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Re: Axl Eating His Words? (the song Sorry)
Axl Rose got 'carried away'
Sources cite the reason for rock star's erratic behaviour on spontaneous abductions
Axl Rose hasn't exactly been forthcoming on the promotion of his 15-year magnum opus, Chinese Democracy. Interscope CEO Jimmy Iovine tells the reason why.
'Quite simply, Axl got carried away,' the label head sums up, 'He attended a meeting with ourselves and the BestBuy marketing department, but in the middle of all that, a group of men in black walked into the room, shouldered him, and left. We haven't seen Axl since then.'
While such antics may seem unlikely to happen in everyday life, people involved in the production of the album concur to Iovine's statement.
'When Axl saw Buckethead in a chicken coop, watching porno, he got really pissed,' remembers Tom Zutaut, an A&R man who originally signed Guns N' Roses to Geffen Records in 1986 and came back to work on Chinese Democracy in 2001. 'I was afraid he'd blow a gasket,' admits Zutaut. 'But then, out of nowhere, an emu strolled into the studio and carried him away.'
Similar situations occurred when the reclusive singer came to hear various mixes of the multitude of songs the revamped GNR lineup had been laboriously working on.
'Axl'd come into the studio, listen to a few tracks and - poof! The next minute I see him, he's on horseback, trailblazing to the sunset,' recalls the album's one-time producer Sean Beavan, famed from his work with goth shocker Marilyn Manson. 'It'd sometimes be weeks on end until we'd hear from him again.'
One person who - according to eye-witness reports - repeatedly got Axl carried away was none other than the band's former lead guitarist, Slash. 'I did that a lot,' the top-hatted axslinger remarks with a smile. 'Getting Axl repeatedly carried away just before showtime on the [Use Your Illusion] tour was ridiculously fun. There ought to be a law against it.'
When noted of venue curfews and overtime fees, Slash's smile dies a little. 'Oh, come on! It's just Rock n' Roll!' The guitarist regains his composure and adds, somewhat sheepishly, 'Everybody did that, you know. Even the roadies.'
A particularly troublesome place for Axl was apparently the Sedona Desert in Phoenix, Arizona. 'Axl got carried away by his spiritual advisor,' notes a source close to the band. 'I don't know how she did that. Axl's a pretty sturdy guy.'
Former GNR manager Merck Mercuriadis tells us he's been carried away with singer on a few occassions. 'It was really a whole lot of fun, I have to admit.' When inquired, Mercuriadis keeps the details of Rose's destinations to himself. 'I still get postcards from far away places,' he notes, smiling.
By presstime, calls to Rose's representatives were left unresponded. 'Typical Axl,' remarks a personal friend of the GNR frontman. 'He's got everybody carried away again.'
Re: Axl Eating His Words? (the song Sorry)
Only reason I would agree with Mr. Wonderful in that assessment is the fact this site doesn't normally do such things. This has always been the 'thinking man's' GNR forum. But with Axl as prolific as the fossils of a Brontosaurus, I see no reason why one light hearted thread cant exist once in a blue moon, and that "article" by copper turned it into pure gold.
Re: Axl Eating His Words? (the song Sorry)
Here are a list of possible topics to continue with:
Who does Axl prefer: Metallica or Megadeth?
How many copies of CD can you fit in Slash's top hat?
If Axl was a superhero what power would he have?
My vote goes to top hat.
I know what superpowers he would have
What powers you ask? I dunno, how 'bout the power of flight?
That do anything for ya? That's levitation holmes.
How 'bout the power to kill a yak, from 200 yards away...
with mind bullets! That's telekinesis, Axl!
and How 'bout the power... to move you?
Re: Axl Eating His Words? (the song Sorry)
Axl S wrote:Here are a list of possible topics to continue with:
Who does Axl prefer: Metallica or Megadeth?
How many copies of CD can you fit in Slash's top hat?
If Axl was a superhero what power would he have?
My vote goes to top hat.
I know what superpowers he would have
What powers you ask? I dunno, how 'bout the power of flight?
That do anything for ya? That's levitation holmes.
How 'bout the power to kill a yak, from 200 yards away...
with mind bullets! That's telekinesis, Axl!
and How 'bout the power... to move you?
History of Wonderdouche and Young Slashyman,
Riggah-goo-goo, riggah-goo-goog.
A secret to be told, a gold chest to be bold,
And blasting forth with three-guitar harmony, go!
Wonderdouche, what is the secret of your power?
