New Bumblefoot Interview! (awesome)

[Halo69]

"There are more songs that didn't go on this CD, right?
Yes, there were more songs.

Did you record it?
Yes, I play on them. Some songs had 10 years old, some when we were adding the final touches to the album. Maybe it will see the light of the day."

Loved this part!

And this one!....

"Chinese Democracy was launched more than a year ago. How do you see it today?
I don't know if Axl thinks that way, but I always compare the things with the Beatles, and I see Chinese as a self expression, experimental, Guns N' Rose's White Album. This is a very personal opinion. I'm not comparing with the Beatles, I'm just refering to the disc to it's place on the GNR discography. I might think that due to the complex of the album, all the guitar tracks, orchest, voices, chants, loops, eletronic drum, samples, there's so much inside of it. It's not a tipical disc, no matter how you look at it. But look, Guns N' Roses is not a typical band. Rock N' Roll breaks all the rules, and GN'R breaks all the Rock N' Roll rules. It breaks so many rules that it became itself entity. From Appetite for Chinese there are so many years of development and so many people helping.. on this creature that do what it wants the time it wants. If you try to put us on any typical mold of the rock bands, you won't be succesful. Sometimes it bother people, the fact that GN'R ahs it own mold. People want a rock band to always be the same, all the same, compose, record and launch a disc, and then go on tour. Then do it again and again. But if you look the history of this particular band"

[wight gunner]

From Spanish back to English

March 21, 2010 19:56
"I do not sleep from the night before the show in Chile. I'm going to bed. I'm sending you an email if there is some time tomorrow, but GNR is almost impossible to put something together, always the same. " Very waist Bumblefoot Ron Thal-Guns N 'Roses since 2006 - informed me that all the time spent coordinating an interview with him had been in vain. "Ok, let me know if you can do something," I replied.
March 22, 2010 14:45
Out of nowhere, comes the mail from Ron. "You look good at 5:30 pm at the Hotel Faena?. Thanks for your patience with this, it has been a crazy tour ... .. (as usual, "laughter")
March 22, 2010 17:25
Tacheros: The Faena? It is a hotel of great loot that ...
Hugo: (pretending to be funny) Then I will admit, I should have shaved.
Tacheros: Why? Look, the Yankees also spit, eh? () In addition to all come here to wash twine. Vos fijate rates paid millions for an apartment in Puerto Madero, and is throwing the gum through the truckers a few feet, do not you believe it.
Hugo: (think "god-get")
March 22, 2010 17: 31
Tacheros: it is there. I leave you here so do not see you arrive by taxi and say "hey, this is loot."
Mr. cab driver was referring to hundreds of fans of Guns N 'Roses who was standing guard over the hotel to catch an autograph, a photo or less eye contact. The entrance to the Faena is as big as the statue's home, I suppose that will fly for safety, and with luck that characterizes me, when trying to enter DJ Ashba (last musician to reach this GNR) would think which is a good time to go out and greet the fans who come running to the door where the guitar ... .. that is, 10 feet from where I am. I ran. "If Joey, now you come in, sure" I thought as I puteaba myself for not having arrived two minutes earlier. But the security people decided it was better to keep DJ, and released the door I reach a member of the organization em asked, "You're a Hugo? We are waiting. "
The tachero was right, just go back to Slaughter for interviewing a musician, I doubt they sell many magazines like to spend the night there. But that matters if the guitar player for Guns who comes with a better greeting the waves and invites you to a lobby / bar full of furniture that will certainly be made with wood from trees that only grow in a paradise in the jungle area Congo.

The first thing that comes out in conversation with Bumblefoot is how late it is coming to the concerts Axl. Of Uruguay began at 1:30 am and Chile started three hours later than scheduled. "I would be surprised that today is timely. It would be the first time, "he says with anger and I could not help laughing. "Well, there's always a first time" I say but could not care less. Seriously bothers attitude of Mr Rose and does not hide it, believe me. Worse is Bumble and nice guy or good manners, so much so that I wondered whether I could enter without problems by all the fans that were in the door. "Yesterday I went to talk to them, had a tail block" tells, "I took pictures, signed things, when possible, with DJ try to do it."

