Guns N' Roses Live at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards - Welcome to the Jungle, Madagascar, Paradise City gnr axl buckethead VMA.

[jakeamazing]

probably the strangest line up in gnr history.

[Woxxwire92]

i think from mtv 1988 to 2002 mtv he got older,so when he will be 60 or 65 years old you still want him to sing like in 1988, THINK !!!

[NikolaTeslafy]

The ONLY redeeming qualities this band HAD was Buckethead, and Brain. ....By the way Axl, you owe me $55 for the cancelled concert in Kansas City in 1991.......you probably did me a favor.

[FEVERPITCHROCKNROLL]

This happens when a singer avoids rehearsals and soundchecks.

[tongh100]

Axl Realmente é foda

[Vorail]

Saw the new line-up in Miami back in October, they were OUTSTANDING, Axl honestly hadn't ever sounded that good. Played for three hours too.

[TheAngryNinjas]

this actually isnt that bad at all... if you arethinking of axl's voice live in concert, it always sounded shitty live

[steveman416]

@TheAngryNinjas Go watch some footage from tokyo in 1992, and tell us thereis no difference.

[aaronchristianneff]

His voice must of cracked!

[fernandoalls]

I feel sorrow about this performance

[FredKruegerKrueger]

this is so bad. lmao. amazing.

[anonymus1desconocido]

no sabia que a buckethead le gustaba tocar la guitarra de slash

[stuaxl66]

if he sucks y u watchin it knob head!!!!

[ItsMrBuckethead]

OK this might offend you! I'm a die hard gnr fan but sorry slash Bucket is tha most legitimate guitar player ever in Guns N Roses! I think your a washed up sold out drunk and I lost all respect for you! Slash go fuck your self you Bitch!

[00civicekjay]

Horrible prwformance

[MrCigarbob]

I love the original GNR... this sucks ass!!!

[carricod000]

After the scream at the beginning, it sucked horse shit on a stick. Scratch that. They didn't deserve a stick. I love bucket head but wtf man?! He didn't get to do anything to compensate for their dying bird of a frontman.

[Mooreison]

the blonde lady who's passing Axl at 09:40 - is that Sheryl Crowe??

[thrashandburn64]

Yeah he was bad on Welcome to the Jungle, but that beginning scream was awesome and so was Madagascar.

[danielLPCB]

karalho a voz do axl aki ta pior a do da apresentaçao do rock in rio 2011

[fernandoalls]

@danielLPCB este video é foda de se olhar, chega desanimar o cara, mas olha o show deles live at la 2011 muito bom, ele esta cantando bem de novo!

[LpJuenkiee]

gordo merquero

[cachi4rockerp]

Take me down to the paradise city where Slash are playing the guitar a Axl are singing!

[RedRoseSisters411]

The guy at the end shakes hands weird

[dylanreyn]

Lol there's a tribute band called Guns N' Hoses XD

[UkFor3ver]

you saw axl fuck you finger up in the interview?

[ThaLegendaryNoob]

And what happened to Buckethead's guitar at the beginning of Paradise City? Is it not able to be used in that song?

[romaggot]

@ThaLegendaryNoob who cares? Buckethead from 6:34 and on schooled slash on how to play his own song lol

[ThaLegendaryNoob]

He may sound like shit here, but you try jumping all over the place screaming one of their greatest songs. Not as easy as you think, now. Is it?

[bullballbell]

all those who hate this band

this band is awesome

it's music of 00-s

it's art, not pop that you probably love

[stonerh]

This is so bad.. I'm a massive Guns fan, all lineups, but Axl is at his worst here, vocally. Musically it sounds pretty awesome apart from his vocals, but they just look so ridiculous, this was their chance to make an impact and a good impression, and they came out looking like bellends. I wish it had been the current lineup, or the 06 lineup, and came out and did WTTJ like they did at Rock Am Ring in 06. Absolutely nailed it.

[Melafrijol]

He looked like shit. What the fuck happened to the "hot till it hurts axl" that introduced me to rock?!

[ThaLegendaryNoob]

@Melafrijol He had a cold.

