Here Today... Gone To Hell!

This is, in my opinion, the best rock interview I've ever heard live.  Axl gets such a bad rap in public yet here he comes off as a very funny, very intelligent and grounded person.  It's a shame more people couldn't hear this.  Although, they would probably prefer to keep on believing the bullshit and lies anyway

(not sure this deserves its own thread at this stage, but it is slow around here and this is worth a listen or re-listen for any GNR fan)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts7OGKQ-e_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTXQFms3PE0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7J1iwHiDHs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELIbepG8QUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3N8xU_Q758

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXmlfQAopQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uCAx5Oav38

I love when Axl says that Piazza played for the "Pirates" and that dipshit Trunk didn't get it.

I've listened to this interview probably 20 times

Always listen on long trips

great interview. axl is personable, shows the capacity to laugh at himself which is very different from the thin-skinned persona that is often painted of him. he's just totally likable.

eddie trunk tries so hard to massage axl's ego talking about how pervasive WTTJ is and stuff and axl just shrugs it off and doesnt dwell on his own iconic status at all.

i wish axl would do more such interviews. people who like to make a demon out of him have a harder time doing that when faced with the reality of the man. things like this humanize axl, give you some access to the man rather than the myth (or the way some people love to view him, the caricature).

This is why I was so against the Billboard interview he did cause that thing was incoherent and just mean

if Axl would calmly explain his side of the story like he was on Eddie Trunk, he'd convert a lot of people.

the stuff in Billboard just confirms the perception.

I was reading Axl's forum posts and homework thing and I have fully converted over to believing Axl for the most part now about the breakup etc

That venomous billboard thing doesn't help.

I think the Billboard interview was a good 10-15 years worth of built up frustration and anger though. Sometimes it's hard to sugar coat those kind of feelings and make them "nicer" for the masses, you just gotta' speak your mind and call out the assholes who have done you wrong.

True but it wasn't very articulate and kinda came off bad IMO

When Axl does talk it is always interesting. The guy is funny and very intelligent. Only problem is, he knows every word  he says is going to be attacked and picked threw by assholes. {please I am not referring to anyone here.} I love Axl's interviews he always manages to put a smile on my face.

Great moment in that interview... Youtube that recently posted 1989 howard stern interview... Same sharp tongued Axl, even when he just woke up!! I've only heard about that interview in the past, great to hear it in its entirety!

Thanks for this post  : ok:

Haven't heard this since the night  it was on....

I remember this.

"I am a gay man!" "k'cool, so when we get to the bridge..." :hihi: omg that was fucking funny. Thanks! :)

Oh, man. Looking back now, I realize just how great of a time 2006 really was. Axl was back out there and 'Chinese' was supposedly imminent. It seemed as if a new era of GNR was really on the horizon and the loooong drought had finally come to an end.

Personally, I found the hype surrounding 2006 more exciting than the album's actual release.

Yeah.  Trunk probably was pissing on himself with delight and fawning all over Axl.  :hihi:

Axl came across as cool and "just one of the guys"  8)

Man can I just say. I have always totally loved that laugh!!!

It's just so amazing on that first link: about 1 minute in, the David Lee Roth story, Axl quoting Bas "DUDE! Why you bein such a dick!". Just the way Axl does that voice. SOOOO freakin' funny. And from then on, it's just such solid piece of radio.

Given Axl's penchant for sharp words and reputation, I think it's better when we hear Axl speak versus what we read about what he says. Especially with the gang around him, that's what makes it so special and good.

Imagine if this was not heard, but transcribed by an interviewer. Goodness knows it would not have the same effect.

Imagine if we could have heard Axl's responses to the questions from online. The man has a real unique and great sense of humor. Unfortunately such a sense does not always translate so well.

What I find funny about this, is that a lot of people talk about how Axl is such a "hermit" and "recluse", yet in the interview, you can tell he's well-versed in what is going on at the time, culturally, as well as, muscially. One question, though. When this interview first came out, didn't Axl mention that the band went to China to check it out in case they ever got banned or did that take place in another interview or did I just imagine that? I just listened to the recordings posted here and didn't catch it.

yes he did mention that but i think it was another trunk show where axl rang buz.

When Jericho said
That these "bums" came out onstage
I laughed my ass off.

Splash.

/Mike

He did say that in the interview. Didn't listen to all the clips above, but I have the entire thing on my PC. Someone (I think it was Baz) asked him something like: "Did you go to China for three months?" And Axl replied: "Yeah, we went there and stayed for three months. I wanted to go before they banned me!" Then Baz or Trunk followed up: "What was that like?" Axl:" He filmed....eh... they eat a lot of bugs...."

So I guess someone filmed alot over there, would be cool to see some of that footage used in furure videos etc etc...   :)

Great time. I remembered listening to it that friday before the first show. That was one of the most exciting GNR times for me, was listening to this then going to the show !!!

