Guns N Roses - The Lost Album

[MotleyCrue]

This was taken from Axl Rose's Wikipedia page
In 1994, Rose fired guitarist Gilby Clarke and hired old friend Paul Tobias. Together with the rest of the band (at this point: Slash, McKagan and Sorum), Rose and Tobias recorded a cover of the song "Sympathy for the Devil" for the Interview with the Vampire movie soundtrack. Unbeknownst to Slash (at the time), Rose had Tobias re-record some of his guitar parts. When Slash found out, he was quite upset; this was part of what fuelled his desire to leave the band.

The band returned to the studio and allegedly recorded 13 tracks for a new album (which may still exist today but have never been released). The "new album" (the recording process of which was documented in a few rare articles from the mid-'90s) was claimed by Duff McKagan to feature some soft ballads and acoustic-style songs. These rumors were dispelled in a 1996 (?) interview, where Duff said, "No ballads." However, due to tensions, Slash left the band before its release, followed by Sorum and McKagan in 1997 so the band could never finish it. The lost Guns N' Roses album was never released by GN'R. Some people mistakenly think that material from this album was used on the Slash's Snakepit CD, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," which is erroneous. What really happened was this: Slash wrote some songs for GN'R in the mid-'90s, but Axl disliked them, and before leaving the band Slash asked Axl if he could use them for Snakepit. Axl had no interest in the songs Slash had written, and as such many of Slash's lyrics (NOT the actual songs recorded by GN'R) were passed on to the Slash's Snakepit band, which Slash played guitar for. The album "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" flopped critically and financially.

Does anyone have those articles featuring comments by Duff on the album?

The "lost album," on the other hand, remains something of a mystery amongst die-hard fans to this day. (Some claim it will be released as a "Beatles Anthology"-type gift set in the future, while others are more skeptical.)

[MotleyCrue]

I have an interview with Gilby Clarke in 2004 in which he claims that the band recorded 'Rock and Roll Ciggarettes' by Hanoi Rocks for inclusion on the Spaghetti Incident, but for some reason it got dropped, AND AS FAR AS HE KNEW IT WAS THE ONLY UNRELEASED, RECORDED TRACK, THAT HE FEATURED ON WHICH HAD NOT BEEN RELEASED

[sic.]

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=24441.0

[Megaguns]

I would have thought that between the release of TSI and 1996/7 (breaking point) that the band didnt just sit on their arses and actually did record some stuff togethor. cmon, it is 3 to 4 years, you cant say they were dormant all that time, I am aware that they did solo stuff in that time but i think there is more to it. Didnt gilby get fired in like 94? If thats the case he wouldnt know what was recorded with tobias. Id love to hear the songs though... ?

[RichardNixon]

I remember Duff saying around '96 that the band were working on 13 or so songs that "rock" and would be out soon. 

I doubt we will see it soon. If Axl releases three new albums with the new band over three years, I doubt he'd put it out. But maybe someday? Perhaps on a boxset?