Del James Says Media Portrays Axl Incorrectly

[JAEBALL]

I base that comment on repeated instances of you thinking once some indeterminate amount of time passes, such things should not be mentioned any longer.

You've gone down that road with any number of topics.  But, the common denominator is that they are all negative.  Really can't say I've seen you take something positive from however far back and say it should stopped being mentioned.

Hell, just yesterday.  You still want to talk about the KOHD single's proceeds, but not about Montreal.  We are talking about things that happened, quite literally, weeks apart.  One you will gladly discuss, one needs to be dismissed.  The motivation seems obvious.

No?

Hahahahahaha!

Poor you and your Pity Party (TM).

It's called DEAD HORSE. It's been there before you even showed up. It's there for a reason because people like you seem to find it interesting to dwell on the negative for decades. Others deal with it once and move on.

Some of us don't want you ruining every thread to be about the "lack of promotion" or "the reputation of canceling shows".
We have a special little tree house for people like yourself, we call it Dead Horse.


I find little interest in talking about Montreal 1992. Sorry. The only reason I brought up the single was because it was an example of something good. Because some of you don't know that Axl ever did anything good. It was just one example. It wasn't meant to create this debate where you can bring all the shit to the table and start your old "but this was wrong" routine all over again.

Your act all along has been to always spin everything and add something negative. I posted some good things, there you were pointing out the bad things. And then you think there's some kind of hidden motive.

The only motive is to keep people like you away from ruining every single thread with your "honest opinions" that we've heard for decades. You like the band music. Yes we know. Too bad you don't like the band enough to fit in here. And that's why you'll never feel welcome here no mater how much you cry about it.





/jarmo

The only thing I remember about Montreal was in 2010 the band played to a capacity crowd and it went off without a hitch with Axl having a blast!  The crowd was insane.  Glad I was there to see this.

Hasn't Axl even acknowledged he wanted to make amends with certain cities?

That Canadian tour was aces.

[D-GenerationX]

I didn't think he'd ever come back to Philly.  And for his own safety, I would have agreed with that call.

But they came back in 2012 and played a super small place.  If someone wanted to really peg him with something, it would have been an easy shot.

Yet there were no issues.  And he did give that nice little speech before YCBM.  Didn't really explain what happened exactly, but did cop to some of it being on him.  It was a good gesture.

[jarmo]

But they came back in 2012 and played a super small place. 

Maybe because the tour was called Up Close And Personal? Kinda was the whole concept of the tour. More intimate venues....



/jarmo

[DeN]

here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cZdwk-Vgg4

[D-GenerationX]

But they came back in 2012 and played a super small place. 

Maybe because the tour was called Up Close And Personal? Kinda was the whole concept of the tour. More intimate venues....

Diiiiiid you read the rest of the quote, chief?

But they came back in 2012 and played a super small place.  If someone wanted to really peg him with something, it would have been an easy shot.

I only reference the size of the venue to establish how much easier it would be peg Axl in the head with something.

This town is LOADED with meathead idiots.  People in this town tailgate 4PM NFL games at 8AM, and some don't even make it into the stadium they are so tanked up.  Fights are prevalent.

I would have thought there was 100% chance of someone getting tuned up and doing something stupid if he ever came back here.  I never expected him back.

Took balls.  Good for him.

[draguns]

Hard to like the music without liking the band... no?

Some fans care seem to care more whether or not Axl is sleeping easier at night than he used to? Or if he has inner peace.. I'm sorry I don't care about that any more or less then he cares about my inner peace. Does that make me a bad guy or a bad fan? I don't know.

To get back a little to the orginial topic... I wouldn't change the perception's or views the world has of Axl... because it's part of why were all drawn to him originally anyway!

Axl Rose = Bad Ass Motherfucker...

Exactly! I totally agree.

[jarmo]

Diiiiiid you read the rest of the quote, chief?

Read it, just giving you some background on why they played that "super small venue".

This town is LOADED with meathead idiots.

Ahem.



/jarmo

[Axl4Prez2004]

Diiiiiid you read the rest of the quote, chief?

Read it, just giving you some background on why they played that "super small venue".

This town is LOADED with meathead idiots.

Ahem.

/jarmo

Hey, I see what you did there.   
Thanks for the chuckle Jarmo.

[GNR2014]

Don't want people to think you're an asshole? Maybe try not flipping the middle finger in every other photo. 

