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Re: SLASH Says Classic GNr Lineup Isn't Together Anymore Because OF AXL
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SLASH Says Classic GUNS N' ROSES Lineup Isn't Together Anymore Because Of AXL ROSE - Mar. 16, 2011
Bangkok Post recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES). A few excerpts from the chat follow below.
On his famous top hat:
Slash: "It just became a thing. I just got it from a store one day. A five-finger discount. Are you familiar with that? I've always liked hats, and I saw this one hat. I thought it was cool, and it just became something I started wearing all the time. I didn't plan on it being stable part of my image. I just felt comfortable with it. I was 19 or 20."
On GUNS N' ROSES' song "Sweet Child O' Mine", the band's first No. 1 hit:
Slash: "Obviously, [with] 'Sweet Child O' Mine', I didn't it was a big deal at the time. I just thought it was an interesting riff. I had no idea it was gonna be as iconic as it became. So you just have these riffs, and you just think 'oh, that sounds cool.'"
On a possible reunion of GUNS N' ROSES' classic lineup:
Slash: "Do you feel like you're the only person in this whole room who's thinking about that question on this planet? No.
"It's been, what, 15, 16 years. No one in the original GUNS N' ROSES ever said, 'Let's try to put the band back together.' Also, it's all about [GN'R singer] Axl [Rose]. The reason that everybody left was because in the back of his mind I think that's the way he wanted it. So the reason why there's no GUNS N' ROSES was because of him. I've got nothing to do with it. I quit for the same reason that everybody did. So it's really his problem."
On whether he felt any pressure making his first real solo album after many years on the pedestal:
Slash: "I don't really think about it like that. I just try to put together decent music. I don't feel a pressure as a guitar player. I'm not as good in studio as I am live, so in the studio I try to loosen up and feel comfortable. That's the biggest challenge for me. But I don't think about my status as a guitar player. I just think about what is it that I want to be able to accomplish."
On his solo tour:
Slash: "Myles [Kennedy of ALTER BRIDGE] sings everything. It has to be a blessing. When I did the record, there were so many singers. So when I [first] had to go on tours, it was impossible [for anyone] to do all the songs from the solo record, let alone GUNS N' ROSES songs. I had Myles coming to sing on a record for the very last minute, and I'm just blown away by his versatility and capability. So I asked him to come on the tour. He's just miraculous."
On Time magazine in 2009 putting him at number two on the list of the "best electric guitar players of all time":
Slash: "All things considered, it's very flattering. But I was thinking today that there're so many fantastic guitar players and I sort of feel humbled by them. When people put me on top of the list, I think it's really nice, but I don't like to talk about it because I know that there are so many guitarists who are better than me and I'm working really hard to be as good as [they are].
"I'm not a technique guitarist. I admire technique guitar players because they know a lot of stuff that I don't. But the thing that affects me most, that I strive for is emotional content and melodic content. I feel it when I'm playing, and you feel it as a listener. That's what I strive for."
On the more current crop of guitar players:
Slash: "There are not a lot of guitar players that I listen to right now. But you know, the generation after mine, you got people like Jerry Cantrell, Tom Morello, Kim Thayil and more. Those guys are great guitar players. Now guitarists are kinda hazy. There are a lot of shredders in a lot of different bands, but I can't really tell them apart. In this new technological age that we're in, on one hand it's amazing how convenient everything is, and how fast you can do it. So many different things you can do with a touch of a button. But I have to say that from an audio point of view, the sounds start to suffer as a result."
Read the entire interview from Bangkok Post
Re: SLASH Says Classic GNr Lineup Isn't Together Anymore Because OF AXL
bangkok post this is a translation of a translation.
Subtleties can be very different between dialects, let alone whole languages.
He didn't say that.
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Still Slashing, A Interview with Slash from the Bangkok Post: http://tinyurl.com/6ashaen about 9 hours ago via web
His people are promoting it ....Hes said it before. Its a little obvious?
IN other news the sky is usually blue and i think Russ is on to something about the water!
Re: SLASH Says Classic GNr Lineup Isn't Together Anymore Because OF AXL
umm yes its official ....its promoted by slash and perla. they have both given the twitter account interviews and the 3 of them tweet back and forth daily. I cant say if its a fan or a friend, if its hobby or paid, but there is plenty of communication between the 3. I would think that is about as "official" as you can get
Re: SLASH Says Classic GNr Lineup Isn't Together Anymore Because OF AXL
It's run by a fan, the same one that runs Slash's army and Perla Fans and a bunch of others. They post the same thing on each one over and over.
I know they talk to the guy, but I don't believe they have anything to to do with Twitters themselves.
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Re: SLASH Says Classic GNr Lineup Isn't Together Anymore Because OF AXL
Slash: "Do you feel like you're the only person in this whole room who's thinking about that question on this planet? No. It's been, what, 15, 16 years. No one in the original GUNS N' ROSES ever said, 'Let's try to put the band back together.' Also, it's all about Axl. The reason that everybody left was because in the back of his mind I think that's the way he wanted it. So the reason why there's no GUNS N' ROSES was because of him. I've got nothing to do with it. I quit for the same reason that everybody did. So it's really his problem.
I know it's going to get blown out of proportion that remark, but it sounds to me that he's just getting frustrated getting asked this question in every interview, especially the ones that ask him what needs to happen to reunite as if it's 100% his call.
It may or may not have been Axl's will for everyone to leave the band in the first place, but it seems clear that Axl is definitely the one who wants them to stay out given his comments about death before any kind of reunion the other year.
So i know the "because of Axl" sounds like fuel for the flame war but to me it really just reads like the question asked of him was kind of accusotory like suggesting that it's up to slash to reform GNR.
I'm not as good in studio as I am live, so in the studio I try to loosen up and feel comfortable.
This is something I've long noticed about slash and it's quite unusual. Most people are better in the studio where you can control things - but slash on a great day live seems to shred the hell out of stuff. I guess it's because he's an emotion based player - sometimes he gets into a vibe and atmosphere in person that doesnt happen in the recording spaces.
But the thing that affects me most, that I strive for is emotional content and melodic content. I feel it when I'm playing, and you feel it as a listener. That's what I strive for."
Totally agree with that too...there are thousands of guys that can outplay slash on pure chops...but yeah...that emotional connection to the songs he gets is what makes him so very rare as a player and one of the best of all time IMO.
Re: SLASH Says Classic GNr Lineup Isn't Together Anymore Because OF AXL
Yeah, it seems Slash is starting to get downright irritated about interviewers asking that question.
I frankly don't blame him. I wonder if Slash & Duff will get so annoyed they'll call Axl and say "can we PLEASE reunite so I can stop having to field questions about when we're going to reunite for 15 fuckin' years, for the LOVE OF GOD"
And Axl, goes "this is Del, hold on let me get Axl"
