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Stern just mentioned that on this new tour, a member of the Gn'R crew said that Axl has "a hyperbolic oxygen chamber" on tour with him, that he "needs to lay in for two hours before each show." 

By the way - he wasn't joking.  This was reported as something he seriously heard.

He had an oxygen tent, reportedly, backstage during the '02 tour.

Again, I say reportedly.....which isn't to say the report was correct.

Anyone hear if this was ever debunked?

He also used it during the UYI tour.

Thanks for the info. This was the first time I ever heard that. 

I say who cares - as long as he puts on a good show!

What benefits would an oxygen chamber give? (serious question)

I'm not sure about what benefits it gives scientifically, but I do know sportsmen use them all the time as part of rehab when recovering from injuries because it supposedly helps heal the injury faster. So there must be some physiological benefit to it but I can't think why Axl would need one tbh.

The chamber? ?Not sure...I' don't know what benefit the prolonged exposure has, in relation to a show. ?Maybe it helps with the same sort of stuff the tent would, only preemptively.

The tent?

Helps you get your breath back quicker. ?Helps you hold your breath longer, because your blood is more oxygen rich.

Helps you recover from running all over the stage a bit quicker, and keeps you from becoming fatigued for a longer period of time.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/cooman78/axl59.jpg)

I didn't know about that. Thanks for the info? : ok:

I had already seen this pic though

A.) Stern has alot of knucklheads that call up his show claiming alot of far-fetched "FOAF information" (Friend Of A Friend).

B.) Even if it's true, which it probably is, what's the big deal. Like the other poster said, alot of athletes use them, helps restore energy. He'll probably take a couple whiff's before headding back out for the encore. Then hopefully give one kick ass encore (Yeayyy Paradise City!!)


It's not like it's a tanning bed or anything. ?:smoking:

Why is everyone automatically going into a defensive mode here?  It does'nt sound like this was reported in a negative way or anything.

He used an oxygen tent in the UYI era, but in the 02 era he used a helium tent : ok:

Howard who?  ???
Oh yeah, didn't he invent O2 Machines? Hoo, Hoo, tell em' Robin.
RAMONE!!! AXL ROSE HAS AN O2 MACHINE AND THIS THREAD IS USELESS. RAMONE!!!!
Hoo. HOO.
OnA XM 202

that was fucking funny.. :rofl: I hope after hammerstein axl isn't bolting around like 2002, he gets winded easily trying to run and sing..

O and A are phonies.

OK....I know I'm not a mod, but.....

knowing what I know about how passionate people are about Stern AND O & A...

how about we nip this in the bud before the thread becomes ABOUT that, and take THAT discussion to the Jungle?

I think there's already a thread there on the subject...

Because, honestly, I don't wanna see another good thread locked because of a heated off topic discussion.

OK?

 : ok: :peace:

You are correct.  I'm sorry I participated in this at all.


-Danny


P.S.  Don and Mike rule.

I love it how in the picture he's got an oxygen mask on, and a cigarette and ashtray sitting on the table. ? :hihi:

Also - it was sort of said in a joking matter, but they didn't follow through on the topic after that. ?Stern was talking to a member of Live.

Axl nude in an oxygen tent because he belives it gives him sexual powers! :rofl: :rofl:


Yeah, Axl would use to get his breath back quicker. There's actually a rule in the NHL (and all hockey for that matter) no oxygen tanks allowed on the bench.

What ever the fuck axl has to do to  put on a awesome show!  The way he performs is crazy guy it is no suprise he has to use that.




Hatts

there's a video from MTV when GNR and metallica went on tour togather, and duff gives MTV a tour around the back stage, and when they pass by Axls room, he says no smooking allowed, because of o2 tanks.

P.S. o2 isnt good for your health. it makes you older.

Yea that is pretty funny.

Isn't oxygen good for you? Cripes, if I could sleep in an oxygen chamber, I would. I'm all for the Axl-on-his-own-planet thing, but in this case, it doesn't seem too weird. You ever see guys sucking in oxygen at football games? It's not that weird. It's a safe health tonic, as far as I can see. 

An oxygen tent is used for top sport stars to recover from injuries quicker although there is no scientific proof. The theory is that it tricks the body in creating more red blood cells which carry oxygen around the body. The fitter you are, the more red blood cells you have put very simply. Instead of suppying more oxygen into the air, the tent takes it away to push the body to create more cells to deal with the lack of oxygen. Altitude training is the more main stream way of increasing cell production quickly.

However I cant see how two hours in the tent will help Axl, unless its rigged up differently. You really need to be sleeping in it too get results!

