Here Today... Gone To Hell!

So you can all read the after hours interview that Axl gave early the morning of Fri Dec 12th on both the mygnr and htgth sites.  The following are all questions that I had saved.  The first few questions were from mygnr and then Axl moved over to this site. 
This was also created so that people could follow and didn't ask the same questions.   I've deleted the first few lines so media doesn't try and twist everything around again.

mygnr:


If this is true. I have one question for you Axl. What is stopping the  fans from seeing you Slash, Duff, and Izzy back on stage together?

Dexter wrote:
U've been lied to and misled for such a long time that sorting through  all that here is virtually impossible. A lot will come out over time but  the truth has been out there for a long time as well but that doesn't  give you what you want so this dance just goes on and on.

thanks for playing Rocket Queen in Melbourne
The red bike was awesome

Dexter wrote:
I think it's in the Better vid. Not sure if we cut it.

 
Hey Dexter,
Just wanted to say I really appreciate the song ?Scraped??Awesome  work?.Also, while I was interning for President-Elect Obama, we all  found ?Madagascar? to be very inspirational on certain days?.Also,  seen you in Iowa in ?06 and you certainly didn?t look tardy?and in Ill in  02?I think you and the guys gave top performances?
I can?t believe you entered this particular jungle tonight?haha

Dexter wrote:
Obama! That's a big gig! I need some presidential press advisors  and speech writers!!
I'd like to thank everyone for their positive comments. They're very  appreciated.

Axl I would like to know why you avoid the press so much. I think it's  definitely hurting album sales, I mean, you haven't even done one  interview. I know for sure you'd be able to get a few magazine covers.  So why don't you? Why be such a hermit/recluse?

Dexter wrote:
That's ur opinion and it very well could be true.
What I have to say a lot of people have no desire to hear.
With our team we were able to negotiate thru a mountain of issues to  be able to release the album. Within' those negotiations I believed I  had secured agreements, commitments and assurances that would  have allowed a promotional strategy to be implemented that  obviously I've had a fair amount of time to consider. Unfortunately  those things never happened and once the record was closer to  release the biz went about things in their standard business as usual  mode.

axl, why did you change "the bues" to "street of dreams"??

Dexter wrote:
The Blues was my first working title and I was never comfortable with it  in the sense that I felt that should be used with a bluesier based song.  And here in Hollywood with the walk of fame etc I had always seen  that imagery in my head when I think of it. I also like the idea of the  song having in affect two titles.

Axl, have you been in contact with steven adler at all? Not as far as  playing with him or anything, just to like lend him support?

Dexter wrote:
I do wish Steven the best and in my heart hope that he finds some  peace and security. As far as direct contact no. It unfortunately gets  too messy too quick. In Steven's mind I'm the one who holds the keys  and power over his happiness so I'm the bad guy pretty quickly.

A video for "Better" was mentioned. Any ideas for a date of release,  and/or in what capacities it will be released? What style of video is  planned - live footage, some more dramatic theme? Great song. Can't  wait to see what you guys have created for a visual.

Dexter wrote:
Soon is the word as in a week or so.

Hey Axl,
Is Mickey going to pay you back for letting them use SCOM in the  Wrestler by starring in a new Guns video?

Dexter wrote:
Actually Mickey agreed to play The Shackler if we were to make a vid  for it.

I keep asking questions (like everybody else, I suppose) and feel  stupid for asking so many, but I am also curious as to your  relationship with Mickey Rourke. He's one of my favourite actors, and  I saw an interview with him recently where he said you were kind  enough to give him songs for The Wrestler. My question is: how long  do you and Mickey go back, and do you have any interesting stories  from "back in the day"? You guys strike me as being pretty similar in a  lot of ways (I mean as far as personalities and what you've been  through in your lives) and it's cool for me to see two of my pop culture  "heroes," for lack of better description, being friends, and also making  similarly timed "comebacks." (Or whatever you want to call it.)

Dexter wrote:
Mickey and I haven't really hung much but have a lot of mutual friends  over the years. He's always been massively supportive. I've always  been a big fan of his as well. It's probably better for both of us we  didn't hang directly back in the day!!