[geekatron1995]

The funniest part, to me, is at 2:15 . OH MAN, I LOVE IT! You can hear how miserable and out of breath he is. I love how he just uses all of his power and strength to get out that second "Knees".

[geekatron1995]

Ladies and gentlemen.... PATTON FUCKING OSWALT!!!!

[Roberto666guitar]

you mean: Axl Rose Live at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards?

[tobosaku1]

Put your tape in the VCR... Tape? VCR? What's he talking about...? ^-^

[MyTouchForB]

@tobosaku1 VCR is VIDEO CAMERA!

[bowenmcconnie]

Axl was bloody impeccable, but MTV is ridiculous

[esthawk]

Axl's fucking scream at the beginning is FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!! Fuck the rest of you other assholes

[DoAction]

"Sha na na na...huff, puff."

[TheSaul1515]

someone tear my eyes out, my hands are too busy stopping my ears from hearing this shit

[jscrash]

Axl Rose- "GnR are the greatest bands of all time"....Snelly- "NOT".

[c350Zee]

"GUNS N FUCKING ROSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He gave them the best intro ever. I rarely get that excited, and that's saying something. (no peverted comments)

[idiot1321]

How many of you looked this video up after the Patton Oswalt skit?

[turbocharged2005]

it hurts to see this lol

[KungPowza]

Buckethead is the best musician there.

[lagalagameupoovo]

@KungPowza Buckethead is a trash, yeah, he use one in your head..

Slash 9999999999999 vs 00000 Trashead

[sepulvia1]

@lagalagameupoovo junk is you your fuck

[ukimonable]

Axl sounds kinda like Mickey Mouse..

[MrEmaaa93]

fenomenaaallll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[psudeoaccount]

"Put the tape in your vcr!!!"

Wow, that sounds so... Retro...

[centcinqtiretseize]

Hopefully 10 years after this disaster, the actual GNR is absolutely uncomparable to this and AWESOME!!! AXL came back from so far when we hear this performance compare to 2010-2011 world tour. He saved his name and prooved the world why he is the greatest frontman!

[AXFlll]

@centcinqtiretseize you're totally right bro, I saw them at live this year and they are fucking awesome /,,/

[nazbuk]

one word - Buckethead

[Cossfrack]

i remember seeing this show here and it being the big reveal of the "new" Guns and roses. but when i saw GnR a couple of years ago at reading festival, i'm sure it was a completely different lineup!

[MrPENGTINGZ]

@Cossfrack same bass, guitarist same keyboard, same axl ..

[jobbybag]

that was utter shit

[Dimitric2222]

Axl no... Bad voice

[slashrichi]

amo a GnR desde q tengo uso de razon.Recuerdo esperar ese MTV con tantas ansias.En ese MTV solo queria ver a los Guns otra ves..cuando salio me quede horrorizado y dije WTF es eso,esto no es Guns n Roses esto es la banda de AXL ( y chicos no hagan lo q ven aqui,jamas salgan a dar un concierto ante nadie si no ensayan,para mi fue el riduculo mas grande q tuvo AXL BAND q es como lo llamo yo)hoy en dia AXL si mejoro parace estar d regreso pero a su banda le falta alma y sin alma no existe nada

[o0blink0o1991]

RIDICULOUS

[thebehmont1]

Why the hell Axl Rose is on screen all the time? It's not like he's actually doing anything...I came here to see Buckethead!

[Rihew]

Um, Axl's voice sounds bad as fuck here...

[vegoezz]

they got a gothic, a punk a glam guy and a bad coreback .. and a awesome guy whit a bucket on his head

[gregman05]

GNR OWNS, THIS ROCKED

[LivingDeadBeat99]

what was that 'rio review' comment at the end??

[deegan463]

He totally checks out that girl walking by at the beginning of the interview after

[f4z3]

WTF's a VCR? :P

[heavynopal]

@f4z3 lol..

[kowtpr187]

Guns n POSERS!

