GNR Keyboardist CHRIS PITMAN Apologizes For Calling Reunion 'Nostalgia Tour'

[Factory Girl]

I always loved that pic. It's like

Chris: Hey Duffster, havin the time of your life, hu? My band is a fun place to be, right?
Duff: Yeah, right...

Mr Pitmans comment can mean anything...
1) Fuck the fans
2) Fuck, I'm out
3) Fuckin Clusterfuck, why are the coming gigs only promoted with the two new guys and Axl
4) Fuck yeah, I'm drunk

Duff thinking: Yeah, right...just wait and see whose band this is, bro.

[adydas78]

People when drunk and under drugs are honest and say what they really think. Which is fine! But coming out afterwards and "apologizing", using as an excuse for honesty the fact that they were drunk...that is cowardly! Anyone should man the fuck up and own what they did and said! I really hope I won't see Pitman on stage in April!

[GypsySoul]

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I always loved that pic. It's like

Chris: Hey Duffster, havin the time of your life, hu? My band is a fun place to be, right?
Duff: Yeah, right...

Mr Pitmans comment can mean anything...
1) Fuck the fans
2) Fuck, I'm out
3) Fuckin Clusterfuck, why are the coming gigs only promoted with the two new guys and Axl
4) Fuck yeah, I'm drunk

Duff thinking: Yeah, right...just wait and see whose band this is, bro.

Or it could be a pic of Chris patting Duff on the back and saying to him:  You don't seem to be spineless at all like Slash said about you.

People say stupid things from time to time.
 

[Ringoturtle]

http://i68.tinypic.com/15ry71y.jpg

I always loved that pic. It's like

Chris: Hey Duffster, havin the time of your life, hu? My band is a fun place to be, right?
Duff: Yeah, right...

Mr Pitmans comment can mean anything...
1) Fuck the fans
2) Fuck, I'm out
3) Fuckin Clusterfuck, why are the coming gigs only promoted with the two new guys and Axl
4) Fuck yeah, I'm drunk

Duff thinking: Yeah, right...just wait and see whose band this is, bro.

Or it could be a pic of Chris patting Duff on the back and saying to him:  You don't seem to be spineless at all like Slash said about you.

People say stupid things from time to time.
 

Yeah, you're rigtht, could mean anything and a lot of people say stupid things. Slash, Axl, Steven etc
to be honest, I don't give a fuck about his comment. whatever it means...

[D-GenerationX]

Yeah, you're rigtht, could mean anything and a lot of people say stupid things. Slash, Axl, Steven etc
to be honest, I don't give a fuck about his comment. whatever it means...

He is likely taking heat because he's seen as a guy that basically won the lottery and is now going to complain that he doesn't like the printing on the ticket.

That's what's known as poor form.

[sofine11]

Yeah, you're rigtht, could mean anything and a lot of people say stupid things. Slash, Axl, Steven etc
to be honest, I don't give a fuck about his comment. whatever it means...

He is likely taking heat because he's seen as a guy that basically won the lottery and is now going to complain that he doesn't like the printing on the ticket.

That's what's known as poor form.

Yeah, I thought he was acting a bit "big for his britches" when he got in Neil Young's face and started screaming into his mic at Bridge School.  All due respect, he's not even close to being on Axl, Slash or Duff's level when it comes to promoting Guns.  I don't care what melotron bits he wrote for Madagascar & If The World.

[Ringoturtle]

Yeah, you're rigtht, could mean anything and a lot of people say stupid things. Slash, Axl, Steven etc
to be honest, I don't give a fuck about his comment. whatever it means...

He is likely taking heat because he's seen as a guy that basically won the lottery and is now going to complain that he doesn't like the printing on the ticket.

That's what's known as poor form.

Yep. I absolutely can understand that.

[GypsySoul]

He is likely taking heat because he's seen as a guy that basically won the lottery and is now going to complain that he doesn't like the printing on the ticket.

That's what's known as poor form.

All due respect, he's not even close to being on Axl, Slash or Duff's level when it comes to promoting Guns.  I don't care what melotron bits he wrote for Madagascar & If The World.

It's also poor form that the two of you (and others) have no problem condoning all the shit he's had to swallow from day one over the past 20 years because he's not Slash n' Duff n' Izzy n' Steven.
 

[D-GenerationX]

It's also poor form that the two of you (and others) have no problem condoning all the shit he's had to swallow from day one over the past 20 years because he's not Slash n' Duff n' Izzy n' Steven.
 

Yeah, been a real hard knock life for him.

[sofine11]

He is likely taking heat because he's seen as a guy that basically won the lottery and is now going to complain that he doesn't like the printing on the ticket.

That's what's known as poor form.

All due respect, he's not even close to being on Axl, Slash or Duff's level when it comes to promoting Guns.  I don't care what melotron bits he wrote for Madagascar & If The World.

It's also poor form that the two of you (and others) have no problem condoning all the shit he's had to swallow from day one over the past 20 years because he's not Slash n' Duff n' Izzy n' Steven.
 

I...don't think Chris Pitman has ever had that problem.

