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Post by kingofshallow on Nov 29, 2009 11:37:27 GMT -3
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weekly column, which appears every Thursday on Reverb at blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/11/the_making_of_a_rhythm_section.php#more An excerpt follows below.
"Last weekend, I played a benefit show in L.A. to raise money for teenage runaways in Hollywood. LAYN (Los Angeles Youth Network) is a non-profit organization that provides housing and vocational training, along with emotional support, for some of our young who have perhaps slipped through the cracks and ended up on these hardened streets.
"The thing that was exceptionally different at this show, for me at least, was that Slash and I would be playing with original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler for the first time since our 'Appetite For Destruction' days . . . a long fucking time ago indeed! This whole mini-reunion got me thinking back to a time when life just seemed a bit simpler, and my goals, while grandiose, all seemed in some way to be a destiny of sorts...
"When Steven came to rehearsal last Friday for that benefit show, the scars of his hard-lived life faded instantly, replaced by his kid-like grin. The drugs over the years had done every diabolical trick they could, but they did not steal his talent and backbeat. It was a pleasure and an honor to play with my brother again after a 20-year absence. He absolutely killed it last Sunday night at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood. I pulled for him. Slash pulled for him. The whole audience pulled for him. In that short instant, three teenage runaways from the past paid it forward to a wide-eyed audience of kids who could see what can be achieved when the strains of life are eased and replaced by dreams and hope."
Read McKagan's entire column at blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/11/the_making_of_a_rhythm_section.php#more
Source: www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131054
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Post by Tarja on Nov 29, 2009 14:27:48 GMT -3
 thanks!
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Post by Faridbak on Nov 29, 2009 20:05:50 GMT -3
I think Duff is one of the ex members or classic members that really got his stuff together at his age, im glad for him and specialy cause it seems he is still having a good time
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Post by kingofshallow on Nov 30, 2009 6:28:08 GMT -3
Duff is a legend. he is, has always been, will always be, my all time favourite GNR member. the only musician i like better than him is Tony Iommi. Dark Days by Loaded has to be some of the best GNR/related album ever made, followed by Neurotic Outsiders (which also had Duff). he's just so relaxed he's just awesome in every way. great musician, awesome personality, very cool in looks..... words can not describe my respect for the dude.
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Post by Tarja on Nov 30, 2009 8:10:12 GMT -3
I think Duff is one of the ex members or classic members that really got his stuff together at his age, im glad for him and specialy cause it seems he is still having a good time I think the same. From them all (Slash, Duff, Matt, Steven), Duff was the most decent, who kept himself at the endge of the stupid fight Slash started against Axl, the shit Steven was/is throwing to Axl once at 2 weeks. I always liked Duff and Izzy because they still have common sense and they are not living frustrated about the break up as Slash does for example or Steven. Even if they state that they do not |
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Post by kingofshallow on Nov 30, 2009 8:25:50 GMT -3
I think Duff is one of the ex members or classic members that really got his stuff together at his age, im glad for him and specialy cause it seems he is still having a good time I think the same. From them all (Slash, Duff, Matt, Steven), Duff was the most decent, who kept himself at the endge of the stupid fight Slash started against Axl, the shit Steven was/is throwing to Axl once at 2 weeks. I always liked Duff and Izzy because they still have common sense and they are not living frustrated about the break up as Slash does for example or Steven. Even if they state that they do not i think you're being very one-sided. Slash hasn't said anything negative about Axl in 2/3 years and Steven for about half year. and can you really blame Steven? he's career was literally over when he was kicked out of GNR; of course he's bitter about it. and Slash never insulted Axl straight out like Axl has done to him. Axl is not the bad guy in any fight but you can't blame everyone else for all the shit that went down. some shit was Axl's fault and some was Slash's. it's not "this guy was the devil and that guy was just a victim.". but yeah Duff has stayed out of most fights even when Axl ranted about him in 2002 and that is being mature. i mean common he's in he's 40s, he doesn't need to have any fueds with Axl or anyone else. |
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Post by Faridbak on Nov 30, 2009 14:21:33 GMT -3
Sorry man, but Slash t5alked shit about Axl for years man, for years, That he hasnt in the last 2 years means nothing to me at all, you reap what you sow.
Also its true nither had the whole fault, but if you speak ill of someone for 10+ years its bound to hit you back in the head.
