive rock kings from the “Great White North,” or perhaps the most dangerous band to ever explode out of Los Angeles? It’s up to you! You can vote once per hour in the 2013 Ultimate Classic Rock Bowl Finals from now until Sunday, Feb. 3 at 11:59 PM ET.

As a thank you to all the people who have voted and made this competition such a great success, we will also be giving away a $100 iTunes gift card for one lucky winner to spend on Rush and Guns n’ Roses music.

The 2013 Ultimate Classic Rock Bowl champ and the winner of the $100 iTunes gift card will be announced next Monday, Feb. 4 — the day after the Super Bowl.

VOTE HERE!

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-vs-rush/

Don’t forget to vote…..

Posted by Guns N' Roses unofficial blog on January 23, 2013

If you didn’t vote yet, you still have time to do it.

After beating The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin….now it’s time to beat The Beatles!

Guns N’ Roses fans are amazing, and dedicated! Best fans in the world!

Keep voting!

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-vs-the-beatles/

DJ Ashba invitation for Las Vegas!

Posted by Guns N' Roses unofficial blog on September 10, 2012

Just a nice little video to make refresh your minds about the upcoming Las vegas gigs. hopefully I will get some cool pics and some cool videos from you guys!

Sin City, the most sinful band is on their way!

Band of the year Classic Rock Roll of honour 2012

Posted by Guns N' Roses unofficial blog on August 14, 2012

I usually post the links for any awards contests around so we can vote for Guns n’ Roses.

This time is another time to vote for our favorite band!

http://awards.classicrockmagazine.com/awards/band-of-the-year

India dates???

Posted by Guns N' Roses unofficial blog on August 10, 2012

According to Pollstar.com, Guns N’ Roses will rock India in Decemba.

The dates would be as follow:

Wednesday, December 5th 2012 / Gurgaon, India / Palace Grounds

Friday, December 7th 2012 / Mumbai, India /Johnny Walker One Tree Music Fest

Sunday, December 9th 2012 / TBA

GREAT NEWS !
http://www.pollstar.com/resultsArtist.aspx?ID=51552&SearchBy=guns%20n%20Roses

20 years ago today!

Posted by Guns N' Roses unofficial blog on August 8, 2012

Do you remember what happened 20 years ago today?

I fucking do!

20 years ago today, I was 18 years old. And I was preparing for the show of my life. I was preparing for the Guns N’ Roses / Metallica show at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. It was a killer bill. Faith no more / Metallica / Guns n Roses.

How could you ask for more. If I remember correctly, the prices for the tickets were “roughly” 45$. Very cheap if you compare to the overpriced tickets bands charges. (Except for GnR that charges way less than others!

Anyhow, I was preparing for the show of my life. THe show took place. Faith no more went on. Followed by Metallica. Halfway threw the set, a pyro went on, and James Hetfield was burned very badly. They had to go home.

Guns N’ Roses took the stage 2 hours later. And disapeared 45 minutes later.

I came back home crying. We will never know what happened this night. Bad sound? Bad night? Sickness? Anyhow. I was pretty sad. But the end of show got a bit violent outside the Olympic Stadium. A huge riot started. Police cars were put into flames, the Montreal Expos boutique was completly vandalized. The riot stopped couple of hours later.

Anyhow. I just wanted to remember myself and others of what happened in Montreal, 20 years ago! One night I will never forget!

It took 18 years before the Gunners came back to Montreal. Another show I will never ever forget!