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#1261 Re: Guns N' Roses » ASHBA Says 'Genius' AXL ROSE Has Three Albums' Worth Of Music Recorded » 807 weeks ago
I've always felt that the bandmembers' 'amazing', 'groundbreaking', 'mind-blowing' etc. praise about CD in the past years were more directed to Axl, to encourage him to release the stuff. I'm sure they wanted to convince people that it'll 'worth the wait', but they had never wanted to build up monstrous expectations. Had Tommy known in 2003-2004 that there would be no album till 2008, he would have never said those words publicly.
We are talking about a band, where even the players are out of the loop and their best way to pass info and wishes to Axl is the media. I'm sure that DJ is a newbie and doesn't have a clue about how GN'R (Axl) works, but I don't think he uses 'the next GN'R album' tale to promote himself. He's been promoting himself with GN'R quite well, no need to lie about CD II. I'm sure he believes he's telling the truth and that Axl has changed and this time the recording process will be different. Reminds me of Matt Sorum, who was sure that the next GN'R album would come out in 1994, as they had 'concrete plans about the future, for the first time in GN'R's history'. And here comes the MegaLOL emoticon.
#1262 Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Weiland joined VR for money » 807 weeks ago
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Weiland joined Revolver for money
Rocker Scott Weiland has admitted his heart was never in supergroup Velvet Revolver, insisting money was his real motivation for joining the band.
Weiland was invited to join ex-Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan as the frontman of their new group in 2003, but initially had reservations after he was left unimpressed by the sample tracks he was sent.
But in his new tell-all book, Not Dead And Not For Sale: A Memoir, Weiland reveals it was McKagan’s talk of lucrative pay cheques which tempted him to join.
He writes, “They put some songs on a CD and my wife said, ’They think you’ll like what they’re doing.’ I didn’t it sounded like Bad Company and I never liked Bad Company. A week or so later another CD arrived with songs custom-designed for me.
“I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to hook up with these guys. Duff said, ’There’s soundtrack stuff we’ve been asked to do, and the money’s great.’ The money attracted me.
“I can’t call it the music of my soul. There was a certain commercial calculation behind it.”
Velvet Revolver is still on hiatus after Weiland was fired from the group in 2009.
#1263 Re: Guns N' Roses » ASHBA Says 'Genius' AXL ROSE Has Three Albums' Worth Of Music Recorded » 807 weeks ago
Hang on, one minute 'we're working on songs every day' the next minute he can't wait to sit down and write?
Yeah, and as it seems the whole 'writing process' was Axl playing piano for DJ in a hotel room.
#1264 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter updates » 807 weeks ago
I think he's talking about his amps and other stuff. He's looking for cool sounds for his next solo album.
#1265 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » COREY TAYLOR Says Landing VELVET REVOLVER Singer Gig 'Wasn't In The Ca » 807 weeks ago
Yeah, Perla made Scott a junkie and an alcoholist again, who couldn't sing a note properly and wasn't able to get on stage in time, or doing a whole tour. Not to mention that she took VR to a softer direction and nixed everything that sounded 'GNRish' from day one.
Perla is a very strong woman, I agree, and addicted to money and fame. She wants to drive Slash, but sometimes she can, sometimes not. She doesn't have the best effect on Slash's decisions and career moves, but blaming her for the VR break-up is ridiculous, especially that it took 3 years for Scott to make up this story.
#1266 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy now $1.99 » 808 weeks ago
I think there's the point. People want the real band. With the same album, but with Slash on board, the sales would have been doubled, at least. Not to mention that Slash would have done heavy promotion, so they had been in the Metallica and AC/DC league easily. Legendary brand, real band, mediocre album, heavy promotion = 10,000,000+ copies sold. Legendary brand, fake band, mediocre album, no promotion, 17 year wait = 3-4 million copies.
Next time the number with a replacement line-up will be 1 million or less. I mean if 'next time' comes in 5 years.
#1267 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy now $1.99 » 808 weeks ago
James Lofton wrote:Naltav wrote:If he went indie, it's just a matter of setting up a simple online store package your album(s) in multiple ways with extra stuff.
Oh really? They still haven't done that and it's been years. Simple my ass. Simple for other bands yes, but not GNR.
My point still stands.
Wasn't there something with MLB that has prevented the launch of a fully functioning website? Some will prolly cry "excuses, ecxuses!!". I tend to believe there's something to it.
When truly independent, setting things up like I described IS EASY!
When music is ready for release, Axl could just tell DJ or Jarmo (or both) "This and that are ready, set that shit up and pimp the fuck out of it!!
Axl's people made the decision about the outsourcing of their own website, so I don't see why they wouldn't make the same amount of stupid mistakes going 'independent'. They'd better with a major label, without it, their unprofessional behaviour would destroy the remaining pieces of the band and its success.
#1268 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » SAMMY HAGAR Says He Was Asked To Join VELVET REVOLVER, ect...ect... » 810 weeks ago
As it seems only Guns N' Roses haven't called him to replace Axl. I'm afraid he's missing the spotlight too much.
#1269 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy now $1.99 » 810 weeks ago
Yeah, my problem is that he acted like a little kid. He could and should have done interviews and let his band members speak. Had he done that, he'd have moral ground to criticize the label. Uni did its job - I've seen plenty of TV ads, which is very rare today, and as far as I know the 'Better' video was ready or almost ready 2 years ago - but it never came out. Making a video with live footage isn't brain surgery and doesn't cost too much. Hiring a PR team to arrange interviews isn't that expensive.
With this band nothing gets done - they even sent home the director from their SA tour. What a never-ending clusterfuck.
#1270 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy now $1.99 » 810 weeks ago
...but none of those make sense. It was HIS comeback album and not the label's, yet the label did more to promote it than Axl. He fucked it up, cause that's the way he likes it. He can suffer and hate and blame the world.
