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http://www.914pictures.com/thecompany.html

Demian Fenton has been an editor for six years, beginning his career upon graduation from Penn State University. He has worked on numerous independent films, including a documentary in Buenos Aires about the World Trade Organization?s effects on Argentina. Most recently, Fenton?s film Child Prodigies: Where are they Now? won ?Best of Philadelphia,? and ?First Runner-Up in the Nation? awards for the 48 Hour Film Project. In addition to Fenton?s film career, he has been a certified Guitar God for the past ten years, and will certainly be asked to join the newly reformed Guns-N-Roses to replace Buckethead. Fenton?s main goal in life is to meet Ozzy before he dies (Ozzy, not Dem).


so who is this guy?

what the fuck?
certainly?! where did you find this?
i dunno about this, but i want some pictures :D

hey everyone. just heard from my friend who used to work in PR (has met Axl, was the one who told me that CD was done a few weeks ago) and she said that there is talk over there (in LA) of Brian May being the one. I know that many of you have already thought of this, but apparently it is the buzz in the industry as well...
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I think hes just joking.

He probally is joking but its time to lighten the mood in here.

Well done, Dave... Good investigation here...

Anyway, we won't have to wait too long before we know what's going on.
Despite all this chaos, I am still supportive of the band...

it is. still though, i duno if i really want buckethead to be replaced. maybe if they found the right person, but i think richard and robin can handle the guitar work even without buckethead. by the way, buckethead was too good to be true. this was probably too much for him to handle, just like with izzy. i dunno:) maybe it was just another project for him. it was fun while it lasted though, even though we really didn't get to see him much. but the important thing is, axl is still in :P

I think Dave has been reading the Rumor message board.  You should credit that Dave.  Unless, of course, you are gabbleandhiss.

The rumor board sucks, i dont even go there, plus it steals all its info from this board and other boards and NEVER gives credit.

who?s this guy?

So, haha, you just happened to post this link and this quote here, only half an hour after it was posted there?!

Also Dave, this board that you seem to know so much about, although you never go there has gotten an email response back from Fenton.

He's says he's not interested in GNR.

Axl should just get rid of all these masked and make-up musicians and get norml GnR type of people.

This Damian guy seems outlandish enough to appeal to Axl  ;D

And as a massive fan of Brian May (actually, pretty much a stalker  ;D j/k) it's pretty near certain that he won't join GN'R.

another no namer, just great.  

Please, please get a grip!!

Brian May wont be with Guns N Roses. Slash would be a better guess than Brian May. Im aware of his interviews and talks about Axl, but grow up.

Buckethead cant be replaced, so if he's out, there will be 2 guitarists, not 3.

can we get a picture of him?

Yeah, I see normal people with tophats and giant Jew-fros all the time. GnR has never been normal looking, friend.

 Look at Bucket, look at Slash..ain?t Slash a normal guy compared toBucket?

pardoin my ignorance but who the hell is this demian fenton?

peace :peace:

has anybody heard any more about this guy?
according to richard, no replacement is found.

Jew-fro? What crack are you smoking?

I'm afraid it's worse than crack!!!? PeterCoffin is quoting this lame-ass "comedian" Kathy Griffin!!!? ::)
She made that "joke" on one of those VH1 shows.? The "jew-fro" was her reference to Slash's hair being the result of his half Jewish and half black heritage.


On topic:? I'm gonna believe Richard on this one.? No third guitarist!!!? : ok:

 

Funny how he isn't jewish. ;)

Funny that he is,  would SAUL HUDSON be anything else ??

 Where in the hell did you hear this? And what was the basis for this statement? Someone already brought up the point that he's not interested in GNR.

he is half - jewish apparently

If Axl sticks with Fortus and Finck, I think he has decided to go forward with an inferior line up. Axl needs to find a replacement.

"Here's another rumor that is not true. Gary Oseary wrote a book about 100 Jews Who Rock, and he's included SLASH based on his first name. We asked SLASH's spouse if SLASH was in fact Jewish, and she told us no. Not that SLASH has any problem with people pegging him as Jewish; but for accuracy, he is not. An Old Testament name is now always indicative of a particular faith."

http://snakepit.org/0103news.html


The kid ain't jewish.

Perhaps inferior in paper. The chemistry of the new line-up is unknown to us.

Inferior in precision as well. Finck and Fortus had alot of trouble with the old songs.

i thought they did pretty good, and now they're probably even better. i don't wanna sound overly defensive but who are you to judge their position or precision with the band?