Dexter wrote:
Havin' a bit of trouble posting replies. Interrupted connection and all  that.

Here's some answers.

Into Sorry musically most rt now.

Estranged and Civil War probably somewhere.

I probably just fucked the song up, wish it had deeper meaning.

Axl on performing late and being late to gigs?

I've been an after midnight type since I was sneakin' out of my house in Jr. High. With old Guns we preferred 12am or so. When we moved to theaters etc obviously that changes but it's never changed inside me. Doesn't matter what I do so generally that's when I'm more myself. This isn't to mess with anyone that has an early schedule to keep it's just personal preference.

And in regard to the size venues I'm on record as preferring what ever venues allow for our schedule but management and promoters can do a lot in their own interests behind the scenes that can rarely be avoided and their greed or whatever leads to a lot of double talk and ugly behind nonsense that generally eventually ruins things for everyone. Translated once a tour is scheduled however it's like parting the seas to change.

As far as being late, I've been that way my whole life. It drove Izzy crazy but he would check himself and freely admit I was generally actually doing something that had to get done rather than watching basketball etc.
 
Regarding multiple albums...

For now we'll concentrate and keep our focus on this album but I will say I've always thought of it as a double.
And no offence but no one's trying to talk in parables. The issues are a bit more complex than anyone would like.

Hey Axl, is the song Atlas Shrugged as epic as the book? Who is your favorite character from the book?

Song doesn't have all that much to do with the book other than trying to do what you believe in and a line about shoulders not being wide enough.

Axl was their ever a cover B and cover C for chinese democracy?

Yes there are. There are 2 more covers/bk cover combos and the real booklet that is all artwork that will be out shortly in some form. It's been an ugly battle that hasn't made any sense to anyone and whether anyone cares about such things the booklet or artwork has always been something I've been passionate about and to release the album with unapproved and unseen final artwork with a !st work only error filled draft when others more recent were readily available still has not been explained but is finally getting cleared up. My fave is the How Are You Grenade cover.

Axl how do you feel about Kanye outselling Chinese Democracy? Do you like Kanye's music?

I met Kanye at the Versace awards. He was very gracious. I love Gold Digger and told him so. I'm a big fan of his stage performance as he seems to go for it physically which I relate more to. B4 r release I sent him a msg that any nonsense from the media had nothing to do with us and wished him the best. I'm humbled we've done as well as we have considering.

Axl do you control the weather or is that solely Oprah?

Oprah


htgh:


Jarmo, do you know the reason behind the name Dexter? Is he a fan of the show (on Showtime)? Just curious...No need to reply if the reason is deemed private/personal.
could be because of the guy from The Offspring, too... but I'd rather it be the TV show. 

The show and my cat named after the show, she's a methodical killer.

Hi Axl, how's it going?
Just wanted to ask if you had any fond memories from the UK leg of the tour from 2006, particularly the concert in Glasgow in July?

Glasgow was great. I think that's where I got to do a lot of slides on the stage. Was like a race track or something rt?

Axl, thanks for Chinese Democracy which i personally think is your best work.
what's your pick for album of the year?
and have you heard the new MetallicA album?

Ours of course!!
Yes, I like it.


Axl will you tour Australia next year, and when are you looking at doing so?
If you could work with buckethead again, would you have him just in studio, or also would you welcome him in the touring lineup?

Austrailia's great and the crowds are really alive. No plans yet but I'm sure there will be.

I have no issues with Bucket. It's hard to tell what was real or not in things we were told by Merck. He's more than welcome to tour with us in some form or other provided we're both interested at the time and come to some type of reasonable terms. Personally I have a blast w/Bucket on tour and get a big kick out of the guy. A lot of feelings were hurt on this side of the fence in how things went down and unfortunately others used our silence and the public's not knowing for their own purposes at both Bucket's and our expense.


Now that you said that please tell us if Robin's out or not... because, otherwise, we'll be reading several 'Axl wants Bucket back and Robin/Bumble/Richard out' type of threads for the entire '09 year and these threads annoy us, the new lineup fans.

It really is what it is. No decisions have been made by either him, I or us that I'm aware of.

