Duff interview: talks about VR & GNR early days; says firing Steven was moronic

[Mikkamakka]

when didnt they bow down to axl?

thats an obvious easy one to answer

who owns the name?

how did that occur?

who came on stage and played whenever he felt like it?

3 instances right there

Sorry D, but I really can't understand the things you said in the last 1 or 2 weeks... Sometimes I get the feeling that someone else makes posts under your name

[D]

dude thats scary!!!!!!!!!


are u being serious or just fuckin with me?

No to my knowledge its been me. I may have been playing the other side of topics for awhile

see i have this crazy way about me where sometimes i like to argue one side of an argument

but then sometimes i like to take a completely different side and argue against normally what i believe.

i get bored what can i say!!!!!

[tomass74]

dude thats scary!!!!!!!!!


are u being serious or just fuckin with me?

No to my knowledge its been me. I may have been playing the other side of topics for awhile

see i have this crazy way about me where sometimes i like to argue one side of an argument

but then sometimes i like to take a completely different side and argue against normally what i believe.

i get bored what can i say!!!!!

You may be crazy, but we welcome it. You are capable of  argueing your point without being a toolbag? Rock On!

[disease51883]

even to the point of injecting Mr Weiland in the arse

If I had a dollar for every time one of my good friends injected me in the arse...

Hey. Wait a minute.

[D]

even to the point of injecting Mr Weiland in the arse

If I had a dollar for every time one of my good friends injected me in the arse...

Hey. Wait a minute.

u should  really ask for a raise

[jgfnsr]

when didnt they bow down to axl?

thats an obvious easy one to answer

who owns the name?

Axl Rose.

how did that occur?

Depends on who you ask.? The specifics of that have been argued here endlessly for years...

who came on stage and played whenever he felt like it?

Axl Rose.? One of the "fringe-benefits" of being a lead-singer.

3 instances right there

Uh...ok.


By the way D, I'm confused.   That guy you have as "the greatest drummer ever" doesn't look like John Bonham.  No doubt an innocent oversite on your part though...

[D]

maybe i shouldve put best showman drummer

when it comes to showmanship i dont know anyone who surpasses tommy.

plus im talkin bout "in mylifetime"

[Acquiesce]

D, I think you are completely over-reacting to this interview. You seem to think that Duff is blaming Axl or is blaming everyone but himself for firing Steve, which he isn't.

It seems as if Duff looks back on it now, as an older, wiser, and sober person and realizes they could have handled the Steven situation better. I think he realizes they should have had more compassion, especially since they were junkies theirselves. Steven claims the reason why he was barely able to record Civil War was because he was trying to get clean and the opiate blocker he was given made him very sick. If you believe him, then their decision to fire him was wrong because they didn't even give him the chance to totally get clean.

[D]

im not blaming Duff but ive already read some posts that point the finger at axl, all this axl said "him or me"

ive never in my life heard axl say that or read where he said that.


Some are also claiming Steven was the beginning of the end of GNR and i dont agree.

Some think if Steven hadnt been fired Izzy wouldnt have left but Izzy leaving was more to do with Axl's ego *goin on stage late,fines,riots, plus Izzy not liking how big everything got* Steven was probably a smaller fraction of that.

the problem with GNR was they didnt have any ego on par with Axl's to kind of balance things out.

with Metallica Lars was just as big as James and they balanced each other

no one had the ego or balls to ever call Axl's bluff on shit, therefore Axl became what he became

Steven couldve done nothing to stop Axl from getting out of control, i dont think anyone couldve.