Dj Ashba Is 'Really Excited' About Working On Follow-Up To 'Chinese Democracy'

[Sergott]

Could Axl have given unreleased tracks to DJ to rerecord some guitar parts at Ashbaland, and could that be what is released "soon"?  This stuff wouldn't be new to Bumblefoot nor would he be needed in this process as he already recorded his parts long ago.

[John]

Could Axl have given unreleased tracks to DJ to rerecord some guitar parts at Ashbaland, and could that be what is released "soon"?  This stuff wouldn't be new to Bumblefoot nor would he be needed in this process as he already recorded his parts long ago.

Just no.

Speculation from the deepest chasms of your mind, I suspect.

[One.In.A.Million]

Could Axl have given unreleased tracks to DJ to rerecord some guitar parts at Ashbaland, and could that be what is released "soon"?  This stuff wouldn't be new to Bumblefoot nor would he be needed in this process as he already recorded his parts long ago.

Just no.

Speculation from the deepest chasms of your mind, I suspect.

I agree, and it is a good example of the kind of people who take a band members comments out of all proportion. How can anyone think that, I mean seriously, do you believe it yourself?. 

[Ali]

Could Axl have given unreleased tracks to DJ to rerecord some guitar parts at Ashbaland, and could that be what is released "soon"?  This stuff wouldn't be new to Bumblefoot nor would he be needed in this process as he already recorded his parts long ago.

Just no.

Speculation from the deepest chasms of your mind, I suspect.

I agree, and it is a good example of the kind of people who take a band members comments out of all proportion. How can anyone think that, I mean seriously, do you believe it yourself?. 

I don't think that that necessarily HAS happened yet, but I think it COULD happen.  I think getting DJ to do what Ron and Richard did for CD, re-record some guitar parts to give them a presence and sense of integration into the material itself, would be a relatively small task in terms of getting the rest of the material from the CD era out.  I think it's feasible based on what happened with CD.

Ali

[John]

I think most of us agree that re-working parts is a possibility, and no one is ruling that out. Its pure speculation though, none of us have a clue.

What bothered me with the above post was the suggestion that songs were being worked on without bumble's knowledge. Like there was some kind of Axl-Ashba secret project that Bumble didnt need to know about. I can't believe I'm writing these words, some of the speculation here is way beyond any perceivable reality.

[D]

U can come up with ideas for songs without actually having written them yet.

songs are like short stories and maybe he and Axl have some great ideas for subject matter and maybe DJ has some awesome riffs brewing.

[draguns]

I just saw on Yahoo that Guns came in 8th for top searches of the day thanks to DJ Ashba. There are already articles written as to what DJ said.

[One.In.A.Million]

I just saw on Yahoo that Guns came in 8th for top searches of the day thanks to DJ Ashba. There are already articles written as to what DJ said.

That's the only negative aspect surrounding the interview with DJ. Because now the media are reporting that a GN'R album maybe closer than we thought. Which is not the case really, since they have alot of work to do yet, as Ron said.

And that same media will be quoting DJs' comment in future write-ups, when the album doesn't appear as fast as the comment implied.

Just unfortunate really, the media should also report Rons' comments too, to make it more realistic. 

[cineater]

I don't know, not much is getting pass the labels these days.  I think they need to switch off the cd and go for the single.  Market it to commercials, video games, itunes and movies.

[DemocracyRose]

Could Axl have given unreleased tracks to DJ to rerecord some guitar parts at Ashbaland, and could that be what is released "soon"?  This stuff wouldn't be new to Bumblefoot nor would he be needed in this process as he already recorded his parts long ago.

Just no.

Speculation from the deepest chasms of your mind, I suspect.

I agree, and it is a good example of the kind of people who take a band members comments out of all proportion. How can anyone think that, I mean seriously, do you believe it yourself?. 

Of course its pure speculations. But I can very well see the scenario that DJ are rerecording some parts of "old" songs.

Maybe Bumble and DJ are talking about 2 differents things?

[faldor]

Could Axl have given unreleased tracks to DJ to rerecord some guitar parts at Ashbaland, and could that be what is released "soon"?  This stuff wouldn't be new to Bumblefoot nor would he be needed in this process as he already recorded his parts long ago.

Just no.

Speculation from the deepest chasms of your mind, I suspect.

I agree, and it is a good example of the kind of people who take a band members comments out of all proportion. How can anyone think that, I mean seriously, do you believe it yourself?. 

Of course its pure speculations. But I can very well see the scenario that DJ are rerecording some parts of "old" songs.

Maybe Bumble and DJ are talking about 2 differents things?

