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Title: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: AtariLegend on February 28, 2009, 08:48:45 PM (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vaqCjVyoA_c/SdELIz7qruI/AAAAAAAACRQ/EnPIGoqOyYc/s400/cover.jpg)
GUNS FOR HIRE Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson sets the record straight on the most anticipated album of the decade. "None of us could have ever gone to Axl and said, ?Dude, I think you're taking too long.? He had to do what he had to do to make it the right record, and only he knew in his head what that was going to be." If you were to ask me a couple of years ago "Which do you think we'll see first ? the election of the first African-American president or the release of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy?" I would have put my money on the President. But since Obama will not be inaugurated until early next year, I guess, technically, I would have been wrong. It's hard to believe, but Chinese Democracy is actually here. News of its release was impossible to escape. The Guns N'F'N' Roses publicity machine steamrolled posters across countless billboards; advertisements adorned the pages of newspapers and magazines; leaked tracks were dissected over the radio waves, and the merit of said tracks was scrutinized by diehard fans all over the Internet. You duck into your local watering hole, thinking it's a safe haven, only to find GN'R beer coasters spread out all over your table proclaiming the release date: 11/23/08. Even through all of this, though, there was a small sense of doubt about the album's arrival. But, alas, it seems that for professional recluse/perfectionist Axl Rose, it was a little too late to back out of this release date the way he has done so many times in the past. The struggle that was Chinese Democracy started back in '94 when Axl first revealed that he had been working on the follow-up to the band's cover album The Spaghetti Incident?. After the release of such classics as Appetite For Destruction, and their magnum opuses Use Your Illusion I & II in the late 80s and early 90s, this enticing little tidbit was all it took to turn buzz surrounding a new GN'R album into a deafening roar. Axl disclosed the album's name long before any material had ever seen the light of day. Thus began the saga that is Chinese Democracy. It's a convoluted tale spanning fourteen years. Expectations for the group's sixth studio album became so high they eventually towered at an almost unreachable height. With unmet release dates and a revolving door of musicians (including avant-garde guitarist Buckethead and punk drummer-for-hire Josh Freese), high-profile producers Moby and Bob Ezrin, among others, all eventually jumped ship. The birth of this album has been fraught with accounts of instability and infighting. however, one supporting member has been involved in the reformation of GN'R since the beginning of the Chinese Democracy debacle ? Tommy Stinson, the former bassist of 80s punkers The Replacements. So, when I got my chance to interview the charismatic bass player, I just had to ask... What took so fucking long? "You know what? ... I don't know," Stinson divulges. "I really don't know if there was one thing. I think it was a multitude of things. That's my straight-up answer without getting into specifics, because I think if I get specific, it can be taken as sort of negative, and I don't want to go there." Inarguably, some discretion is required when talking about W. Axl Rose, a man infamous for his vicious disputes with his bandmates. But after some prying, Stinson loosens up. "I think the main thing is, we just didn't have a lot of help doing it. Geffen merged with Interscope; that definitely changed what was going down with the record. For whatever reason, because of the merger, it seems to me that that was the point when things slowed way, way, way down." (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vaqCjVyoA_c/SdELCUjjqfI/AAAAAAAACRI/jQlt_0wsp2A/s400/Guns_For_Hire.jpg) I'm reluctant to call Tommy Stinson GN'R's "new" bass player, seeing as he's been playing with the band for a decade, taking over Duff McKagan's four-strings back in 1998. But since GN'R has only released a handful of tracks for various soundtracks in the past ten years, I guess it's only fair. [Other new recruits include Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar); Ron Thal (lead guitar); Frank Ferrer (drums); and Dizzy Reed (piano), who besides Axl Rose remains the only original member from the Use Your Illusion era.] Now that Chinese Democracy has been released, Stinson looks at the album as two sides of a coin. "It's a little bittersweet. It took so long [to record the album], which is a drag, but the sweet thing is that it's actually out now, and people can actually check it out and judge for themselves on its worth or not." He then continues, "But ultimately for us, [the experience] was totally worth it. It turned out great, and I think it turned out right. I don't know if it would have turned out right a year ago or four years ago. Having it produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo says it all. We went to people that were put to us to help make the record, and that