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Re: Frank has left
Am I incorrect or did not Sp1at said a few months ago that Matt had an open invitation to join the tour on 2025?
You are correct.
https://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic. … 34#p355534
Regarding the drummer, Frank Ferrer is drummer for 2025. There is an open invitation for Matt Sorum to be a guest if and when he wants, apparently.
And there's nothing happening this month musically speaking. They're all at home having a break until after New Year. Duff played some charity gig last week
Not sure how much we should read into that. There's a difference between playing a few songs at a few gigs and becoming a full time member.
- jimmythegent
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Re: Frank has left
Farewell Frank.
Potentially exciting news. It is high time Guns N' Roses had a formidable drummer at the stool again.
Hoping for a Sorum/Adler hybrid. This might put a few more asses on seats but logic tells me it will be something/someone underwhelming.
Re: Frank has left
I'd say Brain is most likely to replace him he stopped touring because he had a kid and by now that kid will be grown up. He has had one foot in the camp for years, been used on studio material that has been released even when Frank was in the band as well as doing remixes/ connection with Reece ect.
Matt probably spoke too much shit in his book and Adler just isn't going to happen
Brain has been pretty open in the recent years about why he stopped touring and it's clear that the kid was not the real reason. It was that he was tired of having to play the songs in a certain way, unlike in Primus where he could improvise. E.g.:
I: With Primus, I would imagine you would have the freedom to be able to improvise. You know, you could wander a bit with the songs. And that's OK. People appreciate it. People expect that. But if people showing up for a Guns N' Roses concert, they want to hear Welcome to the Jungle exactly as it is on the record. You know, fill for fill, note for note. So all of a sudden, you had to learn this whole different discipline, it sounds like.
Brain: That's exactly it and yep, you nailed it, that's exactly what was taking me out, because I was like, "Wow, I get it." Like with Primus it was kind of like jazz, it was like, "Here's the song," and every night it would be different, it would be couple BTMs slower, couple, you know, it would... "Oh, I changed the high hat parts"-
I: It's part of the charm.
Brain: Yes, it's part of the charm. And it was like every show - you know, this was before people were like recording the shows and selling them - but yeah, Primus would have been great as one of those band is like, "Oh, I got!" you know, "did you check out the way they played," you know, "blah blah blah on Saturday night instead of Sunday? Oh, it's so different!" That's kind of cool that they take, you know, that was like the charm like you said. But with Guns, yeah, if I didn't do, you know, [hums the fill] in November Rain... People are air drumming it better than I'm doing it, you know. I'm just like, "Oh shit, that's what I think took Buckethead out in the end," you know. I haven't told a lot of people this but that's sort of when I knew I was done, we were playing the rock show, KROQ show, I think, at the Verizon Amphitheater. I remember I was up there and I was playing the cowbell part to Nightrain and I was like, "I can't do this again." Like my body actually was stopping me from playing the cowbell. Like I couldn't physically do it cause I was like, I just had done it so many times and it wasn't a part that I would normally play either. And my body was rejecting it. And I just, that was the last time I ever played with them.
https://www.a-4-d.com/t6360-2018-08-20- … with-brain
The kid just gave him a good excuse, combined with Frank doing well as his temporary replacement, to not go back.
Re: Frank has left
I love the idea of a musician making a song worse because he's bored. Fuck the audience right. Buckethead also has this weakness where he will change up a great solo with a completely mediocre one because repeating the good one is just too much hassle. Slash have some instances of this too on certain songs. In every case the alternative version tends to be shit.
In lieu of Matt returning perhaps this Isaac character is the best outcome.
- elevendayempire
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- metallex78
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Re: Frank has left
Hoping for Sorum/Adler, reality is it’s probably someone we’re not expecting, and who knows if Brain has changed his tune?
Josh Freese could still be a possibility, even if it’s just these shows this year. Foo Fighters aren’t doing anything anytime soon, as far as I know. I think Grohl is still hiding from the public due to his infidelity.
Re: Frank has left
Interesting timing to be leaving. Has he commented on this at all? I wonder if it was solely his choice or if it was a mutual parting of ways. Hope they at least knew this was a possibility with shows on the horizon in a few months.
Never heard that stuff from Brain. Good pull there. Some time has passed so maybe he has changed his tune but I don’t really see him coming back to play with the current lineup. Maybe Sorum? We’ll see.
Edit: I just re-read the part about the amicable exit. So it sounds like it was a mutual decision, although that could be just a nice way to put it and the band actually had someone else in mind that they preferred. With this band, who knows if we’ll ever really know and ultimately it doesn’t really matter. I wish they were bringing in a drummer to help with the release of new music but we know that’s not the motivation in all likelihood. Frank lasted a long time and he was loyal. Who’s next? Most likely they already know who it is, they’re just not showing their cards yet.
- elevendayempire
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Re: Frank has left
Hoping for Sorum/Adler, reality is it’s probably someone we’re not expecting, and who knows if Brain has changed his tune?
Josh Freese could still be a possibility, even if it’s just these shows this year. Foo Fighters aren’t doing anything anytime soon, as far as I know. I think Grohl is still hiding from the public due to his infidelity.
I remain genuinely baffled that Grohl's infidelity is an issue. He's a rock star, for crying out loud, it's practically in the job description.
- elevendayempire
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Re: Frank has left
Who’s next? Most likely they already know who it is, they’re just not showing their cards yet.
I mean, this is GN'R. Historically you find out who's in the band on the opening night of the tour, that's what happened with both Bumblefoot and Melissa. The only band member who got a formal announcement press release was Ashba, and (with my cynical hat on) that was probably because Ashba had the marketing nous to push for it.
