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Me_Wise_Magic

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Re: Total Guitar Interview with Ron, DJ & Richard

Me_Wise_Magic wrote:

Well, on another subject, Bumble did a video podcast recently for a youtube channel and the question on new material was asked.

He replied politely that all GN'R gear for recording and writing was set up at Dj's house but "life got in the way".

Is that a politic way to say Axl didn't show up?

I'm starting to lose hope.

They really don't need Axl to write.

And Axl has material that he should release first, already.

That's pretty much it. Axl's not going to even work that way. He wasn't even working that way with the old band back in like 1990. It pissed Slash off pretty bad, because with AFD they all did it together, but by UYI, Axl wanted all of them to record as a band, then he'd come in and go "yes or no" and make changes. That was in 1990. If it hasn't changed since then, I doubt it will.

The band themselves are just going to have to make an album, or at least work one up and see what happens. Then go, "we've got something here" and take it to Axl. I don't know if Axl's waiting on that or not, but more than likely if Axl has any Axl piano songs (like DJ has alluded to), they have been recorded in demo format for years and are sitting at Axl's house waiting to be finished.

Axl should be blamed for the vault sitting and collecting dust, but the band should be blamed for the lack of their new material. I personally doubt Ron is much of a writer, and i'm not sure Richard is either. No GN'R drummer has ever been a writer. This is gonna come down to getting DJ, Tommy, Dizzy & Chris into the same room, and maybe Richard and seeing what happens. Then call Ron and say, "solo here", "riffage there", call Frank for the fills, and then see if Axl wants to tweak and what he wants to add.

The biggest thing that will slow this down is how much Axl is LYRICALLY writing. The rest is easy.

You make great points. I could see it work that way as well. Still holding out some hope that something will drop in the next year or so.