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#31 Re: Guns N' Roses » Josh Freese on Axl and Chinese Democracy » 846 weeks ago
Smoking Guns wrote:Never bite the hand that feeds you.
Oh, come on...
Is it impossible that he just doesn't have anything bad to say?
Of course not, but then again when he was in GnR it was inherently the Axl Rose Project, and still is, where no one is ever TRULY an equal partner, and they knew that going in and know it now. His situation with GnR and Axl is totally different from that of the original members.
Let's not bullshit anyone here, these interviews are posted as an attempt to discredit what the original band members have said about Axl, and for what it's worth the same is true regarding people posting interviews from the original members to discredit what the newer guys have to say. The truth is they are not the same, they are dealing with Axl on different levels and in different situations, and that goes for Axl's comments about the original members as compared to the newer guys. Certain situations bring out the worst in people, feeling like you have no control over something, or feeling like someone is trying to take control from you or control you, tends to make people act like assholes.
#32 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to Axl: "Whatever, Dude." » 846 weeks ago
Here ya go...
I'll just repost this... I think this perfectly summarizes what Slash is basically saying every time he does interviews,
"Yeah you know I love Axl, but.... it was all his fault, you it's just him he's a nutter. "
15th post on the first page of this very thread!
#33 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to Axl: "Whatever, Dude." » 846 weeks ago
Loaded Revolver wrote:VanityFair.de: What do you think "Chinese Democracy" — the album your former colleague Axl Rose has been working on for ten years now — will sound like?
Slash: To tell you the truth: I already listened to it. At first I thought that I would never listen to it until it's released, but someone handed it to me and I was in my car and I was like, "Okay, let's give it a try." So I listened to it: It's a really good record. It's very different from what the original GUNS N' ROSES sounded like, but it's a great statement by Axl. Now you understand where he was heading all this time. It's a record that the original GUNS N' ROSES could never possibly make. And at the same time it just shows you how brilliant Axl is. So it was a relief for me to actually hear it.
You say your not sure what questions asked in my interview, yet you go ahead and post an interview yourself that definitely has nothing to with what the two of us are talking about...
Okay then.
It absolutely has to do with it. You say all of Slash's interviews are basically about blaming Axl... Well there is another interview, full question and full answer, tell me where this evil mean Slash is talking trash and blaming Axl.
#34 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to Axl: "Whatever, Dude." » 846 weeks ago
Loaded Revolver wrote:A sound bite
...
Seriously, it's invalid because you can hear him say it?
Sorry, I'll know better next time.
Dumbass, you don't hear the question he's asked, or the full context of the response. He's done interviews where he's quoting other people saying it was all Axl's fault, and says it wasn't any one persons fault, that can easily be taken out of context to make it sound like he said it.
You said Slash has done dozens of interviews blaming Axl, and that is the best you can do?
Here's a Slash interview from 6 months ago with Vanity Fair...
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbe … mID=104149
VanityFair.de recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. Amn excerpt from the chat follows.
VanityFair.de: What do you think "Chinese Democracy" — the album your former colleague Axl Rose has been working on for ten years now — will sound like?
Slash: To tell you the truth: I already listened to it. At first I thought that I would never listen to it until it's released, but someone handed it to me and I was in my car and I was like, "Okay, let's give it a try." So I listened to it: It's a really good record. It's very different from what the original GUNS N' ROSES sounded like, but it's a great statement by Axl. Now you understand where he was heading all this time. It's a record that the original GUNS N' ROSES could never possibly make. And at the same time it just shows you how brilliant Axl is. So it was a relief for me to actually hear it.
And all your little man crush can manage to do is call Slash a cancer.
Yeah, it's me Smoking Guns 
#35 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to Axl: "Whatever, Dude." » 846 weeks ago
He basically blamed Axl? Either he did or he didn't, if you say he BASICALLY blamed him that amounts to nothing but your interpretation of what he said.
Furthermore, that was a sound bite, not an interview.
http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/arti … ticleid=43
Do you miss Guns N' Roses?
No. We had a fucking great time. The Guns N' Roses days were a blast! But you can't recreate it after a certain point. The lineup in the band had depleted so much. I just realized I couldn't keep doing it anymore. So I just split while it was still cool. (Laughs) You know?
What's your opinion of Axl Rose?
I haven't talked to him since I quit. That puts that concept to rest.
There has to be more to the story than that.
No, its pretty simple. He was heading in one direction and I was heading in another.It was actually a slow progression from the days when we first made a record all the way up to the final record. When our last tour ended, he made it clear which way he wanted to go musically. I tried to hang on and stay with the band as long as I could, but there was definatly limitations. It just got to the point where we couldnt work together anymore.
That's an interview, full questions and full answers.
Slash blames Adler's inability to keep drugs from interfering with his playing, thus causing him to be kicked out, Izzy's departure due to Axl's control issues and his and Duff's own drug and alcohol use, as being the biggest reasons that band broke up, he acknowledges that his drug and alcohol use more than likely played a part in Axl becoming withdrawn from the band, and in his book Slash says he's sure Axl has his points of views as to what happened with that band, and that they are every bit as valid as his own. And in the above interview, he says "WE couldn't work together", not "I couldn't work with Axl".
But apparently this is what you do here, cry about Slash blaming Axl, so I'm not gonna waste anymore of my time.:butt:
A sound bite 
#36 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Revisiting Slash's Snakepit » 846 weeks ago
I always loved It's 5 O'clock Somewhere, after Appetite it's my favorite GnR related album. It's a little known rock gem.
I think Slash was definitely at his best in the time between GnR and VR, and while the overall songs on 5 O'clock is better, Ain't Life Grand has the best guitar work recorded by Slash.
#37 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to Axl: "Whatever, Dude." » 846 weeks ago
OMG... When Slash is asked about Axl, 9 times out of 10 he defends the guy! Not to mention that when Slash is asked about Axl in an interview, the interview isn't a fabricated interview conducted by a good friend and supposedly paid employee of Slash's! Gimme a break.
Post ONE interview, AtariLegend, where Slash says it was all Axl's fault... ONE! It shouldn't be hard since you claim there are dozens.
Thanks for the link Smoking Guns 
