Gilby mentions Chinese Democracy

[LIGuns]

Live-Metal.Net: I have a habit of throwing this one in here. When do you think that "Chinese Democracy" will be released?

Gilby Clarke: There was point there, I have to tell you, that I was absolutely sure it was coming out but at this point I have no idea. I am just like every other person and I am a fan of GN'R's music but I have no idea. I have heard a couple songs just like everybody else and I am just as curious as everybody else. I am really curious to see what kind of music you break up a really good band for.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102366

[Rapunzel]

Gilby Clarke: I am really curious to see what kind of music you break up a really good band for.

Oooh.....um.....which band is he talking about?

[CheapJon]

Gilby Clarke: I am really curious to see what kind of music you break up a really good band for.

I lost some respect for gilby there i have to say, that's probably his point of view since he got fired.. but for the others it was a choice and they helped breaking it up equally as to axl..

i don't consider it broken up though, it's evolved

[Rapunzel]

Didn't he just go and join Slash in the Snakepit for a while?

[Fingers]

Gilby was fired from Guns n Roses right around the time his solo album came out in 1994-maybe a few months after if I remember correctly-he was totally out of GNR by the time Snakepit came around-Axl did not want to write with Gilby, I think had a different version of GNR than Axl and basically was fired for it

[Rapunzel]

But the thing is, I don't think that Axl broke up GNR, so he could do Chinese Democracy (several years down the track).....1994, I think that CD was the last thing on Axl's mind.


Gilby's wording.....is strange.....I don't think he is talking about GnR....



I don't think that he holds any bitterness towards Axl about things that may have occurred many years ago.....at all...

[PJ]

gilby was never fired
his contract ended
he found out when the checks stopped coming after his solo tour...

the real reasong is axl didnt want write with him

[live-metal.net]

Actually that is just a snippet... to give it some more context he said this... (just for some clarification)

You can read the full interview here:
http://www.live-metal.net/interviews_gilbyclarke.html

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I have a habit of throwing this one in here. When do you think that Chinese Democracy will be released?

There was point there, I have to tell you, that I was absolutely sure it was coming out but at this point I have no idea. I am just like every other person and I am a fan of GNR's music but I have no idea. I have heard a couple songs just like everybody else and I am just as curious as everybody else. I am really curious to see what kind of music you break up a really good band for.

Is there anything else you want to add?

I think that is about it. I think there is a really interesting vibe right now, we just have to be patient and hopefully we will get some good records out of it.


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So, I sensed absolutely no bitterness whatsoever.

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Earlier in the interview, Gilby also mentions doing an autobiography which would feature his "GNR opinion".

 

[IzzyDutch]

There's no bitterness.. it's just a nice read from Gilby

[Jim Bob]

Never had anything against him but that was a pretty stupid fucking thing to say.

[oldgunsfan]

my guess is he has a much better insight as to why other members quit the band then us fans that post on this board do

and maybe it's just me, but the fact that every other member of the band quit, rather than staying in one of the biggest bands at the time, has got to at least somewhat backup Gilby's statement

not that it really matters nowadays

[Javier Ochoa]

There's something i don't understand.

Gilby was fired or at least his contract finished. This was because Axl didn't write with him. Nonetheless, Axl appears in Pawnshop Guitars singing Dead Flowers, so the relationship wasn't bad. That was around that years right ?

[Rapunzel]

No bad relationship at all.

[Walapino]

I think it was a mutual decision, I remember reading Gilby said Axl wanted 3 guitar players at the time and Gilby didnt like. In any case there wasnt bad blood between them, Axl took stage once in 1999 I think and sang some Stones songs with him.

[don_vercetti]

Man gilby was there for axls re-emergance into the limelight.  In like 2000, Axl came to a club (the cat club) and they sang Dead Flowers together.  I don't think there's bad bloody between them, I think Gilby is just upset the '92 - '94 era band came to and end, for whatever reason.  Which he has every right to be, imho.

[mrlee]

gilby is friends with all of them.

i dont think he was on about him going. i think the "band" he reffered to was slash n duff with axl.

[PJ]

There's something i don't understand.

Gilby was fired or at least his contract finished. This was because Axl didn't write with him. Nonetheless, Axl appears in Pawnshop Guitars singing Dead Flowers, so the relationship wasn't bad. That was around that years right ?

axl
recorded the songs
when he still was in GNR

[Giant_Robot]

I am really curious to see what kind of music you break up a really good band for.

Well lets see :

Contraband
Libertad
Aint Life Grand

Gee looks like someone made a wrong decision 

[CheapJon]

that was great^ 

[Fingers]

I think it was a mutual decision, I remember reading Gilby said Axl wanted 3 guitar players at the time and Gilby didnt like. In any case there wasnt bad blood between them, Axl took stage once in 1999 I think and sang some Stones songs with him.

According to Gilby's lawyer, he was fired and re-hired 3 times or something like that by Guns n Roses-this is from his lawsuit against them