Here Today... Gone To Hell!

An open forum interview with Axl straight to the people who care. Not filtered through the distorted channels of journalists out to make a name for themselves or to settle a score.

The most brilliant PR move I have seen since since Elvis's gold suit.

Thank you, Axl!

By the way, feel free to delete this thread if it is deemed a waste of space...I just wanted to say what I said without cluttering up the actual "interview" topic...

Good day/night to be a GN'R fan, though.

I hope this doesn't get deleted either. I was thinking of a "Thank You" thread of sorts myself.

Awesome move Axl. Thanks and I hope you can do it again soon.

"Soul Monster"??  :beer:

Boy do i feel bad for people who missed it

I'm Sorry for them, not Sorry for me!  ;D

HAHA!

They didn't want to do eet

You're not kidding. I still can't fucking believe it. Surreal... But man that was great!  :beer:

Imagine being a long time vet on here, logging on today and seeing THIS! :hihi: :hihi:

GNR community on suicide watch

Haha! I couldn't imagine! I would be pulling out my hair...Man am I glad I stayed up tonight!

It was great of Axl to give that time to the fans and to answer the questions so candidly. Not much else to say but thanks! Hope he does it again sometime.

There's a reason why i idolize this person. It's because of things like this. He just does whatever he wants and what nobody expects. Axl is my God. I fucking love you. Thank you for everything you've given me in my last 17 years of my life. Thank you Axl

You exactly wrote what I would say. This whole issue feels just unreal and amazing. Kudos to Axl! What a great day to be a Guns N' Roses fan!!!

I have to agree, that was just fuckin' awesome!!
Thank you Axl, for this amazing record called Chinese Democracy and for the great concert in Prague (2006, first row, with Izzy!)!
I hope you will get back to Germany soon (maybe one of the big summer festivals?), we miss you all!

I asked Axl some good questions
eg "soul monster is axls favourite song when I asked him"

and I asked him some dumb questions about shaq,
oh well , overall I had a fucking fanstastic night, and im glad everyone else did here aswell

nice work Axl,.. um.. i mean dexter (I wont tell anyone)

I was one of them. Perhaps that's why I couldn't sleep last night!

I got a call about this at 3 am.  Damn job!!!!  If I didn't have to be at work today, I would have gotten RIGHT up and joined in  :hihi:

Ahh well, at least I can still read up on it ;D

I agree it was really wonderful for Axl to do this.  Too bad I missed it, but at least I can still read it.  I know a lot of us have just wanted to hear (figuratively) him speak about CD in his own words.

it was really cool to see.  hopefully axl will pay us a visit at this forum too!  that would be the only thing that could make this even cooler!

Complete luck on my part...expected a busy day but thought I'd just check up and there he was!

Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in!
I was getting bored of talking about nothing but now I am addicted again - like a junkie who had just a little taste, I'm jonesing for more!

I agree it was a amazing move by Axl. It finally goes to prove he does care about all of us.

damn axl! i was in school :crying: :hihi:

I never post here, anyway, but of course I was at a house without an internet connection. ::) My luck this month has been utter crap.

Still, that is fucking badass, and I'm glad I do get to read it. Absolutely amazing. Thanks, Axl! : ok:

For all these years it's seemed that Axl is the hardest person to get close to, to simply meet or ask a question. By all means this guy has the right to his privacy, but to do this really shows what a normal person he really is.

Axl has always been normal..........its the media that says otherwise

I'm lost.  What is everyone talking about?

i 2 was lost until i caught up with it all  :peace: :peace:

I completely agree, I'm saying "seems" normal from an outsiders perspective. It's easy to paint a picture of someone you don't know from what everyone says, until you meet the person (which is kind of what happened last night). This is a normal trait of any human to have.

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=55286.0 (http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=55286.0)

I just read the whole transcript...thanks to whoever collated the document...

Thanks to Mr Rose....at the end of the day man....this is all we wanted...i'm glad it finally happened...

on a side note, that poster at MYGNR who sparked the whole fiasco with Fernando insults is a real fucking idiot....i understand negative comments and a healthy debate, but he really went overboard at times with his shit....and the argument wasn't that good either...

on the other hand, i'm kind of glad he did, as that did get Axl in front of his PC and ready to bash this out....so, to the rude cunt...uhm....thanks, i suppose....

Im sure u know by now but he WAS on here!

Yep... that would be me. Just got off of work and saw this shit...

Although I did miss it, those wounds were healed by reading it.

Good fucking read btw.

This was such a killer thing to happen... I love it!  cheers to whatever motivated it and here's to the next one!!! hope i catch it!

Yeah I missed it as well, but it's great to read his responses esp. when he got rick rolled.  :rofl: I would've asked him some of the same questions that got answered. Thanks so much Axl for taking the time for this Q&A, it is definitely appreciated. 

It was an extremely cool thing to be a part of. Too bad I didn't get to bed until 7 AM and had to get up at 9. Ahhh sleeps for pussies anyway.

it was awesome, hopefully axl will return one day  : ok:

It was great watching fan's answer questions, My only question I had is the Better video/ Robin situation.  That's all I needed Axl is the man !

ps which were already answered.

Classy move by Axl.

prairieboy,

Yeah, well, I'm one of 'em.   