Is it something that occurs throughout the world on that level of fanaticism?
Able to Japan is another place with much fanaticism, but it is different, here is given with more fervor than at any other place. Nose if it is something that everybody knows, but we know .... I suppose that everyone who comes to play one will notice. The level of intensity and passion is ... like if you have a team at full volume and give more yet (laughs). Which is a good thing, eh?!
The issue is that sometimes cross the line ...
(She laughs and nods)
Do not know if Axl told you, but when came the Guns in the 90's ....
There were people injured.
If in fact, there was a girl ...
Yes, he died.
Yeah ...
I knew, was crushed to death, no?
Hmmmm no, he committed suicide.
What?! Why?
Because his dad would not let her go to the show ...
It's crazy, man .... I can not believe it. Think of all the shows we lost, all the joy he lost.
Yes, I suppose the problem itself was not the show of Guns ...
Sure, there might be something more.

THE STREET OF DREAMS.
Bumblefoot's arrival to GN'R "as he puts it," was in 2006 and its mission was to replace is Primus, Buckethead. Yes, the bucket on his head. "When Buckethead left, friendly people asked if they had recommendations to suggest" Ron said, his tone slow, speaking on condition not to hurt a throat that is not in good condition. In addition to historical Axl Rose and Dizzy Reed (keyboards) and the aforementioned DJ Ashba and Bumblefoot, in this present incarnation since 1998 have Tommy Stinson (bass) and Chris Pitman (keyboards, programming and more), from 2002 to minstrel Richard Fortus and from 2006 to Frank Ferrer (drums).
How did you get in you? "
There were many people auditioned. One of the guys who works on the disc, so did Joe Satrani. Jose said he had someone and I sent an email saying that I had recommended to GNR, said "I notice that if you contact someone, do not think it's a joke or something (laughs), one hours Chris Pitman after I wrote and started talking to him, the Management, with Caram (producer of "Chinese ..."). There began to be in contact with everyone, but I'm talking about a year and a half before there is any show. At a time before the tour, we started to rehearse in New York, first night, then another and so a couple of weeks until he finally took to the road. We went to Europe after the U.S., there began to record for Chinese violas, this was in late 2006, early 2007. We turned a bit more and there was a lot of finishing touches on the album, mixing things, arranging, mastering, it took almost a year. So I took the opportunity to work on my album "Abnormal", then came "Chinese", I made an acoustic album called "Barefoot", then in 2009 I went to Los Angeles and began to try to be ready for this tour. We look at the songs, rehearse with new equipment, we find our new DJ Ashba-guitarist-em in the summer went on tour with Lita Ford, that was pretty cool. In September we returned to work on this tour and Jap?in, Korea, Taiwan, Canada and here we are.
Let's go back, how was your first encounter with Axl?
was in a trial. Often rehearsed without him. This day came and stood there dumb with us. At one point we were playing "Riad N 'the bedouins' and I said in my ear" this part of the topic reminds me of "Hey Bulldog" by The Beatles. " Ahijah thought "is a fana of the Beatles, cool!" Because I'm a fan of the Beatles!
The other day we talked with one of the guys in the magazine about what kind of leader is Axl, I said that this is in every detail, that tells you "that just touch it and" ...
No, no. It's a guy who worries about everything but at the same time ever told me something about the clothes I wear, for the things I say, for my playing ...
Do not you ever asked for anything in particular?
Good, the study .... see I recorded over 100 tracks of guitar, all with different orientations and styles, "you got something more melodic here, here you got a little more crazy" and told Axl to wear whatever they want, what I felt was best, to sometimes used two tracks at the same time, as "Shackler's Revenge", where there is a tapping at the same time there is only one melody at the end of the topic. Going back, do not say "do this", it is be yourself.
You came to the band in 2006, the album was released near the end of 2008. At that time, what was changing Chinese Democracy? "
I would say that album became a more rock and less industrial. I recorded rhythm guitars on every song and I made them more relaxed and rifferas, I had less industrial sound issues. There is nothing wrong with industrial, but wanted to add a fee to the hard rock. In the song "Chinese Democracy" added such as a fretless guitar because there was a gap and fit well there. Well, fretless guitar he also got "Better," "Shackler's" (sic), "Riad" (sic) .... I remember well, but were issues on which I added the viola. I can not say what percentage of the disk changed in those years, it is difficult to know because Axl also added vocals, Sebastian came to record their voices. It could be said that the cake was there, had to add the cherry only.
There is a rumor that there were more songs for "Chinese ..."
(Interrupts) Yes, there were more songs.
"But the record?
Yes, I played in them. There were songs from ten years ago, songs from the same sessions of the issues that eventually ended up in the disk. Maybe someday they come to light.
I said, the rumor is that "Chinese ..." is part of a trilogy ...
Oh yeah, I also heard that rumor (laughs). The issue with disk is that you you can begin with a plan and that plan is changing, it happens with my solo albums. Perhaps the notion that existed are three disks, but today is not if this plan or not.

