Title: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: FunkyMonkey on November 04, 2008, 11:06:38 AM Slash praises Guns N' Roses album
4 November 2008 By Damian Jones Newsbeat reporter Slash has said he is pleased that Guns N' Roses' long awaited album is finally going to see the light of day. Chinese Democracy, which has been over a decade in the making, will be available in record stores on 24 November. The Velvet Revolver guitarist said: "I'm glad it's finally coming out after all this time. It's good to hear Axl's voice again. That's what's cool. "But I'm not in the band and I haven't had any input into the record." Asked whether there is any chance of the band getting back together in the future, he added: "You know what everybody asks the same question. But how the f*** would I know?" Their last record was the covers collection The Spaghetti Incident? which came out in 1993. New singer The ex-Guns N' Roses star said he was currently pressing on with finding a new singer for his current band after former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland quit earlier this year. "We're trying to find a singer for Velvet Revolver still," he said. "We've got a lot of really good ones but I don't know if we've found the guy yet but it's plodding along and I'm trying to get that together." Slash said he is also continuing work on his solo album and he has recorded a cover version of a piece by classical composer Rachmaninov for an upcoming tribute album to Gibson guitar maker Les Paul. He also confirmed that he has just finished recording a track with Cypress Hill. The guitarist added: "It was great, I love those guys. I've played with them a lot and we just did this one song on their new record and it's really cool." With the US elections set to get under way later, Slash said he hopes Barack Obama is the right man for the job. He added: "He hasn't answered all the questions but I'm hoping he's the right guy because (John) McCain gives me nightmares." http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7707000/7707868.stm Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: CheapJon on November 04, 2008, 02:32:32 PM "You know what everybody asks the same question. But how the f*** would I know?"
:rofl: yeah it's not his decision to make but funny answer :P and yeah he wasn't going to talk about eh :P sounds positive on the new frontman issue doesn't it? Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: Olorin on November 04, 2008, 03:41:44 PM They keep fucking asking and then reporting his responce, its quite straightforward.
It shows how much regard the interviewer had for the band by giving the title : "Slash praises Guns N' Roses album", going on to say, "Slash has said he is pleased that Guns N' Roses' long awaited album is finally going to see the light of day". But then asking "whether there is any chance of the band getting back together in the future"!! :rofl: Theres a bit of a mixed message there. Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: GNR4L on November 04, 2008, 04:39:36 PM I hope to god there will never be a reunion !
Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: CheapJon on November 04, 2008, 05:12:13 PM I hope to god there will never be a reunion ! there won't and there can't, GNR never disbanded i know what u mean though : ok: I agree, Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: LT4 on November 05, 2008, 01:44:34 AM
Quote there won't and there can't, GNR never disbandedQuote My friend your in denial. I'm not going to take part in this argument that has been brought up countless times but to say the band never broke up is not accurate. I must admit, the NEW band leaves me empty. The hired musicians are very good but the new sound that Axl is going for doesn?t suit me and that's fine he or the band owes me nothing. But I would like to hear Slashes guitar behind Axls' vocals again. But I swear I would die a happy man if I never heard that question asked again. I think Slashes response reflects similar feelings. The media needs to move on as much as the original band mates have. Doesn't sound good for VR though does it? I hope Slash has got his shit together for this solo album it could be so great and yet it could be so mediocre.....kind of like that Star Spangled Banner the other night. Sheesh he played every note without any embellishment? Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: Alfie Bones on November 05, 2008, 02:43:08 AM Quote there won't and there can't, GNR never disbandedQuote My friend your in denial. I'm not going to take part in this argument that has been brought up countless times but to say the band never broke up is not accurate. I must admit, the NEW band leaves me empty. The hired musicians are very good but the new sound that Axl is going for doesn?t suit me and that's fine he or the band owes me nothing. But I would like to hear Slashes guitar behind Axls' vocals again. But I swear I would die a happy man if I never heard that question asked again. I think Slashes response reflects similar feelings. The media needs to move on as much as the original band mates have. Doesn't sound good for VR though does it? I hope Slash has got his shit together for this solo album it could be so great and yet it could be so mediocre.....kind of like that Star Spangled Banner the other night. Sheesh he played every note without any embellishment? ...No, he's 100% right. The band never broke up. Some people quit, some people were fired, but there was always a band, and they were always replaced. Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: Jada on November 05, 2008, 12:20:01 PM I hope to god there will never be a reunion ! there won't and there can't, GNR never disbanded i know what u mean though : ok: I agree, I would probably cry happy tears for a week or two, but I'd be too scared to see what'd happen after the first few gigs or the first reunion album. I want to remember them the way they were in the early 1990s. :peace: Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: IzzyDutch on November 05, 2008, 01:57:05 PM ...No, he's 100% right. The band never broke up. Some people quit, some people were fired, but there was always a band, and they were always replaced. So if a man and woman are married, but the man is replaced by another man it's still the very same marriage? :P Title: Re: Slash Article BBC Newsbeat Post by: IKnowWhereIAM on November 05, 2008, 04:56:34 PM ...No, he's 100% right. The band never broke up. Some people quit, some people were fired, but there was always a band, and they were always replaced. So if a man and woman are married, but the man is replaced by another man it's still the very same marriage? :P |