You know, the guy rarely if ever gives interviews.  Maybe he just feels burned from past experiences - who knows why.  There's been a lot of whine going around that he hasn't given interviews to help promote CD.  But then, when he does decide to answer questions, he does it here & at mygnr.  I think that's pretty awesome!     

Oh, and I don't think it was a PR move - I think it just happened. 

Yes, it was brillant and a very cool thing for axl to do for his fans.  : ok:

I hope he does come back and hold true to his word.

Happened to me...  Fucking sux I missed it and didn't get to aska question.  I am grateful for what I could read though!  Thanks for posting.

i knew such a day would come and see, I just missed the greatest party. why I'm always late?

yes I'm really sorry for me!  :rant:

anyways isn't it f amazing that now the man/your hero himself is speaking to each of you in person. without any interference by journalists.

 :beer: axl is so axl i've imaginened him to be.  anyone still thinks of him as an asshole should examine their head. rt now.

Can't believe I fn missed this.

I could just hang myself.  :crying:

I'll just never sleep again and wait for him to come again
Simple.  ::)

Ok, That's a lie. Wanna sleep right now.  :'(

P.S: It's midnight here in Brazil, that's why I wanna sleep.

yeah Axl. Thanks. Thanks for waiting until the day I decide I'm mad at you for not coming out and talk to the fans. Seriously. 6 hours later?!?! I don't believe in Karma, but if I meet someone named Karma, I'm kicking them in the balls.

But seriously. Thanks for talking to the fans. Well, by fans, I mean everyone BUT ME!!!!

(good thing I remember that post that someone....else...put on my website the other night....when they were drunk...and angry......and....damn....I'm gonna be in trouble, ain't I?)

Tons of bands do this on a regulair basis now, Wayne Static of Static-X posts on his message boards regularity in fact.  Same with a bunch of the members of Buckcherry.

Axl is hardly the first person in a band to do this.

How surreal is it!!... Axl is very artistically minded and there is WAY more to him than meets the eye. Any bullshit the media, haters or any other random fucks who never did listen to guns have to say bad about Axl is in my mind now punched back in their face.

He could of just stopped everything and never released CD. He could of just basically walked away from everyone and all the bullshit he has been put through.

But he didnt. He delivered CD as promised. He gave us a world tour. And now is giving us the chance to express ourselves and ask the questions we may never thought we could, directly to him.

In my opinion this is the greatest frontman on earth, and in Aussie terms.. A fuckin' top bloke. I cant wait till the next tour, thanks for everything AXL/DEXTER!!!!...... Shane-o

That was never implied. But Axl is the first one to completely forego the press in favor of the fans' message boards. But I appreciate your observation.

See, this is the kind of shit that confirms that Axl is an amazing person. While he isnt the ONLY famous artist to 'chat' to fans online, I think from reading the transcript (thats right I wasnt fucking online at the time) he is probably one of the first to take ALL the questions and didnt just pick and choose what he wanted to answer. He answered shit that I wouldnt have thought he'd answer, or want to answer...And, obviously where possible, the man didnt pull any punches. He told it how he saw it as far as he was able.


So, anyway...Im in Australia (Newcastle, 2 hours north of Sydney) and am wondering what time MY TIME Id need to be online so that I could catch Axl next time he is on here?


Oh, and nope, Im not suicidal nor upset or even shitty at myself for missing it...Im just happy that it happened and stoked for all the fans who were involved.


I do have another question...How did you guys know it was actually Axl (not saying it wasnt him, it obviously was, but just curious)? And one more...Is there somewhere I can read the entire thing from when he logged on to when he left???


Thanx guys.

The whole thing: http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=55296.0

People looking for confirmation that it truly was Axl posting on the boards need to look no further than the official GN'R website: www.gunsnroses.com

Hey thanx man.

That is a fucken awsome read...Hope Im able to be online next time...Just gotta know what time (my time) to be online...you know, just incase.

No problem.

And regarding when to be online for the next q&a session, well, it caught me completely off guard when it happened the first time, so I don't know if it was announced ahead of time (I don't believe it was)...I guess you just got to check back often to see if anything's going down...that's what I do. That and losing a shitload of sleep at night.  ;)

Seeing as I spend so much time on this site, I've been kinda bummed about missing the chat here and at mygnr and not getting to ask Axl any questions, but after I was at CD.com this time yesterday and actually saw AXL ROSE POSTING WHILE I WAS THERE I got such a kick out of that that I forgot about the whole thing! Now I'm just hoping to be able to shoot him a question at later oppertunity 8)

Yeah, it's pretty surreal knowing Axl's reading and posting on the same board as you are at that exact moment. And I'm sure you'll get another shot at asking him a question. At least you got time to think of a good question.

Yeah! I've already thought of one, so I'll spend the next week or so glued to the boards praying he comes back, I can't live with myself if I miss out again :hihi:

Cool! I certainly hope he comes back real soon. I'll be crossing my fingers for sure!  : ok:

Congratulations to all that had the opportunity to do questions to Axl.  :)   
To us it only remains the envy  :'((good envy) and the hope of a return of Axl/Dexter. :drool: :)

The only problem I'm having is thinking of a question for Axl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is just another reason why, as much as I respect him, I could never meet Axl. 
I'd have nothing to say!  I am in awe.  I feel like an idiot!

Anybody else out there feeling this way???

Kind of, but I still managed to think of a question :hihi: