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Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
- dave-gnfnr
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Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
If Izzy has been quietly working behind the scenes on GNR material then this reunion is going to be unreal. This is different than Chinese...anything they are working on will not be buried by GNR and/or the label.
God let these guys have a King Animal in them.
Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
If Izzy has been quietly working behind the scenes on GNR material then this reunion is going to be unreal. This is different than Chinese...anything they are working on will not be buried by GNR and/or the label.
God let these guys have a King Animal in them.
That's be great to hear. I always thought Axl brought the pomp and cermony, Slash the guitar solos, Duff the punk and Izzy was that bluesy glue that stuck it all together
Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
does it say anything worth listening to
Per cockaroachsoup80 @ GNRTruth:
"In an interview today, he said Izzy has written with the band recently. The rest of the interview he trashes the guys, like a truly bitter guy (he actually sounds very hurt by what happened with Goldstein--at least that is what I believe is driving hate like he has....also regret as they became the biggest band n the world after he was fired). He says Bowie did more damage to Axl than anyone, by telling him that him (Bowie) n Mick Jaggar were business men 1st n artists 2nd.
It's no secret him, Axl, n Duff especially don't get along. He does say they r the most talented band around still...and as I am listening he also trashes everything n a tongue n cheek way. But he is butt-hurt bad with GNR...although now he is saying he loves them regardless of the past.
He did say the best way to make money on a big tour would be to pick nine big markets around the world and play each market for 9 dates n then move to the next (cuts down on overhead). He said for GNR, risk management is the name of the game. While he makes a good point regarding how to make money, he is so bitter it's tough to take half of his shit seriously.
I will also say he is also trying to stir shit with the band from afar...
And now the host is making fun of him--noting he thinks everyone is a dick.
Also, take it for what's it's worth (LMAO) he just said Mick Wall is the best rock writer.
Then says they can still be the next Stones, and Axl can be a sonic force like John Lennon, and Civil War was Axl moving n that direction. Thinks he is that brilliant."
Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
It's no secret him, Axl, n Duff especially don't get along.
Hypothetically this could be true, but it would make no sense at all whatsoever.
Sounds like he's trying to alienate Axl from the person in theory he had the least issues with. Did anyone else hear stories previously about Axl/Duff not getting along?
- Smoking Guns
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Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
A long time ago Axl and Duff used to get into it... But that isn't uncommon in a band.
Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
They're all assholes on their day.
I love hearing the dirt tho.
I'd actually like to hear more from the newer (old?) guys on the subject of Axl - didn't Axl throw Tommy's bass at him once?! During that Pigeons of Shit Metal moment, or am I imagining things?
Just silly shit like that makes me laugh..
Wish Axl would do a book with just the funny stories in it. Although that's probably most of them to some degree. He could have a whole chapter on his reaction to the various producers he's fired over the years. Or two chapters. Moby ffs!
Fuckin spinal tap wouldn't be in it compared to real life shenanigans.
Re: Alan Niven interview 01-08- 2016
That is a warped write-up of the interview. Alan does not trash the band. He relays how difficult it was to manage them, which should be of no surprise to anyone. The DJ asked leading questions about Axl, but Alan often deflected. There is no mention of Mick Wall. There was nothing about Axl and Duff not getting along. The write-up is incoherent.
- Asked how the band imploded, who was the most difficult? He deflects, then gets serious. Says in hindsight Axl was misdiagnosed. Compares Axl's behaviour to high functioning Aspergers. He had social differences.
- DJ starts complaining about Axl's lateness. Alan says he hired someone to deal with that and Axl had stage fright. Talks about how difficult it is for singers, how Axl wanted to keep his performances real.
- His role as manager. Didn't feel the need to insert himself, the band was talented. Axl really insightful writer. Slash, stunning today, quality back then. Duff, solid musician with punk ethic.
- People don't get that Izzy is the magic factor that's gone missing. His sense of rhythm playing and the vernacular used in lyrics centred everything. Crucial to GNR. DJ says he thought Axl/Duff/Slash is fine. Alan says no, that's Velvet Roses.
- Izzy will sit on the sidelines until he feels he wants to get his toes in the water. He doesn't like all the drama. Izzy has written with them. (DJ is dumb, and doesn't realise Alan means recently. Totally skips over this important new information.)
- Band has always been unpredictable, how long this reunion lasts is same.
- Slash had no choice but to get sober because of pacemaker. What he has left is sex and playing guitar. Went to visit Slash after spilt with Perla to make sure he's on even keel.
- Hopes they're motivated by genuine rapport and reconciliation, that they have fun together. Asked if they ever had fun.
- During early tour with The Cult. Izzy comes in, slumps down, says he makes us miserable every day. Asked if Axl was main problem. Alan says no, Axl generates what he does, we chose to deal with him.
- They wouldn't want him as manager now. Mainly Axl. They clashed. He has military tradition in family, getting up and getting on. Axl was reluctant to do things and it took him time. Alan hired someone to babysit Axl who turned out be a toxic earwig. Axl and the earwig fired him. Axl finally figured out the earwig, but people have hard time admitting they were wrong in their judgement.
- Axl buying property in Prescott area. Alan worried about bumping into him, but if Axl called for coffee, he'd go. He would talk and reconcile. Axl fired him over the phone. The other band-members wanted to go on tour, if Nivs around I won't do the tour. Same with the GNR name. Axl told them to sign the trademark over, or he won't tour anymore.
- Asked why they'd do the reunion then? Alan hopes it's for the magic and energy. If you're in it for the money, it will fall apart. Didn't get into GNR for money, thought if he held them together, they'd be good underground band.
- He'd go to show if invited. It's difficult because if he hears WTTJ at sports event, hairs on arms stand up. Is taken back to when it was magical. It was a unique and profound experience.
- They can pull off stadiums, but is that the way to go about it. Gotta have two productions that leap-frog, which is expensive. Spoke to Stones agent before Steel Wheels tour. Sees red square on calendar, midway through tour dates, that's the day Stones start to make profit.
- Bowie did more damage to Guns and Alan than ever. He took Axl to dinner, and said reason he and Jagger are so successful is that they're businessmen first, artists second.
- Knowing Axl, do regional residencies. Pick 9 cites around the world, stay there for a month. If it works out, do summer stadiums.
- Spoke to promoter abroad who wants to work with reunion, but every time the the goal posts are moved. Can not predict Coachella.
- Hopes Slash reclaims legacy under the logo, wants him to be happy. Asked if Slash feels lost. Says Slash is very astute and proud of what he's built on his own. DJ cuts in, does Slash hate what guns has become?
- A lot of time wasted. Things that could have been resolved, weren't. His vision and wish was for them to be contemporary Stones. Thought Axl should've become sonic statement like Lennon, Civil War showed that path.
- Hopes people enjoy themselves and see a great rock n roll show.