The funny thing is that when Axl uses this he's cool and everybody's like what's the big deal, but when Micheal Jackson did the same thing everybody calls him a freek for using it ?:hihi:

Oh, I'm not saying it's weird, at all. ?It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest, given how much he runs around the stage.

My point wasn't that it was weird, or that I doubted it was true. ?It was that I didn't have any first hand knowledge and had only seen a couple of reports that it was true. ?I wasn't sure if anyone had heard differently, or if the reports had been proven untrue (as they often are in the GnR world).

So I asked...

Well, I don't think the oxygen chamber in his house was the ONLY reason people thought he was a freak.   :rofl:

But seriously, I think there is a difference between using one before a show or a tent during a show and sleeping in one very night (which was the rumor surrounding MJ).

I wouldn't worry about it. The guy is 44 and has been performing for years. He knows better than anyone what he needs on a night in night out basis to pull off a great show. It could be far worse, like... Axl running off stage and shooting heorin or sniffing lines to "recover" between songs...

I wouldnt be to surprised if a majority of Frontmen use this, especially the older ones. Tyler, Jagger etc.

I was always under the impression that most singers use Oxygen to helptheir vocals.  I don't think it's weird.  I think I saw a special on the NFL Network where Tiki Barber sleeps in one every night.

Yup, seen that exact same thing.

                Jerome Bettis needed one in the locker room from what I remember. He suffers from asthma and after long hard runs would go to the sidelines and hit oxygen due to it. If it was bad enough they had one back in the locker room from what an old Steeler fan told me.

axl actually breathed pure oxygen between the songs (and prior to the show...) i think : ok:


 :hihi:     i know someone........

Michael Jackson SLEPT in a coffin sized oxygen chamber.. Axl simply has an oxygen tank/tent (which is it, because the TENT is pretty wierd)

But you are right in a way, I think T.O. (Terrell Owens, football player) sleeps in one (coffin sized).

I think its pretty critical whether its a tank of oxygen (which would be totally logical) or a tent (which wouldnt help at all if its the sporting version!). I really hope its just a tank because it would be really uncool if he had a tent!

like darth vader !

I DO NOT !

he did have one on the UYI tour, Duff showed it to the camera on some documentary Ive seen from back then.

Speaking of Axl on Stern...I was just listening to an Axl/Sebastian Bach call-in to Howard Stern from maybe 89 or so, & it's soooo funny - Baz has not changed one iota.  I love it!  :peace:

Here's the GNR- Metallica special  where Duff refers to Axl's oxygen tank    it's on the 1st part  . I went ahead and put all 4 parts for you guys to see anyway.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=2lyTyzCgqN4&search=guns%20n%27%20roses     part 1


http://youtube.com/watch?v=aklEVO3Uur0&search=guns%20n%27%20roses     part2


http://youtube.com/watch?v=1BP4yvifB_g&search=guns%20n%27%20roses      part 3


http://youtube.com/watch?v=4v132Y7NV0g&search=guns%20n%27%20roses    part 4

I don 't think he has a oxygen chamber. I know he used the oxygen-mask during te UYI-tour because of al the running on stage.

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Well yeah I know that isn't the only reason people call him a freek? :hihi:



 :hihi: Talk about double standards

He wont because the stage is smaller, he will be like he was at HOB

Athletes who are not used to playing in higher altitudes, like Colorado, fatigue much quicker during games and often need oxygen from tanks.

Athletes heal faster from injuries when they spend time in oxygen chambers when rehabing.

So the more cleaner oxygen you are exposed to, the healthier you are.

The oxygen chambers also provide the purest oxygen possible.

Hmmmmm. Maybe someone played a rib on Axl and replaced his oxygen tanks with helium tanks during the '02 tour.... ;)




















J/k Before anyone goes apeshit on me, I didn't find much wrong with his voice at all and in some ways prefer it to his old voice. I wouldn't be flying from Chicago for a show in NYC if i didn't...

WHO GIVES A SHHHHHHHHHHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF HE TRAVELLED TO EACH SHOW AS WILLIE WONKA AND CAME TO SHOWS IN HOT AIR BALLOON WHO CARESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIKE HOWARD STERN HAS SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF HE LOOKS LIKE A BIG BIRD ON SPLENDA(I.E.COCAINE)

Probably his thousands of obsessice fans who like discussing every detail of his life....or his haters who like discussing every detail of his life....or the geenral public who feed off of "weird tidbits of info about celeberities" like this..or...

We're not obsessive - just like Axl's not reactionary...    :hihi: