monkeychow wrote:

It could be real or fan made really. That's the fun of 2000era GNR - That guitar sound is just amateur enough that it could be one of us, or like a bedroom-best friend promoted to rhythm guitarist or a circus guitarist hired to replace slash

Uh huh.

That's a pretty amazing point in the CD saga. The money was (mostly) spent on renting a luxurious studio with quality gear and having peeps idle in it, because Ax can't be arsed to show up and lead the way.  What he wanted was a sample library, of which songs could be compiled. When you lack any overarching ideas, getting a ton of options may seem like a way through.

It puts a different spin to the Interscope woes, surely. What they would've heard more often than not was an incoherent mess. Robin's lead guitar on CITR is a painful example; it doesn't sound like he's actually playing it, rather than it was put together from a half a dozen takes. Making everything aside the vocals interchangeable only exasperated the issue.

For all his writing cred, Paul Tobias finds himself a bit exposed now...

Can someone send me a PM, please? Have been away during the weekend and would like it very much.

Thanks!

There was a really great documentary on Iovine and Dr. Dre on HBO and I was really hoping against hope they'd mention the Axl period when he took over Geffen, because it was soooo in depth about his career. But alas... Nada.