Now this topic is not about slash, so lets get back on topic
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Post by kingofshallow on Nov 30, 2009 17:10:42 GMT -3
Sorry man, but Slash t5alked shit about Axl for years man, for years, That he hasnt in the last 2 years means nothing to me at all, you reap what you sow. Also its true nither had the whole fault, but if you speak ill of someone for 10+ years its bound to hit you back in the head. Now this topic is not about slash, so lets get back on topic can you actually quote Slash saying something very bad about Axl? i cannot. i remember that he said that all the break-up shit had been was Axl's fault but he never said anything very bad. unlike Axl who called Slash a cancer as well as blaming him for everything. Axl hasn't been any better towards Slash than Slash has been about Axl. and if i remember correctly Marc Canter stated that Axl wasn't even that angry at Slash until he released he's book so the "talking shit for years" didn't affect Axl's feelings all that much. all i'm saying is that you don't have to take a side in another man's feud. they both had some issues with the other one and neither of 'em kept it to himself. and just a reminder, Slash said plenty of positive things about Axl while he was "talking shit about him" such as: 1 that he was against the media (and Scott Weiland and in fact anybody else that didn't know Axl) badmouthing Axl cause whereas Slash had lived and delt with Axl for a deccade (which supposedly gave him the right to say what he wanted) the media and Scott didn't know Axl at all so they had not right to say shit. 2 that Axl had an amazing blues voice that fitted perfectly to everything Old Guns did 3 that Axl was some of the most honest man he had ever met 4 that Axl was always able to make a kick-ass tune out of simple Izzy riff 5 he almost apologised to Axl on some talk show afterwards by saying "when VR was getting started there were all these stories about how Axl a was crazy psyco and etc and i was still bitter about the whole GNR thing so i think i helped. it really wasn't as bad as people have come to think." and Axl was also poitive about Slash very often. like when he said that he hadn't seen any guitarist that was perfectly fit to replace Slash, and when he said that Slash was the blusiest thing to happen since the early Aerosmith and when he talked about how It's So Easy came to life..... basically they have both been negative as well as positive about each other. i can post links of both positive and negative shit that both of them have said about each other if you'd like. |
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Post by Faridbak on Nov 30, 2009 18:22:53 GMT -3
dude, you should check out some of the crap he talked about in old interviews, chekc out youtube you can find some of that stuff in there, it wasnt the book only, the book was the top of the iceberg.
Even Marc Canter said slash had talked shit about Axl, and thats why Axl was pissed.
Listen if someone has badmouthed you infront of the whole world for many years... you just dont let that go that easy.
I dont agree with the slash comment, but I can totaly unerstand where Axl was coming from in that comment.
You can post all the stuff you want, thats not going to change things between them, I have been trough this for many time, and with many people my conclusion is the same.
Axl Rose has been legit to himslef and what he believes to be GNR. And well slash is playing with fergie and he is happy too. So they both doing their own thing, you got to respect that. And let the PAST remain as that.
Now Again this is not a topic to discuss Slash vrs Axl.
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Post by kingofshallow on Nov 30, 2009 18:37:10 GMT -3
dude, you should check out some of the crap he talked about in old interviews, chekc out youtube you can find some of that stuff in there, it wasnt the book only, the book was the top of the iceberg. Even Marc Canter said slash had talked shit about Axl, and thats why Axl was pissed. Listen if someone has badmouthed you infront of the whole world for many years... you just dont let that go that easy. I dont agree with the slash comment, but I can totaly unerstand where Axl was coming from in that comment. You can post all the stuff you want, thats not going to change things between them, I have been trough this for many time, and with many people my conclusion is the same. Axl Rose has been legit to himslef and what he believes to be GNR. And well slash is playing with fergie and he is happy too. So they both doing their own thing, you got to respect that. And let the PAST remain as that. Now Again this is not a topic to discuss Slash vrs Axl. dude i wasn't denying Slash's crimes. i was just pointing out that Axl did all of that too. Duff & Izzy are the only ones that have not. they are the only ones who have always been positive. and i'm not trying to change anything between anybody. they both have their reasons for their feeling towards the others. and that youtube thing; Slash said everything was Axl's fault, he did NOT insult him in any other way. Axl was pretty positive about Slash in 2006, in 2007 the book came and BANG he wasn't anymore. Axl always rocks between negativity and positivity. 99: positive; 2002: negative. 2006: positive: 2009 negative. all i was trying to say is that Axl was just as bad towards Slash as Slash was towards Axl, and now that Axl hasn't said a word about Slash since February and Slash has only said good things about Axl in the bast 3 years: why can't YOU just let it go? it's between them and not their fans. you can have whatever opinion on whatever you'd like but it doesn't change the fact that neither guy is more to balme than the other. i was not trying to say that Slash was innocent and Axl was bad. i was saying that they were equal. i just find it funny when people say "Axl is a dick who tried to force the other guys to do this and that and he's just powerhungry son of a bitch" or when people say "Slash is a douch who was mean to Axl and he can and he only wanted to tke GNR to he's own direction despite what the others wanted" and etc because that's so one-sided. try to see it like this: they were a musical couple that broke up and some of their common friends stayed friends with Axl and some with Slash but as time went by people started to realise that they can be friends with both of them even if they hate each other. it's really their business and none others. not everything has to be Axl Vs. Slash. this topic had absolutely nothing to do with Axl and it had very little to do with Slash either. it has alot to do with Steven Adler and Duff so why not just focus on them. |
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Post by Tarja on Nov 30, 2009 18:49:20 GMT -3
really, I won't discuss Axl vs Slash drama fight that people created
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Post by Faridbak on Nov 30, 2009 19:32:05 GMT -3
ok dude no problem, And tarja got it right, lets move on they have.
I hope the next Slash Album is good.
And im looking forward to seeing whatthey do next with VR, and well There is about to be a GNR TOUR WOOT
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Post by Tarja on Dec 1, 2009 5:18:21 GMT -3
I wait for this tour as for the 8th miracle!  |
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