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Re: Ron Thal Interview "I want to make new music"
Guns N' Roses have a few select dates lined up, headlining at Rocklahoma on Memorial Day weekend and the Governors Ball fest in New York on June 8th. If guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has his way, those will be the last dates for a while so the band can concentrate on new material.
"There's a lot of stuff, it's just a question of all of us organizing. We're still doing shows, and I think once we clear our schedule and focus more on new music, it'll happen," he told Rolling Stone when we saw him at the Race to Erase MS benefit in Los Angeles last weekend. "We just have little things on the back burner, just waiting for the right time for us to organize and make something new out of it. Hopefully we can make more music – that's what it's about."
To Thal, however successful the band might be on the road at this point, they need to get back in the studio to make a follow-up to Chinese Democracy. "It's what the fans want, too. They want new music, and we can do it. It's not that we're done. I'm not ready for that," he said. "We need to keep making music. We have a great band that's ready to do it and can do it well."
Though a lot of bands write on the road these days, Thal has never mastered that skill. "I've tried every single tour for I don't know how many years. I bring a little rig with me to write. I just can't do it. I need to get home, refresh, recharge the batteries, and that's when it all starts to happen," he said.
"What I started doing in 2011 for my own music is a song a month – put up a song, put up guitar transcriptions with it, backing tracks, remixing stems, everything. And I did that throughout 2011," he said. "And it was a great way to just keep a constant simmer going rather than waiting to build up to a big boil, then shutting the flame off and going on the road and trying to do that again.
"I would love to do that with Guns. I don't think it's in the cards, I don't think it's what everybody wants to do. But me personally, if we could put out a song every time we're about to hit the road, that would be a great way to do it. It would add relevancy to each leg of the tour as well, having a fresh song that we're playing on that leg," he added.
He is optimistic that eventually there will be new music to play: "Let's keep our fingers crossed that life will not get in the way and we can get this last batch of shows done. Looking forward to it, but I'm also looking forward to having the main priority of our Guns time be making new music."
Re: Ron Thal Interview "I want to make new music"
Well, if there's a new album planned Mr. Thal has certainly not heard of it!
Ron has made it pretty clear he wants to write NEW music with the current lineup. That hasn't happened, at least not at a level he is comfortable with. That doesn't mean songs from the CD sessions don't still exist, which is what the next album would most likely contain.
Re: Ron Thal Interview "I want to make new music"
Yeah, he's talked about the new record/recordings, but stresses that he doesn't consider it new, because it's from the Bucket/Robin line up not this line up.
It's new to me and I want it. And so does 
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Re: Ron Thal Interview "I want to make new music"
"We just have little things on the back burner, just waiting for the right time for us to organize and make something new out of it. Hopefully we can make more music – that's what it's about."
I take that as the recent studio work.
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Re: Ron Thal Interview "I want to make new music"
You Ron's idea of doing an occasional song before a tour would be pretty doable.
I mean that could be translated to a song a year or maybe even a song every two years.
And the live show could be what it normally is - a hits show - with just the one song added or minor changes each tour.
Lot of other big bands do that - like Ac/Dc Black Ice - think they played 3 songs from the album and the rest was the same as the ballbreaker tour almost.
As for the bands comments in general. I sometimes wonder if they don't see a lot of Axl other than on stage, but they know he reads the media, and they make these positive statements to help motivate and encourage him to do stuff. Can't prove it - but at the end of the day it's got to be either Axl or the Label stopping new songs coming out - and given Axl also doesn't play OM, silkworms or anything like that live either...i'm leaning towards it being him.
Re: Ron Thal Interview "I want to make new music"
"I would love to do that with Guns. I don't think it's in the cards, I don't think it's what everybody wants to do. But me personally, if we could put out a song every time we're about to hit the road, that would be a great way to do it. It would add relevancy to each leg of the tour as well, having a fresh song that we're playing on that leg,"
Maybe the single best idea from anyone associated with the band, Would cause excitement and a reason for fans to see them again who have already seen the same show a few years ago. Minus the irrelevant and minor set changes. If it's a good song and gets airplay then you got a few more seats filled up. How is this not being done? Why are people on Team Brazil's dick?
We just have little things on the back burner, just waiting for the right time for us to organize and make something new out of it. Hopefully we can make more music – that's what it's about."
I take this as things written already. "make something new outta of it" to me says just that.
This band should have a meeting and get their story right. It's funny to see one say one thing and the other says another though.
I agree Monkey. I don't believe any of the label stopping anything new. If it is true, release it yourself. Play it live. Grow a sac. It's only rock and roll and Axl your sucking at it.
