Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Here's the transcript / interview. Took me a few hours to get it done, but I hope you enjoy it.

This tastes like pretzels - the Tommy Stinson interview (http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=129)




/jarmo

cool but Alien Crime Syndicare ?

Oops, fixed.  :-[




/jarmo

Great Jarmo! U can get Tommys Album on www.cdon.se or www.cdon.no or www.cdon.com  its an scandinavian internet store

Great read. Thanks to Tommy and JArmo...

I thought it was interesting when he said how working in GNr raised his level of playing, etc...good stuff

Very cool!!  Thanks for doing that, jarmo!  I'm glad you got some questions about his general opinion on things in there, it gives you a better idea of type of guy he is.   : ok:

i'm in school right now and every class so far the teachers told me that i'm failing.. this REALLY just made my day a lot better.. thanx alot jarmo..  : ok:

ps: tommy's the MAN!! "jerking off"  :rofl: he's hilarious..  :hihi:

WOOT! Jarmo used one of my questions! Even better, Tommy's answer ROCKED! Dylan and the Beatles?  He's a man after my own heart!

Congratulations on an excellent interview. : ok:
Nothing particularly new on GnR, but we weren't expecting that....liked the incite onto his songwriting and the way the album was sequenced. :)

YOU THINK SO?

Ok, that's it mister... I quit.  :rofl:

Thanks a lot Jarmo.  :)  Most of your questions were more interesting than questions asked by professional journalists  :hihi:

I like it when he says his experience in GN'R has inspired him to take more chances. To me, that's the way an album's gotta be.  : ok:

Anyone notice how he said his written songs could either be on Chinese Democracy OR THE NEXT RECORD!!???.

Maybe there is truth to the 3 record rumour?

Excellent read Jarmo! Thanx!

Thanks for that Jarmo!  : ok:

Good interview...I liked the fact that Tommy seems so into GNR and the new album. 

I know, but it seems like you can't get it all over Europe and that it's not available in regular stores.




/jarmo

That was a very good interview, Jarmo.  You did a great job.

I am especially impressed by the quality and depth of the questions you asked him about his solo record.   : ok:

Ali

Great questions, Jarmo - you 'sequenced' them like a pro. It was very flowing   :)

So I guess they are going to audition a new guitarist when Tommy returns to the States.

wonder what kind of stories he's heard about HTGTH.

Great interview Jarmo

Good job : ok:

Hey Jarmo - that was a fantastic interview mate. I havent posted on here for a couple of weeks cos its been pretty fucking quiet really, but that was a great!!!!  : ok:

Good interview Jarmo  : ok:

He seemed to appreciate the fact that you didn't bombard him with GnR questions straight away and that the one's you did ask were sensible and not like: ''When's it coming out?''

He aslo seemed positive about CD and he sounded like he was in the loop.

mmh, we are in germany can buy this album in every record store.
i bought the album via www.amazon.de - its not hard to find ;)

Great interview, great questions n great answers.  :D
Actually there are lots of new bits (of pretzels?) here and there. Especially Q about his view on the Internet and music industry was interesting. 
And on the whole I got a strong impression that this guy is every bit sincere n brave.

HTGTH: I think I'll transcribe it, because I don't really like hearing my own voice too much (laughs)
Tommy: Fair enough, me neither.

And men of quick wits, you 2. : ok:

Btw, why that title "This tastes like pretzels"? Did you bring something to eat?  ;D

HOLY SHIT

Tommy: No, no... Buckethead going away is the best thing that could've happened to the band. It's gonna be great.


oh, by the way, great interview Jarmo  : ok:

No, but they had these snacks in their dressing room that he was eating.....



/jarmo

Yea, that was  :D he must have been a real twat.

CONGRATULATIONS, JARMO!!!? ?:beer:? ?YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB ON THAT INTERVIEW!!!


"eight guys" ... sounds like Axl's leaving BH's parts in.

Thanks for all the positive feedback, glad you enjoyed reading it.




/jarmo

Yeah that was a great interview

Awesome job! Jarmo
 I guessing Tommy has an obsession with jacking off and the word fuck.

I think its great with him saying they worked on 35 or so songs, they know of this site, and buckethead leaving was the best part of the band but he wont go into details. I wonder what was really going on behind that mask.

