I just came across this interview on Youtube, wow what a fantastic interview. Axl and Slash sound like best friends!!! What the hell happened to these guys? Its so sad to listen to
One thing that happened (this was mentioned earlier in the thread) was that Slash gave Axl a tape of songs at this meeting which he considered the next Guns album and Axl passed. Then he did Snakepit with those songs and the relationship eroded quickly from there.
That is so frustrating to hear. It sounds like these guys just needed more time apart, but as Slash mentioned in his book when he isn't doing anything that is when he'd pick up the needle. Very sad. It sounds like they had all kinds of plans that just fell apart.
Attack me if you want, but Axl sort of did do the solo album thing with Chinese Democracy. That is not meant as a slight to Axl. I really really wonder what he meant in this interview that he had some 'big top secret' thing for his solo project. What the hell was he planning?
I loved Axl's comment about them writing for the next album. Slash talks about how the group of them gets together and writes what they want at that moment and then Axl says "yeah then I throw a wrench in it" and he laughs! Ugh, its such a travesty that these guys aren't working together anymore.
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