Rumors of GN'R using studio musicians?

[BurningHills]

Came across this from the Metal Sludge gossip board - and for the record I DO NOT BELIEVE IT ONE BIT:

 
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 Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:48 am    Post subject:   

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but it's sad that most of the great music on Appetit was not played by the guys as they were too wasted...although it's their stuff and they would have been able to do it!

Appetit ROCKS!
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And here:



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 Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:50 am    Post subject:   

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BD888 wrote:
You're fucking joking right? If that was the case, then why weren't there loads of albums that sounded just like Appetite for Destruction, particularly after it huge success?

If you listen to appetite at any length, part of the lure of it is the drunken drug fuelled sloppy imperfections in the guitar playing.


Of course there is no proof for it, but I heard it from a studio musician who was in business during that time. It happens more often than people and musicians think that the "band" plays stuff in the studio and if the producers/ record company is not satisfied they get a studio pro who plays parts of the recordings while the band is not in the studio.
In case of the Appetite record it was supposed to be mainly parts of the rythmn section ... lead guitars supposed to be Slash.
So the feeling and sound are the guys but basically parts not played by them.
 
 
And I just love this response:



Oh, so your source is uh some random guy that once worked in a studio in the 80s?

This is Guns N Fucking Roses we are talking about, it's not Warrant or modern day Kiss. You ever looked at the liner notes in a GNR album, they give credit to any fucker who even walked into the studio during recording. Mike Clink even gets credit for twisting a nut cracker or something. There were NO studio muscians on AFD and world is still round.


 

 

Full thread can be viewed here:

http://www.metalsludge.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=45122

Has anyone heard of this before?

[Thorazine Shuffle]

Thats a new one to me.  You can replicate the music, but you cannot replicate the "style" of the player, meaning you can hear all of the little nuances of the members of the band on Appetite.  Its them, not some bullshit studio musicians.

[ppbebe]

Were they young Tommy, Chris, bh, brain, Richard, Robin etc by any chance?
And they ended up joining GNR officially later on?

[2NaFish]

absolute bullshit.

[Christos AG]

That was really stupid.

All the music was pure GN'R.

Mike Clink was even lucky to be there...

[jameslofton29]

Were they young Tommy, Chris, bh, brain, Richard, Robin etc by any chance?
And they ended up joining GNR officially later on?

Once again Ppbebe, you've solved the puzzle. Seriously though, I cant believe people keep responding to these types of lame rumours. Pretty soon, the only album GNR will get credit for is TSI.

[Timmy]

yes, appetit does rock...

 

[BurningHills]

Before anyone starts pointing fingers in my direction -

I DID NOT FUCKING START THIS RUMOR!

I found it on the Metal Sludge board and found it to be bullshit, if not an interesting topic. So don't point fingers in my fucking direction without reading the post- you dig?

[2NaFish]

easy on the ol' defensiveness there Chet. Nobody was pointing any fingers in your direction.

[Christos AG]

easy on the ol' defensiveness there Chet. Nobody was pointing any fingers in your direction.

That's why he says BEFORE... 

[2NaFish]

ah, a pre-emptive defensive strike. very american (dear god, that was a joke).

Well, i'm thinking about starting a rumour in a few weeks time. I should really make a thread tonite telling people to not bash me when it comes.

[nesquick]

ah, a pre-emptive defensive strike. very american (dear god, that was a joke).

Well, i'm thinking about starting a rumour in a few weeks time. I should really make a thread tonite telling people to not bash me when it comes.

is it about the album? 

[Christos AG]

ah, a pre-emptive defensive strike. very american (dear god, that was a joke).

Well, i'm thinking about starting a rumour in a few weeks time. I should really make a thread tonite telling people to not bash me when it comes.

cmon, give the guy a break...

at least he didnt make it up...

[2NaFish]

ah, a pre-emptive defensive strike. very american (dear god, that was a joke).

Well, i'm thinking about starting a rumour in a few weeks time. I should really make a thread tonite telling people to not bash me when it comes.

is it about the album?

Its rumoured to be a rumour about the album, but i haven't made it up yet so i can't be certain.

[Christos AG]

ah, a pre-emptive defensive strike. very american (dear god, that was a joke).

Well, i'm thinking about starting a rumour in a few weeks time. I should really make a thread tonite telling people to not bash me when it comes.

is it about the album?

Its rumoured to be a rumour about the album, but i haven't made it up yet so i can't be certain.

Can't it be about Axl's new hairstyle?

[Carlos_f_Rose]

Damn, no one could have taken Slash, Izzy, Steven, or Duff's place thats impossible! Still no one can replace them... 

[Jonathan]

This is the most stupid "rumour" so far.

It seems like it has been much talk about many "rumours" after the Slash thing or am I wrong?

[DunkinDave]

Its them, not some bullshit studio musicians.

Fortus made his career out of being a studio musician.

[patvalley]

All I know is that I've heard most of "Izzy's playing" on AFD was actually Slash, simply because Izzy was too fucked up to play sometimes. which kinda explains why the two guitars work so well with eachother. Izzy actually had to learn a few of his parts off of the record.
I'm not going to get started by saying where/who I heard this from, but here it is, take it as you will..I still don't even believe this one but   

[the dirt]

All I know is that I've heard most of "Izzy's playing" on AFD was actually Slash, simply because Izzy was too fucked up to play sometimes.

The same is said of the UYI's. I heard it was because Izzy was too lazy, not necessarily because he was too fucked up.