Again great job and a good read.

just to reiterate, great job.  yeah the buckethead thing must have been pretty bad... with that remaining so secret during the entire time bucket was supposedly in the band, i wonder how much else we don't know, as far as other band mates and auditions, etc.  they do a great job with secrecy, really amazing that nothing leaks.

Mike

It was actually Joe who gave him the ideas by doing certain gestures....  :hihi:



/jarmo

well, maybe axl chops their thingi off, or something like that. ;)

@jarmo: amazing work, you rock!!! :beer: : ok:

Thanks Jarmo! Great Job! Thank you very much!

Congrats Jarmo, very cool you pulled this off.

 8) < - - -    J-Man wearing sunglasses, being cool.

Really great job! : ok: Thanks

What an awesome interview!  :D

Thanks, Jarmo, great interview!

Hehehe, he said brussels was amazing!! I was with him the most of the time after the show (like 2 hours)!


TOMMY RULES

Good job J!

I got a little concerned when I read that he would be touring in Jnauary and February.  I know he said he had to check in with GNR before setting that tour up, but it seemed from the interview that he was planning on touring in January and February.  Is that accurate jarmo?

-TyRod-

Ya, shit happens.
I remember reading an interview where Tommy said something like "BH, Oh, BH I miss him." :'(
Sad, but so be it.
As Tommy?s such an affectionate bloke, I think he?s deeply hurt with BH departure. You wouldn?t feel like praising a girl for some time after she dumped you, you know.
But you can?t help loving your beautiful kids she left behind?.(Geez, why do I use this kinda expressions again and again only to make myself :puke: sick)
Hopefully they're leaving BH's parts in.

Yeah, if nothing is going on with GN'R, he'll do more solo touring.




/jarmo

thanks once again for asking questions that are not normally asked. i liked the part about his album recording and where he talked about the internet.

Cool interview Jarmo, hey you didn't ask he him if he'd seen anything with regards to the CD album cover - too bad? ;)

T: "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan... weird, i only picked that up myself only about 5 weeks ago now. It really is very good? : ok:

...and only last week i picked up Morrissey, you are the Quarry. It's the 1st Morrissey album i have ever brought. It really is something, and hey it fills the gap until CD arrives  : ok:

Cool Interview. And to those who thought I disappeared, I was just hiding out in The Jungle, don't worry.

This interview did have some good depth to it and I thought it was funny when he said it was: "definetely very close to being finished." I thought it was funny because he keeps giving us different answers for that question besides, it's done!

Well anyways, I'll probably be back on a regular basis when the U.S. Elections/MLB Playoffs are over with. :)

Great job... : ok:

wow! that was really exciting the way he talked about Chinese Democracy, there are no doubts it is gonna be amazing.

i liked the way he described some self indulgent songs people will love or hate!  that is awesome!

he also cleared up things about the rockers, cause he said there are rockers!

Damn it really seems like next year for sure!

Nice interview :beer:

I just want to thank you Jarmo for all your hard work, people like you make me feel positive. 

WoW I don't have time to read it right now, but thank you so much Jarmo!!!!! Really nice of you to put it together. And so fast too!! thanks again!!

Really cool interview, thanks for posting it Jarmo!  : ok:

Nice interview. And well done with your questions. One would tend to believe that your a pro.

Thankyou Jarmo.? : ok:

why didnt you enquire more about the Buckethead departure?This doesnt look good at all

Because, GN'R's side of the story has been explained before.



/jarmo

h?h?... Axl Rose/Kurt Loder interview 1999 = Tommy Stinson/Jarmo interview 2004? ;D  8)

Cheers Jarmo it was a really good read and very informative. A big thank you goes out to you from all at the htgth message board  : ok:

not really Jarmo..there has to be more to it than vague.."He is a bad guy..iTS JUST BETTER"

Great job on the interview, Jarmo! I enjoyed it a lot more than the usual interview he does.  : ok:

sounds good to me although I think they will rerecord BH's parts.

Thanks for the interview

They think he only used GN'R to promote his solo career. Axl said so, Tommy has said something similar I think.

Besides, it wasn't a GN'R interview. I was there meeting Tommy on his solo tour. There's a difference.



/jarmo

Wow... fabulous interview, Jarmo!! :)  Thank you!!