ultimately didn't work out. You just kind of have to wash your hands of it." With its budget rumoured at upwards of 13 million dollars, this could arguably be the most expensive record ever made. The recoup costs alone would be enough to bankrupt a lesser band for a lifetime. There aren't many musicians that can demand and receive these kinds of grandiosities ? with no deliverables and no end-date in sight ? apart from Axl Rose. "They kind of left him to his own device. That's kind of the bad part about that. The record could have used a lot more help than we had. Certainly a lot more support and interaction might have been good." Stinson continues, "I'm just glad it's out. I think whatever happened happened. Would it happen that way again? Probably not. But I think [Axl`s] passion was always in the right place. He was like, 'You know what? When I feel that it's done, that is when it is going to be done,' You can look at that any way you want. And if you're the leader of the band, it fucking falls on him anyway. Good or bad, successful or not. I think whatever he had to go through to get to that point is totally cool. There's none of us that could have ever gone to him and said, 'Dude, I think you're taking too long.' That wouldn't have made sense. He had to do what he had to do to make it the right record, and only he knew in his head what that was going to be." Part 2: http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=56110.msg1166430#msg1166430 Thanks to "cybercurves" for the initial cover and "Funky Monkey" for the article. Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: jarmo on February 28, 2009, 08:50:56 PM It's a free Canadian magazine.
/jarmo Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: Loaded NightraiN on February 28, 2009, 10:45:46 PM ummmm wheres the interview?
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: D on February 28, 2009, 10:47:35 PM Best interview ever :hihi: :hihi: : ok:
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: AtariLegend on February 28, 2009, 11:02:44 PM (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vaqCjVyoA_c/SdEK-F6ULDI/AAAAAAAACRA/kFBaAsYiD4s/s400/Tommy_Stinson_Bass.jpg) With a career that spans 30 years, Stinson has also had his fair share of hard knocks in the music industry. Stinson and his late brother, Bob Stinson, formed The Replacements when he was only 13 years old. (The band's first three records Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash; Hootenanny, and Let It Be were reissued last April) "It kind of got rammed into me," Stinson reminisces. "My brother saw me monkeying around on the bass once and asked me if I wanted to play, and I sad, 'Sure! Sounds kind of fun.' But it kind of hurt my fingers. I didn't really like it. He'd throw shit at me and beat up on me to get me to do it. And then he gives me fucking candy and Coke to keep playing it. I'd fucking tell our mom, and bitch that he's fucking making me do something I didn't want to do. It ended off working out pretty good, 'cause I ended up starting to like it after awhile." The Replacements produced seven LPs and one EP before disbanding In 1991. Stinson then went on to form and front the band Bash & Pop, releasing the single "Making Me Sick" on the Clerks movie soundtrack. At his humble beginnings ? being bribed with sweets for bass licks ? making music a life-long career was something Stinson didn't see coming. "God no. But then again, I never thought I would live this long!" Stinson says, laughing, "To see 42 would be one of [my biggest achievements]. I've done so many things that have had little proud moments in them. The Replacements reissue thing kind of brought me back to some moments which were pretty good, but I'm still hoping for better ones." Well, perhaps those moments are just around the horizon. Although the new GN'R line-up has played songs from Chinese Democracy at past concerts, this time it's different, The band finally has something complete and concrete to show. No more smoke and mirrors. "New" songs, such as "Catcher in the Rye" (originally written in 1999) offer infectious sing-a-long chants that recall the salad days of Use Your Illusion. It's just a shame that there aren't any whistle solos. Axl's straining and grandiose wail in the latter half of "I.R.S.", however, is certainly reminiscent to the ending of "You Could Be Mine" ? although this time it sounds somewhat auto-tuned. And with the liner notes crediting seven people for "additional Pro-Tools", it could very well be. To those who are wary of the absence of any of the original band members (most of whom went on to form the now defunct Velvet Revolver) Stinson pays no mind.