[jarmo]

 

ROTFFLMFAOCOPTER.


I'm assuming you're just trolling and you're not serious, considering both people on the photo are smiling.




/jarmo

[Gunsguy]

ROTFFLMFAOCOPTER.


I'm assuming you're just trolling and you're not serious, considering both people on the photo are smiling.




/jarmo

I hope that pic is a joke!    Does not support his case at all.

[TheBaconman]

Don't want people to think you're an asshole? Maybe try not flipping the middle finger in every other photo. 

When DJ met that little look a like kid at the airport.  I was shocked not to see DJ give the camera the finger.   It's one of the only pictures I have seen of him not giving the camera the bird

Although I rarley hunt down pictures of DJ hahaha.  Just what I have seen at concerts. 

I am rock star.  See!!!  I gave the camera the finger.   And there I did it again!

[EmilyGNR]

Don't want people to think you're an asshole? Maybe try not flipping the middle finger in every other photo. 

Hahaha!  Hilarious attempt to support your ridiculous and mistaken premise 

Is today Troll day here?

[Gunsguy]

Don't want people to think you're an asshole? Maybe try not flipping the middle finger in every other photo. 

When DJ met that little look a like kid at the airport.  I was shocked not to see DJ give the camera the finger.   It's one of the only pictures I have seen of him not giving the camera the bird

Although I rarley hunt down pictures of DJ hahaha.  Just what I have seen at concerts. 

I am rock star.  See!!!  I gave the camera the finger.   And there I did it again!

 

You make it seem like they do this at ANY photog...  Not so, this was a running joke in the band for some time with Jarmo/Kat or anyone in the staff taking pics...  at least *I* picked up on it.  Them having fun, how so un rock n roll right?

[TheBaconman]

Don't want people to think you're an asshole? Maybe try not flipping the middle finger in every other photo. 

Hahaha!  Hilarious attempt to support your ridiculous and mistaken premise 

Is today Troll day here?

Lol

Shhhhhh. 

The only trolls here are the ones I meet on Friday nights

[EmilyGNR]

Don't want people to think you're an asshole? Maybe try not flipping the middle finger in every other photo. 

Hahaha!  Hilarious attempt to support your ridiculous and mistaken premise 

Is today Troll day here?

Lol

Shhhhhh. 

The only trolls here are the ones I meet on Friday nights

Au contraire, I see some trolls here on a more or less everyday basis, but it is endlessly amusing watching them get owned

[EvilSmurf]

I have a personal anecdote related to this. I am an amateur musician and I was recording an album with an engineer in LA a few years back. He has alot of relationships in the industry and between takes he would tell me interesting stories about guys like Trent Reznor etc. A few times we cracked some jokes how long it took Axl to record Chinese Democracy. When we first talked about it he mentioned that he knew somebody (another engineer) that would fly out to New York to work on the album and how his friend was shaking his head in disbelief about how much money was being spent and how Axl should just record himself playing the songs on the piano, release it, and make millions.

Anyway, one story he told me was that this guy was invited to some party at a trendy New York club by Axl. He went and brought his wife along. Both of them are middle aged so the New York party scene isn't exactly their thing but they went along anyway. So they get to this club, Axl greets them, and he wants to speak to the engineer and the wife says, "Oh you guys go ahead, I'll just sit here by myself and relax". So they take off and the woman sits by herself on the couch. After some time passes, these 2 model-looking girls want to sit on the couch and they essentially go up to the woman and say "Yeah we'd like to sit here. You don't belong here" and bully her to get up so they can sit down. So this engineer's wife walks around the club by herself looking for her husband.

She finally finds Axl and her husband looking distraught over what happened. Her husband asks, "Hey what happened? Why are you walking around by yourself, I thought you were sitting over there?". The wife is visibly shaken and says, "These two girls made me leave". At this point, Axl pokes his head in and says "Wait, what happened?". After she tells him the whole story, Axl walks back to the couch where the two girls were still sitting, yells at them ("You can't treat my friends this way!") and gets security to throw the girls out of the club.

I can't verify the authenticity of this story but it really goes along with what Del James (and others who truly know him) have said about Axl.

[Spirit]

Cool story, thanks!

Seems like Axl is always looking out for his friends.

[D-GenerationX]

Yeah, that is a cool story.

I hope they threw them out Uncle Phil style, like when he used to toss DJ Jazzy Jeff.