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This was brought to my attention:


JustinHawkins (http://twitter.com/JustinHawkins)

On my bed with my bad foot elevated listening to Chinese Democracy.
about 3 hours ago from web



For those who are not familiar with Justin, he used to be in The Darkness. Who played at Rock In Rio - Lisbon in 2006, just before GN'R.



/jarmo

 ;D  the mind must be elevated as well.

I remember there used to be a huge Darkness fan on this board.

i seen them back in 2004. Liked them alot. I filmed it from just about front row too lol  :smoking:

Didn't that guy have some serious throat problems or something just when The Darkness were really starting to take off?

Maybe not, from wikipedia

In October 2006, Hawkins left The Darkness[2]. Although drug and alcohol problems were initially cited as the main reason, later on national television, Hawkins would claim that he had grown tired of the constant routine of the band, recording and promoting an album, going on tours for months, back in the studio, etc. which he considered "monotonous and boring" and "could not understand how bands like the Rolling Stones could sustain it".

Nice to know he has good taste.

Cool find, Jarmo! Kudos!  : ok:


I'm still a huge fan of The Darkness! It's such a shame the band broke up.  :'(


Yes, he had. It was something like Gastroesophageal reflux disease...

isnt that the band that GNR copied and used as the opening riff of CD?

Do you believe everything you type?

Chinese Democracy was partly written by Josh Freese who left the band in 2000.

Three years before the world heard The Darkness' debut album.

The song was also performed live years before the world heard of The Darkness.





/jarmo

Good words Jarmo  : ok:

justin is in a new band called hot leg....if you like the darkness, chances are you like them. they're like a spoof of an 80's rock band...some stunning solo's

Jarmo, ya silly goose!  Don't you know Axl has a time machine?  It's been well-documented that he and the members of the band travel into the future to steal music.  I thought everybody knew this!  ;D
I think younggunner was kidding...I hope younggunner was kidding.   :-[

Axl4Prez you still have that sharp mind...


Jarmo I was being sarcastic.....do you really think I dont know all that? Cmon give me some credit

that's amazing, cool find bro. marvelous, wonderful, what a great great read.

i like your sense of humor :hihi:

I remember reading the Darkness aplogized to fans for playing crappy new songs (at the time) live.... They broke up not to long after that


Didnt GNR take a shot a these guys in a promo video a few years back (promo for Greatest Hits maybe), buy highlighting "nevermind the darkness", or something like that?

They were on stage when Scott and I arrived at Rio, wasn't familiar with them at all, but thought they were pretty decent, but unique in my mind.  I realize making music and touring must be major, but I haven't necessarily ever heard of a "rocker" not enjoying the process in which it takes to do so :(.

i don't.  :P

I did get younggunners one tho. not too excellent either.

"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever."




/jarmo

wasnt trying to be clever...i was mocking the types of people who do not do their research when trying to knock one of the greatest albums of all time

That must've been Christos...I highly doubt you are following Justin Hawkins on Twitter  :hihi:

I saw them in 2004 in Madrid. Fun show, nothing really amazing, but entertaining. " I believe in a thing call love" is such a Sing Star anthem over here.

For once, he's innocent!



/jarmo

I know. the thing is,  we haven't seen a single darkness reference like that.
You could have put  "  " or a smiley to avoid the fail.

Well, since we're on that topic(chinese mentions on musicians' twitter's).

Jamey Jasta(@jameyjasta) from Hatebreed, posted the following on his twitter, 19 hours ago:

"chinese democracy, the album, please discuss"

Then:

"I'm gonna listen to Chinese Democracy later, the song "Better" is amazing, gotta re-listen to the rest" - 18 hours ago

And, then, he and Baz(@sebastianbach) kinda started to chat about Chinese.

Baz: "chidem rocks & goofballs who don't geddit r 2 used to the dumbed down world we live in today" - 18 hours ago
"'street of dreams' is a masterpiece ..'rhiad', 'sorry' ....lots to listen to thats for sure!" - 18 hours ago

JJ: "axl should do a summer shed tour in 2010 and take out all heavier rock and metal bands, make it like ozzfest" - 18 hours ago

Baz: "yeah !! Call it Bazfest hahaha" - 18 hours ago

another random cd mention @cdbc news. well catcher in the rye mention to be precise.


Guns N' Roses Dodges The Salinger Bullet (http://www.cnbc.com/id/31124465)
Friday, 5 Jun 2009

58 years after JD Salinger introduced us to Holden Caulfield - we are still obsessed and still reading this classic - and Salinger is still writing about it - in the courts.

The 90 year old reclusive author has his lawyers busy trying to block publication of an unauthorized sequel to The Catcher in the Rye...

...Larry Hughes has an interesting take on this story.

"In honor of J.D. Salinger?s lawsuit attempting to block publication of an unauthorized sequel to The Catcher in the Rye, my blog Classics Rock! features a roundup of songs that reference the book (by Green Day, Guns N? Roses, and many others) yet somehow dodged the Salinger litigation bullet."