WAR™ Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Posted on Facebook:So today I bring bad news. The Rapidfire Attorney and my Brother and Best Friend, was found dead hanging in his home from a suicide. This only increases my resolve to get you fans the recordings out ASAP in his honour. I will work harder than ever to deal with Mr. Rose and his never ending legal harassment. I know my rights. I own, wrote, paid for, played on and produced this CD. Mr. Rose and his attorneys knoew that they have NO BASIS WHATSOEVER to stop the release for you fans but he can harass and harass me. At this point I have nothing to lose and have already began scouting artists for the CD 6 panel cover as well as getting ready for a final mix and mastering. This MAJOR setback just fires me up to release these songs in Joshua's honour. I have every legal t crossed and i dotted. I will keep you all posted as well as share the letters between his camp and me. Get Ready To Rumble in 2014. Thank you Josh for putting up with over 10 years of harassment and threats from Axl's camp even though they are well aware that they don't have a legal leg to stand on. The most dangerous part.... I KNOW they dont have a legal leg to stand on. Everything Rapidfire is owned by me, all the songs, performances and masters. Mr. Rose and his attorneys can try to mess with me all they want. I do NOT scare easily and I have nothing to lose. Lets ROCK.... for Josh...... I love you my Brother..... Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerousCurves Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Wow. I'm so profoundly sorry for his loss. Edited February 19, 2014 by DangerousCurves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 New music coming soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Signs Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 What is the market for this? Will it even sell 10,000 copies? I'm sorry for his loss and I hope he gets to do what he wants to with the recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Tragic, sorry for his loss. I don't really know the back story to this, I did read about it a while ago but have forgotten the details. Is Axl giving them legal hassle because they are trying to release it or just to get ownership of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'd be more concearned my brother died than care about shitty demo's with helium pre gnr Axl."In his honor" what bollocks. I sure he done more with his life than work on a shitty legal case about shitty demo's. He's doing it for himself, not his brother or anyone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'd be more concearned my brother died than care about shitty demo's with helium pre gnr Axl."In his honor" what bollocks. I sure he done more with his life than work on a shitty legal case about shitty demo's. He's doing it for himself, not his brother or anyone else.What makes you so sure? You don't know that's the case. It's possible, but you're just guessing here man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'd be more concearned my brother died than care about shitty demo's with helium pre gnr Axl."In his honor" what bollocks. I sure he done more with his life than work on a shitty legal case about shitty demo's. He's doing it for himself, not his brother or anyone else. What makes you so sure? You don't know that's the case. It's possible, but you're just guessing here man.Well, his brother obviously had his own demons as he commited suicide. Why not combat those reasons in his honor?Just seemed like hollywood rose managed to release demos, so this guy is wanting to cash grab on it too. Typical case of selling out your friends for money and abusing there celebrity status.Of course i don't know the details, but why can't he just respect the singers wishes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Signs Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'd be more concearned my brother died than care about shitty demo's with helium pre gnr Axl."In his honor" what bollocks. I sure he done more with his life than work on a shitty legal case about shitty demo's. He's doing it for himself, not his brother or anyone else. What makes you so sure? You don't know that's the case. It's possible, but you're just guessing here man.Well, his brother obviously had his own demons as he commited suicide. Why not combat those reasons in his honor?Just seemed like hollywood rose managed to release demos, so this guy is wanting to cash grab on it too. Typical case of selling out your friends for money and abusing there celebrity status.Of course i don't know the details, but why can't he just respect the singers wishes?They have probably spent more fighting this case in court than they could ever make by commercially selling these recordings. Maybe like Marc Canter's Reckless Road book, this too is a labor of love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'd be more concearned my brother died than care about shitty demo's with helium pre gnr Axl."In his honor" what bollocks. I sure he done more with his life than work on a shitty legal case about shitty demo's. He's doing it for himself, not his brother or anyone else. What makes you so sure? You don't know that's the case. It's possible, but you're just guessing here man.Well, his brother obviously had his own demons as he commited suicide. Why not combat those reasons in his honor?Just seemed like hollywood rose managed to release demos, so this guy is wanting to cash grab on it too. Typical case of selling out your friends for money and abusing there celebrity status.Of course i don't know the details, but why can't he just respect the singers wishes?They have probably spent more fighting this case in court than they could ever make by commercially selling these recordings. Maybe like Marc Canter's Reckless Road book, this too is a labor of love.Axl has always had haters and people turning against him. Like Jesus. Judas sold him out and commited suicide because he couldn't live with the guilt. I guess some things never change.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingarthur Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Sad to hear, like some of you I have exchanged e-mails with Josh in the past. He always responded well. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 People call me an Axl worshipper, but even I, of all people, really want to hear this rapidfire stuff. Since Axl's not going to release any new music any time soon (or ever), this is something you can legitimately get your hopes up for. I quite liked the Hollywood Rose stuff, despite it being rough around the edges. So I'm pretty sure I'll like this stuff too, especially from the snippets I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteron Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Not up to date on this, are Rapidfire just looking to release the tracks for free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'd be more concearned my brother died than care about shitty demo's with helium pre gnr Axl."In his honor" what bollocks. I sure he done more with his life than work on a shitty legal case about shitty demo's. He's doing it for himself, not his brother or anyone else. What makes you so sure? You don't know that's the case. It's possible, but you're just guessing here man.Well, his brother obviously had his own demons as he commited suicide. Why not combat those reasons in his honor?Just seemed like hollywood rose managed to release demos, so this guy is wanting to cash grab on it too. Typical case of selling out your friends for money and abusing there celebrity status.Of course i don't know the details, but why can't he just respect the singers wishes?They have probably spent more fighting this case in court than they could ever make by commercially selling these recordings. Maybe like Marc Canter's Reckless Road book, this too is a labor of love.Axl has always had haters and people turning against him. Like Jesus. Judas sold him out and commited suicide because he couldn't live with the guilt. I guess some things never change..Fuck me. I now truly believe that Axl has the most demented fans on the planet.RIP for this chap. Hope he gets his demos out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) I'd be more concearned my brother died than care about shitty demo's with helium pre gnr Axl."In his honor" what bollocks. I sure he done more with his life than work on a shitty legal case about shitty demo's. He's doing it for himself, not his brother or anyone else. What makes you so sure? You don't know that's the case. It's possible, but you're just guessing here man.Well, his brother obviously had his own demons as he commited suicide. Why not combat those reasons in his honor?Just seemed like hollywood rose managed to release demos, so this guy is wanting to cash grab on it too. Typical case of selling out your friends for money and abusing there celebrity status.Of course i don't know the details, but why can't he just respect the singers wishes?They have probably spent more fighting this case in court than they could ever make by commercially selling these recordings. Maybe like Marc Canter's Reckless Road book, this too is a labor of love.Axl has always had haters and people turning against him. Like Jesus. Judas sold him out and commited suicide because he couldn't live with the guilt. I guess some things never change.. Fuck me. I now truly believe that Axl has the most demented fans on the planet.RIP for this chap. Hope he gets his demos out.Are you not a follower? Where has your faith gone. You think its a coincidence that Axl is playing BETHLEHEM???? Edited February 20, 2014 by Powerage5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So Hollywood Rose before GNR, and Rapidfire before Hollywood Rose, when did Axl play in the band that he took his name from? Was that just before Rapidfire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbo Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 If Axl has no legal recourse, what's stopping them?I don't get why Axl would have such a stick up his ass over this anyways. Ten years of legal mumbo jumbo over this? Really Axl? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman2000 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Sad to hear, like some of you I have exchanged e-mails with Josh in the past. He always responded well. RIPI'm one who has. I sent my condolences to Kevin. Sad tragedy. Hate to say this right after, but on the other hand, at least it looks like we're getting the recordings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) He is just a cock at the end of the day. A total wanker. Look at this case. Axl’s legal bullshit has probably hounded this poor guy to death!! I wish Vince Neil had knocked Axl out outside Tower records. Heck, I would have cheered if Corbain and Courtney Love had beat the shit out of Axl at those awards - Axl is that much of a pussy that he would have ducked cardigan wearing Kurt. It should actually be made legally permissible, for any member of the human specie to beat up W. Axl Rose, on site. That law should be passed through all governments, bicameral or unicameral. Edited February 20, 2014 by DieselDaisy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 He is just a cock at the end of the day. A total wanker. Look at this case. Axl’s legal bullshit has probably hounded this poor guy to death!! I wish Vince Neil had knocked Axl out outside Tower records. Heck, I would have cheered if Corbain and Courtney Love had beat the shit out of Axl at those awards - Axl is that much of a pussy that he would have ducked cardigan wearing Kurt. It should actually be made legally permissible, for any member of the human specie to beat up W. Axl Rose, on site. That law should be passed through all governments, bicameral or unicameral.You flying out to vegas then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Axl should just let it come out people know it's early career work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 RIP Joshua, whatever it was that you were dealing with, hate hearing that the demons you were battling got to you. The big mistake when they tried to first put this out was having a website called "theaxltapes.com". This should have been promoted as a group effort that Axl was a part of, not "Axl's first band", especially if he was a singer for hire and not a collaborator. The best way to release it is to make little mention of Axl other than being a band member over 30 years ago, make NO mention of Guns N' Roses, and let the fanbase run with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohlovelyrita Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 RIPAnyone who used a tragedy to push an agenda is not honouring the deceased.Focus now should be celebrating the life of this man for those intimatelyassociated. Anything else is inappropriate.Peace. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnfnrs1972 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 The nerve of these people! They know how much Axl hates releasing music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdeyahlxp Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Wow, that is really sad! RIP. Which one is Kevin and which one is Josh on the photo? I guess the left one? Tragic as it is, people shouldn't blame this man's suicide on Axl. Stubborn as he might be about these recordings, he was still the most important of the band members and the sole reason people would be interested in these recordings anyway. If he doesn't want it to be released, so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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