DMann2003 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2004 6-16-04 at 9pm GNR- Behind the Music Wasn't one of the tennants of Behind the Music that all the people involved had to be interviewed, did Axl actually agree to sit down and talk about the band? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUTT 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2004 Axl isn't being interviewed, although a lot of other former members are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMann2003 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2004 Axl isn't being interviewed, although a lot of other former members are. It figures, guy can be more of a recluse than JD Salinger or Howard Hughes sometimes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2004 Somebody remind about a week before this aires so I can set my recorder for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2004 Right afterwards, there is a special about Velvet Revolver. Axl is writing the book on musical suicide. How could he not want to tell his side? He is going to get butchered even worse then normal by that fucking channel. On a side note, I listened to their whole album on MTV.com..........it's nothing special really. A couple of above average tracks about drug abuse, but other then that, we really didn't need another Nickelback or Puddle of Mudd. To their defense though, Weilland has already bitched about being censored by the record company. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2004 'Slither' is pretty fucking average, but I love Slash so I'm buying the thing regardless. Matt Sorum has aged terribly. He was always the ugliest fucker in the band, but Christ, time hasn't been kind to him. Since I'm an Australian, I won't be able to see this, or at least not at the time specified here. I'm sure one of the cable channels down here will carry it eventually though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 It's been postponed (SHOCKER!) until June 30th according to a GNR messageboard. Hopefully this means crazy old Uncle Axl will leave his germ free, sealed underground lair (studio) and make a comment on a special about the band whose name he OWNS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted June 10, 2004 Maybe it's the fact that GnR is a little before my time, but why do they all hate each other now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 Axl's a pinhead...that about sums it up, selfish too i believe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted June 10, 2004 Oh. So they all hate Axl, not eachother? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 Pretty much. Which is why three of the members of GNR are in Velvet Revolver together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 And made an album which proved that Axl and Izzy made that band. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 And made an album which proved that Axl and Izzy made that band. And tried to make an album that didn't sound like Guns N' Roses. Which is what everyone expected, and I guess wanted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 Slash will always play like he is in GNR. The reason this album will hit #1 next week on the charts is because people were so straved for new GNR material, regardless of what members of the band were involved. Weilland's name value helped as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 i do agree with Jaxl, almost every song on the UYI albums that i love has Izzy attached to it writing-wise, i'm sure it's the same on Welcome but they don't seem to show individual writing credits in the CD jacket...and no denying Axl's talents, but the guy is a screwball as he's proved that with his weird behavior and decisions the past ten years since the "new GNR album" rumors began... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 I am putting it here so I don't need to post yet another Axl related thread. After having worked with a long list of producers — including Roy Thomas Baker, Bob Ezrin, Sean Beavan and Moby — GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has taken over production duties for the group's long-awaited album, "Chinese Democracy", GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson has told MTV.com. The reason the disc isn't done yet, he added, is because Rose is a methodical perfectionist who wants to make the creation of "Chinese Democracy" as democratic as possible. "He likes to take all the members of the band and get the best out of each guy for each song," Stinson told MTV.com. "It's a brilliant process that gets everyone involved so everyone owns a piece of the song because they've put themselves into it. That way you don't have people going, 'Well, I'm not gonna play on his song if you're not gonna sing on my song.' And that's a lengthy process because you have to get eight people to basically write a song together that everyone likes." Stinson added that he thinks the record is finally almost done, and the only thing that's holding back its completion is legal issues. Even the recent departure of guitarist Buckethead isn't slowing anything down. "As far as I know, he hasn't been replaced, but we already have enough guitarists," Stinson said. "We have Robin Finck and Richard Fortus, and Buckethead will be on the record, too. I really have no idea why he decided to leave, but it didn't come out of left field because he's always come and gone. Even when I do see him, I don't know what he thinks." Link to story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 And made an album which proved that Axl and Izzy made that band. I really dig VR's new album. Obviously not on the levels I love Guns N' Roses, but it sure as hell delivered more than I thought it could. The main fault of the whole project is Slash's big mouth. He said that 'Fall To Pieces' was VR's answer to November Rain. He might as well have told everyone "Hey, you're going to be disappointed" right then and there. Other than that, Slash's guitar work is still really awesome and you can tell that he contributed a lot to the overall production of Contraband just by listening to it. Not exactly Appetite For Destruction, but who the fuck expected it to