Guns N’ Roses are Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees. Also, RHCP and Small Faces.

This, again for 2012, c'est possible?

Of course I know there’ll be some differences should the band decide to perform together after all these long lonely years, but I’ll take the Botoxed Axl, the Twitter posting Slash, and the no longer yummy Duff McKagan as long as it means they’ll be performing (and possibly touring, fingers crossed!) together in  April of next year. That’s when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be and since the band has just been inducted (have I not mentioned it?), well, hopes are high that a reunion might should has to be in the cards.

The Induction news just trended worldwide on Twitter and talks have again been reignited whether Guns N’ Roses can set aside their differences and perform during the ceremony. If Led Zeppelin, Eagles, and The Police could do it, why not GNR right? The answer to that might lie in the level of pettiness Axl Rose has in his body. I mean I love the guy since it’s very difficult to hate someone who wrote Estranged and Breakdown, but sometimes you just want to sit him down and inform him to get over himself. The. World. Does. Not. Revolve. Around. You.

I think Steven Adler in his very recent Rolling Stone interview said it best, “Can’t we just be fucking people who played music and accomplished a huge goal in their life and just play a couple songs? It’s only rock and roll, my god! It’s not rocket science.”

True that. Somebody should really tell Axl Rose – and Slash for that matter – that they are not in some episode of Glee or Mara Clara. Get it together and at least play a couple of songs. If not for anything else, do it for me. I mean, I got on board with Axl’s new face, this is the least he could do.

For the fans of the real Guns N’ Roses – yes offense to the one parading to be GNR these days – we know that the attendance of the rest of the group (the rest meaning besides Axl) is pretty much assured. And it’ll be an awesome treat to see Slash, Duff, Steven, Izzy with Matt and Gilby up on stage to accept the award. Dizzy Reed should also be there and given an extra award just for having superpowers that enabled him to stay with Axl even when others were already screaming bloody murder.

I’m also already running through the possible song selection for the ceremony. I’d love for the band to play Breakdown since that’s like OMG a fave!!!1!, but the three most possible choices would have to be November Rain,  Sweet Child of Mine, and Welcome to the Jungle. I may be a bit off but at least one of these three is definitely going to be chosen. Or else.

The other inductees for Rock Hall are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, The Small Faces/Faces, Donovan, Laura Nyro, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd, and Glyn Johns.

Love everyone if I knew who they are I’m sure, but the delicious icing on the cake that is the GNR induction is Red Hot Chili Peppers and Small Faces are in the list too. And the great thing about it is that the two bands are not at all shy or in any way burdened by trivial baggage and will be more than willing to perform. ‘Course RHCP performing with John “My Marry Choice in the Fuck, Marry, or Kill Game” Frusciante is almost enough to ease the pain should there be no GNR reunion performance.

I suppose I should explain the nickname. You know the game were you are given a choice of three people or a group and you have to (not really have to, but what the hell is your problem if you don’t) pick which one you will fuck, marry, and kill? You know like in F.R.I.E.N.D.S. - you’d probably fuck Joey, marry Chandler, and kill Ross. Don’t think I don’t know what your choices are. Well, for RHCP, it’s always been fuck Chad, marry John, and kill Dave Navarro.

But that’s neither here or there.

Important points to remember – since I’m slowly getting incomprehensible – are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Small Faces/Faces, and Guns N’ Roses are official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, we might see some GNR reunion (all limbs crossed), and always kill Ross and his whiny whiny voice if you have a choice.

Look at him and tell me you're not tempted.

Don’t worry. I won’t leave you with a picture of Ross and that smile. Here’s some GNR, Small Faces, and RHCP favorites to celebrate their induction.

And have a happy Hump Day, you guys!

Guns N’ Roses Nominated in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

I’m a HUGE Guns N’ Roses fan. I’ve never loved a band quite as much as I do GNR. The Kinks comes close, but listening to songs written by Ray Davies feels more like a nice cup of coffee (or tea since they’re British) with a good book, while GNR music is more of an orgasm-filled 3-day bender. It feels bad yet so good at the same time. It inspires so much passion and is a very good excuse to annoy the hell out of your neighbors.

And like most GNR fans, I try to forget that there is still a band out there making albums and doing gigs calling itself Guns N’ Roses when the only original member left is a self-absorbed genius who used to look extremely hot. This is why news of the band’s nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year came – not as a surprise since it’s basically duh! – but as a great opportunity to again hope against hope that they be inducted and Axl and Slash put aside their differences and humungous egos for once, think about me, and perform with the rest of the band’s original members.

The other nominees for this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are the Cure, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Eric B. and Rakim, the Spinners, the Small Faces/Faces, Freddie King, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Beastie Boys, Laura Nyro, War, Donna Summer, Donovan, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Besides GNR, it’d also be great to see RHCP and The Small Faces inducted. I don’t give two shits about the others since, seriously, Chakah Khan? The genius behind Through the Fire? Nominated alongside artists responsible for Under the Bridge, Lazy Sunday, and November Rain? Sometimes people confuse me.

*deep breath*

Anyway, just thinking about a possible reunion performance with Axl, Duff, Izzy, Steven, and my dearly beloved Slash (no offense, Matt and Gilby) is slowly becoming the most hoped-for event of my year. That’s actually not saying much since the most exciting thing that happened to me this 2011 is that I finally found out in which Hogwarts House I belong. Yes, being a Ravenclaw means that much to me, and no, I don’t hate my life.

So, fingers crossed for the announcement of the inductees this month as well as some divine push which will allow us to witness Estranged or Sweet Child of Mine played by the same band who made you cream back when they were still fuckable.

In the meantime, here’s a bit of walk down memory lane.

P.S. Don’t forget to vote on which of the nominees you want inducted.