[wight gunner]

Is it true that Tommy Stinson is the music director of "Chinese"?
If you ask him, I would say no. I would say that we all had our role in the disc, all contribute ideas. Not that there was a boss and I said "does this." "No, I do not." "Mala leche, die well." Not so, nothing to see. There was a lot of freedom and should be the band that saw fewer fights among musicians.
As mentioned before, and spent over a year after the release of "Chinese ..." How do you see now in the distance?
do not know if Axl will agree with this, but I always think things like a Beatle perspective, see "Chinese .." as an expression of its own, experimental, which would make an album like "White Album", compared with other discs of the band. This is how I always saw is what I say something personal. I'm not comparing it with the Beatles, but I mean the album and its place in the discography of GN'R. Maybe I think for the complexity of the album, which was orchestrated and ordered all the guitars, the orchestra, voices, choirs, loops, electronic batteries, samplers, there are so many things in there ... definitely not a typical disk, under any view. But you see, GN'R is not a typical band is a band that breaks all the rules. Thus: the Rock and Roll GN'R break the rules and breaks the rules of the Rock and Roll. It is a band that breaks so many rules that it is an entity in itself. We can go to the music that was recorded in "Appetite ..." that did in "Chinese ..." are years of development and thousands of contributions from different musicians .... Is the creature that does what you want when you want (N: is points out the clock and look naughty, there is laughter.) If you try to mold us into the typical rock band, you will not make us fit. This sometimes bothers people because GN'R has its own mold and not everyone wants that. People want a bunch of guys that will always be the same guys, want to make up a record, to videotape, which bring to the sale, which comes out on tour to present it, and that this process is repeated. But if you look at the history of this band ....
It is quite the opposite.
Exactly. It's a band that breaks the course of history as it should be. If you compare the growth of a body, presumably from a baby is a teenager and then a grown man. But this thing called GN'R different branches will grow a second head, skin changes and is a totally different creature. I think at some point people will look at the history of Guns N 'Roses and will love it is unique. When you're in the band you realize that it is a storm of those that you can not predict for it will go and does what you expected to do .... This may frustrate people. Especially when it comes to the band you love and you want to do what you feel like.
In a way, it seems that the band is ahead of their own fans. Maybe that's why "Chinese ...." Has sold much less than expected.
Well, I never could have sold up to the expectation because after so many years and all that was said all the hype and exaggeration, how doing? ... That's what you've to add that it is a very difficult time with the global recession, which do not sell records in general ... .. considering all that and considering that we do not go on tour to support the hard left or right, who appeared on TV programs and that we did not notes, not bad that he has sold 3 to 4 million records worldwide. Of course, if you compare it with the expectation, is a failure. It also has to do with people expected a continuation of the sound that the group had done ... 15, 16 years ago when they tried to "Chinese ..." tasted so different from what they expected it took a while to digest. I think people like to hang more now than when I left, mainly because they could lower the decibels of what was all the previous expectation. I'm dying to see in 20 years that have criticized the record, I want you like it or not, so it is not for reasons that have nothing to do with music, like that bother you that Axl is a celebrity or that other group members are.
Axl was just a note from the start of the disc, do you think this may be an important reason in the not-so-good sales of the plate?
I think we're in a world of personal connections. If you do that, if you log in, you will help a lot. I do not want to make excuses, nor do I want to speak for another. But personally, I would have loved to go out for notes, to talk and meet people, to make shows for throwing. But everything happens for a reason and this was so.
You speak of such things with Axl?