Great job Jarmo, thanks! :yes:

Jarmo, I really think you did a fantastic job of balancing on a thin wire while asking GNR related questions.  Very casual and not imposing in the least...Still managed to get a few noteworthy quotes out regarding the band...I'm sure he appreciated the respect you offered him..

great job jarmo

just one question.. how'd u come up w/ the title of the interview? "this tastes like pretzels"  :hihi:

GREAT Interview  Jarmo, congrats!  : ok:

He already replied about the interview's title in that topic (or another?). It's because they were eating that during the interview or something.

I already commented on the DNB mailing list, but awesome job Jarmo, as usual. Excellent interview, excellent read.

That worries me too. If we were truly on the cusp of the big release of Chinese Democracy and the subsequent world tour, why dear god, would tommy be planning on traveling with his solo band til march. Sounds very ominous. I think the talk of the imminent release of CD was more bullship lip motion.

As for buckethead promoting his solo work, I doubt very much his solo career has taken off since he joined. He did gain a few more fans, but he no contract with GnR's label, his albums are not selling much more than before he joined, and his venues are pretty much in line with what he did before. The theory that he used GnR just doesn't hold water; if he really wanted to promote himself, why not join a band that had some radio play that was looking for a guitarist. Why not join limp? or worse, is there a worse band than limp? I just don't see where the GnR camp is coming from with bucket. i think alot of it is spin put on a guy who got fed up with waiting and left.

Buckethead gained LOTS of fans from all around the world. I know many people in Greece who would have never bought his albums if he hadn't joined GN'R.

Nobody knew him here. He's not THAT known...

GN'R doesn't get radio play? It might be the old songs but people still ask about the band and radio producers mention Buckethead a lot. MTV did a special thing about him. Isn't that exposure?

He showed up at the Oscars (not sure, please someone correct me if I'm wrong) and the cameras showed him because he's the guitar player of Guns N' Roses...

Not to mention the 2002 MTV VMA's... Like he had much chance of closing that show...  ::)

ummm, at least here in the US, the effect hasn't been too sensational; a small rise in album sales but his shows are about the same. In talking to bucket fans at the shows, they told me that things have settled down after the initial draw. As for my radio play comment, well Buckethead has never gotten much in the way of play, and Bucket in GnR have gotten zilch radio play. If he was looking for a band to showcase his skills in a very public way, GnR should not have been his first choice. His exposure has been limited; no where near enough to substantiate the allegations that he used Gnr to get something. His appearence at the Grammies was along with Bootsy and had nothing to do with his gnr connections.

It was the Grammies, thanks for that...

Still, the hostess introduced him as the guitar player for GN'R. Not someone who came with Bootsy...

Yeah, I really liked the way he talked about Duff, it seems like he (unlike many on this board)  gives the old line up (or at least some of them) credit. Respect to Tommy for that.   :peace: 

Excellent interview Jarmo ! The questions made sense and both of you seemed really into it !!!!  : ok:

Thanks Jarmo! Great interview techniques, (so you were taken seriously! ;) ) nice to know he knew about the site as well!!

Remco

excellent interview! thanks Jarmo  : ok:

Blabbermouth has picked up the interview.

www.roadrun.com/blabbermo...emID=27942

doesn't work for me. Here's the direct link: http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=27942  (http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=27942)


Great interview endeed and blabbermouth is really lurking here at HTGTH board for looking info about GN'R!!! .....nice work Jarmo.

Ditto!  If only those kinky nosy parkers wouldn?t have gone and tried to mess around us. >:(

excellent job dude :beer:

what a pointless article to put up in this forum.  umm, is there any news about the cd very few of you are actually waiting for?  he didnt say anything new our give any hope as to the album coming out soon.

you know what was really funny was that  a while back he said that the album is almost done and its going into the final periods of mixing.  now in this interview he has changed his words.  "I heard stuff before I left the States, some of the final mixes, or close to final mixes"  lol. 

i hope this whole cover band of axls just keeps diging itself a bigger and bigger whole everyday ;)

GET IN THE RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Example is better than precept. Ta! : ok:

And I hope you're gonna get the fuck out of here as quickly as possible. If you don't, I'm sure Jarmo will be more than happy to show you the door  : ok:

Great interveiw Jarmo.  Thank you  :)

Tommy was really cool and gave some great in depth answers  : ok:

Tommy!  :love:

 ;D

Pretty cool how he shared how Axl inspired him to take chances in the album... Village Gorilla Head, that is.
And I like what he had to share with us about CD.

