Here Today... Gone To Hell!

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Fast forward to about 12:30


Interesting to hear that his contacts in Rolling Stone told him the same thing about no press for GNR. They are keeping a tight lid at the moment.

Just listened, I don't see that he really provided any new or unheard information.

Thanks for posting Spirit  : ok:

Not thrilled that he hinted that they won't do any press coming up...

I keep logging in every day hoping to see some interview or some quotes.

yeah, basically what we GNR megafans already knew.

promoters are still reticent to program the band in their festivals (example Pinkpop 2016)

so there's no half mesure here : Guns N'Roses must destroy Coachella, meaning, giving one
of the best GNR shows ever. a lot of pressure, especially on Axl.

Why would you conclude that Promoters were reticent to program the band? From everything that has been released it would seem, if anything there is a bidding war going on between major players like (for example) AEG and Live Nation.

Who is he yelling at?  ???




/jarmo

I seriously doubt that dates won't go up before Coachella.

I also completely disagree that "Izzy & Steven" perhaps not being involved is such a bad thing. I'm sorry but on the two occasions Izzy was brought out to play at the O2 in 2012 I didn't exactly feel the audience was that excited (I was of course).

To be honest Duff appearing at Vegas didn't create anymore excitement than the Show the night before. The Friday show was actually busier.

It feels like a case of what can we winge about now.

I've read that Pinkpop promoter found it too risky and wanted to check Coachella
show before if true could be the opinion of others, wait & see what's coming

If this is true, I wonder what exactly he means?  No Kimmel show?  No interviews, other talk shows?  I really don't understand GNR when it comes to this.  How can it be a positive thing not to do these things?  There's got to be a reason why they choose not to promote certain ways. I know that they do promote here and there, and they are a band that doesn't need to promote as much as others. However, what exactly does Trunks comment mean...and why wouldn't they do certain things?  Is an example pulling out of Kimmel...and why?   

Well there's really not much of a benefit to promote for an event that's already sold out. Maybe they want to keep things close to the vest until Coachella, or at least closer to the show. Maybe they want to let the music do the talking. Maybe they're busy creating new music and getting reacquainted with the old material. Maybe they're still working out contracts and aren't 100% sure who will be in the band, and to what extent.

The R&R Hall of Fame.

True, and the more I listened to Trunk, the more it made sense.  This whole thing could go up in flames at any moment with all these different possible parties involved (slash, Adler, sorum, more recent members, etc).  Maybe they are tight lipped until they get a better feel if it's all gonna work.  This way, they don't say there gonna do certain things, only for it all to fall apart.  Which would (as usual) fall on Axls shoulders.

The same article said that the budget for the festival was 8 million Euros, so could the festival have afforded GN'R anyway? And if that was the case, is it not slightly unfair for the promoter to then say GN'R were a risky proposition when they were not a proposition in the first place? I might be reading it wrong

I agree nothing to promote since the festival sold out..Afterwards there will be a huge buzz, than maybe some promotion for an upcoming tour....

Can somebody please post a transcript of the GNR related parts. I really can't stand the sound of his voice. :hihi:

He kinda bothers me too.  You ever notice how he continually interrupts his guests and starts talking over them.  And then...he always has to mention that "I said this from the beginning".  Yeah we get it....you were right all along, and right most of the time.  Because he's like this....it makes it hard for me to believe that he has such "great" relationships with so many rock stars.  I wouldn't be surprised if blows smoke up our asses half the time. 

He's wrong at least as often as he's right. Tedious character.

When DJ left he was convinced it wasn't to make way for a reunion.. So not sure he called it from day 1.

We are still like 3 months away from Coachella. They have plenty of time to do interviews. Most likely they are still trying to work things out about the line up and organizing the full tour

The only thing of real substance that he said was that whoever manages Slash told him there would be no press. Whether that means for now or for the entire time leading up to Coachella he wasn't clear.

He also said that whoever doubts if Steven can still play are insane.

The rest was just fluff about Izzy not wanting to commit and the idea that Richard, Frank and the keyboard players will round out the lineup ... Nothing new.

Good listen.  I think they nailed many points.  Having Izzy and Steven back would be huge.  Its not a deal breaker, but it would only be bigger with all 5.
I think his "dream scenario" of the AFD line up playing that album, Illusion middle section with CD, and end it with PC would HUGE.  Slash and Duff together with
Axl and the CD guys will be great, and get attention.  Maybe they are just making another step.  Hopefully they add in other guys including CD guys through a possible
tour.  G n R is now a legacy full of a lot of players.  The fans want to see them all. 

I'm sorry but I don't really agree. There are only at most a few thousand people on the internet who really care if Robin or Tommy ever play with GNR again or not.

It's not a knock on them... just reality... Slash and Duff are back, and hopefully forever.

Thanks. Figures that he would be on team Adler.

Totally agree with this!

There's no doubt, objectively Axl, Slash and Duff are the biggest names connected to Guns N Roses.

nah, don't think so. but it's nice and polite to put it this way.

I guess building up the the mystery until coachella and doing pr after that makes sense.

If Coachella is their first appearance, it makes sense yes. No need for promo for those concerts.

If they are contemplating new music, I think it would make sense to start dropping hints earlier.

 I don?t want to see them all. Nor I think all the people attending Coachella want to see them all. Only the people who love CD want to see Robin, Buckethead, Frank, Richard, Tommy etc. Is that the big majority of fans? No by any means!

One would think they would have to do some promotion to sell tickets for a summer tour and or some kind of release.

Definitely.

For a tour only it might not be needed in the time before Coachella. In the case of any plans of releasing new music, it might be wise to start talking about it at an earlier stage to get the word out there.

those are the best kind of interviewers! I want to see him do an Axl interview like that. First interview in years and you never actually get to hear his answers, just eddie talking over him.

"So what happened between you and Slash?"

"Well, we bumped into eachother one time at-"

"Bumped into eachother! And that's all it took! What an amazing connection you two must have!"

"Well actually we first started-"

"The start of something beautiful! Y'know, I knew you guys were getting back together, knew it all along. Even said so. Well ok folks, that's it for todays show. Dont forget to tune in next week for Lars Ulrich and Sebastian Bach!"

(never actually heard the guy, just kidding around)

When he did the 2006 interview it was great. And Baz was there actually. It was a pretty long show. They were not expecting Axl. Baz said on the air he got a text from Axl and that he was coming to the show.

If I remember correctly then NY Mets catcher Mike Piazza called in to clarify the I.R.S. leak

Yeah was pretty cool, here's the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) of the podcast.

One thing Eddie had wrong when saying it's just Slash and Duff joining the new lineup and that they've never said anything about it being a "reunion"  they failed to mention that gunsnroses.com has gone to the old logo and virtually all the merch is all old school now.

Eddie Trunk got something wrong???   I won't hear of that.  :hihi:

but that's basically what happened : Slash and Duff joining the current lineup.

I think Axl was free to use that logo regardless of Slash and Duff coming back though.

They did use it on merch some years ago.

:l


Last time saw that i think i was in high school