When we're touring or working in the studio or there's social things like a friend's dinner or party whatever we would hang. But as people get older they have their own lives. The Stones aren't going bowling every Tuesday etc.

Robin leads one of the most different lives I know of starting with the trapeze in his backyard to the tv in his closet. Robin's work on the next is done so there's not lots for him to do here except the elusive promo and he'd rather be on stage.

It's more about seeing where things are when Guns decides it's right for a tour and if we're able to make agreements we both are comfortable and can live with at that time.


As a native Colombian I must ask:
In 1992, while performing November Rain in Bogota (in November), it rained.
Wait no....it poured.
How weird was that, eh?

Very surreal and religious feeling. So was being chased by the military in our plane down the runway gettin' outta Dodge there!!


Hi axl!
just wondering what stops you from playing more guitar live?

skill


Hey Axl,
Are you checking your PM's???

Not rt now. It's a bit slow getting around on here rt now.
Let's talk about Catcher!!
Who's 1st?


Axl/Dexter, I'm fixing to pack everyhting I own into my car and drive out to L.A. from Arkansas to give a career in music a shot. Any advice? Or should I just shit in my pants, dive in and swim?

Follow your heart, don't sell out and read every book on the biz u can find.


Catcher is one of the best songs on the album, why no Brian?

There's a few reasons and none of them all that big and definitely not in spite or to slight anyone.

1st off obviously I knew people liked the song but the Brian appreciation really only showed up in force publicly after we had moved on in Guns. In fact Not many seemed to care and most comments were aimed at why Slash in their opinions should be here.

Brians solo itself is a personal fave of mine and I really couldn't understand as he's such a rock legend why it wasn't openly appreciated more at the time.

In actuality all that feel and emotion referred to now had a lot to do with Sean and I and the parts I chose out of Brian's different runs, versions, practice runs etc to make sure we had those elements in one version. It's entirely constructed from edits based around one specific note Brian hit in a throw away take. And though Brian seems to have warmed a bit to it at least publicly he was unfortunately none to pleased at the time with our handiwork.

I remember looking at Brian standing to my left and him staring at the big studio speakers a bit aghast saying "But that's not what I played."

Sean Beavan and I were not in any way tring to mess with Brian we just did what we do and then try and do our best to stand up for our decisions.

Axl are you still thinking of suing Dr Peppers ass?

Sure but the actions taken so far had nothing to do with me and I was taken off guard as I had specifically told our team who fucking cares rt now we have a record to deal with.

My feelings are after their public response. It was cute.

Maybe the guy who got it rolling originally meant well but it turned out sour and maybe it's just me but he seems like maybe he wants a bit too much attention so...


I'm sorry for posting this again! It's just..I don't get this chance everyday!
Ever still think about working with Jeff Lynne I think you two would be fuckin awesome together.
Would you ever give an unkown band a chance to open for you guys?
How do you feel about Double Fantasy? I could see u covering watching the wheels
Have you seen the movie The Aviator any thoughts it is my favorite of all time.

Not presently but he's a true hero of mine.
Absolutely. I think we have or at least relatively but I could be mistaken
Big Lennon fan.
I piss in jars all the time only I throw them at people!! j/k


when are the online shop opening?

I haven't been involved much in any of our merch and the reasons are it's been a mess legally for years. Unbeknownst to most of you I was recently sued again by Duff and Slash for some murky Merckiness that I was unaware and not involved in. Fortunately that was resolved but it got ugly and took a while going into arbitration.

Merck shifted our merch from some of our newer styles to incorporating more of the old with some scam that actually and surprisingly lost sales in comparison but that's old news.

What I look forward to is incorporating the new artwork into our merch and getting some for myself. I think u'll like a lot of it. My vote's for the How Are You grenade and the Sorry automatic rifle artwork on shirts etc.

 
DEXTER/AXL,
How do you feel about artists covering your songs ?

Depends but in general it's great.


Hey Axl , whats your favourite song from either Chinese Democracy, or from an unreleased album?

The bridge in "Elvis Presley and the Monster of Soul aka The Soul Monster (working title Leave Me Alone)" which will no doubt end up "Soul Monster".

