Richard in Japanese guitar magazines

[whiny]

Am I the only one sort of taken back by this comment?      "but he thinks it's an album you either love or hate. hardly a 'so so' comment will come out in his opinion."  This, to me, is pretty much an indicator that people looking forward to a 'GNR' record are gonig to be dissapointed.  I mean, I like the fact that Axl is taking a new creative approach, but the idea that it is going to be loved or hated doesn't sit well with me.  Any one care to comment?  Am I misinterpreting the translation? 

even if this album is going to be different (like the illusion records were different to afd)... in my opinion it has always been this way: people either loved or hated gnr and axl. it's not too unusual that great artists polarize and still (or because of that) become very successfull. only problem: more than ever, major radio stations (and music television channels) tend to only play artists that are liked by almost everybody. that's why you get all this more of the same, top-down constructed stuff that's been going on for years now.

[Atillla]

Am I the only one sort of taken back by this comment?      "but he thinks it's an album you either love or hate. hardly a 'so so' comment will come out in his opinion."  This, to me, is pretty much an indicator that people looking forward to a 'GNR' record are gonig to be dissapointed.  I mean, I like the fact that Axl is taking a new creative approach, but the idea that it is going to be loved or hated doesn't sit well with me.  Any one care to comment?  Am I misinterpreting the translation? 

If it's going to be another Appetite, Lies or Illusions, I ain't buying it because I have those already 

Arigatou for translation suntorytime 

[whiny]

Am I the only one sort of taken back by this comment?      "but he thinks it's an album you either love or hate. hardly a 'so so' comment will come out in his opinion."  This, to me, is pretty much an indicator that people looking forward to a 'GNR' record are gonig to be dissapointed.  I mean, I like the fact that Axl is taking a new creative approach, but the idea that it is going to be loved or hated doesn't sit well with me.  Any one care to comment?  Am I misinterpreting the translation? 

If it's going to be another Appetite, Lies or Illusions, I ain't buying it because I have those already 

Arigatou for translation suntorytime 

so true. why do people want another gnr album that is artistically stuck in the 80's or early 90's? i never understood that. eventhough the new gnr is different, the tracks that leaked - for my ears - sound like gnr songs (just listen to "better"). it's classic axl (in terms of voice, songwriting etc.) going in some new and exciting directions. it's not like axl's doing operas or country music now (you still have these big epics and hard rocking songs that gnr were always about - just sounding more modern).

i'm sceptical about all those dudes, tellin that they played the new songs to old gnr fans that eventually didn't like them. have you ever thought about what you played to what kind of people (people that only wanted slash back?) in what kind of media or context? those were low-quality demos, highly compressed and not mixed, mastered etc. with the voice pretty much in the background. still, in my experience, people that took their time listening to those songs attentively, with (good) headphones while reading the lyrics, were fascinated by what they heard. especially the non-die-hards.

[suntorytime]

My bad while typing I left out the remarkable comments by mistake. 
there are

"richard says
furthermore, the release of this album is to be quickly followed by the next one. the tracks are more than ready enough that he can swear that it won?t be like after ten years since the first one."

I insert this to the original post.

I skipped a few phrases I wasn't sure if I made sence of.
For example, bh parts thing. a literal translation would be ' ron's place is the part bh would do.'  meaning Ron's role in the trio is like that of BH in the past. Well  I think I sould have used the word 'role' instead of 'parts'.

[Nytunz]

My bad while typing I left out the remarkable comments by mistake. 
there are

"richard says
furthermore, the release of this album is to be quickly followed by the next one. the tracks are more than ready enough that he can swear that it won?t be like after ten years since the first one."

I insert this to the original post.

I skipped a few phrases I wasn't sure if I made sence of.
For example, bh parts thing. a literal translation would be ' ron's place is the part bh would do.'  meaning Ron's role in the trio is like that of BH in the past. Well  I think I sould have used the word 'role' instead of 'parts'.

Anyway! Thanks for deliver this great news to us suntorytime!
This is enough to make me more then happy! The future looks great when they finally make the release! Haha.. if we
the next 5 years get more GNR stuff then thay have release from 1986 - 2007 that is crazy to think about

[ppbebe]

Now I can't wait for the release of a translation of another article.

[Voodoochild]

Thanks suntorytime!

I think what he said about his guitar controls is the killswitch thing.

[whiny]

My bad while typing I left out the remarkable comments by mistake. 
there are

"richard says
furthermore, the release of this album is to be quickly followed by the next one. the tracks are more than ready enough that he can swear that it won?t be like after ten years since the first one."

I insert this to the original post.

I skipped a few phrases I wasn't sure if I made sence of.
For example, bh parts thing. a literal translation would be ' ron's place is the part bh would do.'  meaning Ron's role in the trio is like that of BH in the past. Well  I think I sould have used the word 'role' instead of 'parts'.

no bad. all fine. thanx.

[suntorytime]

you guys are all welcome! 

