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#1581 Re: Guns N' Roses » 20 Years of Use Your Illusion (New GW article scans inside) » 767 weeks ago
It's a great read (thanks Russ), but I really think Slash kind of puts his foot in his mouth here.
And here's why, he basically admitted (if you are to believe Alan Niven) that he performed on Axl's UYI epics "for the money". He also let Doug Goldstein run wild, and played the game with Doug, to "keep things going".
Tis true.
It's not a black and white world, and many GNR fans would do well to appreciate this. Axl has his flaws, had his lapses of reason, his poor judgment, whatever. Asking Slash to man up a little and take responsibility for his own actions shouldn't take anything away for anybody else.
But it's better to be the victim and the media darling. Better not to admit he personally contributed to the sour times of both GNR and VR by escaping the band issues to his own drug world. Even a levelheaded person would have a hard time working with someone like that, and when you have Axl & Goldstein on the other end, you'll obviously get the heat.
I respect Slash as a musician and as a GNR member, but I've come to dislike his character all the more as years've went by. The pattern that is emerging is that of a man who sees problems and goes the other way. The latest example is Corey Taylor as opposed to Myles Kennedy.
And before Slashers go for my throat, I'd like to say I am more than aware of Axl being less than a saint, and my point is not to lower one person in order to elevate another.
My point is that while it seems ok (in the media and on the more open-minded GNR communities) to bash Axl for this, that and the other, saying a bad thing about Slash still feels a bit like a taboo.
I'm disillusioned, yeah. Neither VR or GNR is releasing anything soon, and only one of those situations can be attributed to Axl. I'm peeved at Axl because of his non-band, but I'm also peeved at the other person for the same reason.
#1582 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 3rd Chinese (How Are You Grenade) Has Surfaced! (FAKE?) » 767 weeks ago
Axl would do well to quit all pretensions & unload his archives as multitracks to the web. Throw in preferred mixes and do at least one track monthly. Charge $0.99 for a download, cause some folks still pay for music.
The stuff gets heard, the audiences are there.
Will they do it?
Of course not.
#1583 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 3rd Chinese (How Are You Grenade) Has Surfaced! (FAKE?) » 767 weeks ago
Axl should've skipped an official release.
The Rock Band multitracks gave some better mixes.
The leaked artwork is better than the retail one, by far.
As a DIY release, it would've had more glory to it.
#1584 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Headliners Create Lines. It's Everything Else That Makes a Festival » 768 weeks ago
+1.
This was my 3rd year organizing an alternative music festival back here at the Old World, and we've ran it from the start with a similar attitude. Never have the same group twice, shy off from the usual suspects.
In Europe ... the major cities and countries are much closer to one another than in the States
In Europe, it's fairly easy to secure international headliners with existing fanbanses due to lesser distances. Bands move around more easily and are all the more affordable, as particularly the lower end caravans can always use a gig.
This increases the overall amount of international touring acts in Europe. Combine this with festivals abandoning the headliner idea as it has been.
The good thing is that, again, festivals win.
#1585 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Tommy Stinson Thread » 768 weeks ago
I'm just pointing out the irony in holding resentment towards someone for behaving in a way that is unfair or inconsiderate, and then going out and doing something that is against the law and will not, actually did not, really result in any meaningful change on Axl's part.
I get what you're saying, but.
Would Axl change his ways either way?
CD was late before Napster was unveiled.
#1586 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Tommy Stinson Thread » 769 weeks ago
Stinson cut the vast majority of album in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, but the title track came to life on a recent Guns N' Roses tour. "We were having a little dispute within the ranks of the bus," Stinson says. "Somebody had an issue with somebody and there were some e-mails that went around and someone included me in the exchanges. It was like, 'Man, don't include me in your needs. I've got my own issues. I'm a one-man mutiny.'
""One Man Mutiny" was inspired by a conversation between our tour manager Del James, Richard Fortus, and myself somewhere in Ireland."
#1587 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R Twitter Updates » 771 weeks ago
Tis sad.
Ron's a good guy, who works hard.
#1588 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2011-12 Guns n Roses Tour » 771 weeks ago
Date City Venue
Oct. 2 Rio de Janiero Rock in Rio Festival
Oct. 5 Santiago Movistar
Oct. 8 Buenos Aires La Plata
Oct. 12 La Paz Hernando Siles Stadium
Oct. 14 Asuncion Jockey Club
Oct. 18 Mexico City Sports Palace
Oct. 22 Jalisco Telemex Arena
Oct. 23 Monterrey Arenaconfirmed
Good for them, but.
Rio, Buenos Aires & Acunsion are on one side of the continent, Santiago & La Paz on another. That's a curiosity that stays with the Guns organization; they don't exactly go with the least possible carbon footprint.
Not trying to be a Negative Nancy, but they have their own ways of doing various things, no doubt about that.
#1589 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2011-12 Guns n Roses Tour » 771 weeks ago
The download aspect is valid, but Axl left the release for too long. Back in 2000, when the album was almost set to come out, he himself blocked the release. Jimmy Iovine & Axl had come to an agreement following the lukewarm reception of OMG that the album could use a more rocking edge, which (ironically) collided with Robin leaving for a NIN tour.
Robin himself claimed early on into the tour that he was set to return, only Axl started auditioning players first. At that point, Robin's stance got more degradatory. This sort of non-communication (and, hence, mutual misunderstanding) is nothing new in the organization, obv.
Anyway, back in 99/00, this was the big label album, which Interscope had just inherited from Geffen. It would've gotten all the push Iovine could've mustered, despite the quality. Finally, when they did get the Beavan album with an RTB flourish & Bucket solos together, A&R man Bob Ezrin was called into a listening and he said what Iovine & his crew had been hinting at all along.
A lot of that stuff wasn't just good enough.
Axl was devastated. The album was heading towards the holiday market of 2000. A world tour had been prepared, with big comeback performance set for Rock in Rio 3. In the preceding summer months, he'd made the impromptu appearance at Gilby's show, conquering his stage-fright due to so many years in between by fluke.
But yeah, fear of rejection and cottoning to a more pleasant version of reality (in which one is an undisputed genius, because nobody tells him otherwise) was what robbed us an album for another eight years.
#1590 Re: Guns N' Roses » Interesting Tidbit from Steven Tyler's autobiography » 771 weeks ago
Dubai was pretty much on cue as well.
Axl can be made to appreciate timetables, given the cost is right. Generally, if he feels he can sit out for a while, he will.