I think it's r most Black Sabbath moment. Sang it on a Christmas eve. Imo the meanest section of anything I've sung to date. Which having said that I'm sure when it's heard others may disagree but we felt it was a Christmas card of unadulterated venom so to speak. I felt a lot better afterward.


Axl, how is your relationship with the former members/friends of GNR???

Not sure I understand the question.


Axl, do you know of any steak house in the Los Angeles area better than The Cut?

Haven't been but I hear it's great. Maestros T.O. is pretty good.

Someone give me a list of all the alleged song titles at once and I'll tell what's real or not. Most from the past like cockroach soup or eulogy aren't.


Atlas Shrugged
No Love Remains
Take That
When Love Collides (I believe that was the name)

only Atlas


I know this is jumping the gun big time, but any tentative idea when you would like to see the next CD come out?


No, maybe same bat time, same bat channel next year but we'll have to see.


Hey Axl,
Is there anything in the past that you have now looked back on and thought maybe I culd have handled that differently, also what are your ongoing hopes for GnR in the future?
I have cyclothemia and sometimes get this feeling that I cant be around people and need my own space and area, how do you find the bipolar effect you, if you dont mind me asking that is?
thanks again for doing this.

Alex


Of course but in the world of sports and litigation....

I've not been diagnosed as being bipolar though many misconstrue statements I made earlier as alluding to such and unfortunately there's been an abundance of misguided or unqualified speculation of various events but I definitely can relate to needing my own space.

In my world all bi polar means (and not to offend or make light of those suffering from a genuine condition or involved with those who are) is that someone can try to take cheap uneducated shots or try to claim I'm bipolar thus justifying why they should get paid a financial settlement for whatever nonsense they're up to. Fortunately that hasn't proved successful.


Axl,
- What is your honest opinion on why the old lineup disintegrated ?
- What is your honest opinion on why it took so long for CD to come out ?
I think that's what most people want to know but dare not ask ...

2 great but complicated questions and I agree that people would like to know at least my take on things.

Not avoiding them here but they deserve more than I can give as we've been at this a little while. But I'm attempting to speak out on several issues these being a major focus over the coming weeks and months. What I can say now is u've been told a lot of things in order for others to promote themselves that factually they cannot backup in regard to either. They are complicated legally, financially and have devoured a good portion of my life.

The record Chinese u may have is nothing short of a miracle in almost each and every way that either it or I exist imo under the bizarre and ugly conditions of the last over 15yrs.

Thanks everyone and thanks for all the support and the positive comments both 2nite and over the years. I hope to do this again soon, maybe sooner than u'd think! And u didn't scare me off I'm just burnt and would rather not mispeak on issues that may mean a lot to some.

Thanks again.

Peace,

Axl-

And Checkmate is a bogus title.
















The working title is Jackie Chan.

is This  REAL??????

Yes it is!

Hi Axl,

Two questions:

1. Is Catcher in the Rye about Lennon/Chapman and as an outside chance Kurt Cobain (took our innocence behind our stares?)

We've had epic discussions about this song.


2. Also, Russian Intrigue, German Warfare are these real titles of albums?

Connected to CD?

Nice! Hey Axl are u guys comin' to Helsinki on the next Round?

thanks Axl

HAHAHAHAHAH

Axl?s the man!!!!  :peace:

Man I love that guys sense of humor!

hes so fucking funny
he has a great sense of humour,
and even jokes about himself
what a class act

I just a comment, I think I'm missing, but how it was confirmed that is Axl?

Thank you Axl. To have you come out and be so cool and forthcoming is awesome. Some people have such a negative attitude about you, and the truth to me was always that you're a person just like anyone else and that you don't hate the fans like many make it out to be.

Some fans act and say things that make it sound like they hate your guts  :no: and I just wanted to say thanks so much for showing some interest in us anyways. Good luck on your next album/tour, and thank you so much for Chinese Democracy. Loved you guys at Inland Invasion and at the Gibson Amphitheater

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D You're the best!!!

Holy fucking shit!   :D

So what really happened last night?

Was this going on just here at htgth or did he drop by mygnr.com as well?

Are these three part from this site only?

