Estranged Reality Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 The narrative goes that Slash "waged war" against Axl after leaving GN'R. This is why Axl supposedly grew to resent him so much, and he singled out Slash as the reason why it took him so long to get GN'R back together when Kurt Loder interviewed him.However, in all my years of watching GN'R/VR/Slash-related interviews, I think this is the worst I've heard him say about Axl: Doing the rounds for Contraband he still seemed a little bitter but by Libertad it seemed like he'd stopped bad-mouthing Axl at all and started defending him. He defends him a lot in the book too.He's had a lot of chances to take pot shots in recent times with the Hall of Fame stuff, the release of Chinese Democracy, etc., but he's always remained quite mum on the negative stuff and extended a peace offering of sorts when he went on Letterman.Soooo, just curious... Does anyone have specific examples of Slash talking shit on Axl to the extent that it would justify Axl claiming he badmouthed him for years on end to the press?Not trying to start an incendiary thread here honestly, just always been curious what these supposed interviews were. I feel like perhaps the idea that Slash 'waged war' on Axl got a little overblown and exaggerated over the years but I could be wrong, I'm earnestly curious to see if there are any other interviews out there that I've never seen/heard where he talked shit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooker Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 This thread again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolRanchDressing Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 There was an awesome thread about this once. I think it was moved to attitude. Maybe you could merge them here?On topic: seem to me that axl has talked way more shit over the years. Even twenty years later. but axl is sooooooooo sensitive about stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gia Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 He admits here that he sorta helped fuel the fire with the mediaNot exactly talking shit... but admitting he's not exactly innocent in all thisAll I got right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 There was an awesome thread about this once. I think it was moved to attitude. Maybe you could merge them here?On topic: seem to me that axl has talked way more shit over the years. Even twenty years later. but axl is sooooooooo sensitive about stuff.If you can find me the thread I'll happily bury this in it and merge them, I've never really seen the subject come up before though! I mean people reference Slash talking shit on Axl as a reason for their feud but it seems to just be accepted as fact and i never find a whole lot of examples when i search tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolRanchDressing Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) I think it'd be better if the attitude thread was merged into the one in the real forum so more people could read and discuss. attitude is kinda the wasteland dumping groundTotally agree with the premise of your thread. Edited September 13, 2013 by CoolRanchDressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I think it is bullshit that Slash slandered Axl......all the old members were saying the same things about Axl the only difference was Slash was willing to talk to the press about it...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Valiant effort, but we've tried this before, ER. The anti-Slash brigade never comes up with anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Valiant effort, but we've tried this before, ER. The anti-Slash brigade never comes up with anything. That is because the only person pushing Axl's version of the truth is Axl......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolRanchDressing Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Didn't slash say axl was a cancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooker Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Didn't slash say axl was a cancer?Hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 ER - I started this thread a couple months ago and it got moved to Attitude. I just asked people to give specific examples of Slash badmouthing Axl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gia Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Axl has nothing but nice things to say about Slash you guys twist things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooker Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Didn't slash say axl was a cancer?And it was so inconsiderate of Slash to call Axl a cancer... especially after all of those internet rumours that Axl suffered from the disease. So wrong of Saul. Hope he can't sleep at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolRanchDressing Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Didn't slash claim he was serpico and axl was a dirty cop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooker Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Didn't Slash claim that Axl caused him to go years without writing music? Told him he was a stupid guitar player and an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Valiant effort, but we've tried this before, ER. The anti-Slash brigade never comes up with anything. Yeah, I have yet to see something that makes me go "oh wow, what a dick" or anything other than critisism that was by all accounts pretty valid on Slash's part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aninha_Hudson Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Axl should apologize to Slash. Slash was just frustrated he had to leave the band he helped to create or otherwise Axl would drive him crazy. Axl also called him a cancer, something Slash would never say about Axl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I think Slash put out a statement once saying Axl called his bandmates spineless frauds, specifically trying to drive a wedge into his new band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Valiant effort, but we've tried this before, ER. The anti-Slash brigade never comes up with anything. Actually, I have answered it many times before.http://www.a-4-d.com/t90-axl-roseGo through and pick your own worst. Not saying there's anything majorly bad, but there are a lot of things that Axl probably took very personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Blame Howard Stern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 when Snakepit came out, I had the tape. Slash was interviewed on Rock Show by Mary Anne Hobbs. You could hear the ice cubes clinking round his glass. Great interview. He picked Downpayment blue and Memo from Turner to play.Anyway, the question came up about Axl not wanting ex-members to profit from the GNR name, something like that and Slash called Axl "a little bastard" and said "at least I'm working you know"I think overall it's been more subtle, more like the guys playing along with interviewer questions. HOF was another example of how they could cleared the air but chose to throw Axl under the bus. Slash could have worked to get current Guns to play. Share the stage. Slash said in early Contraband interview a lot of fans don't think this is the real GNR, and I can definitely understand that.Both Slash and Duff books make it out as Axl forced them to sign the name over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapitch_77 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Time to plug my topic If you read it, you'll not look at Slash the same way... the topic is filled with awful comments toward Axl...http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?/topic/195825-the-worst-thing-slash-said-about-axl/?hl=kapitch_77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dariablue Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 There was an awesome thread about this once. I think it was moved to attitude. Maybe you could merge them here?On topic: seem to me that axl has talked way more shit over the years. Even twenty years later. but axl is sooooooooo sensitive about stuff.If you can find me the thread I'll happily bury this in it and merge them, I've never really seen the subject come up before though! I mean people reference Slash talking shit on Axl as a reason for their feud but it seems to just be accepted as fact and i never find a whole lot of examples when i search tbh.You've seriously never seen this subject brought up before here? Seriously? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 There was an awesome thread about this once. I think it was moved to attitude. Maybe you could merge them here?On topic: seem to me that axl has talked way more shit over the years. Even twenty years later. but axl is sooooooooo sensitive about stuff.If you can find me the thread I'll happily bury this in it and merge them, I've never really seen the subject come up before though! I mean people reference Slash talking shit on Axl as a reason for their feud but it seems to just be accepted as fact and i never find a whole lot of examples when i search tbh.You've seriously never seen this subject brought up before here? Seriously?My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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