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Apparently former Cult bassist and current Doheny/Camp Freddy member got a call to audition for GNR a few weeks ago..

Interesting...

http://dohenymusic.typepad.com/dohenymusic/

"I dont know anyone from the current G'n'R line up, but funnily enough, someone called me a few weeks back to ask me if I was interested in auditioning for the band as a guitarist! I politely turned it down!! To start with, my heart and soul is in Doheny, and secondly, I just cant play like I am sure they would want me to......Billy Morrison attempting a Slash solo is pretty funny!!! I've always said that I am 100% Steve Jones, NOT Steve Vai!! (For the non-players reading this, that means that I am primarily a rhythm player, not a lead player)"

Ok, let me get this straight. The former Cult bassist gets a call for a guitarist spot for GNR???!!!

Who is this guy anyway? is he the short-blonde hair guy??

Besides, this guy doesn't play lead. If Axl is looking for another guitarist, shouldn't he be looking to replace Buckethead ( lead)??

Billy was basically the Cult's touring bass player..not sure if he recorded with them on their last LP a couple
of years ago.
He's younger than the other guys in the  cult and has short black hair. The blonde hair guitarist is Billy Duffy, who by the way, is a great player and is/was recently gigging around LA in a cover band called "Cardboard Vampires" with
Jerry Cantrell and John Corabi.

Billy is a guitarist by trade, he was touring bassist for The Cult on the '01 "Beyond Good and Evil" world tour, a friend of the band from England.? He comes from a punk background and has been around the scene in England for years before migrating to LA in 2000 to join The Cult.? He's parlayed his stint in The Cult and has become quite the LA scenester, a very cool guy who I've had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with on numerous occassions.

Interesting ramifications for sure, I guess we can put the "BH still in the band" rumors to rest..

In case this info was true, why would Axl want to audition another rythim guitarist?

So they are actively searching for a new guitarist to replace BH?  Except they didnt ask a lead guitarist to fill his shoes. weird.

Dave Navarro is also in Camp Freddy, and he was also asked to join at one point.  Now Billy and Dave can share a chuckle over politely refusing to join the band.

1. He doesn't know what he wants.
2. He's crazy.
3. One of the remaining two guitarists left/was fired.

Which rhythm guitarist?

Are you sure they have only guitarist now?

Because Finck (and possibly Fortus) is a competent lead player in his own right

Agreed. And Fortus was asked to join the band in the lead before Buckethead, so it seems like he's the one to fill B-head's shoes now. GNR needs now only someone to play rhythm, like Fortus and Paul Tobias did.

Yep,
but this bit sounds like he was asked to be a lead.
:confused:

Maybe Axl should take a call, asking what Gilby`s plans for the next few years :crying:

You never know. Maybe they DO want a rhythm guy since Finck is moving up to lead, but he just assumed that due to Bucket leaving, they wanted him to play lead, so he turned them down.

I'll really miss seeing old buck on the side of the stage. this is a huge mistake. Axl should give Big B a call and give him whatever he wants.

This is what I think,Since they asked Billy Morison to audition they probably have some other people lined up also.In that case we could hear of a new member at any time.

i love buckethead and wish it worked out with him but if he's not in the band I hope they rerecorded his parts with Fortus taking over.

I think its bullshit.
Ps axl SHOULD call paul gilbert or steve vai

Billy currently gigging with some of the best musicians in the world via Camp Freddy and is a member of the hottest LA buzz band in LA at this point in time so I doubt he's being anything less than legit, his peer group would never let him hear the end of it..

NO no no no and no! Guns n' Roses doesn't need a Metal guitarist. This is not the sound of this band:
Guns N ' Roses is a ROCK N ROLL band. Fortus is the man.

Dont think axl would ask a BASSIST to play lead.

They need someone that can play BHs parts and both of them could.
Hell get Malstreem (sp?)

Falcon - do you think Billy would mention this news on the Camp Freddy radio show?  I forget if it's on Saturdays or sundays. I just think it would be funny to hear him and Dave talk about it.

He asked a panhandler to play keyboards, why not a bassist to play lead guitar?  :smoking:

it would be great if they picked up a unknown talent! A Fresh new Guitarplayer!

Chris Pittman has worked  with Tool (maynard) and a few other good bands.
Dont slag on chris.