I think it's pretty clear that they are, in a sense.  People were jumping to the conclusion that a new album was on the horizon because the current lineup has been working on new music while out on the road.  DJ NEVER said anything remotely close to that, but some people went there.  So Ron was just killing that rumor before it got out of hand.  We've heard from just about everyone involved that there is more music in the vault.  When we hear it is an entirely different question.  DJ seems to think it won't take "as long" as CD.  But even that is vague at best.  So both guys were right in their own way.

[Alfie Bones]

Ashba was having a good laugh at Perez Hilton's expense after the latter took his words out of context and wrote about a new GNR album on the way. 

[Rockin' Rose]

Ashba was having a good laugh at Perez Hilton's expense after the latter took his words out of context and wrote about a new GNR album on the way. 

That ain't good, hope he won't get flamed like Dizzy and Tommy back in the days, Ron seems to have learned from the first time.

[FunkyMonkey]

Just unfortunate really, the media should also report Rons' comments too, to make it more realistic. 

They are, but like this:

New Guns N' Roses Album Drama

Last week, Guns N' Roses guitarist D.J. Ashba was the first in the group?s inner circle to publicly mention anything about the status of a new project by the band.

At the release party of the new video game, "Call Of Duty: Black Ops," in Santa Monica on November 4, Asha commented on the band?s plans, saying, "We're talking about that right now. We've been throwing around a bunch of ideas and it should be good, man. We've got a lot of good stuff on the plate coming out. It won't take as long, I promise."

Nothing concrete, nothing set in stone; simply the first reference that something is in the early stages.

Did Ashba speak out of turn, or is it simply that the mere mention of anything connected with new GNR is enough to turn fans heads around? After all, "Chinese Democracy" was 13 years in the making.

On Wednesday, guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal tried to calm the rising tide of fan interest when answering questions on his Facebook page.

"We've yet to get in a room and write as a band," notes Bumblefoot. " know D.J. mentioned something about a new album, but don't want y'all expecting anything soon. Other than old, unreleased ['Chinese Democracy'] songs, songs need to be written, jammed, recorded, tweaked, re-worked, re-recorded, mixed, re-mixed, mastered, re-mastered, art, new art, label approval, a game plan from the label that Axl [Rose, lead singer] approves.... not as simple when it's on such a big scale... Just don't want ya getting frustrated if a GN'R album doesn't happen quick..."

Ultimate Guitar

[D]

DJ posted the link to Perez Hilton...............

I think he needs to clarify though, cause he is new to GNR, and doesn't realize what the fanbase went through with Chinese Democracy.

[jarmo]

I think he needs to clarify though, cause he is new to GNR, and doesn't realize what the fanbase went through with Chinese Democracy.

What does that even mean?

In many cases people chose to ignore key words/phrases such as "wish", "believe", "hope to" and translate then into meaning promise/guarantee etc.

I guess many band members realized after a while that it's often better to keep quiet than to answer questions with things like "we hope to have....". Even though that was the truth. They did hope to do things at the time etc.





/jarmo

[D]

Just means, Axl is gonna get a lot of unjust criticism when a new album doesn't come out till 2014 when he never said anything about it.

When that puts u in the top 3 trending topics, it becomes a big deal and should be clarified by DJ and he shouldn't keep perpetuating it by posting links to the story if they don't have something in the works.


where does DJ Use the words wish or believe or hope to have? He doesn't.
 
 D.J. Ashba said that fans won't have to wait long for the band's next studio album. "We're talking about that right now," he said. "We've been throwing around a bunch of ideas and it should be good, man. We've got a lot of good stuff on the plate coming out. It won't take as long, I promise. Yeah, I'm excited to get this next one rolling. A lot of great shit. Axl [Rose, vocals] has a lot of good shit up his sleeve, so I'm really excited about it."


He says "Wont have to wait long" "I Promise" "STuff Coming Out"

I know u are doing your spin control, but DJ obviously misspoke and should come out and retract that before it makes Axl look bad.

[icpillusions]

DJ is mostlikely right when he said "fans won't have to wait long for the band's next studio album"  CD did take 13 years.   So what are the chances that we will have to wait that long again.  Especially, if they rework some of the old songs that are already written and recorded.

Clever words on DJ's part.

[Axl4Prez2004]

D makes a good point.  GNR is topping searches all over this internet thingy. 
Pretty damn cool if you ask me...but like D said, this buzz has a negative side to it in that some will perceive the absence of an album soon as an affront...dumb but true.  but also true that many are dumb.

http://www.spin.com/articles/axl-rose-writing-next-g-n-r-album-more?cb=cdninvalidate#comment-77282

It can't hurt to support the band with a good word under some of the many articles posted.
 

[jarmo]

where does DJ Use the words wish or believe or hope to have? He doesn't.

You were talking about "what the fanbase went through with Chinese Democracy.", so was I. Not about Dj's latest comment.





/jarmo