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#1671 Re: The Sunset Strip » Your top 5 » 867 weeks ago
Velvet Revoler
5. Don't Drop That Dime
4. She Mine
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2. You Got No Right
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#1672 Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » 18 year old Slash as Hendrix in a MSG video » 867 weeks ago
- Mikkamakka
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Slash wrote on facebook a few days ago:
friend of mine turned me on to a MSG video from '83 on You Tube, "Rock will never die," where I played hendrix. Forgot about that.
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#1673 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash on tour » 867 weeks ago
Slash Slight line-up adjustment, Todd Kerns is now playing bass in my touring band. Iiiii|; ), R & Fn R!
#1674 Re: Guns N' Roses » PAUL STANLEY: DOC MCGHEE Is Not Managing GUNS N' ROSES » 867 weeks ago
He even said "off to a fun start", which meaning they made a deal and then did something.
I'd say the truth is in the middle. Doc obviously have something to do with it, most likely spoke to Axl even did a deal with Axl, but didn't think it was like..."now I'm manager".
Then Kiss boys gets involved and is annoyed over Doc's new management plan. He backtracks and completely refuse to admit to having anything to do with Axl...but mind you...he reportedly said "maybe in the future" as to if he's gonna manage them or not. That tells me they've been doing something, but being confronted about it by Paul Stanley or whoever it was, makes him uncomfy and tells Kiss "noo.....where did Axl get that from?"
A likely expanation.
However if I were Doc McGhee, I wouldn't risk my KISS job for a year nightmare with Axl.
#1675 Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Be In Slash's Music Video for "By The Sword" » 867 weeks ago
- Mikkamakka
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Slash and Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother will be shooting a music video for "By The Sword" next Saturday, April 3rd, and Sunday, April 4th, in the Los Angeles area and would like you to be a part of it.
We're looking for 75 male/female extras, 18-22 years old of all ethnicities.
Punk/Rock 'n Roll types preferred as this will take place in a concert crowd/mosh pit setting.
We'll need you to be available for a long day of 12-14 hours, as you guys will be a major creative factor in the video. We will need people to crowd surf and slide down a tube.
All of this will require people prepared to take clear direction.
Please note there is no pay involved, however, we will provide lunch and drinks.
Important: Extras must be willing to get dirty in their own clothing.
If you would like to be a part of this awesome music video that will get some great exposure, please submit full name, photo, age, and cell number to: slashmusicvideo@gmail.com
#1676 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » I'll Hold On » 867 weeks ago
Youtube's very credible source.
I've seen shit reviews on amazing songs on youtube, it's a joke.
My personal experience is that a lot of great songs get stupid remarks there, yet, let's say, 'not too good' rock songs don't get much praise either.
I'm still not a fan of this song though, it's too radio friendly to me, but I can't get it out of my head.
#1677 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl being sued for $1.8M by Front Line Management » 867 weeks ago
Oral agreement?
I'm gonna have to take a wait-and-see approach to this one, before I chime in with my 2 cents.
Yeah, it'd be a joke if they didn't sing any paper. Azoff did a lot for Axl, he deserves money for it, although it wouldn't be the first case when Axl Rose forgot to pay for what he 'bought'. A painting and a very expensive car comes to my mind, when Axl got sued in the last few years.
Anyway, it can also be an attempt from Azoff to take some revenge and piss off Axl. Waiting for a Twitter rant
#1678 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash V Axl V Izzy V Whoeverthe fuck » 867 weeks ago
Mikkamakka wrote:It's a myth. Just because Izzy wrote a ton of Stones sounding songs, he didn't make Guns N' Roses. Slash, Duff, Izzy and Axl were Guns N' Roses, with the actual drummer strongly influencing the sound. Without Slash, all the Izzy songs would've sounded like Rapidfire or JuJu Hounds. That would have tanked and this forum wouldn't exist.
Second. I don't even agree with the 'Izzy wrote most of the GN'R stuff' statement. Quantity wise perfaps, but not quality wise. I mean compare his songs to Slash's monsters, like Locomotive or Coma, not to mention Slash's enormous contribution to songs were he didn't get a single credit (NR, Estranged etc.) - while Izzy was AWOL during the UYI sessions. YCBM would be a Richards-song without Slash's rocking it. Not one guy was GN'R. Stop downplaying Slash's importance. Without his song and solo writing ability, GN'R would have played in empty clubs. Same goes for Axl and Izzy, and maybe Duff.