Fuckin' awesome! :beer:

I saw these same questions at mygnr  so it looks likes a collection from both sites. : ok:

great thanks axl we needed to know you are still there!!!
hope to meet you sometime somewhere soon!!
Hope you also work with Izzy in some song very soon!! and we want to hear Atlas, monster soul and The general!!

WOW that was simply amazing!

I missed it by just a few minutes because I was banned from mygnr.com for standing up for jarmo and Fernando :crying:
I feel like killing myself :(

Right now I hate living in Norway. I hate the time difference...

Can't believe i slept through all this :-[

Great questions everyone!
Axl, thank you so much! Have to say I had started to doubt that you cared about any of us "diehard" fans.
Really, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Ps. ask bumble if he still has my cross, gave it to him in norway during paradise in '06 ;)

 :love: : ok: :beer:

Thanks Axl for all these answers!  It's so nice to read your posts!


Josee

Thanks for the transcription.

Thanks Axl, very good sense of humour, and the last phrases are great.

My favourite parts were these:




 :rofl:

yeah...love Axl!

Haha, I like that. No use trying to argue with children on the internet. "You're a cunt, next question."

I just saw, in 2006 i got a PM in mygnr from someone named "Axl owns Dexter", asking for the IRS clip. You think it could've been him?

I know AOD from another forum. It's not Axl, but he's a loyal fan.

Damn :D

What's that suggesting? I don't really understand...? Late next year @ Best buy again?

Well, in our part of the world, it happened in the morning. But maybe you overslept...  :hihi:

Cool. I just have to say again, I listened to CD again last night, and damn. To me it sounds like Axl really opened up more on that album than he ever has on any of his previous work. It just seems so emotional and real.  I think it's awesome he'd answer questions from fans. Just goes to show we may think we know what's going on, but we really don't.
 
Anyway, it's awesome to see this and here from the man himself!

All I can say is ...  Fuckin' WOW!  Oh, and I wish I stayed up later last night! 

I've said a few (sort of) negative things regarding Axl/GN'R in the last few weeks.  This is more than we could have asked for.  So much better than a RS interview or a TV appearance.  I'll go on the record as saying any negative things I may have said were wrong, and I'm sorry!

Again ... WOW!!!  :peace:

Axls long gone, but i thought you guys would like all the questions that were answered written down in a couple different threads so it would be simple to read.  And you could also discuss on different parts of the interview.

oh my god!
wish I had been online!  bt how amazing to read this. 

thank you so much Axl -  you fkn rock  :beer:

cool, thanks Axl and everyone involved in getting those answers to us!

WOW still in shock that Axl was on this board !  :)

I saw something about this may happen again, and sooner than we think.  Very gracious and thankful for this, but any chance the next one might have any advance notice?  I would love to watch it unfold live, but unfortunately I can only stay up this late if I know there's a compelling reason.

holy shit!  i went to bed too early and missed the htgth q & a!  great stuff!   way to go axl!  keep it up!

ok i missed all of this....

this was confirmed that we were hearing from the man himself?

just seems too outrageous haha

great morning.... : ok: : ok:

damn! great interview, this is kind of surreal, who would ever thought that axl will be giving an interview in the boards??
Axl's the best

              I told my mom and she was suprised...I gotta call my friends and tell them....Axl Rose was on a message board...answering questions. Still a WTF thing . I'm a comic book fan so seeing Rose made me tell comics fans , this would be like Alan Moore showing up and taking questions under a handle . You just never picture it happening.

Thank you Axl :beer:, very cool of him to do that!!  I don't know many artists that would take time out like that to talk to their hardcore fans...I love this board...

What a night  :smoking:

                 I feel like such a moroon . I mean the best question I get thru is people covering his music. I'm happy he answered it bit damn if I'm not wanting to punch myself. I wish he had answered the "Catcher in the Rye" demo question. I always loved the slow fading of the song that doesn't end.

It was awesome!  I'm still about half in shock.

I am so thankful a good, good friend of mine on the board txt'ed me in the middle of the night to wake me up for it.

That is pretty cool of him (assuming that is him and not Qui-Gon).

It's not unheard of in the comics world - Neil Gaiman's always answering fan questions.

