The legend is that GnR used to have packets of saltine crackers surreptitiously handed out to the fans arriving at the venue, with instructions “don’t eat them until Axl says”.
Considering the amount of drug consumption at concerts, people reached the predictable conclusion, and when Axl said, the audience enthusiastically ripped into their crackers.
As the band launched into “Patience”, with the audience unable to whistle along.
The legend is that GnR used to have packets of saltine crackers surreptitiously handed out to the fans arriving at the venue, with instructions “don’t eat them until Axl says”.
Considering the amount of drug consumption at concerts, people reached the predictable conclusion, and when Axl said, the audience enthusiastically ripped into their crackers.
As the band launched into “Patience”, with the audience unable to whistle along.
That’s beautiful.