Brain interview in magazine on sale Dec. 22, 2004

[norway]

look it from their side, not fans

They been workin intensly togerher in studio, undergrund for years...

A break would only do good, i think they appreciate it since they sure have been workin a lot as musicians...

and still brain seems eager to harvest his effort, i think the break could help the band synergie in the long run-
-since they would have a past to look back on instead of produce-release-tour-what now?

they will have a kind of gettin back together again feel, it's good

and axl is like a good grade student musicwise, we hears and seen his new elements which each is very potent, imo
and without gnr googles, it's logically that a good-grade student will deliver a work thats good

and also, since it has appealed b4, it likely that the next will suit you aswell

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Look at it this way, its a win win situation for the band. While they are waiting for Axl to finish CD, they can do side projects & tour or whatever they want and when CD comes out, theyll tour behind that.

[damnthehaters]

I wonder if during a GNR tour, some of these side projects will appear?  Maybe before a show or two Tommy will come on stage and play a couple of his tunes.

Never know

[Cocaine__tongue]

The part in which he says the bucket guy and him "were still" in gnr is strange at least. It seems as his parts in the album will still be respected but  he's currently not commited to gnr.

maybe in the future he will be just a musician contracted for a gnr tour??

[Mikkamakka]

A break would only do good,

What break?  Was there anything else in the last 7 years than breaks? I think that they had a short break in 2002, when they stopped doing nothing.

[estranged.1098]

A break would only do good,

What break?  Was there anything else in the last 7 years than breaks? I think that they had a short break in 2002, when they stopped doing nothing.

Were YOU there? Didn't think so.

[Walapino]

Its nice to hear that the music written is fucking good but does anyone know what the fuck goes on in this band? Sheez.. I dont blame anyone for walking out on Axl, this is ridiculous and insane! This is not even 1 member does the business and decisions stuff because this is way out of that ballpark! Dont be day dreaming with something its not, this is clearly fucked up in anyway you see it.
I say dont get to mushy with the musicians cuz quite frankly regardless if they like being with Axl or not they have no clue of nothing or their own future in that band.

Sad.

[michaelvincent]

Sound to me like Brain has his head on straight. I'm sure that any other working musician would do essentially the same thing. When there is GNR stuff to do you do it, when it's done you go do something else. Thats not so diffucult to get your head around.

Axl calls and says 'its time to record', you go to the studio and do GNR stuff. Axl says 'let's tour now' you go on tour and do GNR stuff. Tour ends, nothing is going on, you go do something else. That's pretty much what you do in a band. You work when its time to work (a rock band isn't exactly on a 9 to 5 schedule, vacations can be long or none at all), and then you go keep yourself busy until it's time to work again.

I don't see why Brain would be obligated to keep in touch all the time anyway, if I were him I would do the same thing. When it finally gets down to getting the album out and Axl wants him to tour Axl will call him. I doubt Axl would be all too happy with everyone else in the group calling him every week going 'Is it done yet? Is it done yet? Is it done yet? Are we going on tour yet?' 

[norway]

A break would only do good,

What break?? Was there anything else in the last 7 years than breaks?

years of studio and recording, rehearsals... you name it,
 if you take the fan-googles out it's easier since it's only fans who had a dead-era...

gnr seem to have worked intensly for fuckin years, imo, a break is most likely only good 4 them b4 the presentation

and it's actually nothing wrong with axl havin the final say when the product is done-
-still a band

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I love how all the haters try and turn a postive interview into a negative 

[Walapino]

I would have loved to see Axl give that freedom to the old band... "hey Duff and Matt stop fucking around with Neurotics YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO GNR" hey Slash stop doing that Snakepit stuff... whatever, an entire band dumped him because they couldnt stand it.
Now he realized ok, let them do whatever they want but they will live in limbo. 

[Mikkamakka]

A break would only do good,

What break?? Was there anything else in the last 7 years than breaks?

years of studio and recording, rehearsals... you name it,
 if you take the fan-googles out it's easier since it's only fans who had a dead-era...

gnr seem to have worked intensly for fuckin years, imo, a break is most likely only good 4 them b4 the presentation

and it's actually nothing wrong with axl havin the final say when the product is done-
-still a band

Maybe they'd been working on the new material, but I don't know how hard they did, cause what we've heard was some mediocre stuff, and it was only 6 songs. As 'news' say, they didn't really work on the album in the last 2 years, maybe with the exception of Axl. So I don't know why'd they need a break, it seems like they'd love to do GN'R, but something (someone) makes it impossible... Anyway, there are three possibilities left: 1. the material isn't as good as Axl (and we) want it to be 2. Axl is insane and doesn't want to release the album, altohugh it's ready 3. They haven't finished the album cause they lack creativity. I don't know which version is the best or the worst.

[D]

i know i may not sound like a true GNR fan but as long as its axl in it, i could honestly care less who plays drums or whatever.

i never really thought Brain was that great of a drummer anyway with his "St Anger" drum tone, so i honestly could care less to be honest

[jgfnsr]

The whole Guns thing really excited me and I think the record?s incredible ? it could be their Led Zepplin 11. I really have a feeling about it and I just hope it comes out?.

"Thier Led Zeppelin II?!"??

(Actually it might be more accurate to say Appetite was GN'R's Led Zeppelin II and Chinese Democracy could be the band's Led Zeppelin IV.? ?

[D]

for someone who doesnt like led zeppelin the led zepplin comparisons dont do anything for me, i hope its better than led zepplin 4

[jarmo]

for someone who doesnt like led zeppelin the led zepplin comparisons dont do anything for me, i hope its better than led zepplin 4

Yeah, you'd prefer it to be called their "Slippery When Wet". 

 


For those of you not familiar with II, this is what Amazon says: Led Zeppelin II is an album of Jimmy Page riffs so huge, and John Paul Jones/John Bonham rhythms so deep, that the heavy metal genre this classic helped create has tried for decades to catch up, mostly without success. And no wonder: since II catches the band before they'd headed too far into their ridiculous medieval fancies, this might be as good as Zep would ever be. Regardless, the thunderous "Whole Lotta Love," a Top 5 hit, and "Bring It on Home" are very nearly as fierce and twisted as British white blues would ever get. --David Cantwell




/jarmo

[blasphemer]

Here is a prediction, from reading that interview, there will be no album in 2005. So have a merry fucken christmas.
This GnR situation has turned into the dumbest fucken thing ever.

[norway]

Anyway, there are three possibilities left:

so few? are you pessimistic?

2. Axl is insane and doesn't want to release the album, altohugh it's ready 3.

he may suffer from chronic snooze disease

It's vere cool that brain are still commited, now if he only could talk to buckethead...

[ppbebe]

Anyway, there are three possibilities left:

so few? are you pessimistic?

2. Axl is insane and doesn't want to release the album, altohugh it's ready 3.

he may suffer from chronic snooze disease

4. Axl will wait until the most stupid fan on earth opens his eyes. 

Now I feel very pessimistic?

[norway]

4. Axl will wait until the most stupid fan on earth opens his eyes.?

you're the one who's stupid if you think it's only three possibillities

when they say it's done it most likely is, cool that brain is intresiting going back to work more with tours, videos etc
is the whole article online? b fun 2 read