[BlakeInternational]

thank god his voice in 2006 and more so now is the best it has been since the 1980s, here it is shit

CHINESE DEMOCRACY 2 STARTS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

[MadridNFRoses]

@BlakeInternational yeah here was shit 2006 until now his voice is awesome

[MMAADD1987]

too fat to wear shorts again! At least, he still can dance.

[Metal1998]

Axl had a Nu metal style dressed back then lol

[DinosaurJones17]

Man, All I thought when I saw this was HOLY SHIT, THEY GOT BUCKETHEAD? WHAT?!

[themidnightgardener]

VCRs were still relevant in 2002? I guess I'm dating myself.......Jimmy Fallon is a horseshit.

[calvingmail]

I heard him last week finally in Dallas..He sounded better than 1992

[spcalan]

Sounds like he is out of breath. haha

[cesarisam]

Guns n' who? You spelled wrong "The Axl Show"

[mkabbed]

Fucking hilarious! @shermanicus

[Shermanicus]

Every time I listen to Patton Oswalt I have to come back and watch this video again.

[395235]

Man this is sad =/ He should have just stayed out of the public eye and remained a legend.

[arviman]

290 people like the real Guns N' Roses

[tehkuteh]

without slash gun n roses is nothing-from malaysia killer fanatic fan

[naxrose777]

Everybody is like ,,,, WERE IS GUNS N ROSES??? xD

[robertpicklesnickle]

Thumbs up if Patton Oswalt brought you here.

[jesusalcalagonzalez]

@robertpicklesnickle

[cheezbawl2003]

Patton Oswalt makes this epic.

[mihjr]

Faggot? Fuck you, you mothefucker!  Go blow your mom dick you cock sucking motherfucker!

[Extremelysorry1000]

i bet everyone was likee YEEEEEEESS!!!! then they looked and were like........where the fuck is the rest of the band

[undine1000]

the great best band of all time

[mitalca35]

Regardless of Axl's voice, this is probably the best VMA performance in the last decade. At least, in my honest opinion, it is.

[frankguevara]

axl got winded running one lap around the stage. makes me sad, man.

[sinborn41214]

sounds more like grunts and noises, not guns and roses

[campolinabh]

I must be honest, what the fuck is this voice? He started to decrease since that...

[claustrophobicbeast]

Buckethead's expression is the same one i had through out this mess of a performance...

[redfloyd69]

The best.

[1634waffles]

This ain't Guns N Roses. -.-

Its more like Rose and his cracky voice. ;P

[AphoticAgony]

lol patton oswalt rules

[Krazyboy951]

This is the Worst VMA performance ever...wasted 11 mins of my life

[gnrduff1]

and @ neLAsesh, Slash hasn't been in the band for 16 years, so congratulations, you're out of touch with the band.

[gnrduff1]

I've tried to sing without any sort of monitor...good luck with that. Very little blame goes to Axl at all. His voice wasn't great, but the rest of that tour was fine with hitting notes and stage performance. Love Axl, Fuck that media whore Slash (when it comes to their "feud", he's great all in all).

[neLAsesh]

Where the fuck is Slash?

[nelsonr12]

@neLAsesh He's in his ass

[KnightsTemplar15]

not as bad as everyone made it out to be he could of just had a bad night. I sing and i have bad nights sometimes. He sounds much better now tho but again but this isnt that bad.

[Hats1976]

@KnightsTemplar15 This wasn't bad at all. I read he was sicker than a dog with the flu when they did this,I don't have proof of this, just what my eyes read.

[theodorejamesnichols]

Axl's hearing/monitor piece failed. He couldn't hear himself.

[elevendayempire]

@theodorejamesnichols The poor guy's fucking blighted by misfortune, and it's always on the gigs where it matters most. His earpiece breaks down here, Donnington '06 it was raining and the floor mats kept slipping, so when he (understandably) went off to have a go at the road crew he looked like he was being a dick... all the way up to this year's Rock in Rio where it was pissing down with rain and he couldn't see the monitors. And it's always the gigs where they're filming and it's a big deal.

[theodorejamesnichols]

@elevendayempire Agreed. Everyone just wants to bury the guy.

[jamesannucci]

what's a vcr?