Funny that you tell me to stop downplaying Slash's importance(which I never did), yet you used the previous two paragraphs to downplay Izzy's importance.
If you want to know how vital Izzy was to the band, go check Axl, Slash, and other ex members discographies post 1991 and you'll find the answer you seek.
Funny that Izzy was AWOL during the UYI sessions yet wrote half the songs, yet when he completely bailed they couldn't write shit. Where are all these "Slash monsters" after 1991 other than in the imagination of Slash fans?
Please check the post-GN'R Izzy albums. That's how GN'R would have sounded without Slash. It isn't convincing at all. As Intercourse stated they were the greatest TOGETHER, when everybody did what he does best.
Izzy was AWOL. I know you're a long-time fan, so probably read the Slash and Axl interviews back then where they said they had to use old demos to get the Izzy parts and a lot of times Slash needed to double his guitar parts, cause Izzy was AWOL.
As I see things Izzy bailed when the band was finished, cause Axl's ego overgrew, and not the band collapsed when Izzy bailed. Cause and effect can be confused. However I absolutely agree that GN'R, the band we all loved, was officially DEAD without Izzy. They couldn't have reproduced the same magic. Same would have happened if Axl or Slash had left
#1679 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash V Axl V Izzy V Whoeverthe fuck » 867 weeks ago
But, I rationalize this off of my core belief that Axl has always been at least 50% of the Gnr brand. With the old band, I saw Axl as the voice and face of the band and the other musicians as the music. Axl 50% vs Slash/Duff/Izzy/Drummer 50%. Voice 50% vs Music 50%.
This is where Gnr fans greatly disagree....on what percentage each member brought to the table. Just my opinion.
C'mon, Axl AND Slash were the faces of Guns N' Roses. Slash, as 'only' a guitarist made at least as much cover as Axl. He did a lot more interviews. You could have sold any newspaper with Slash (or Axl) on the cover. It was like Plant/Page. Both in the superstar league, not only the singer.
#1680 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash V Axl V Izzy V Whoeverthe fuck » 867 weeks ago
Mikkamakka wrote:I think even you know that your attempt to downplay Slash's importance and songwriting greatness was desperate and ridiculous. It's not about having a different opinion. it's about having a valid opinion.
According to you Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Buckethead etc. are not songwriters. I'm afraid you don't play any instrument and has never got any music education.i have no reason to be desperate to insult slash. he is great at what he does well and i love him for that but he is not great at songwriting. your comparisons with eddie van halen and jimmy page, etc. are absurd. slash hasn't even been involved with anything close to that level of music since izzy left gnr. compare slither to stairway to heaven, dude. this is because izzy was responsible for the core of most of the songs on appetite, lies, and illusions. slash can write and amazing solo but it doesn't mean shit to the listener if it cant be backed up with a song to accompany it.
take SCOM for example.....play the solo without izzy in the background and it is not nearly as exciting.
You are the one who use absurd logic here. Let's take the Slash - EVH/Page debate. Don't compare Slither to Stairway, cause Jimmy Page WAS in Led Zeppelin when he wrote that song (to be correct: when he stole the backbone of it from another artist). Let's name ANY Jimmy Page song he wrote in the past 30 years and compare it to Slither. You can't name any. I guess that according to your logic it shows John Paul Jones was the mastermind behind Led Zeppelin, while Plant and Page were only puppets, and Bonham could have been replaced by a monkey (it's madagas' theory about AFD drumming).
Same goes for EVH - name ONE song he wrote outside Van Halen and then we can discuss the comparison. Nope.
SCOM... thanks for bringing the song up. I was going to mention it. What did Izzy write there? D,C,G,D. Very impressing. A pure genius. It was something new and unique. Without Slash's intro and solo(s) it would be just another cheesy, uninspired hair metal song of the 80s. Slash makes that song. If you are so familiar with music, you might know that this is THE INTRO and this is THE GUITAR SOLO for millions of music listeners. Saying that it's not important, but the chords make the song...well, utterly ridiculous. Sorry.
I'm not saying that Slash was Guns N' Roses. He obviously was not. Neither Izzy. Neither Axl. They all complemented each other, their strengths and weaknesses. Downplaying Slash's HUGE songwriting role in GN'R success is a joke.