Very cool.  Shame I missed all the excitement.   :'(

Wow. Just wow. I can't believe something like this happened :beer:
Thanks.

i don't want bitch all the time and i know i often do....so
just a "little" sign of life and i become a fanboy again..... ::)
and i am fucking proud of it.


That's all we need to let this album go through the roof : a little Axl & the band here and there and in video
That BETTER, BETTER woohahhh 

HAHA You're welcome. I was hoping I didn't wake u and u get pissed at me. But I said Fuck it. Its Axl! haha!


There were some more questions other than the ones posted over on MyGnr.

I know I asked about Estranged being played live on the next tour and he said Estranged and Civil War somewhere.

Axl answering questions on the boards.....wow! :o  I don't think anyone can say he doesn't give a shit about the fans.

"Everybody's acting like we can say anything on these boards and it don't matter what we say.  Maybe we gotta be extra careful, cause maybe it matters more than we even know."

that was very kool of axl.thanks '

agreed it just proves how commited he is to his fans i just hope some bastard from the MEDIA dosnt try 2 get a story on this stuff and ruin it 4 us all
And Axl Thanks For The Great Posts

Woow cant believe this. :o

Thank you Axl. Great read. :drool:

Too bad even he tries to to this in a "secretively" manner, someone in the media will definitely take advantage of this.

What was really nice, and necessary, that he cleared up the messed up "artwork"(which some people said was awesome) and the "monumental" campaign.

Anyhow, I personally think this is ten times better then doing interviews to RS etc.

btw. I feel sorry for Dexter's PM inbox.

WOW that was simply awesome, thanks for the thoughts & for sure we don`t have a real clue in the story behind the making of this GREAT ALBUM : ok: So looking forward to finally hearing the truth & the stories that will finally put it to rest :yes: :beer:

me for example...

lol. i haven't checked the boards in like 4 days and this is what i miss??? lol. amazing.

it's good to hear directly from him. i think Axl's aura is mysterious... that makes him Axl. But i know it must've been out of his comfort zone to talk to fans directly. it's nice to know... really NICE to know he cares about what FANS are saying. not fucking critics.

if you read this... thanks Axl.

it's nice to hear from you... and I speak for MANY gunners when I say... We LOVE hearing from you.

can't wait for the new covers... give me more versions of CD... i'll buy em.

If Better (the video) is released... than we could see CD climp up again.

This album deserves monumental advertising/campaigning... because it's a fucking monumental record in every sense of the word.

Just hope MTV pulls their heads out of the ass and start playing MUSIC again.

... btw... i can't believe Slash and Duff are upto their old tricks again. It's shit like this that delayed the whole thing in the first place.  

axl u rock   !
it's def axl no doubts about it.if you had your doubts anywayz '

that was awesome and certainly read like Axl. Just curious as to how you go about confirming that it truly is Axl?? ???


ps sorry if this was already answered but I didn't have time to look through thread past the interview!!!!

I think its funny how the press always tries to portray Axl one way, but when you see him with something like this or the Trunk show when his real personality shines through, he's funny and down to earth.  : ok:

Anyway, thanks for putting them all in on topic, Jarmo!

Fuck the press, Axl chose the fans 8)

yep! The rickroll banter made me laugh out loud  :)


Thanks from me too!

you know how you know it's axl.you ask beta  '
and that is what i did.cause ive been fooled long ago with fake axl's.now i go right to the source and find out.and man am i glad for that.it is axl afterall.my true hero by doing this interview.so kool. :beer:party - on - axl '

On the official website now.

http://web.gunsnroses.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081212&content_id=a1&vkey=news&fext=.jsp

Awesome, can't believe he did this! Proves he is actually a cool guy! Rock on Axl and thanks for CD!

               Ahhh my only complaint was my lame question. Its like asking the Pope if he likes all those impressions of him on TV or some dumb lame crap. Grrrrr.... glad he answered it. But I wish the question on "Catcher in the Rye" was answered.

thanks one more time. if i were axl i wouldnt have even replied to those first few questions by some foolish guy.

Awesome, so glad Axl talked to the fans.