I gonna post the other interview now.

[ben9785]

you guys are all welcome! 

I gonna post the other interview now.

Thank you very much

[suntorytime]

'GNR's new album already completed----3 albums to be released separately!!!'

Here're excerptions from Richard interview in Young guitar june issue.
Please keep in mind that
like the last one this is a translation of another translation. Not Richard's actual words or what in print.
and sorry about any error typo.


It's a part of an article about x japan. the interview took place on the 29th of march before the 2nd show.
the first half of the interview is about x japan and then, the interviewer goes
 

---I'd like to hear about your own activities as well.

Richard tells them that besides GNR, he is in the middle of song writing for his own project with a certain singer right now. And goes 'Hopefully we'll be finished with recording it by the time GNR album is released ---in a short time.'

---you have all the time in the world don't you?

Richard denies this and says
GNR had the recordings for three albums done while ago. Only, there is still some disagreement about the release with the label.

---for three albums?

Richard gives a positive reply and notes that several songs might still need the details fixed. but three albums' worth of material is already recorded. and  the three will be released separately.

---could you tell me about this new GNR album, the content and such, as far as possible?

Richard thinks it sounds classic but at the same time, it's timeless. the listeners that hear it will either love or hate it. the contents have an impact as much. Regardless of what people may think, he's very proud of the new album.

---Are you involved in writing?

About the album to be released first, the materials were mostly done by the time he joined.
although he plays on every song in there.
the succeeding album will include a few songs he wrote.

---What do you think Axl was looking to you for when he called you to the band?

Axl is excellent at bring out peoples talents. He can tell what sort of musician each of them is and who is best for what.
And he knows as how these different qualities of the members make the album more unique.

---GNR have three guitarists, who are Richard robin and Ron. Where do you see the difference in character among the three?

Robin is an incredibly soulful guitarist. And Energetic which is so to speak a very personification of GNR sound. Slash too was this kind of guitarist that in this sense robin might be filling slash role. As for Richard himself,
he talked with Izzy as he joined with GNR at many shows during recent GNR tour to know as how their backgrounds are similar, which he thinks might have been one of the reasons Axl picked him ...then again he doesn't think either he or Robin is merely a fill-in. He knows Axl didn't take them just for that.
And Ron, like bucket formerly, has an unusual musical background and style and is the new piece vital for new GNR.


---Can we expect a new release from GNR this year?

Richard replies that
he can't say anything concrete?.. but he thinks an announcement about the release is close. Provided that the dispute with the label about how to release the album is settled.  He bets once released it will be being closely followed by another one.

[HBK]

My bad while typing I left out the remarkable comments by mistake. 
there are

"richard says
furthermore, the release of this album is to be quickly followed by the next one. the tracks are more than ready enough that he can swear that it won?t be like after ten years since the first one."

I insert this to the original post.

I skipped a few phrases I wasn't sure if I made sence of.
For example, bh parts thing. a literal translation would be ' ron's place is the part bh would do.'  meaning Ron's role in the trio is like that of BH in the past. Well  I think I sould have used the word 'role' instead of 'parts'.

Thankz friend Gunner.

 

HBK *

[Spirit]

---Are you involved in writing?

About the album to be released first, the materials were mostly done by the time he joined.
although he plays on every song in there.
the succeeding album will include a few songs he wrote.

Crossing my fingers for 'Catcher In The Rye' and 'This I Love' being on the first record. 

[Nytunz]

Thanks alot for the translation...
This sounds goood!

[jarmo]

Some pictures to look at:








Very special thanks to the magazine buyer for the scans. 






/jarmo

[LeftToDecay]

Cool pics.Minus the scary one.
As much as i hate to be an asshole here, (naah actually i love it!) isnt it bit uncool to watermark photos that are just scans from a magazine?

[jarmo]

As much as i hate to be an asshole here, (naah actually i love it!) isnt it bit uncool to watermark photos that are just scans from a magazine?

Of course it is. 

Just like it's uncool for others to take pictures that somebody has scanned for this board and post them elsewhere while leeching our bandwidth.

The watermark is there to show who's hosting the pictures. It's not a copyright thing. I assumed you knew the difference.





/jarmo

[CheapJon]

cool pics, thanks for posting.

damn mutherfucker's got some ink done

[Farid Bak]

As much as i hate to be an asshole here, (naah actually i love it!) isnt it bit uncool to watermark photos that are just scans from a magazine?

Of course it is. 

Just like it's uncool for others to take pictures that somebody has scanned for this board and post them elsewhere while leeching our bandwidth.

The watermark is there to show who's hosting the pictures. It's not a copyright thing. I assumed you knew the difference.





/jarmo

thanks for the pics jarmo

[ppbebe]

damn mutherfucker's got some ink done

he has the sun on his chest. Cool pics thanks jarmo.

I enjoyed reading his view on each guitarist. Great 3 Rs!

Some fans have viewed the team along similar lines.