[/i] "I looked at it as more of an historical challenge. The way Axl presented the whole thing to me, it was like, 'Fuck, yeah. Let's see what comes of it.' That's probably why I stuck around for this long. I'm just waiting to see how it ends up." As are we. While fans and curious listeners clamour to hear what Axl and company have been trying to cook up all these years, the much-hyped album has also been the target of much jesting. A few years back, The Offspring tried to beat GN'R to the punch by announcing that they would name their next album Chinese Democrazy (You Snooze, You Lose), which in the end turned out to be an April Fools' joke. Instead, both singers just decided to share the same haircut. But the oddest stunt of all surrounding the release of Chinese Democracy has to be Dr. Pepper's statement that if the record saw the light of day before the end of 2008, the company would give everyone in America a free soda. Well, boo-urns to the soft drink giant, because GN'F'N'R actually managed do it! But will Stinson be in line to cash in on this bizarre promotional freebie? "Fuck, yeah!" Stinson laughs. "The funniest thing about that is someone told me if everyone in the country cashed in their Dr. Pepper coupons, it would cost them $160 million dollars. That would be a hysterical footnote on the release of this record, right there. Source: Gasoline Magazine Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: cybercurves on February 28, 2009, 11:03:36 PM I saw and posted the cover, hopefully somebody has the acutal issue and is willing to scan the interview ;)
cybercurves Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: chineseblues on March 01, 2009, 08:58:51 AM I have never heard of this magazine and cannot find it anywhere near me, nor can I find their website to see if I can order a copy of it.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: The Hinge on March 01, 2009, 10:43:43 AM Pigeons of shit metal also get a run on the cover..... ha ha ha
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: AtariLegend on March 01, 2009, 11:16:39 AM http://www.gasolinemag.com/#
It says 5000 distributed monthly in North Dakota. So presumably this might be a bit difficult to find. Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: GypsySoul on March 01, 2009, 11:40:29 AM http://www.gasolinemag.com/# It says 5000 distributed monthly in North Dakota. So presumably this might be a bit difficult to find. That's NOT the same magazine. :no: WARNING: BE VERY VERY CAREFUL IF YOU'RE TRYING TO 'SEARCH' FOR THE RIGHT ONE ONLINE!!! ONE OF THE LINKS DOWNLOADS THE "ANTI-VIRUS-1" VIRUS ON TO YOUR COMPUTER AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A REAL WINDOWS SECURITY WARNING!!! The only way I was able to get rid of the virus was to run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: chineseblues on March 01, 2009, 11:45:57 AM I believe I have found their website now, LINK REMOVED I can't seem to find any retailer near me that carries it though. Edit: I removed the link to their site since we've gotten reports of virus attacks generating from it. /jarmo Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: Mr. Redman on March 01, 2009, 11:51:42 AM I believe I have found their website now, http://bovineclub.com/gasoline/index.php I can't seem to find any retailer near me that carries it though. Jarmo said it's a FREE canadian mag. Prolly why you can't find a retailer. Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: seely on March 01, 2009, 11:54:26 AM Woah, i thought that picture was Axl at first! :hihi:
(It's not, isn't it?) lol Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: jbreezy on March 01, 2009, 12:09:37 PM jarmo......I tried the link and it takes you to the spot where the previous poster warned of a virus which looks like a windows update. I turned it off before it finished I hope. If this is normal, just let me know please. Thought you should know.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: jarmo on March 01, 2009, 12:11:30 PM Link removed.
/jarmo Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: Voodoochild on March 01, 2009, 12:15:46 PM The link was a malware called Antivirus-1, its a fake antivirus software that gets installed only if you click to download it on this phishing. Of course its obvious, but don't install it!
It tends to use some well known websites with fake reviews raving about its supposed quality (like a fake review on PCMag.com). I work for them, so we're trying to remove it too. Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: GypsySoul on March 01, 2009, 12:20:42 PM jarmo......I tried the link and it takes you to the spot where the previous poster warned of a virus which looks like a windows update. I turned it off before it finished I hope. If this is normal, just let me know please. Thought you should know. COma gave a link for the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware in this thread. I would suggest you use it to make sure all the virus files and folders are removed from your computer. http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=52780.msg1092553#msg1092553 get malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Thats a very good program. Also use the free online scan at bitdefender.com Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: jbreezy on March 01, 2009, 12:28:07 PM Thanks everyone, that scared the bejesus outta me, I have about 20 gigs of music on this thing. Thanks Jarmo.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: *Timothy* on March 01, 2009, 12:29:36 PM Thanks everyone, that scared the bejesus outta me, I have about 20 gigs of music on this thing. Thanks Jarmo. Downloading Sun of a Gun!!! And Get a Mac. Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: chineseblues on March 01, 2009, 12:40:30 PM That's strange it did that to you guys and not to me.
@ Mr. Redman. It is available in quite a few retail locations in Ontario and Quebec but not anywhere near me on the east coast. Maybe someone in the Toronto area can snag a copy and give us some scans? Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: Jim Bob on March 01, 2009, 01:54:55 PM really anxious to hear what Tommy has to say
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: Mr. Redman on March 01, 2009, 02:19:17 PM That's strange it did that to you guys and not to me. @ Mr. Redman. It is available in quite a few retail locations in Ontario and Quebec but not anywhere near me on the east coast. Maybe someone in the Toronto area can snag a copy and give us some scans? Ah alright, didn't bother checking the site out or anything. Hopefully though! And Get a Mac. Had to QFT. Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: cybercurves on March 01, 2009, 03:07:03 PM The magazine does exist because I saw the scans for the EODM cover story. Whoever scanned the interview was a POSM fan and didn't bother scanning the Stinson article :no:
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: jbreezy on March 01, 2009, 05:04:27 PM it's a legit 20 gigs......remember what they say about assuming. : ok: I'm old enough to have the huge cd collection that goes with all that music. I'm a music buyer. A rare breed in this day and age if I do say so myself.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: ppbebe on March 02, 2009, 12:37:27 PM any kind Canadian board mate?
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: AxlsMainMan on March 02, 2009, 02:17:29 PM I'm in Toronto and would be happy to scan and upload if someone could tell me where to find one.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: ppbebe on March 02, 2009, 02:32:02 PM I'm in Toronto and would be happy to scan and upload if someone could tell me where to find one. maybe at gas stations? thanks in advance. Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: GNRFAN20 on March 03, 2009, 10:22:52 AM Tommy has been their for such a long time. He can talk about everything since he was their.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: chineseblues on March 03, 2009, 10:37:21 AM I'm in Toronto and would be happy to scan and upload if someone could tell me where to find one. Social/69 Vintage Toronto Ont Wayne Gretzky's Toronto Ont Absinthe Club Toronto Ont Andy's Pool Hall Toronto Ont Bang-On Toronto Toronto Ont Black Bull Toronto Ont Black Market Toronto Ont Blur on Bloor Toronto Ont Bovine Sex Club Toronto Ont Brava Toronto Ont Burnswick House Toronto Ont Cadillac Lounge Toronto Ont Cameron House Toronto Ont CD Exchange Toronto Ont CD Replay Toronto Ont CD Replay Toronto Ont Clinton's Toronto Ont Cocktail Molotov Toronto Ont Come As You Are Toronto Ont Communists Daughter Toronto Ont Coupe Bizarre Toronto Ont Courage My Love Toronto Ont Crocodile Rock Toronto Ont C'est What? Toronto Ont Denis' House of Vintage Toronto Ont Edwards Record World Toronto Ont El Mocamba Toronto ON El Mocambo Toronto Ont Eye Magzine/CMW Toronto Ont Funhaus Toronto Ont Futures Bakery Toronto Ont Gorilla Monsoon Toronto Ont Great Canadian Tattoo Toronto Ont Hemingway's Toronto Ont HMV Toronto Ont Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Ont House of Lords Hair Design Toronto Ont Hugh's Room Toronto Ont Jet Fuel Coffee Shop Toronto Ont kool haus Toronto Ont Lee's Palace Toronto Ont Long and McQuade Toronto Ont Lot 16 Toronto Ont Lucky 13 Tattoo Shop Toronto Ont Magic Dragon Mist Inc. Toronto Ont Metro Toronto Ont My Apartment Toronto Ont New Tribe Tattoo Toronto Ont Northbound Leather Toronto Ont Now Magazine/NXNE Toronto Ont Orbit Room Toronto Ont Original Motorcycle Cafe Toronto Ont Over The Rainbow Toronto Ont Passage Tattoo Toronto Ont Payne Music House Toronto Ont Peghead guitars Toronto Ont Peghead guitars Toronto Ont Pepper jack's Toronto Ont Rancho Relaxo Toronto Ont Reverb & Kathedral Toronto Ont Revival Toronto Ont Rivoli Toronto Ona Rotate This Toronto Ont Seduction Toronto Ont Shanghai Cowgirl Toronto Ont Shanti Baba Toronto Ont Silver Dollar Room Toronto ON Silver Dollar Room Toronto Ont Sneaky Dee's Toronto Ont So Hip It Hurts Toronto Ont Songbird Music Toronto Ont Sonic Unyon Toronto Ont Steve's Music Toronto Ont Stone's Place Toronto Ont Studio-One Tattooing & Supplies Toronto Ont Style Exchange Toronto Ont Supermarket Toronto Ont Suspect Bloor/Markham Toronto Ont Sweaty Betty's Toronto Ont Tat-A-Rama Toronto Ont Tat-A-Rama Toronto Ont TCB Tattoos Toronto Ont Teds Collison Toronto Ont The Artful Dodger Toronto Ont The Big Bop - Katherdral Toronto Ont The Black Swan Toronto Ont The Boat Restaurant Toronto Ont The Green Room Toronto Ont The James Joyce Toronto Ont The Mod Club Toronto Ont Velvet Underground Toronto Ont Wat Cool Tattoos Toronto Ont Woody's Toronto Ont Wylde Tattoo Toronto Ont Yonge Street Tattoos Toronto Ont Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: AtariLegend on March 13, 2009, 11:36:01 AM Just a guess... but I'm guessing no one bought this.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: PJ on March 13, 2009, 12:57:47 PM yeah becuase it's a free magazine :P
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: AtariLegend on March 13, 2009, 05:45:16 PM Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: FunkyMonkey on March 31, 2009, 12:32:52 PM Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tommy Stinson Talks "Democracy" GUNS FOR HIRE Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson sets the record straight on the most anticipated album of the decade. "None of us could have ever gone to Axl and said, ?Dude, I think you're taking too long.? He had to do what he had to do to make it the right record, and only he knew in his head what that was going to be." If you were to ask me a couple of years ago "Which do you think we'll see first ? the election of the first African-American president or the release of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy?" I would have put my money on the President. But since Obama will not be inaugurated until early next year, I guess, technically, I would have been wrong. It's hard to believe, but Chinese Democracy is actually here. News of its release was impossible to escape. The Guns N'F'N' Roses publicity machine steamrolled posters across countless billboards; advertisements adorned the pages of newspapers and magazines; leaked tracks were dissected over the radio waves, and the merit of said tracks was scrutinized by diehard fans all over the Internet. You duck into your local watering hole, thinking it's a safe haven, only to find GN'R beer coasters spread out all over your table proclaiming the release date: 11/23/08. Even through all of this, though, there was a small sense of doubt about the album's arrival. But, alas, it seems that for professional recluse/perfectionist Axl Rose, it was a little too late to back out of this release date the way he has done so many times in the past. The struggle that was Chinese Democracy started back in '94 when Axl first revealed that he had been working on the follow-up to the band's cover album The Spaghetti Incident?. After the release of such classics as Appetite For Destruction, and their magnum opuses Use Your Illusion I & II in the late 80s and early 90s, this enticing little tidbit was all it took to turn buzz surrounding a new GN'R album into a deafening roar. Axl disclosed the album's name long before any material had ever seen the light of day. Thus began the saga that is Chinese Democracy. It's a convoluted tale spanning fourteen years. Expectations for the group's sixth studio album became so high they eventually towered at an almost unreachable height. With unmet release dates and a revolving door of musicians (including avant-garde guitarist Buckethead and punk drummer-for-hire Josh Freese), high-profile producers Moby and Bob Ezrin, among others, all eventually jumped ship. The birth of this album has been fraught with accounts of instability and infighting. however, one supporting member has been involved in the reformation of GN'R since the beginning of the Chinese Democracy debacle ? Tommy Stinson, the former bassist of 80s punkers The Replacements. So, when I got my chance to interview the charismatic bass player, I just had to ask... What took so fucking long? "You know what? ... I don't know," Stinson divulges. "I really don't know if there was one thing. I think it was a multitude of things. That's my straight-up answer without getting into specifics, because I think if I get specific, it can be taken as sort of negative, and I don't want to go there." Inarguably, some discretion is required when talking about W. Axl Rose, a man infamous for his vicious disputes with his bandmates. But after some prying, Stinson loosens up. "I think the main thing is, we just didn't have a lot of help doing it. Geffen merged with Interscope; that definitely changed what was going down with the record. For whatever reason, because of the merger, it seems to me that that was the point when things slowed way, way, way down." I'm reluctant to call Tommy Stinson GN'R's "new" bass player, seeing as he's been playing with the band for a decade, taking over Duff McKagan's four-strings back in 1998. But since GN'R has only released a handful of tracks for various soundtracks in the past ten years, I guess it's only fair. [Other new recruits include Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar); Ron Thal (lead guitar); Frank Ferrer (drums); and Dizzy Reed (piano), who besides Axl Rose remains the only original member from the Use Your Illusion era.] Now that Chinese Democracy has been released, Stinson looks at the album as two sides of a coin. "It's a little bittersweet. It took so long [to record the album], which is a drag, but the sweet thing is that it's actually out now, and people can actually check it out and judge for themselves on its worth or not." He then continues, "But ultimately for us, [the experience] was totally worth it. It turned out great, and I think it turned out right. I don't know if it would have turned out right a year ago or four years ago. Having it produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo says it all. We went to people that were put to us to help make the record, and that ultimately didn't work out. You just kind of have to wash your hands of it." With its budget rumoured at upwards of 13 million dollars, this could arguably be the most expensive record ever made. The recoup costs alone would be enough to bankrupt a lesser band for a lifetime. There aren't many musicians that can demand and receive these kinds of grandiosities ? with no deliverables and no end-date in sight ? apart from Axl Rose. "They kind of left him to his own device. That's kind of the bad part about that. The record could have used a lot more help than we had. Certainly a lot more support and interaction might have been good." Stinson continues, "I'm just glad it's out. I think whatever happened happened. Would it happen that way again? Probably not. But I think [Axl`s] passion was always in the right place. He was like, 'You know what? When I feel that it's done, that is when it is going to be done,' You can look at that any way you want. And if you're the leader of the band, it fucking falls on him anyway. Good or bad, successful or not. I think whatever he had to go through to get to that point is totally cool. There's none of us that could have ever gone to him and said, 'Dude, I think you're taking too long.' That wouldn't have made sense. He had to do what he had to do to make it the right record, and only he knew in his head what that was going to be." Continue reading here: http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/2009/03/tommy-stinson-talks-democracy.html Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: ppbebe on March 31, 2009, 01:29:28 PM cheers funky, and blogspot.
the article has nice photos. Tommy "I looked at it as more of an historical challenge. The way Axl presented the whole thing to me, it was like, 'Fuck, yeah. Let's see what comes of it.' That's probably why I stuck around for this long. I'm just waiting to see how it ends up." Tuesday, March 31, 2009 But since Obama will not be inaugurated until early next year, I guess, technically, I would have been wrong. I guess the interview was done in last December? Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: helenluna on March 31, 2009, 01:45:59 PM I loved it. Each day I like Stinson more. He's so true.
And very good to see the band talking, right? That's what we all want, them moving on from the past and focusing in CD! Thanks for posting! Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: -Rob- on March 31, 2009, 01:57:44 PM I personally think starting the interview with the caption 'Guns For Hire' is pretty lame and ridiculous. How about showing some respect for the man and using his proper title: Guns N Fucking Roses bass player.
Title: Re: Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine Post by: FunkyMonkey on March 31, 2009, 04:31:38 PM ^^ It almost seems that it is a prereq for most GNR articles/interviews to get in one shot...I've gotten so I just overlook it.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 But since Obama will not be inaugurated until early next year, I guess, technically, I would have been wrong. I guess the interview was done in last December? It says that it's from November 2008 (just posted today). Tommy gives a great interview...I look forward to more of these in the future. :) |