One cool dude... : ok:

Now, can you please all stop bitching about Kanye, the Killers etc like its some damn blood feud?!  ;D
All the personal attacks on these other act from some of you and the desire to crush them was ludicrous/childish.


Best question of the night!!!

                                         Yeah....I love the Killers. Good pop/rock that has a groove to it. And didn't Axl give the Killers a rub by coming out on MTV Music Awards in 2006 introducing them ? And that was a 1st. Axl wouldn't do that for just any band unless he liked them I'm sure. Plus how cool would a 2009 tour of "The Killers"  & Guns n Roses"  be ?

I think its cool that Axl took his time to come out and do this. Alot of the answers(Robin, Bucket, Old Band, Promotion, Merck) were tyical non descript, say lot without saying anything at all. It does make me look forward to Soul Monster though! I woulda liked to have seen more ?s about the album, songwriting, time frames..PHILLY!!!

Here is a few ?s I woulda liked to Ask, if he did this again.

Axl, Alot of the songs on CD where played either for RS or live over 7-10 years ago. When was this album(CD), pretty much done? and can you describe for us, a typical day in the life of GNR, in the 2000s, recording process and whatnot.

Axl, which member of the new band, do you seem to connect with, sonwriting wise, the best?

Axl, since the Illusion era, and the grunge/alt rock of the 90s, these following bands have emerged as some of my favorites. The White Stripes(and all Jack Whites work), Kings Of Leon, and Wilco. Do you like any of these bands, and would you like to comment on what has caught your ear in the last 10-15 years or so.

Axl, has there ever been an idea kicked around of you and Izzy recording together, even if it is not under the GNR name? Something like Axl, Izzy and there ____ band? Woud there be a door for that open in the future?

First of all, thank you Axl for answering all these questions.

It would be impossible for me to be online at the time with my new business but I had a couple of questions about Catcher In The Rye as it is quickly becoming my favorite song from the new record (after my obsession with This I Love)...

Both of them are a bit strange and may sound stupid to some, plus they won't be answered by Axl (as this "interview" is long gone) but what the fuck...

1) Many people consider number 7 to be a lucky number (including me). Is this a good reason why Catcher is on number 7, or was it just random placement?

2) "How a body took a body and gave that boy a gun". Sorry for my english, but if anyone could explain to me what this means, I would be gratefull...


GN'R = Sometimes the only thing we counted on when noone else was there...  ;)

This was REALLY fucking cool of Axl to do for us. We got to ask what we really wanted to know about, not some boring, half-baked questions from an MTV reporter, or Leno. Makes me proud to be a fan.

Thats the poem that  influenced J. D. Salinger to reference in the book. Its a very old poem from the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns. The references in the book Holden Caulfield makes to "coming through the rye" are based on that original Scottish poem.

Its not written in English, but true Scottish dialect - "a body"  means a person, "anybody" - but specifically implying somebody. Its confusing to people who dont understand Scottish language, I understand people can have difficulty understanding the different uses of english phrases and words. Throw in ancient Scottish dialects of English its impossible for non English speaking nationalities to grasp.

Basically the line Axl uses "How a body took a body"  relates to  Holden Caulfield referring to the old rhyme throughout the book.

The language "how a body took a body" originates in the Scottish poem I posted a few weeks ago.

Think "a body" as a soul, or human being.

The reference to the gun I assume has a direct connection with Mark Chapman.

Damn, I'm sorry I missed this too!  That transcript was a great read, tho.  I'm really glad he addressed the booklet issue.  That has bugged me - not necessarily because it's fucked up, but because putting out a product like that didn't sound like something Axl would allow.  Call me a sucker, but I'll be buying CD again if/when the booklet is fixed to what Axl wants it to be!

I agree with those of you who've said that was much better than a TV appearance on a lame talk show or an interview with some dude who doesn't know shit about the last 15 years!

Thanks Axl.



Jack!

Thanks a lot for pointing that out!

As someone with a pretty deep interest in poetry and literature, that makes me love Catcher just a bit more than before.  : ok:

Axl actually said "lets talk about Catcher"...would have liked to have heard what he has to say...looking forward to another opportunity!

