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Si iniziano a far sentire i primi effetti dello "sciopero" dei fan italiani dei Guns N' Roses, che si lamentano per la mancanza di informazioni ufficiali e per la poca considerazione da parte del management del gruppo.
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, ultimo acquisto dei Guns N' Roses e chitarrista del gruppo, ieri notte (tra l'11 e il 12 dicembre) ha inviato un comunicato direttamente al sito Gnronline.it , che dalla scorsa settimana ha dato inizio a un vero e proprio "atto di protesta" (nessun aggiornamento e nessuna moderazione del forum con tremila iscritti), minacciando anche la chiusura del sito stesso con l'anno nuovo.
Ecco il messaggio originale:
Ron here - this is not a statement on behalf of GnR, just speaking for myself, me to you.
For whatever it's worth, I love you guys and appreciate all the support you guys have given the band. I haven't been in the band very long, but long enough to experience how great it is to have fans that care as much as you. Maybe it's too-little-too-late to let you know that, but that's how I feel, and it hasn't changed.
From what I've seen, if ya give out info before it's 100% confirmed, and things don't happen as planned, it leads to people feeling betrayed, so info should only come at the final moment when all the piece are in place. That's not a GnR thing, it's everything, every business or band or anything else. If you're looking for daily or weekly updates on things that are in the works, it'll become a big mess for everyone.
Meanwhile, we're touring It's been fucking great Since my first show with Guns in May, we've played nearly 70 shows, in 20 countries (if I counted right, at 3am after being up 30 hours... [***]) The way I see it, for two-and-a-half hours each of those nights, it's our time to connect with each other - we get to say *fuck it* to everything else in life and enjoy ourselves - that's what it's about. It's not about business or setlists or critics or anything else - it's about saying FUCK IT and gettin' high off it from beginning to end and a long time after. Hope y'all have been enjoying it to the fullest. Life's too damn short to be upset about what you don't have - enjoy what you do have.
Not trying to change anything by writing ya, not answering the questions you want answered, just letting ya know that your support hasn't gone unnoticed, and I just wanna say *thank you* to the moderators and members of your forum. For the years you've devoted to the band, and hopefully years to come...
Thank you
Ron
In poche parole, Bumblefoot esprime la sua solidarietà e gratitudine ai fan italiani, si augura che il sito non chiuderà e li invita a "godersi quello che hanno" invece di lamentarsi di ciò che non hanno.
Lo "sciopero" dei fan continua. Da parte loro gli amministratori del sito hanno ricordato che la loro non è una protesta contro il mancato annuncio del tanto atteso album "Chinese Democracy", che sarebbe dovuto uscire entro la fine del 2006, quanto più un reclamo verso la totale assenza di informazioni e di basi per poter continuare a gestire il fan site.
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Daniele "GDF" Ferrero
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