be? UYI Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 The main fault of the whole project is Slash's big mouth. He said that 'Fall To Pieces' was VR's answer to November Rain. He might as well have told everyone "Hey, you're going to be disappointed" right then and there. That's probably why I hate it. I listened to that first, which in turn made the whole album a joke that I wouldn't give a chance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 What happend to the ultra-cool live pic of Axl in your sig, JAxl? That one there is still pretty cool, but the sig before that was ten kinds of awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2004 It turned into the dreaded red x eventually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 This is delayed until July 5th now. Tell me Axl is doing an interview for it, and that's the reason for the delay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Velvet Revolver=STP Version 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy no nose 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Haha this show has been delayed like 5 different times already. Guys have scheduled interviews and cancelled, no one knows what's going on. It's just like Guns N Roses. I hope just someone from the new band gets interviewed. I seriously doubt Axl will, I'd settle for someone else just to say what they've been up to. Since people are putting all their Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver talk in here, did anyone hear about how first Weiland goes and attacks critics by name, then they had to cancel a show because he was having "throat problems"? I thought the reason they went with Scott Weiland instead of Sebastian Bach, Josh Todd, and the others they considered was that they didn't want Axl part 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest slacklet Report post Posted June 18, 2004 I hope just someone from the new band gets interviewed. I seriously doubt Axl will, I'd settle for someone else just to say what they've been up to. According to interviews with Dizzy Reed and Tommy Stinson, the album is complete and Axl is working out legalities for the time being. They both projected a late-2004 release for Chinese Democracy. But similar stuff has been said in the past, so who knows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 Since 2001, Dizzy, Tommy, and Richard Fortus have all claimed it would be released "soon", "in the next few months", "before the end of the year", etc. The only person who knows is Axl. The original drummer for the "New" GNR, Josh Freese (Vandals, Perfect Circle) had his drum parts finished in like the year 2000. And now Slash claims that Axl only has vocals down for two or three songs. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I give up on that album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy no nose 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2004 The original drummer for the "New" GNR, Josh Freese (Vandals, Perfect Circle) had his drum parts finished in like the year 2000. And now Slash claims that Axl only has vocals down for two or three songs. I wonder where Slash heard that from. Brian May from Queen said years ago that Axl played him the stuff they've been working on and he had at least two albums worth of "outrageous" song with vocals. The interviewer even brought up rumors that the music was pretty much done but Axl wouldn't do the vocals and Brian May said he has tons of vocals down. I think it was in 2001 that this happened. I know the interview is on one of the GNR sites around the web. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2004 Looks like this is finally a go. This Monday (July 5th) it airs in the afternoon and then again at night. Here's a preview from VH1... Guns N' Roses emerged from thicket of the hair metal jungle on Hollywood's Sunset Strip in the mid-80s and single-handedly reinvented rock and roll with righteous riffs and a real and present element of danger. Songs like "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City" were not merely rebellious anthems; they were autobiographical snapshots of a band that lived and worked on the edge. The band's exploits became as notorious as its music as members dabbled with drugs, booze and other forms of debauchery. Guns' 1987 debut, Appetite for Destruction, struck a raw nerve - enrapturing teens and enraging parents. Thanks to arena-ready tunes like "Jungle" and "Sweet Child O Mine," the album would become one of the most successful debuts ever, selling more than 14 million copies worldwide. Led by vocalist Axl Rose, Guns were a magnet for controversy - be it album covers, song lyrics, or bad behavior. And even as the band was quickly rising up the pop music food chain, internal struggles always threatened to tear the band apart. Original drummer Steven Adler was fired for his losing battle with heroin in 1990. Founding guitarist Izzy Stradlin would leave soon thereafter. In spite of the turmoil, after the 1991 release of Use Your Illusion I and II Guns N’ Roses were the biggest, baddest band in the world, with expensive videos and elaborate stage show to match. Guns stayed on the road to support Illusion for two and a half years, tours that were marred by tragedy - riots in St. Louis and Montreal - Axl showing up hours late or not at all. Founding members Slash and Duff McKagen dealt with Axl's unpredictable behavior by drinking the frustration away. Soon after they got off the road in 1993, Guns N’ Roses disappeared into the world of rock myth. Band members came and went, with the only constant being the mercurial Axl Rose. A decade later, the world still awaits the follow-up to Illusion. Behind the Music: Guns N’ Roses tells the true story of this band of rock and roll outlaws. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2004 It's pointless without Axl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest slacklet Report post Posted June 30, 2004 It's pointless without Axl. Who knows, maybe it was delayed because Axl decided to talk at the last minute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2004 It's not useless. Slash & Duff ripping Axl apart = good time entertainment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