Tommy is awesome.
Can't wait to see him live again.

excellant read, thanks so much Jarmo, you did an amazing job with an amazing performer : ok:

i really enjoyed the childishness in your post more than anything.  thats what made the post for me : ok:

That was an interesting read. Very good job Jarmo you have some very good journalism skills, maybe Axl will hire you to be the webmaster for the official GnR site if he ever releases the album. :yes:

Yeah, sure. To me being childish is coming on a message board just to put down somebody's work and stir up shit, and that's exactly what you're doing.
In case you didn't notice, people who do that usually don't last very long here.

Great Interview Jarmo. Good questions asked.

I wasn't too excited with his replies regarding the state of Chinese Democracy and his plans of touring in Jan/Feb if GNR has not released anything by then.

Too bad you didn't get to ask him what kind of relationship the band members have. I would've loved to know if they hang out together every now and then besides when in the studio or meetings concernings CD. See, when Tommy says something along the lines " I have to check in and see what's going on..." it tells me they are not as united I'd want them to be. I don't expect Axl to call him every day to wish him good night, but I wouldn't mind something that could lead us to believe they are trully together.

Anyway Jarmo, I think you have so many fans around here you could even start your own band.  :hihi:

Great Interview Jarmo! :D

Ok...

You're the first one to say that an article about the current GN'R bassist is pointless, but you can't please everyone. Especially people who can't move on in life.




Because the interview was focused on Tommy, his solo album, his tour and his personal opinions on various things.

But I guess you didn't get that?




No, what's funny is that the topic has really nothing to do with GN'R, yet you had to mention it in a negative way.

Keep it up, and as Pandora said, you'll feel really welcome here.  : ok:



/jarmo

Don't worry Jarmo, he's also been banned from mygnrforum so you wouldn't be the only one that would be "showing him the door". ;)

^^^this is actually the first time ive posted here in a long time.? i dont post on forums anymore.? i just thought the gnr part of the interview was very funny.? what was even funnier was that theres 5 pages about it but the same news thats been said for the past however many years, lol.  i mean, come on, dont you find it a tad bit funny that the same news keeps getting thrown around by him and the others and people on these forums get so excited over it and swear by every statement they make that its finally going to come out.  thats not starting trouble.  see ya.

i guess i should say i dont post on gnr forums anymore.  im on the official megadeth forum and i post every so often.   

PS.  tell madison i love her :love:

GET IN THE RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for that, and keep it up.  : ok:

how did you even know it was me from the mygnr.com forum?

the fans that Buckethead gained through GNR he lost when he left the band. only few GNR listeners want to listen to his music after he's supposed to have done all that terrible things.  there are no indication that the mtv interview and all that stuff incrased his sales. he is bringing out his CDs on independent labels and the tour with c2b3 is a small one. to really promote himself he should have stayed in GNR until ChiDem is released play maybe some concerts and then leave the band. he left it too early to really become big. and all the talk about Sanctuary Records deal seems to be totally wrong.

Maybe hardcore Gn'R fans, the minority. If BH joined the band for the publicity (which I doubt) he wasn't seeking the readers of HTGTH and other forums.

Did anyone else notice how hypocritical Tommy Stinson got while answering the questions about politics.  I mean I know the cool thing is for uneducated entertainers to bash the president who went to Yale and Harvard when theyre overseas, but to start with talking about how he didnt like when singers talked about politics and then follow it up by saying Bush is stupid was moronic.  When GNR were started they weren't liberal French lovers.  Axl never came out and did shows about the crimes in the Iraq war.  Also, im sure Axl would love Kerry cutting Farm subsidies as well as implementing hire estate taxes that really destroy farmers in this country.  Im sure Axl is a big fan of gay marriage (kerry "doesnt support it" but refuses to stop judges in his own state from performing marriages), Affirmative action, and stopping the executions of terrorists.  yes, these truly sound like issues Axl would run to fight for.  If I wanted to hear a musician talk about politics id listen to country, atleast they arent French.

  Also, everyone is saying how hopeful this interview is, it clearly isnt.  He has no clue whats going on in GNR, it isnt a band anymore.  How is it VR gets a record out in a year even when the singer is in rehab, its because its a band and everyone was working towards one goal.  GnR is Tommy's side project clearly and his solo career is the main thing.  This interview just shows how manufactured the new GNR are, and whether they are capable of making good music will be shown soon enough, but one thing is for sure, calling GNR a band is like saying Nine Inch Nails is a band.  It is one person with an everchanging cast of characters.

didn't even izzy say once, that GnR was truely Axl's project?