[TheRmonkey4]

The worst thing isn't the band, but those fake fans jumping in the middle.So fucking gays, I'm sure they don't even know who Axl is.They were thinking UHH WHEN DOES BRITNEY COME OUT,UHHH WE ARE SO METROSEXUAL

[Kozzy06]

FYI - Axls voice is ALOT better than this now, go search for 2010 live videos, this was 10 years ago, he sounds far, far better now.

[Kozzy06]

Such a horrific performance from Axl, sounds so so bad.

[darkbeach72]

You know you're in trouble when Buckethead is the "normal guy" in your band.

[tmdrdd]

I remember watching the vma's with great anticipation, knowing that GnR was going to play (Pink had given the surprise away in a drunken slip earlier that night). Upon seeing Bucket Head and the rest of the "band," I was like "What the HELL?!?!?!?" Axl's abhorrent singing didn't help either. Huge disappointment for me.

[JamiePhillips1]

What's the name of the geezer interviewing Axl at the end?

[tmdrdd]

@JamiePhillips1 Kurt Loder

[FletchTheHuman]

Oh my GOD, Patton Oswalt was fuckin' right.



[chaserobertson]

@FletchTheHuman he always is!!!!

[616Rick]

its more like a freakshow circus than a guns n roses reunion!no offense people!

[theslyder]

Haha, oh man. Patton Oswalt nailed it.

[LaughingJoke87]

@TheYeahNikka Madagascar, its off the Chinese Democracy record.

[prettyyboyy25]

wtf this isnt guns n roses this is just axel with wanna be guns smh ! -___-

[wildchild84]

I'm here because of Patton Oswalt... Jungle... hhhh... ah Junglehhh... Phuuhh.. Jungle AAAaahhaahhHHaaa!!! That was hilarious... Madagascar was ok... Paradise City Oh shit...

[niteshadowXx]

Best performance of Madagascar, ever.

[cyraxxxxxxxx]

La formacion es perfecta !!! lastima la voz de axl :s

[MrIzzygunner]

O foda aí é a voz do Axl, o instrumental está impecável.

[shaggyzack87]

im sure slash duff izzy and adler were all at home laughing there asses off at this performance..kurt loder historic performance..more like a historic diaster...88 vma performance will be a real true classic guns performance..2002 a fucking joke

[VertigoVenus]

Really?! this is more like axels and the band member's that don't find variety hour.

[g9ambit]

"For those of you who don't live in New york, Welcome to the Jungle... Ladies and Gentlemen, Guns N Roses cover band"

[TheFrontman55]

it's like epic start, scream sounds great and then..... womp womp. nice try axl. still miss these guys

[TheMad456]

he sounded lyk mickey fuckin mouse his voice is better now though

[DontTalkLoud]

this was a joke. axl looked like he was part of the westside connection or something. the only GN'R worth performing at the VMAs is the one that includes axl, slash, izzi, duff and matt.

[professorcookie]

Thanks for the upload.

[MrSevenkurgan]

Wtf, he lost his voice BIG time

[shazie1436]

I thought Axl did a good job .

[BMJcYn]

Those of you ripping Axl's voice have obviously never tried to sing on stage without a monitor. His earpiece kept falling out, so he probably couldn't hear much more than a fuzzy roar behind him. Not to mention the fact that he was running around the stage during "Welcome to the Jungle." You're going to lose some vocal support in that situation, unless you puss out like Britney or Madonna and lip sync. Look up any other performance from the second era of GNR. They sound much better.

[SEXYKILLA100]

WOW CHILL OUT JIMMY FALLON FIRST OF ALL ITS NOT THE REAL GNR SECOND AXL HAS FUCKING CORNROWS THIRD THERE IS NO SLASH AND FINALLY MR FALLON U R NOT FUNNY

[RSixBoy]

@SEXYKILLA100 ROFL was just thinking the same thing

[Phaellos]

@SEXYKILLA100 Still it's one fifth of the MOST LEGENDARY ROCK N ROLL BAND OF ALL FUCKIN TIME and you say "chill out"... Do you enjoy anything?

