Guns N' Roses - Rockumentary [2/2]

true!

the whole axl power trip thing is a myth. have you ever wondered why slash has been in 3 bands and fueded with each one of his frontmen?

'blueskiesbrowneyes'

yeah, thats a good point... but now everyone's gone, except for izzy who plays a couple of guest spots. and look at chinese dem, thats not a rock n roll record

firstly everyone didnt go at the same time or for the same reason. steven was fired by the whole of GNR in 1990 because his heroin addiction took over his life and made him useless.

izzy left in 1991 citing a number of reasons including slash & duff's crazy drug abuse. izzy had cleaned up & couldnt be around such behaviour.

slash left in 1996 & his stated reasons have changed constantly. in 94 he said he had strong musical differences with axl, in 2007 he said this wasnt a big deal.

duff left in 97 saying he was to become a dad &wanted to start a new life & since GNR's line-up was now so different, the old days were gone. in interviews duff has defended axl saying hes a loving guy.

Chinese Democracy is a rock record with a variety of sounds. in this way its quite similar to Use Your Illusion which wasnt a straight forward rock n roll record either.

musicians grow & experiment-look at slash's version of paradise city with cypress hill & fergie. is that rock n roll?

thats a fair point, im willing to accept that. axls always seemed like the angrier guy tho, even now izzy is the only one still making appearances with him. Meanwhile the rest of the band are still meeting up and playing music with each other. From the outside looking in it looks like Axl is the one pushing everyone away to do what he wants.

why is "making appearances" with the old guys an answer to anything? axl has moved on. many of the newGNR members have been around longer than the old guys. those are axl's band members & it makes sense to focus on them-the present rather than the past.

as for the other guys "meeting up", slash & izzy's relationship already became difficult by the time of the UYI album. meeting casually once in a while doesnt change anything- theyre no longer band members & havent been in a long while.

till 2000 matt was still begging axl in interviews to take him back-he wouldnt do that if axl was too painful to work with.

duff, matt & slash started Velvet Revolver in 03. they had been in other bands after GNR and knew that their only chance at being taken seriously again was to be in a band together. this is a survival tactic, a business arrangement.

the human dimension of the relationship was very tense as slash admits in his book. now he says that he was always miserable in VR.

hahaha bonehead thats funny

Aaaaw where's Izzy :[ Why does he never show up on interviews and such?!
Vid is still awesome anyways <3 OLD GN'R 4ever!