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Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
Guns N' Roses' Next Record Is 'Close to Being Done,' Dizzy Reed Says
Rolling Stone
By Kory Grow 12 hours ago
Guns N' Roses' Next Record Is 'Close to Being Done,' Dizzy Reed Says
Soon, Guns N' Roses might be releasing even more than the Chinese Democracy sequel that Axl Rose teased in June. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed tells Rolling Stone the group has "a shitload of songs" – enough to make up another record or two – that were recorded while making their 2008 album. "If the new record is not done, then it's close to being done," he says. "I think it's just a matter of picking out which songs will be on it." As for the direction of the music, Reed said that the recordings were "congruent with Chinese Democracy," but he didn't have an idea of when that or the remix record that Rose also mentioned would be coming out.
Currently, the group is celebrating the release of Appetite for Democracy 3D: Live at the Hard Rock Casino – Las Vegas, their first concert film in over two decades. Filmed during their first Sin City residency in 2012, the movie captured GN'R playing a career-spanning set that features aerial dancers and a flying piano for Rose to play during "November Rain." The whole thing lasts nearly three hours: "That's a bit of a short night," Reed says straight-faced.
"They tried to get me to go up on the piano at soundcheck, and I said, 'Absolutely not,'" Reed recalls. "I'm not afraid of heights; I'm afraid of Murphy's Law. Eventually, they needed to test it and Axl couldn't be there so I gave it a shot. It was pretty sturdy. It looked more like everything was moving down below. But whenever Axl would go up on that thing, I was just worried that something bad was going to happen."
Other than Rose, Reed is the longest-running member of Guns N' Roses, having joined the group just before they recorded the Use Your Illusion albums in 1990. He first met Rose when Guns N' Roses moved into the studio next door to his band, the Wild. "We lived in a shithole," he recalls. "There was no running water. There was a toilet that didn't work out in the parking lot. I think we had air conditioning, but it just stunk. We slept on the floor in sleeping bags." But despite the odd circumstances, he still remembers the GN'R guys as having "a certain aura" and wanting to join the group after seeing them play L.A.'s Troubadour. "Everyone's expectations were if they don't self-destruct, they're gonna be huge," he says. "Most bands did self-destruct."
In a 1991 Rolling Stone cover story, Reed recalled a panicky phone call to Rose at a time when he had to vacate his squat. After telling the singer that no one would be able to get a hold of him upon leaving the apartment, Rose offered him a place in the band. "He gave me an opportunity when he didn't have to, and he stuck to his word when he really didn't have to," Reed says now. "I'll always appreciate that. I remember that and I just try to give back 100 percent."
Reed says that GN'R's three-hour concerts are often unpredictable as the group doesn't work with a traditional set list, instead learning the songs they play each night through a clandestine line of communication. "When someone new joins the band, I tell them, 'Don't get comfortable,'" he says. "If you think we're not gonna do a song, we will do it. If you think we're not gonna play for three hours, because we just played for two and a half, we could play for three."
Sometimes, Rose attempts to mess him up mid-solo by telling jokes in Reed's in-ear monitor from back stage. "There's a couple that I can't repeat," Reed says, laughing. "He's definitely thrown that challenge my way a few times. That's how he is. It's not easy to get around that, but I do."
Now that Guns N' Roses are done with their most recent Las Vegas engagement, Reed is focusing his attention to his two other bands: the supergroup Dead Daisies and Hookers & Blow. While the former is recording new songs and touring with Bad Company and Kiss, the latter is celebrating its 10th anniversary with concerts in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
There's one thing that remains constant at any concert Reed plays. "If I'm not the first person onstage, I'm definitely the first person offstage," he says. "I just like to get a cold drink in my hand."
- Me_Wise_Magic
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Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
I really don't think anybody in the band has a clue on when it's going to be done and put out in stores. Just like Chinese. It's up to Axl and him striking a deal while trying to get the label to budge.
- tejastech08
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Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
Dizzy needs to STFU.
- Mikkamakka
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Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
Since he's lying again about something really trivial, their "unpredictable and non-existent" setlist, I don't know how on Earth could anyone believe his words about a new album.
Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
Why would they need a setlist when they know what they're going to play by heart. So, I get what he's saying there 
The only period this was true was that 2009-10 period when you didn't know if they'd play three songs off CD or play the entire album.
I don't think he's predicting anything, other than they have two-three albums worth of material ready to go, which I believe. I don't think the song selection was the hold up. My only questions are: Will it be a double album, which would be nice to finish up the Chinese sessions, and is the artwork finished.
- Mikkamakka
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Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
Why would they need a setlist when they know what they're going to play by heart. So, I get what he's saying there
The only period this was true was that 2009-10 period when you didn't know if they'd play three songs off CD or play the entire album.
I don't think he's predicting anything, other than they have two-three albums worth of material ready to go, which I believe. I don't think the song selection was the hold up. My only questions are: Will it be a double album, which would be nice to finish up the Chinese sessions, and is the artwork finished.
A little reminder from Axl himself, from January, 2007:
In regard to a release date for the album itself, certain minor - and I do mean minor -- additions, as well as contract negotiations, need to be completed. Barring any unforeseen complications, these things have now been adequately scheduled...we do wish to announce a tentative release date of March 6
The album came out almost 2 years later. I don't think they are as close to be done with CD2 now than they were with CD1 back then. Plans fail, change, get forgotten, the Muse doesn't show up etc. I agree with you that they more than likely have at least an album worth of material, close to finished, but it'll still be a long, long journey even from the day when Axl will finally say "the second motherfucker is done, get it out". So I think the advice for the next years is still from Axl:
We do hope you can hold on just a bit longer, and if not, please take a break and we’ll be more than glad -- if you so choose -- to see you again later.
Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
I don't know why outlets like RS print articles like this. Interviewing Dizzy Reed about the next GNR album is like interviewing your plumber about your finances.
That isn't his role and it never has been. Anything he says on the topic is going to be a guess at best.
Interviewing Axl these days doesn't even cut the mustard, wasn't he banging on in a recent Revolver or Billboard interview about having 2 more albums (CD2 and a remix of CD 1) ready to go?
Guns n roses need to be treated on a different time scale to the average music industry entity.
They move at their own pace and that's never going to change at this point.
I'd rather not hear anything bout new music and be surprised by an unexpected release.
Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
I don't I know why there's so much mention of the remix album now. What would really be the point in releasing a remix album at this point?
Re: Didn't see this posted, so what the hell. Dizzy says soon is the word
wasn't he banging on in a recent Revolver or Billboard interview about having 2 more albums (CD2 and a remix of CD 1) ready to go?.
There were 2 albums intended in 1999 as well, but most of music baring Buckethead/Bumblefoot contributions was basically recorded then. So I believe that music is done, I doubt thought that anything other than Ashba adding unnecessary additional parts has happened in the past several years.
