interview with slash during period leaving gnr

[widevu]

here's an interesting interview with the guy
he talks about dinner with axl
just before he leaves gnr

never saw that before

gr
widevu

[widevu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFQzPfIhCqM&feature=related

sorry forgot the link

[alex420gnr]

Interesting that he said that he(slash) axl and duff had like 80 songs

I take it they were all instrumentals with no vocals

wonder if any of those musical concepts ever materialized later as chinese democracy songs

and i bet we will never hear any of that stuff until 20+ years have passed

Slash and Duff do seem to gel well together

When VR was getting off the ground they also had like 80 potential songs

Those guys are prolific when it comes to jamming

Rock on

Alex

[jarmo]

I don't think the interview is from 1995 like it says.

He talks about the Snakepit tour and going to Budapest. He went to Budapest in August 1996.

So it's a few months before it was announced that he had quit the band.




/jarmo

[Rapunzel]

wonder if any of those musical concepts ever materialized later as chinese democracy songs

The likelihood of that happening is absolutely ziltch. 

[GnR-NOW]

Good interview.  I think the main difference between the two was musical direction.  Axl wanted epic sounding, deep emotion, powerful lyric written songs, and Slash wanted quick hitting rock songs.  Therefore there is no reason for an original GNR concert again, not that it's a bad thing, but Axl and Slash want two different things. 

I wouldn't trade all the new GNR songs we heard recently for the unheard songs that were never released.

[Rapunzel]

That interview was done over ten years ago.

The guys have done alot of growing up since then.

Some of the new stuff is most certainly quick hitting rock.....and then some!

Plus, I've always thought that Slash rather enjoyed the musical challenge of playing some of Axl's epic melodies.

I think it took him almost 2 years too get November Rain solos down perfect.

Some of the stuff just took longer to learn (rather than quick hitting rock songs).

[Jim Bob]

could there be anyone more overrated than slash on these gnr boards?     

[Rapunzel]

Nah man, I don't think he's overrated.

Seen the Tokyo 92 footage?

IMO he's quite unique.

[Jim Bob]

Nah man, I don't think he's overrated.

Seen the Tokyo 92 footage?

IMO he's quite unique.

he's run of the mill.   sure he does what he does well, but he does the same thing over and over again.   all he knows is what he does and IMO there are several guitarists out there that are much better.   he is known for who he is because of his persona with the top hat.  as a player, he's soooooo overrated.   his solo on the tokyo video you speak of is almost as boring as matt scrotum's drum solo.    lets just play the same scales over and over again!

[Rapunzel]

The fact that he can play the music written by Axl with such soul and feeling says alot. It is not easy music to play at all. When you can master it though, it's a rather nice place to be...

I'm not just talking about a solo on the Tokyo video - I'm talking about his whole stage performance.

He plays by ear not scales.

Through playing Axl's music he was well on his way in 92 to becoming an extremely accomplished musician.

The fact that he could compliment Axl's performance on stage is important to realize because Axl 's musical upbringing was extremely intensive. (Mr I'll just play these trilly notes with the first three fingers of my right hand whilst my other two are bent at the nuckles!  ).

Matt's drum solo was interesting because of the rhythm - and I think it may of been one of the first times where another musician (Duff) started playing on the one kit.

[$$$$]

"it'll work out though"

that was my favorite part

[Ulises]

Slash's departure was one of the best thing that could happen to the band. He became an obstacle.

[lynn1961]

Slash's departure was one of the best thing that could happen to the band. He became an obstacle.

An obstacle to what? 

[Jim Bob]

Slash's departure was one of the best thing that could happen to the band. He became an obstacle.

An obstacle to what? 

growth.  evolution. 

[suicide]

Slash's departure was one of the best thing that could happen to the band. He became an obstacle.

If you really think "Axl is God" then there's no point in discussing this is there?

Anyhow. Why would you say that Slash's departure was the best thing that could happen to GN'R? As long as the album we've all been waiting for for such a long time isn't released we can't know. Maybe you like the very few songs we've heard so far but who knows, you might hate the rest of the album. It's too soon to say.

We also don't know the songs Axl, Slash and Duff did work on. Maybe they were shit, maybe they were magic. In the 2002 interview Axl said: "I think that some of the riffs that were coming out of him (Slash) were the meanest, most contemporary, bluesiest, rocking thing since Aerosmith's Rocks." So who knows what we're missing out on.

[Rapunzel]

We also don't know the songs Axl, Slash and Duff did work on. Maybe they were shit, maybe they were magic. In the 2002 interview Axl said: "I think that some of the riffs that were coming out of him (Slash) were the meanest, most contemporary, bluesiest, rocking thing since Aerosmith's Rocks."

Excellent point. 

"Fuck Yeh!"

 

[Smoking Guns]

We also don't know the songs Axl, Slash and Duff did work on. Maybe they were shit, maybe they were magic. In the 2002 interview Axl said: "I think that some of the riffs that were coming out of him (Slash) were the meanest, most contemporary, bluesiest, rocking thing since Aerosmith's Rocks."

Excellent point. 

"Fuck Yeh!"

 

I always had a feeling that Axl when ready to do that style of album again, would come calling to Slash and didn't want this band to go there.  Also the 2002 album Slash, Duff, Matt, and Izzy wrote is supposed to be a GNR style album.  So who knows.

[CheapJon]

I don't think the interview is from 1995 like it says.

He talks about the Snakepit tour and going to Budapest. He went to Budapest in August 1996.

So it's a few months before it was announced that he had quit the band.


/jarmo

he said "he threw together a band and they'll play blues covers" guess he's talking about the Blues Ball and not snakepit?

[Smoking Guns]

I don't think the interview is from 1995 like it says.

He talks about the Snakepit tour and going to Budapest. He went to Budapest in August 1996.

So it's a few months before it was announced that he had quit the band.


/jarmo

he said "he threw together a band and they'll play blues covers" guess he's talking about the Blues Ball and not snakepit?

Correct, blues ball, but he did play budapest i think the year before too, but with Snakepit.