No, what most talk is stupid movies of the '80s (laughs). The other day we speak of "3 O 'clock high." I always tell people "you should see this film" and one night recently, Axl started to quote from that movie and told me the step recommended to everyone. We do not talk business, talk about stupid movies 20 years ago. The more I think about the industry and all that, the worse I feel, managers are to take care of business, I'm out to play, if I start to be aware of everything else, I lose focus of what interests me most. Get to the point where I do not know anything, just ask them to tell me what time I have to leave the stage. That way I will give a better show, because I'll be thinking about that play, not in the royalties in the editorials of the issues and stuff .... Or want to know how to get to a city, or whether we have a lot of weight in luggage . I want to be a guitarist stupid, ignorance is bliss and stupidity is to happiness. The less you know, life is simpler. I just want to go out and give 100% on stage.
"Mind you do not know when will that happen?
(he thinks and how to say)
I tell you, here in Buenos Aires is an issue of discussion at that time will come to Axl Velez. In fact, we did a contest on the page to see who was right on schedule.
"I can enter I?
Eye Podes win a Halloween album!
helloween! Yes, I saw this contest! I went to the site and did not understand, then I took the text and put it in an online translator. Was really funny when I realized what it was.
... So fuck you do not know when going out to play?
(think) I would like ... that .... the fans to have a concrete answer. I hate to see fans waiting with great heat for hours, having to stand in the same place so long. When that happens, you Stiro water bottles, give them quills. I would like to start at the announced time? Yes
What is your daily contact with Axl?
is changing, it is sometimes spend time together, sometimes talking, sometimes text message. It is normal, not monitoring. Sometimes we talk more, sometimes we talk less.
How can assemble lists of topics for shows? "Decides to Axl?
We discussed among ourselves but Axl ends because he is deciding the singer. The voice is the boss. I'm not saying the singer's voice say. The singer will say "I want to do this" but her voice will tell you that tonight will have to go somewhere else. The top of the list of topics is always the same, "Chinese ..." "Jungle (sic)", "It's So Easy." But sometimes we have a microphone that the talk we hear around us alone and Axl question "Bumble, whose theme you want to play?" There is a wave of spontaneity in the show.

Bumblefoot VENGEANCE
guess before playing the band had high expectations. What were the best and worst surprises to be in GN'R?
recently in Brasilia, the fans there would be about 70, made a flag and said nothing. And when we were playing flag unfurled, was as big as this place (N: about 40 square feet). It was amazing. Her colors of Brazil, was beautiful. As for the worst .... I think it should be have realized that there are those fans .... I could not even call them that. It's more people who want to attract attention, and begin to follow members of our families, annoy, persecute them.
Do you happened to you? "
We all passed. I do not like it. I also hate to see how people change around you. Some become more friendly, others become worse friends. I tell you something, I have a friend with multiple escleorosis when he was diagnosed with the disease was a big change in your life. I watched as he remained the same, but all those around him changed their way of acting with him. Some were good friends who supported him more than ever, others ran as if it were to spread. When I joined GN'R was the same. I was the same as the previous day. He had the same car, same house, same nasty personality forever (laughs) and my friends suddenly offered me more support, others remained the same and others disappeared. You realize you do not treat you as you are, but by what they see. I'm still the same:: Censusarada: as ever, but some people act differently with me now.
In January came and made Metallica a shout Trujillo. He told me something that reminds me of this I say ... when he entered wing band appeared old high school friends, asking for things, one he said he wanted to be lead and made it 20 years since I've seen.
I spent so on. Each case is different. If you ask me laburo, I explain that the people who work with the band is a family led by our stage manager who only goes on tour with people he has known for a long time in the trust. To be here you have to have 20 years experience and you have to get along with everyone. Sometimes I ask for tickets, "No, I can not give. If I give you, the Axl has to pay out of pocket or us. We get 100 tickets per show and we are 70 people ... you think that there is much to give. Also, if you go to a city that is from one of the crew, we give priority to that member.