You  assume things about Axl you and me have no idea of ...
Or maybe as Jarmo managed to interview Tommy, you, you managed to interview Axl. That's when he told you that he was against gay mariage, for the war in Iraq and that yes he was a Bush supporter ! oh and I've forgot my favorite line : and that he hates the french and only eats freedom fries !!! Well done  : ok: :-X

2 questions i wouldve liked asked wouldve been.

1. will buckethead's parts remain on CD

2. have u listened to VR's contraband yet

Jarmo,

Did you take any pics with Tommy?

Why's that interesting?

I could've asked if he likes Mark Lanegan too.  ;D


I didn't take any pics of Tommy's show.




/jarmo

One question I thought of was what's up with Robin? We hear even less about him than we hear about Axl. Did Tommy mention him at all? The closest thing to it was when he said how much better off they were w/o Buckethead.

No, he didn't mention Robin to me.



/jarmo

I'm not sure your racist comments are welcome here.

He supposedly told a guy in Scandinavia that Robin was taking dancing lessons. Don't know if he was joking or what  ;D

Tommy: No, no... Buckethead going away is the best thing that could've happened to the band

I wonder why he said that. Sorry if this has been answered. I'm too lazy to read the whole thread  ;D

Yup, he told my mate. I didnt catch it, because I was desperately trying to figure out the next question to ask him, but yeah, he's been taking dancing lessons of some sort.

No is the answer to your question.

Why is tommy even considering touring in the winter months( even if nothing happens) ,why doesn't he want to be closer to the project being he's been watching from a far for so long... It's not a knock, you just figure he would want to be a little closer being he seems to be sheltered..

Its a good point! But he did say that he needed to catch up before he committed to a tour, so maybe its a back up plan to fill his time in case there are more delays. Its that or join Robin on his dancing course!

Quality interview Jarmo.

This is me thinking out loud, if it was me who calls in every few weeks and has heard a few songs here and there and wasn't really sure of a release date I'd be pretty pumped about the final works on this first album by the band..

It's not like they have four albums out and this is just another typical album set for release where one guy watching would be suitable..

This is a work in progress over the past 5-6 years and it's a collaboration of about ten people total, and the re birth of a band with a very big name to fill.. It's cool tommy has had his down time while waiting, but for me it would be the furthest (solo work) thing on my mind... Dizzy mentioned the album has been pushed back from Nov, to February, so why not just get the entire band together and enjoy the finished product, and be together to make sure everything goes smooth?

I'm sure the guys haven't been together alot in several months, so go back catch up and be on the same page and discuss the future of eevrything involved..

Mike, great points.....I agree with your feelings, although I would tell you that I imagine Tommy will be returning to home base for a lil' pow-wow prior to making any solo commitments....If the Gnr machine isn't ready to be revved up, why be there?  It's pretty clear that his priorities are with GNR (and rightly so), yet if he's got more opportunities to get himself and his work out there in the meantime, more power to him...When the time arrives, he'll be the first one to lead the charge..

There's a question you could have asked him.

 What do you think about VR? do you like their music?

This is me thinking out loud, if it was me who calls in every few weeks and has heard a few songs here and there and wasn't really sure of a release date I'd be pretty pumped about the final works on this first album by the band..

It's not like they have four albums out and this is just another typical album set for release where one guy watching would be suitable..

This is a work in progress over the past 5-6 years and it's a collaboration of about ten people total, and the re birth of a band with a very big name to fill.. It's cool tommy has had his down time while waiting, but for me it would be the furthest (solo work) thing on my mind... Dizzy mentioned the album has been pushed back from Nov, to February, so why not just get the entire band together and enjoy the finished product, and be together to make sure everything goes smooth?

I'm sure the guys haven't been together alot in several months, so go back catch up and be on the same page and discuss the future of eevrything involved..

I agree, I'd be pumped up if I was working on Chinese Democracy! But maybe its not as simple as that...maybe Axl doesn't want 7-10 (given the engineers and Merck) people around him whilst trying to finish the record. So he calls each one in as he needs them. Which probably explains the continuous delays, but I don't blame Tommy - if that is the way Axl has decided to work, it is clear he has accepted that to do this he must be flexible with his band members aswell.

