Moby Influences?

[samoice]

After listening to alot of the Gnr leaks over the last few months , and this week listening to Moby's Play album .. alot of the beats sound simular to someof the songs like twat... CIAR  , etc ... did axl work with moby fora little while ?

[Origen]

Moby was involved with the album at one point.

[codenameninja]

Moby was involved with the album at one point.

I didn't think Moby was ever involved with CD. I thought he was contacted at one point and possibly met Axl, although Moby decided he was too busy with other projects to get involved with CD.

[Origen]

Moby was involved with the album at one point.

I didn't think Moby was ever involved with CD. I thought he was contacted at one point and possibly met Axl, although Moby decided he was too busy with other projects to get involved with CD.

I thought he came in for a few months in the late 90s to help produce the album. I'm not a big Moby fan so you might be right I just thought he was.

[TrixAreForKids]

Moby was involved with the album at one point.

I didn't think Moby was ever involved with CD. I thought he was contacted at one point and possibly met Axl, although Moby decided he was too busy with other projects to get involved with CD.

I thought he came in for a few months in the late 90s to help produce the album. I'm not a big Moby fan so you might be right I just thought he was.

Your are correct sir. At one point, Moby told Axl that the album was ready for the public. Moby was later fired.

[CAFC Nick]

Moby was involved with the album at one point.

I didn't think Moby was ever involved with CD. I thought he was contacted at one point and possibly met Axl, although Moby decided he was too busy with other projects to get involved with CD.

I thought he came in for a few months in the late 90s to help produce the album. I'm not a big Moby fan so you might be right I just thought he was.

Your are correct sir. At one point, Moby told Axl that the album was ready for the public. Moby was later fired.

Thats pretty much the case for everyone thats ever worked on the album.

[TheRaven]

Moby was involved with the album at one point.

I didn't think Moby was ever involved with CD. I thought he was contacted at one point and possibly met Axl, although Moby decided he was too busy with other projects to get involved with CD.

I thought he came in for a few months in the late 90s to help produce the album. I'm not a big Moby fan so you might be right I just thought he was.

Your are correct sir. At one point, Moby told Axl that the album was ready for the public. Moby was later fired.

Is it true that when Moby was fired Axl told him "nobody listens to techno"?lol 

Raven

[Neemo]

god i hate moby...he fucking blows

[KillKurtzKids]

Moby influence? No. Not living 10 years waiting for a new W.A.S.P album and saying 'music is no good these days'? Yes.

[Lucky]

moby was involved.
he worked in the studio for a while.
google for interviews.

[PJ]

he did a try out and hang with the band for like 3 weeks..
but he didnt produce or write or anything..

[the dirt]

Wasn't Moby brought in to help Axl with ideas on how to introduce GNR fans to the new millenium?

[codenameninja]

i have to admit, i do own 2 Moby albums, Play and 18, both are really quite good 

[slashisvr]

im sure he did produce at one point, not 100%

[veritas55]

my recollection is that Axl played a bunch of samples and fragments to Moby, and Moby later commented about how GnR was doing the best samples he had heard in a while, etc.. (to the point at which Axl,much later in time, said something like "thanks, but shut up already about it.")  Moby's main comment seems to be that he recommended the band write and complete songs, since it didn't seem like there was much that was completed at that point in time (which I think was in the 1997-98 time frame).

[Lucky]

go browse HTGTH archive!

[jesuswithamullet]

Yeah, I hear the Moby influences too.  I don't know what you call it, ambient or something?  I'm not good with subgenres, but I do hear that light electronic vibe.

Moby is a phenomenal live act, best show I've ever been to

[KillKurtzKids]

He was in the studio, briefly. Never producer. Guns were only playing with ideas at that moment and I believe he said something about no vocals being done and attempting to encourage Axl to sing. This is a small footnote in the page of minor footnotes, and I'm sure, had no lasting effect on 'the sound'. Yes there are hip-hop, dance beats and synth on Moby records... but he hardly pioneered a revolution in that respect. I'm sure Axl and the band were listening to and being influenced by lots of things that would disgust many of you a long time before chrome dome entered the fold! As were most people. Life after 80's metal? Shockingly... yes. The very old Rolling Stone description of Chinese Democracy sounding like Physical Graffiti mixed by Beck is a good one. A classic rock sound created with a love of everything that has happened since. Fantastic. An opportunity for Guns to be special again instead of slipping into a repetitive cycle of aging clich?'s.

[liesin]

can't really see the conection between moby and new gnr, but anyway don't think he got much of an influence on cd.

[badapple81]

Some of you need to do some research before posting what you think happened with Moby and Axl.

Moby is a very talented musician and as he worked with Axl for a short time, it is possible that one or two beats could have been sourced from his work with the band. Although I think the band may have headed away from the direction they were originally going with.