Tommy Stinson Interview In Gasoline Magazine

[Jim Bob]

really anxious to hear what Tommy has to say

[Mr. Redman]

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.

[cybercurves]

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

[jbreezy]

it's a legit 20 gigs......remember what they say about assuming.     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.

[ppbebe]

any kind Canadian board mate?

[AxlsMainMan]

I'm in Toronto and would be happy to scan and upload if someone could tell me where to find one.

[ppbebe]

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.

[GNRFAN20]

Tommy has been their for such a long time. He can talk about everything since he was their.

[chineseblues]

I'm in Toronto and would be happy to scan and upload if someone could tell me where to find one.

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[AtariLegend]

Just a guess... but I'm guessing no one bought this.

[PJ]

yeah becuase it's a free magazine 

[AtariLegend]

yeah becuase it's a free magazine 

Smart Ass 

[FunkyMonkey]

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

[ppbebe]

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?

[helenluna]

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!

[-Rob-]

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.

[FunkyMonkey]

^^ 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.