[SEXYKILLA100]

@Phaellos well STILL it is a horrible attempt to try 2 be something ur not

[ahmetatmaca]

Its like MTV is saying: "Here is another genre we destroyed in the past decade.."

[deathbunny32]

Jesus, that went downhill real quick.

[belfegoriusz]

BUCKETHEAD !!!

[Jamons2685]

I really don't know how people can't like the Chinese Democracy Gunners and always compare What Axl is doing to what Slash is doing! The two of them have created some awesome music since they parted ways! I remember this moment and even though Axl struggled a wee bit it was still so cool to see him perform again!

[HoleCreative]

This video sent me to google and type in "Patton Oswalt" lol

[mbenzsl2000]

I remember watching this "live" back in 02....pretty sweet. Axls voice was f'ed up, but all his other live shows since this were decent.

Still a great site to see...even though izzy, slash, duff, and steve (or matt) werent around....

[11stoutd]

Patton Oswalt was right hahaha

[drmatt357]

This is the video Paton Oswalt references in his Showtime special. Axl is out of breath cuz he's a fat fuck out of shape douche.

[jayisfor1989]

Axl is still a fucking badass. And I waited for many years to chinese and its a masterpiece! Its the new guns n roses. They rock really loud

[splashakos]

@jayisfor1989 the new guns n roses..(with 156 band-members...........)

[iloveaxlslash]

THEY ALL LEFT AXL ALONE!!..but he still sing all there song and keep on fighting against all this bieber,swift and etc. music. He is no coward...and i respect him for that...long live gnr music...axl may lost his voice but its all because he is getting old and voices always changes.as of slash..of course he is still a legacy but he only uses his hands....hands never get tired...you may get old but you can still strum your guitar.

[PtarmiganStrings]

Guns just went downhill after slash left. I only watched this for bucket head!

[JeanMetallicA]

Maaan! Axl Sounds like a Cover!

[TheAdrianmaiden]

Chiken Head? O.O Wtf?

[SomeRandomYoungster]

when you compare this to the 1988 vmas, this could pass for a parody its such a joke

[OnlyForAngels]

@SomeRandomYoungster Agreed 100%

[xblade012]

everyones saying its not gnr withput slash umm yea true but its still not gnr without duff mckagan and izzy stradlin

[skizmsucks23]

whats the song at 3:15

[AbsoluteRPadmin]

@skizmsucks23 Madagascar, from Chinese Democracy. Awesome song.

[skizmsucks23]

fuck slash

[Fehnrique]

Patton Oswalt sent me here.

[panzercat39]

@Fehnrique Me too !

[mamitamore]

@Fehnrique me too:) hilarious.

[mengle2004]

@Fehnrique Patton is the funnest human on earth...sha (breathing) Na na(breathing) LOLO

[heynotscot]

out of breath

[jeffbrister2004]

i know it's not the old guns, but just think about how those guys felt that night. ending act of the mtv vma's with Axl rose as your front man. Must have been an epic feeling. 

[Theangusyoung54]

we want slash

[Johnyevil]

"Put the tape in your VCR" ...those children are what we used to record television programs on, big black plastic cases with film inside them.

[trasmon1]

It's not Guns n Roses without Slash. 

[TehStoopidFiishy]

@trasmon1 but buckethead is better

[trasmon1]

@TehStoopidFiishy I don't know enough about either one to say who is better technically. Even if Buckethead is better it still doesn't matter. Slash was there from the beginning and was there for the conception of all the classics. At the end of the day all i'm concerned about is who created the material not who mimics it really well. Buckethead played Slashes material very well but despite that he will never be Slash.

[fabaopkr]

In 2001 - Rock in Rio III concert - and 2002 the axl's voice was a shit. But now it's much better. Ok, its not the same like 87-93... By the way, Axl is the man

[landonech]

2:16 is the single funniest thing I have ever seen. I could watch it over and over....and I'm going to.

[KISSROCKS7300]

One of the best versions of Madagascar that Axl has ever sang.

[imonyourfacewoot]

You know it's MTV when they don't show the guitarist when he's playing the solo...