Yeah, he was asked if he ate bugs. so it was actually in this interview.

edit:found the bit

Bach: And than you were telling me the other day that you lived in China for three months?

Axl: Yeah, we went and stayed in China for about three months, Beijing, Shanghai, and Xian

Bach: What was that like?

Axl: We'll he filmed like, you know they eat alot of bugs.

Bach: What is it like the Fear Factor show?

Axl: Absolutely

Trunk: How long ago did you live there?

Bach: Did you eat bugs?

Axl: Well, I didn't live there, we just went and stayed there a couple of years ago.

Trunk: A couple of years ago. That inspired the name of the album at all?

Axl: No it was before that but then I just thought I should go. I wanted to go before they banned me. So, you know, I mean Chinese Democracy that doesn't quite work for the government over there.

Thanks for finding that.

The interview that launched a million 'WASP' mp3 downloads!  :hihi:

Yeah it was one of Axls best interviews its a shame this didnt happen when CD came out then there would be much more sales for the album in the US!!! ;)

hehe! me too. :)

it felt like people just hanging out and talking rather than an interview. lots of fun memories from the past plus talk of the future as well.

nothing. just a coverup for the ooops in my first reply. :P 
i think i got the transcription from gnrfrance
so the credit goes to them.


i didn't know of that.

I was just re-listening to this interview and caught this comment... great joke that went over everybody's head!

I also like when Pizza goes "I had Appetite For Destruction they day it came out" and Axl shoots back with "Oh yeah? I had that the day your thing came out" and it's like no one got it. It was pretty damn fast witted.

I still cant believe he prefer's Priest to Maiden  :rant:

But cool interview  : ok:

That is a shocker but your right its a great interview ;)

i stayed up late last night listening to that interview.. it was so fun! and so long!! 2006 really was magic :/

not to harp on it, but if Axl had done interviews like that for CD, tell me it wouldn't have been much bigger and Axl's image would've completely been overhauled.

Maiden is great but Priest?  They're so good!  Painkiller is amazing...

Priest are great, no doubt, but Maiden kick their ass!  :hihi:

This is a very awesome interview.  You can still download the MP3 from Eddie Trunk's site.

Really? I remember he forbid anyone to post it online after it happened so he could get replay ratings  :hihi:

Really?  I haven't listened to that interview since it came out.  Where is the link?  I couldn't find it on his website.

Could you please clarify what One in a Million has to do with that joke?

He talks about gays in that song.

Hold on I'm finding the link...I just downloaded it last month.

Okay, go here:

http://www.q1043.com/common/podcast/single_page.html?podcast=soundfiles

Since there are so many interviews, just hit "CTRL + f" and search for "Axl"  There are like 5-6 parts of the interview that you have to download.

Awesome, thanks!!!!    ;D

Right. He talks about gays in One In A Million, but what that have to do with the fast witted remark at Piazza about having an "Appetite For Destruction" on the day Piazza leaked IRS?

This ^

What?

How does Axl saying he had an Appetite For Destruction the day Piazza leaked IRS and Axl talking about gays in One In A Million even remotely connect?

Am I missing something you could explain clearer?

Just replace tom with piazza  :-X

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/155090

Oh. So the insinuation is that because some think Mike Piazza might be gay that it was brave for Axl to crack a completely unrelated joke?

Ok. Still doesn't make any sense.

"This ^" = me agreeing with you.  I didn't understand what he meant by the One In A Million comment either.

love the story about Axl and Earl buying the bondage gear and Axl getting those funny looks by the guys at the store when they saw him buying that stuff with a big black bloke  :rofl: :rofl:

I would imagine Axl and Earl have probably never forgotten that day either. 

I am in the process of listening to this interview again, really really making me want to buy a plane ticket to the land of Maple Syrup to see a few shows....

+1  i always do the same thing!!   it drives my Girlfriend crazy but now i can tell her that
there are others that are just as crazy as me lol
 :beer:

Just listening to the interview (for the first time!) now :)

i had to listen to the last part again.. its awesome! a bunch of crazy guys! haha

Absolutely brilliant interview. Axl seemed really relaxed  : ok:

+2  :beer:

speakiing of Earl..Where is he now? I don't recall him being w/ GN'R last time out..

I read somewhere he was Tommy Lee's bodyguard at one point a few years ago. Not sure if that's still the case or not.

Yes, I just want to add, this is the best piece of radio I have ever heard. And I too have listened to it over and over again. The combination of people in the studio sets the scene for a funny 1hour, 20 mins.

I love Axl's and Sebastian's storys, and I also love how everybody keeps on poking fun at Jericho.  :hihi:

classic interview

What a great interview. I just listened to it again for the first time in a few years. Just as it was about to finish, I realised that I had put it on the same day it taken place in 2006 :hihi:

i remember i saw it twice and now its got removed by youtube does anyone have it?