I don't know if this was planned this way, but either way it was a genius play: not only THE MAN comes here to the foruns to speak to the fans (and breaking his silence directly with us), but it generates such a stir that every music website re-post what he has said.
Is almost as he gave an interview in wich he controlled (sort of) what he wanted to say, made us extremely happy, shared personal information and interesting information and also made the headlines of the music bizz.

Thanks Axl! And thanks to Jarmo and Co. and to the crew over mygnr for this. 2008 has proven to be the best year of this century so far!

And now back to listen Catcher in repeat.

:: vicente ::

It was a "canny" use of language from Axl (sorry I'm lapsing into Scottish dialect again  ;))

i think it was pretty cool how he argue with the first guy, he didnt ignore him, he stood there and answer him. cool : ok:

Oh yeah, 1 more question for you next time Axl

Since your famous, can you set me up with Jamie Lynn Sigler(Meadow from Sopranos)?

it was cool for axl to post on both sites, cool thing to do.
 :peace:


 

Thank you to damnthehaters for putting this all together! 

It was in this thread that I read the whole start of this thing, for the first time.  Unfuckingbelievable. I can't believe anyone would try to do a "go-round" with Axl, himself!  Jarmo, maybe, but....(only kidding). 

Great read!       

What a very special night it was on HTGTH, I wish I would have been a part of the questioning but the questions were great! It's good to hear from Axl and his side of things, life, the music...

thank you Axl :peace:

Happy Holidays and Cheers Mate!

This is my favourite part of it all...  I can't believe it all actually went down.

Amazing! it's so cool to see him actually talk directly to us for his first interview after CD. I think we all can be happy now!  :yes:

When i first heard bout this i thought no Fuckin way i still cant beleve it thanks Axl for the great interview and keep up  writing the great songs

Wow!! Holiday festivities got in the way of this special time, I would like to thank everyone involved in this, and a big huge thank you to Axl for your time, it obviously meant alot to so many of us, you are my personal musical genious, I love and respect you, take care and Happy holidays to you and the band.

msaxl43

http://celebrity.aol.co.uk/2008/12/16/axl-rose-in-internet-rant/

AOL homepage music section has this article makin it look like Axl went on the forums jus to bitch at fans.

 i added my comment at the bottom of the article under MARK

WOW THAT IS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!

I love how the media just makes Axl look like an asshole no matter what he does. This is so totally outta context its not even funny!

i think a few more of us should leave a comment at the bottom of the article

i just did.

and the media just love the attention they get from us by doing so.
no it's never funny.

Well, I guess if anyone questioned WHY Axl stays quiet, and why BBF, et al, are so leary of speaking...it is obviously because these media a-holes will twist whatever is said, without regard for any semblance of context or even truth, to something negative that fits their jaded opinion.  I hope this does not affect this very exciting, and refreshing, open communication between Axl and the fans...it would be a shame to let these shit sprinklers rain on that parade...of course Axl did say you need an umbrella to be in the band!  : ok:

Ten years since this great interview with Axl on the message boards!

Yes....time goes by

Wow, do I *not* miss these days.

I sort of do miss them!

Looking back, following all the ups and downs, it was an interesting (but frustrating) time. It felt like things were happening, and that things were developing in a way that was pretty fascinating to follow and be a part of.

Maybe it's just me, but I loved those days. I'm not sure how different it is now, other than that we perhaps know even less about what's going on!

Same here. It was 2008. We got an album! And Axl was on the forums merrily chatting with us and teasing more releases. Things were looking up.

It felt like following a losing and totally inept team.  One that was 9 years into their 5 year rebuilding plan.

The past few years, I feel like I'm looking at a professional operation.  Not the amateur hour clusterfuck we tired to put a good shine on for over 10 years.

OK, and maybe that's what you thought *that night*.

But take the 5 years after that night.  Good times?  Not really.

If these chats were the first step in seeming to give a shit about something you worked so hard on, OK, yeah.  But things didn't exactly pan out that way, did they?

I am still bummed I missed these chats as they were happening.  I don't remember why I missed them.  I was so excited for the next one  :rofl:

It's undoubtedly more professional now....but I still have a soft spot for all those years!

I must admit I saw this post headline and got excited. Then realized this was from the past. Ha! Good times.