[wight gunner]

THE MAN OF LA GALERA ... bueh, THE WOOL bonnet
hat Slash made his trademark, it is very clear. Bumblefoot turn Slaughter walks by with a red wool cap in one hand (one jersey in the other). At one point in the note gives me "Abnormal", his 2008 solo album .... Guess where he got it?

The historical formation of Guns is with two violin makers, but it's been enough that the band has three, is it necessary actually the third?
We were going to be four, but do not know how hard it is to find a hotel for four guitarists, never place (laughs). How crazy is that if you listen to "Appetite .." there are three guitars there. Sure, I Podes record with a single guitar, but if you want it authentic, you have to record three violas, one right, one left wing and one in the middle with about recording and stuff. You asked me if necessary, I wonder, did there is something necessary?. It is a matter of taste and choice. Axl's vision is to have a band of three guitarists. Think of it this way, we can now do covers of Iron Maiden! (Laughs)
I swear I had all the time to Iron Maiden's mind as he answered.
We can do the harmonies of them. We can touch things in the 70s as Molly Hachet or ...
Thin Lizzy
and Boston, we can double harmony acoustic tracks and the other violates Solee, we have much room to do different things.
How do you decide who plays each part?
fights usually do wrestling and the winner chooses (laughs)
Do you struggle in the mud do not?
If you also sometimes go out and do battle with swords (laughs)
Well to Manowar!
Yes! No ... we say "You want to play that part?" "No, please do it yourself" "Do not leave, is up to you" Sometimes Axl says, "would be good if you do this alone" "Yes, all right" for example " Sweet Child "(sic) DJ told me the other day" You want to make you the first single and I do the final? "" If everything well. "
What is the single most difficult of their old songs?
Hmmmmm (thinks) No which will tell you .... Look, I play 34 years ago, at this point there is no single more difficult in terms of technique, there is for me a difficult solo.
I mean both the technical, but rather that you you have to reproduce the feeling I had that one ...
It will never be the same, never be Slash, DJ'll never, never be Zack Wylde, Eddie Van Halen I'll never, never be Jimi Hendrix. No matter how you try to copy them, they never sound like them because I'm going to play with different hands, with a different heart. Do not try to copy them, just touch it with my own emotions, you have to be yourself. So I will not try to capture the spirit of Slash, because I will not be. Although the attempt would be a failure because we are two separate beings, all I can do is try to be the best me. So I play the songs as best I can. When you are on stage and stop feel like a musician and I started to feel like an actor, it was time to leave. I do not want that to happen.

It was nearly 18:30 and the end of the note did not stop Bumble. He told me they were filming the tour, in fact one of the cameramen came to say that filming would be great with the fans on the street, the guitar player of 20 years who played with Sebastian Bach recommended that among the musicians of both bands are known and are all one big family. When I commented that I was going because I wanted to get to the stadium to see Sebastian Bach recalled the late arrival temprature Axl and lift again. D it was time to leave for Velez.

[RaspAxl]

Same problem we had with the Axl interview in Taiwan.
English>Taiwanish>English.

I don't remember if that interview even actually happened.

By the way, there's no such language as Taiwanish....  


/jarmo

Actually it was Korean.