It comes down to the fact that they need a guy who will mark a definite distinction between old and new in the lead guitar spot.
You're replacing a legend here (and realistically, an irreplacable member), so a) you need a motherfucker on guitar and b) you want the polar opposite of Slash in terms of look/image and sound

Fortus and Finck are all good, but Buckethead is a talking point in his own right - for his out of this world playing and his bizarre image.

IMO, the inclusion of Bucket in the new Guns was a masterstroke by Axl - I really think they need him back if this thing is going to be remotely successful

Good Point Jimmy!! I also think it was pure genius on Axl's part to pick someone so eccentric. The Slash lovers were even starting to like him. It was a sad day indeed when he left. I cant imagine someone trying to fill his spot. If Axl's smart, he'll just release CD with BH still on it. He can worry about a replacement when he does a 2nd album.

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you've changed your tune their a bit James! A sudden leap towards optimism or perhaps you're being sarcastic?

Yeah, Im a big Slash fan (how can you love Guns and not be?) and I must say, I was excited to see what Bucket would bring to CD

No, I wasn't being sarcastic. I dont see why he cant just leave BH's parts on the album. Does Axl really want people to wonder how good the album could've been if Bucket was on it? Axl doesn't need an extra hurdle to have to jump over.

I was refering to the the "2nd album" part James  ::)

I really don't think they need Bucket for this to be successful at all.  I think at this point besides maybe Tommy the rest of the band is just a faceless bunch of nobodys.  Axl is Guns N' Roses at this point.  He is the only necessary member within this current bunch.

Nope, I wasnt being sarcastic about a 2nd album. I guess I was just being unrealistic. I just think he should release CD as it is, and deal with unresolved issues if he decides to do a 2nd album. But I'm in the minority that thinks there will be no 2nd or 3rd album. I think CD is it. CD will be the final chapter. I'm also in the minority that doesn't think he will tour with this record. When CD is released, there is gonna be a worldwide judgement on the album. I cant imagine him going from city to city while this judgement takes place. I think he's gonna let the album speak for itself.

well that also puts me in the minority then, as I dont believe there'll be more than one album

and to be honest, one album (perhaps a double) is all I want

closure and a masterpiece that will mend somewhat the tarnished career of Axl Rose

then we can talk re-unions ....  :drool:

Jimmy, I feel the same. I'm definitely looking for closure and one album would definitely do it for me. Its highly unlikely CD will be a double. A 2 cd set would cost too much for the casual fan, and Geffen/Interscope is going to be wanting this album to sell in very large numbers. Tommy made a statement before about CD being a short album, and no one from the GNR camp ever corrected this statement. CD will most likely be Axl's best epics/ballads with a few rockers thrown in. I'm fine with that.

You could be right, but I see it being a long magnum opus type album, or a double.

Firstly, I don't think Tommy knows much about CD other than he worked on some music (tons of? instrumental fragments, jams and improvisational sessions) with a bunch of guys a few years back. Thats it - I dont think many 'songs' were completed with Tommy (nor Fortus, Dizzy etc..) so they don't have much of a clue as to what form or shape CD will take - they'll be as surprised as the rest of us when they hear CD. Now I'm exaggerating for effect a little here, but I do believe that with CD, Axl basically put a bunch of musicians under contract, gave them loose guidelines regarding ideas and left them to it while he recorded them. Im sure now and again he'd direct them (probably over the phone) regarding chords, tempo etc..

Basically, Axl has pieced this puppy together based on this - that has been Axls basic creative process.

 Yeah, I agree it wont be a conventional album. It wont be the same lineup playing on each song. There will be a wide variety of people playing on it. I wouldn't be surprised if Josh Freese, Paul Huge, and others were on the album.

Quite possibly although I certainly hope Paul Huges nowhere near it

a 3rd guitar player would be a bad news for me. useless (like bh). Give the job to richard let him take the lead.

I'm sure Axl knows more than you if a third guitar player is needed.

I saw Iron Maiden last week, I enjoyed seeing three guitarists, the stage was really lively. But as Voodoochild said, Axl will make the best choice for GNR  :D

Lucky bastard, Maiden are always great. I didn't think much of Janick when he first joined, now I think he's great!

Didn't Richard say the other week that it is just him and Robin handling guitar duties? :confused:

What is the current guitarist situation in GN'R?

At the moment, Robin Fink and I are the only guitarists in the band. We switch off between lead and rhythm.

Since the band do nothing now, it would be the present decision for next tour..

