Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Okay, this is my first post here after lurking for a few months.  I was talking to a friend of mine who lives in L.A. the other night and told him that it looks like the new GNR album was coming out soon.  He proceeded to tell me his story about an experience with Axl. 

It goes something like this.  A few years back my friend created an animated series titled "The Slim Shady Show" after he did a movie for Dreamworks (Lion's Gate later picked it up) called Lil' Pimp.  Anyway, The Slim Shady Show was a big success and many Hollywood types started contacting him to create a cartoon based on themselves.  Axl was one of the people that was interested.  Axl's manager contacted my friend on various occasions and informed him of Axl's interest.  It got to the point of wanting to arrange a meeting between Axl and my friend because Axl's manager (Merck I assume) said, "We can't just do this deal yet.  Axl is very particular and has to meet you first before we can do anything.  I will call you next week to let you know what date and time we will be meeting." 

So about a week or so goes by and my friend gets a call for said manager, "Axl wants to meet with you on Christmas Eve.  Here is the address of where we will meet (it turned out to be a recording studio).  Make sure you are on time because Axl is very funny about people being punctual.  I will call on Christmas Eve and give you the time we will meet you'll have 30 minutes to get to the location." 

Fast forward to Christmas Eve my friend is very anxious for the meeting and he's waiting by his phone all day...nothing.  He spends his evening pacing his house and still nothing.  He waits late into the night and at midnight figures they're not going to call.  At this point he is quite irate and just goes to bed.  In the middle of the night around 3:00 a.m. his phone rings.  My friend answers and is informed Axl is ready to meet him.  He gets to the studio by 3:30 a.m.  Some huge Lurchesque guy answers the door to the studio and tells him to wait in the lobby.  My friend sits down in a chair and looks around.  The table in front of him has thousands of dollars in cash piled up just sitting out on it.  This strikes him as odd but he just kind of blows it off.  He spends the next hour or so browsing magazines and from time to time he can kind of hear people talking in the next room over but can't make out what is being said.  Nobody comes out.  Finally Axl's manager emerges with the following statement, "Axl doesn't want to see you.  He says he has a funny feeling about you and he wants you to leave.  Now.  He's not interested anymore.  Thanks for your time."

I thought this story was hilarious.  I can't wait for Chinese Democracy to come out.  I live in Denver and had tickets to the New Mexico show for their 2002 tour.  The show never happened and I figured at that point that "CD" was more like the holy grail of albums.  I mean this in the sense that it is something rumored to exist but nothing that anyone has ever seen for themselves.  This is a pretty exciting time especially when you take into account how lousy the caliber of music being released is today.

Dude, that totally sucks.

Yeah, but I still laughed my butt off when he told me the story.  I mean its not far fetched given some of Axl's rumored personality quirks.  Axl was like Scrooge in his recording studio on Christmas Eve.

Haha, no its not, unfortunately.  I can totally picture this happening.  i feel bad for your friend

What's the mission? ?Workin for RCA? Or, are you just believing a misleading friend?  I don't, and it does not sound like something Merck would do, or Axl.  I think Axl like's to look for special sauces in his refrig. on Christmas Eve ;)

Doesn't really sound like Axl, does it? ?;D

Hmmm, do as I say not as I do?

the story is probably crap,who knows no one really know how Axl's mind works :peace:

"Make sure you are on time because Axl is very funny about people being punctual.  I will call on Christmas Eve and give you the time we will meet you'll have 30 minutes to get to the location." 

That part made me laugh because of Axl's way with showing up on time himself. And the "you'll have 30 mintues to get to the location" sounds like the way some super villian in a movie would plan a meeting. True or not, that did make me laugh if for no other reason than that as strange as it sounds, I could totally see Axl doing something like that.

If that was true it would suck.  The crazy thing is I think every one can totally see axl doing that.

I can assure you that if my friend told me this it is more than likely true. ?He is not the type of person to just make something up. ?I have known him for almost 12 years and we are so close that he stood at my wedding.  At the time he was extremely angry at the situation.  Now after a few years have passed he's able to joke about it if for no other reason than how surreal the situation was.

I wonder what all that pile of money was all about.

I don't care what anyone says this story is stupid and fake.

Isn't there the slightest possibility that your friend was just being made fun of? Taken the piss at?

I don't really buy this story. Axl is weird in some ways, but I don't ever think he would do something weird like this. Especially all the money and stuff.

This story is bullshit.  It sounds semi-realistic, except given everything I've ever heard about the man, Axl wouldn't want a show, cartoon or otherwise, made about his personal life

So from this we can deduce that your friend is Mark Brooks, then? Way to go on maintaining his anonymity there. :)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033955/

SG

The friend I am speaking of is named Mark Brooks. ?Check everything I wrote about him. ?He did create a movie named Lil' Pimp which was released by Lion's Gate (which is hilarious by the way). ?He did create The Slim Shady Show. ?He does work on Adult Swim. ?He was a founding member of The Warlock Pinchers and later Foreskin 500 (which was how I met him). ?He has had albums released by Boner Records (The Melvins first label) and Priority Records (NWA, Ice Cube, Ice T). ?He also has a solo project called Le Pimp that has had material released on Astralwerks. ?In 1996 he was named one of GQ magazine's men of the year due to his animation work. ?Why would he make this up? ?He has nothing to gain by telling me this story when I mentioned to him that it looked like Guns N Roses would be releasing a new album. ?We are very good friends. ?He wouldn't lie to me about some story. ?I figured I'd post the story here because I thought it was kind of interesting and funny. ?However, I guess this board doesn't take kindly to a fellow GNR fan posting something other than the same tired 5-10 topics re-hashed over and over. ?So with that said I guess its back to lurking for me.

If it's true, LOL.

you don`t seem to remember the rir3 intro.....

Good call... that was probably what they wanted made, guess they had someone else do it. I think that cartoon intro was also used at the Vegas shows wasn't it?

I say the story is legit..

Oh, your sig is priceless... gotta hand it to Axl at least he can make fun of himself :)
 :beer:

This story does seem true!

And if I was your friend I'd be so pissed off...

If it all happened after The Slim Shady Show, then that's not what they wanted made, cos The Slim Shady Show is dated 2001.

 :hihi: :rofl: :hihi: :rofl:

He is funny about punctuality, isn't he? ( Vancouver, Philly....) Ironic!!

^ Imagine, Axl goes out of his way to be on time for once and the other person shows up late.... :rofl: Tantrum!

Interesting first post...


Axl, is that you? :hihi:

bullshit

 :hihi:
...maybe your friend's magnetic field ( or aura?  ??? ) isn't compatible with Axl's  :hihi:  :rofl:

this story really made me laugh, and must be true  :yes:

At least Axl should have rejected him in person.

Yeah! That would be a better rejection.

God, these are the things that i'd get mad if theyd happen to me  :) I would've tried to run in the room and kill Axl.

Forget kinda...DEFINITELY a funny Axl story.  Thanks for the post ckniker.   8)
Up at 3 am on Christmas morning...maybe Axl's Santa?   :hihi:

I would have taken some money.

axl an those feelings again lol.

Oh no?? What was the RIR3 intro then??? I'm pretty sure it was a cartoon!! :yes: