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darthpsychotic
Post Posted: January 31st 2006 5:15 pm
 
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Rolling Stone.com Interview with Axl Rose

Axl Rose Breaks His Silence.
Gn'R mastermind talks "Democracy" at L.A. party.

"People will hear music this year," says Axl Rose, puffing on a cigar in the early hours of Saturday morning at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

The notoriously reclusive rocker is of course referring to Guns n' Roses' decade-in-the-making Chinese Democracy, arguably the most anticipated album in rock & roll history. "It's a very complex record," says Rose, a surprise guest at Korn's tour announcement bash. (Others in the house: Jessica Alba, cast members of The OC, and members of Linkin Park, Good Charlotte and the Used.) "I'm trying to do something different. Some of the arrangements are kind of like Queen. Some people are going to say, 'It doesn't sound like Axl Rose, it doesn't sound like Guns n' Roses.'" He then smiles and adds, "But you'll like at least a few songs on there."

Dressed in a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, cross hanging around his neck, cornrows still intact and sporting a blonde goatee, Rose strolled into the party around 1 a.m., just as the DJ was coincidentally rocking some vintage Gn'R. Approached by a steady stream of women and hard-rock disciples -- including Puddle of Mudd's Wes Scantlin and Papa Roach's Dave Buckner -- Rose is cordial and chatty as he poses for photo after photo. He seems more like an average guy out for a night with friends than the most mythical rock star on the planet in 2006.

And he maintains that that's exactly what he is. "The only time people ever write about me is when I go out to a strip club, because I don't chase the paparazzi down," he says. And, when he's out of the spotlight, Rose says you'll find him doing average-guy stuff: reading books and watching movies. His favorite book is Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. "I was a little scared when I saw they were making it into a movie starring Keanu [Reeves]," he says. "But I guess if he can handle The Matrix, he can do this."

While Rose and his revolving cast of Gn'R bandmates have been working on Chinese Democracy, Papa Roach have achieved platinum status in their own right. But tonight, their drummer reverts to his teenage fan days, asking Rose for a picture and to guest on Papa Roach's next album. Rose strikes a pose and then graciously refers the fellow rocker to his management.

After all, before he lends his talents to others' projects, Rose has one of his own to finish, and he says it's getting there. "We're working on thirty-two songs, and twenty-six are nearly done," he says. Of those, thirteen are slated for the final album. Among Rose's favorites are "Better," "There Was a Time" and "The Blues."

As for a reunion with his former Gn'R mates, that seems unlikely. "I haven't spoken to Slash in ten years," Rose says. "I love the guy, I always wanted everyone to know how great he was, but.... I was just talking to Izzy the other day though."

However, he hints that you could see the current incarnation of Gn'R back out on the road soon. "Every time there's a big festival announced, we get rumored to be on there," he says. "But we'll see what happens."

One thing's for sure: Everyone will be watching.


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Ayatollah Krispies
Post Posted: January 31st 2006 10:37 pm
 

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If I'd fucked up my face with botox as much as he has, I'd be a recluse too.
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Obi-Wan Starkiller
Post Posted: February 2nd 2006 11:19 am
 

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darthpsychotic wrote:
"We're working on thirty-two songs, and twenty-six are nearly done," he says. Of those, thirteen are slated for the final album.


Hmm, I think now I know why this album has been in development since the Spaghetti incident. Why work 32 songs to completion and then only put 13 on the album? Find the 13 songs you like the most and complete the fucking album already. Probably because Axl is a fuckin perfectionist tool.
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Ayatollah Krispies
Post Posted: February 3rd 2006 7:03 am
 

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Obi-Wan Starkiller wrote:
Why work 32 songs to completion and then only put 13 on the album?


So that they can release another album while they're on tour.
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Obi-Wan Starkiller
Post Posted: February 3rd 2006 8:26 am
 

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By this time though, who really cares anymore. It isn't Guns N Roses anymore. It is Axl Rose. And this album will never be released. Does working on an album for 10 years really make it better? Fuck no. Axl is a mental case. Nothing will ever be perfect enough for him to put out again.
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Ayatollah Krispies
Post Posted: February 3rd 2006 10:19 pm
 

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Obi-Wan Starkiller wrote:
By this time though, who really cares anymore. It isn't Guns N Roses anymore. It is Axl Rose. And this album will never be released. Does working on an album for 10 years really make it better? Fuck no. Axl is a mental case. Nothing will ever be perfect enough for him to put out again.


You are making these statements on a message board dedicated to a film series that went 16 years between chapters.

Of course I know it's not the same thing, and there's no telling what this album (if it does appear) will sound like. But nothing that the other former members of G'n'R have done since leaving has really amounted to much, so I think it's fair to give Axl his shot. All things being equal, it won't break me to pick this one up...especially if I get it the same place I've been getting 90% of my music lately.
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Post Posted: February 3rd 2006 11:44 pm
 

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If it sounds anything like that POS song he did with GNR for that Schwarzenegger movie it's going to suuuuuuuuuuck and can't imagine it selling very well...
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Post Posted: February 4th 2006 12:37 pm
 
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Ayatollah Krispies wrote:
You are making these statements on a message board dedicated to a film series that went 16 years between chapters.


Well considering it was the same guy at the helm thats a pretty valid statement, whereas G'n'R was more than just Axl when it came to the writing.

And I'm fed up with journalists claiming every single thing to be the biggest/most anticipated/greatest thing in rock'n'roll history. Some idiots believe this crap.


I dislike Axl, because the guys ego became so over-inflated, that it swallowed him and the band whole. His entire legacy is based on one album, albeit a superb album, but still just one album.
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TroyObliX
Post Posted: February 5th 2006 2:24 am
 
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The man does look a bit like a carrot-top/James Hetfield hybrid-clone, but who knows. It might not suck that bad.

Allthough, Slash was the best thing about that band, maybe they can find someone who sounds like him and doesn't mind being Axl's bitch.
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