Yep, Judge Dredd, Pingouirose :D

He also said most of his parts on the Chinese Democracy record were done, by the time he found Jellifish, say, before Xmas in 2002/3. So he didn't use jelly for the Chinese one .................
but maybe for the later ones... who knows?
That intensifies the probability of other albums or activities than Chinese being planed. we'll see.

Well, The visionary missionaries of the reunionism might prefer to stay clueless and say he doesn't know a shit about what he's done. :confused:

Agree completely, either get him back or some other (weird) virtuoso. I like FN'F, however they don't really get me excited - as I don't expect that they will ever deliver something idolic. Slash is a guitar god because he was more than a great player - he was something else, as is Buckethead.

I agree. To replace Slash, the band needs a master. finck isn't that guy. Buckethead has demonstrated that he can not only play but write at a level that few active guitarists can. Personally, it is tough to defend this project if there isn't someone on board at Slash's calibre.

Nothing against BH, I dig the guy..

But....

He's never written anything within the group dynamic that's even remotely memorable so let's hold off on
the "write at a level that few active guitarists can" type of comments.?

Taking nothing away from his immense skill, but maybe his talents are best served within a solo career or a jam band type existense.?

The constraints of a proper band just don't seem to be his cup of tea.
 

finck is pretty creative, and kinda artsy on the guitar, i really like his style


fortus is sweet, just listen to the outro on the blues
and someone posted some recordings of him a while ago, they were awesome
i think they were called "jellyfish" or something like that

Brain May is going on tour with Queen!   Paul Rodgers has taken over on vocals.  Very interesting!  Brian May is not joining GNR, and this "insider" report is bogus, and a sophomoric attempt at attention.

I would reckon this fenton guy is laughing at the response on this board to a funny/sarcastic joke he made regarding his self-proclaimed "guitar god" status.

really? I dunno Binge N Grab is a great song. Basic formula with an incredible solo. Overall, Bucket's solo work is much more demonstrative of his talents; Songs are constructed around his guitar and not around the traditional vocal melody. At his solo shows, he is the show. No singing, no pyro, just a very honest and humbling Bucket shredding and emoting with his axe.  No offense to Slash at all, but the top hatted one has taken the more traditional route for a lead guitar player. i don't think it is a legitimate criticsim of  Bucket's body of work because he hasn't stood up there and taken a smaller role in a band. How many active guitar players could carry a performance as he has done? there aren't too many.  And yes, from what i've heard from Bucket, few modern players can write and play at his level. He is absolutley breathtaking.

Im still hopeing BH comes back. From the sound of it, its parts are staying on the album since Fortus has not said he has been called back into the studio. He always says his parts were done a while ago. No one has mentioned Finck has been back in the studio either. So i really hope BHs parts stay and maybe he comes back.

I hope too, but Tommy didn't said good things about Bucket. I guess he's a hard guy to work with, so I dunno if it will be ok after all to let him came back to the band. I know who's the boss, but I think the other guys have a word on this.

Just a wild speculation on why Tommy was bitter about BH,
He might have tried to persuade the guy to come back (afterward) or even to stay n tour (beforehand) and got the elbow or couldn't get through.

In this case there won't be any problem.

I've read an interview of 2003 where Tommy on the road surely says "Oh, Buckethead, I miss him!" :D

Really? That's great, ppbebe. It's good news to me for sure! : ok:

Was this before or after Tommy said he would like to "shit in the bucket" ?

Was it before or after 2003, mate? ::)

basically that quote tells Tommy likes BH (hey, who doesn't? it seems that almost everyone who knows him in person loves him) but he was bitter because BH left him.
If only he'd be with GN'R again...

Until a replacement has been named and I see him on stage , or hear the album with Buckets parts erased I still hold out hope that Bucket will return and take his place as the best guitarists to stand on stage with Axl Rose.

I hate buckethead and his style. In my opinion, he never brought or added anything interesting or soulful to the new ?or old songs. I'm glad he's out, and hopefully forever. I think Richard and Robin can handle this.

 

I have to agree.

As long as we are speculating,  I would actually be happier if Bucket were up there unfettered, or rather unFincked. If Axl is going to war with a two guitarist shoot, how about dumping Finck and bringing back the Bucket. 

You only feel that way because you haven't heard what he contributed to CD. I fear you will change your opinion if his parts are ever heard.

 :crying:

 :love: Robin? :love:

since this thread isn't on topic anymore I don't feel bad about my mostly smilies only post? :P