[GypsySoul]

Yeah, been a real hard knock life for him.

Yes it has been.  Can't even begin to imagine how hard it must be to have to read all the hate so publicly directed at YOU every day for 20 years because of a business breakup that happened at your job before you even got there.
 

[sofine11]

The Passion of The Christ. 

[GeorgeSteele]

Just did a little light research on the whole 'alcohol makes you tell the truth' thing and found the below on WedMD.  Not sure to what extent this is 'science' but I do hope Pitman is not an alcoholic.

Northridge, Calif.-based addiction specialist Doug Thorburn, and author of Alcoholism Myths and Realities, says that what may be true for the social drinker is not necessarily true for the alcoholic.

"For 90% of us, alcohol may be truth serum, but in alcoholics it changes the person," he says. "[Gibson] may be a bigot in real life, but there is no way to know until he is clean and sober for five to 10 years," says Thorburn.

The brain's neocortex is supposed to reign in the instincts and compulsions of the lower brain, but in alcoholics it is not working properly, he explains. "Due to a buildup of poison and resulting damage to the neocortex, alcoholism causes deep behavioral changes."

This is not Gibson's real personality, it's Mr. Hyde, he says. "This is not the real human being. The personality manifesting during a period of active alcoholism is a toxic one and is as opposite of 'real' as we'll ever see," he says.

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[Bridge]

Just did a little light research on the whole 'alcohol makes you tell the truth' thing and found the below on WedMD.  Not sure to what extent this is 'science' but I do hope Pitman is not an alcoholic.

I personally never needed to consult with science.  I've had enough experiences with drunk people to know that they tend to lose their filters and blurt out shit that they normally would refrain from saying.  Alcohol exacerbates whatever annoyances they have with people or life, and out of their mouths it emerges.

And to be clear, I'm not necessarily referring to alcoholics.  Just getting loaded once is enough.

[Factory Girl]

I can understand why he feels that way, but It's quite naive of him if he expected to have some kind of attention in one of the biggest reunions in rock history.

Sure this band wins the prize for saying stupid things in the media, but that's how he really feels, don't blame on the alcohol.

The picture is a joke, because HBK put Chris telling Duff "my band".

[GeorgeSteele]

Just did a little light research on the whole 'alcohol makes you tell the truth' thing and found the below on WedMD.  Not sure to what extent this is 'science' but I do hope Pitman is not an alcoholic.

I personally never needed to consult with science.  I've had enough experiences with drunk people to know that they tend to lose their filters and blurt out shit that they normally would refrain from saying.  Alcohol exacerbates whatever annoyances they have with people or life, and out of their mouths it emerges.

And to be clear, I'm not necessarily referring to alcoholics.  Just getting loaded once is enough.

That's consistent with what this guy is saying except that he states that it's different with alcoholics.  So, if Pitman is an alcoholic, it may not be as simple as drunk words / sober thoughts.  In Pitman's case, to jeopardize a dream livelihood in such a public way is baffling, so I wouldn't write off that possibility.  

[D-GenerationX]

It's also poor form that the two of you (and others) have no problem condoning all the shit he's had to swallow from day one over the past 20 years because he's not Slash n' Duff n' Izzy n' Steven.
 

I...don't think Chris Pitman has ever had that problem.

Not that I can recall.  Axl is the one that had to take all the shit. 

After that, I suppose you might argue the guitarists were next in line.  And if that's the case, DJ took more shit in 5 years than Chris ever took in 15.

No?

[D-GenerationX]

Yeah, been a real hard knock life for him.

Yes it has been.  Can't even begin to imagine how hard it must be to have to read all the hate so publicly directed at YOU every day for 20 years because of a business breakup that happened at your job before you even got there.
 

Where has this been happening?

There has been precious little officially written about the band since he's been in it.  What little there was, was any shade really thrown at Chris?

Even if you want to pivot to what people say online, that has problems.  One, if you judge the world by internet comments, you'd shoot yourself. 

But more to the point, again, where has Chris taken heat?  Sizable chunks of folks aren't 100% sure what he even does.  "keyboards & stuff" is probably going to be your most heard answer.

[GypsySoul]

No?

No.

Chris was a part of NuGuns since the day Axl moved the band forward with new players.  Chris and Richard are the only two left standing from that day one.  Richard hasn't had to eat as much shit from day one as Chris because everyone accepted that Izzy did not want to be a permanent part of GNR.  Plus the fact that there is such a strong resemblance between Richard and Izzy, it probably took 80% of the casual fans years before they realized it wasn't Izzy.

[D-GenerationX]

No?

No.

Chris was a part of NuGuns since the day Axl moved the band forward with new players.  Chris and Richard are the only two left standing from that day one.  Richard hasn't had to eat as much shit from day one as Chris because everyone accepted that Izzy did not want to be a permanent part of GNR.  Plus the fact that there is such a strong resemblance between Richard and Izzy, it probably took 80% of the casual fans years before they realized it wasn't Izzy.

Richard was not a day one member, for starters.

More to the point, I guess I have to ask again.  Where has he taken heat?

Where has this shit supposedly been served up for him to eat?