Read the above post, Billy's a guitar player who merely played bass as a favor to old friends in a touring situation, he's currently and forever will be a guitar player first and foremost.  Doing just that with the likes of Dave Navarro and a multitude of guitar luminaries in CF and his new band Doheny....

No I meant Dizzy, when he first joined.

Possibly, he's an extemely likeable guy with great stories from the old days in England an has been forthcoming in the questions asked of him, who knows?

As he said, his background and style aren't suited for GNR, he's a punk guy with the Steve Jones mentality.

God love him.

that is funny because in the AFD days Axl, slash, duff, izzy and steven were panhandlers as well.

if someone wanna listen to some of Chris Pittman`s work, then go buy Tool - ?nima ! (one of the bestrecordsever)
And skip up to number 15!! or download if u wanna be rude! Name of the song is Third Eye! Injoy!

Yep. You never know with Axl, or any of them.

Are you referring to Doheny?  How do you know all this?  I live in LA and I couldnt tell you who the hottest LA band is right now...I dont have my finger on the pulse  :hihi:

Is it similar to Camp Freddy?  meaning, do they just play cover songs.  Or have they recorded an original album?

That would be correct, Doheny.

Not a CF type thing, a new band fronted by JS Clayden, former lead singer of Britains seminal Pitchshifter.

Very hot band.

I think BH performed some alien ritual on Tommy Stinson, who quit the band. So Axl is now looking for a guitarist and a bassist  :rofl:

Maybe Richard would move up to lead with Robin, and Billy would replace Richard in the rhythm section...

The album must be so damn close to finishing if they are still looking for a guitarist....yeah fucking right

I've got a theory on this... and it could actually be good news.

I'd guess and say they asked Morrison to audition, but probably didn't tell him what parts, since he didn't agree to it. So it could have been for rhythm, but who knows, maybe lead. Either way, I'd say this suggests a tour soon. Combine it with Tommy's talk of the band getting back together towards the end of the year. Whether a new guy plays lead or Finck or Fortus move there and a new guy fills the rhythm spot, whoever joins needs some time to learn the new songs etc.

I can't see Axl re-doing BH's parts on the album. At this point he has to know time is running out and he's gotta get active soon. Then again, it's Axl.

all of them together? are you serious...??

I saw doheny open up for corabi/duffy/cantrell and they were pretty good, i didnt recognize Billy Morrison cause he grew out his hair, but i think they are really good

Twiggy Ramirez...

who knows if they even asked him to play lead

He did.
Didnt he say, they asked him to play slash leads?



Billy Morrison attempting a Slash solo is pretty funny!!! I've always said that I am 100% Steve Jones, NOT Steve Vai!! (For the non-players reading this, that means that I am primarily a rhythm player, not a lead player)"

He didn't go in.

He just assumed they wanted him to play leads

How do you know he assumed?
Did you hear the phone call?
The way he is talking, it looks like they asked him to play lead.

he never says lead, he says they wanted me to come in as a guitarist.
Then in the 3rd person he's joking he can't play a slash solo. 
No where he says they wanted him to play lead. You assume that.

And truly, Billy wouldn't of been that bad, he was really good when i saw him

See, the thing is, I don't think they would have to. Allegedly there are mutliple versions of most/all of the songs, so it's possible that each of the songs was done a few times with a different player on lead, in case the situation would arise that someone would leave. Just speculation on my part... though I think it would make sense.

Axl has hundreds of hours of tape with guitar riffs, melodys, contributed by dozens of people. Thats where CD gets alot of music from. Bucketheads parts might not be irreplacable, because its possible he didnt write much of it. It could be anyones riff that Axl or the rest of the band decided to use.

Lol u honestly believe either of those, especially Vai, couldn't fill whatever role was needed and also exceel in it? We ain't talkin' about average guitarists here.

As for auditioning a bassist.....maybe's Tommy's out?

That's why he says that CD is closer to be completed than ever. remember, Axl said after BH's department that it'd help GN'R to take the album to another level and there would be a release date 'in the next few months'. Maybe after every member has left, Axl will release CD  ;D

As someone already stated, there is a big possibilty of a tour coming up soon. Maybe within the next 3-4 months. This is the first time since Bucket left we've heard Axl has been or is currently auditioning guitarists. I don't think Axl wants to hire another guitarist and record his parts for the new album ( this will delay the album another year). Maybe we will have a tour after new year?

sorry, but I didn?t see any explanation for this ...

this is true?
Axl are STILL looking for a LEAD GUITARRIST?
 :-\