I think it would be more interesting to ask Tommy about the VR album; what I don't see to be interesting at all and has nothing to do with music is to ask Tommy about George Bush whom by the way is gonna win.   :peace:

Maybe if you actually read the question and understood it, you might notice hat I didn't mention that name at all in the interview. I dare you, go read it again and point out the part where I asked "Don't you just hate George W. Bush?".

Must be tough being a republican when the majority of the artists you listen to want a new president.



/jarmo

Only you,me and the rest of the world knows that.  :rofl:  :hihi:

Alice Cooper quote:
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are."

~RepublicanGypsy

And you're a much bigger one if you're a rockstar trying to tell people who to vote. :o
 :hihi:

 :beer:
Rock On.

 cooper is cool but hes always dissin people(its funny) :hihi:

Congratulations jarmo on your terrific interview!!! :beer:

Hey  J-Lu, a personal question if you don't mind!!?
How often do you masturb

Which occurance summoned warmer&fuzzier "YAY!"feeling inside you:
Interviewing mr Stinson?
Or
When Axl mentioned you&HTGTH in that one live show few years back?

No idea.... I don't think about it that much, both were very cool things.



/jarmo

"When I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."

Well actually, the Axl thing would have easily been Jarmo's favorite but since Axl thought Jarmo is from Belgium, the Tommy interview got extra warm&fuzzy points for happening in Sweden. ?:hihi:?

Axl could have said either Finland or Sweden and been correct but since he's an American like me, we just pick any country NOT ours and figure it's close enough.? :P

Arrogant Americans ROCK!!! :headbanger:

JARMO - Question: Did Tommy decline to answer any questions?

No, that's the whole interview I transcribed.

All the questions I had written down were answered.


/jarmo

I keep reading the song albums amount question where he said like 35 songs then 30 and the narrrowing down.. Do you get the feeling he means there is only ONE album they did, or multiple?

I get one from that interview unless Im missed something

Could you provide specific quotes - 'cause I have no idea what you're talking about.

HTGTH: You said "Chinese Democracy" is almost done. But people are wondering what's been happening all these years? Have you worked on 18 songs for one album or is it like a bunch of songs that you could put out within a year or so?

Tommy: Originally we had a fucking whole lot of songs we were working on. We kinda rolled around them and just kinda kept molding them as we went along.

The process of making the GN'R record is a long process to begin with. Because basically, Axl as a producer is trying to get the best out of eight guys and get them all in a song, like trying to pull everyone in. You know, mush it together like a fucking piece of clay or something. Trying to form a piece of art work out of it. It takes time.

It's not like when I was in the Replacements, Paul would come to rehearsal with a couple of songs. "Ok, this is how they go, watch me play the chords," we play it, go to the studio and knock it down in an hour. It's not like that.

He has a way of working with people and pulling them in. Get you to bring something to the plate that's gonna be special and cool for that song. And it just takes a long time. Because you got eight guys you know. So that process takes a while.

When you're working on 35 or so pieces of music that you're trying to finish. Trying to... Basically the cream of the crop of that, to make a record of. It's really hard to decide. Because out of 35 things, we might all like parts and bits of 30 songs. So then you gotta further narrow that down, and you know. It just takes a while. That's all I can say about that. It just takes a while and when it's done, it'll be done and when it comes out we're gonna totally tour behind it and fucking, and rock out.

Yeah, well it seems like they've been working on a bunch of songs and not just 18 songs for an album.

Then choose the best ones, finish them and put them out.



/jarmo

Here he?s just talking about an album that he?s asked bout.
That could also mean they might have 30~35 materials for each album.
Don?t you remember what Dizzy said? They brought so many ideas that they could make like 2 versions for each song.

I?d rather look to this bit. 8)

HTGTH : You've all been writing songs for it? Everyone's basically credited for every song?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Tommy: Yeah, I mean, I think pretty much everyone's brought something to the plate that we've turned into one thing or the other. I don't know if the song or two I wrote is necessarily gonna make this record or the next record. But everyone's brought stuff together that we've worked out and turned into stuff and it'll probably used at some point one way or the other. We've all contributed to pretty much everything on it in some form or another, you know.

He said in an earlier interview that Buckethead's parts ARE going to be on the album.  Does Tommy really know what's going on for the final processes though?  The latest was Brain was doing percussion at some point so it can go into the final mixing stages.  I just want a single or something to satisfy my craving.  Maybe a huge press release or something like last time!!