Popular Post alfierose Posted January 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2015 Earlier this week former Guns N' Roses manager, Vicky Hamilton spoke to us about her up and coming book release. Many thanks to Vicky for her time. Q. You’re set to release a book 'Appetite for Dysfunction' next year charting your time in the music industry, has it taken long to write and get a publication date? Yes, it has taken me seven years to write the book, I am now working on artwork and pictures. I have a high profile literary manager shopping my book to agents and publishers, I hope to release the book in the next coming months. Writing this book has been very enlightening for me and at the same time great therapy. I got to retrack my history and see where I have been, where I am now and where I am going. I am proud of what I have accomplished. Q. How does the book compare to others written? Will the main focus be your time spent as manager of Guns N’ Roses and other bands? There is a lot about Guns N Roses but I worked with many other bands too. I worked as a management consultant to Motley Crue and Stryper, I managed Poison in the early days and Faster Pussycat. I made a Grammy winning record on my own label with June Carter Cash along with doing A&R at Geffen and Capitol Records. To me, it is interesting to know about the early days of upcoming bands and how they made it. I was lucky enough to be there for this with all these bands and more! This book is also different as it is not a groupie tell all. I worked in the business with these bands and I don’t know of any other female driven books like this in the music industry. Here is a short synopsis of the book. This book is about a small-town girl who follows her heart to Hollywood, who finds success, only to lose it all after chasing a dream that becomes a nightmare because nothing and no one are what they appear to be. It’s about hitting the bottom of a dark and lonely abyss to then climb out triumphantly. This book shares Vicky Hamilton’s undeniable optimism, hope and faith-eternal, and is a must read for anyone who is a music fan curious about the golden era of the record business, and for anyone with a dream of their own. Q. Have you had any good advice or input from anyone in the GN’R world whilst putting the book together? I spoke to a lot of people while writing the book, but it mostly is from my own experiences, as it my view of living with them, watching them grow and the things I felt during the bidding war with the record labels. Q. What would a diehard GN’R fan find surprising when reading your book? I think the journey from zero to hero is surprising and thrilling. It’s amazing we all lived through these times. Q. Will you be touring the book post release? Doing signings and meet & greets? Yes, I’m very excited to do a book tour and meet everybody and do readings. I’ve already done two and it’s so much fun! Q. You’re still involved in artist management to this day, not limited to just bands, what do you look for when signing up a band or individual? Mostly good songs, great performances and the “it” factor. I don’t know how to describe “it” but I know “it” when I see “it.” Q. What, in your opinion, made Guns N' Roses so successful? Can you define what special quality they had at that time? Could a band like that make it in today's industry? Guns N’ Roses came out at a time when it was mostly glammy hair metal, kind of girly. So when this freight train came rolling through, it felt slightly more dangerous, rebellious. You knew you were seeing a train wreak but you couldn’t take your eyes off of it. The bottom line is they had amazing songs and it was a great live show. I do think a great rock band could make it today, as there are just as many people out there that appreciate great rock music, it just might happen in a different way, maybe via the internet. Q. Do you have any regrets about the past? Anything you would do differently if you had the chance? I would have gotten sober sooner, beyond that I don’t think I would change anything. Q. Marc Canter, author of Reckless Road, has spoken about a film version he is involved with. Could you see yourself working with such a project? No, I won’t be working on this film as I am hoping my book will get picked up for a film deal, but I wish Marc luck. Q. Do you have any future plans that will interest GN’R fans or do you consider releasing the book as a line drawn under that period of your life? I’m at peace with my GN’R time and like I said, i hope to make a movie of my life story too. If not, it’s been a fun and interesting ride. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsguy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Nice interview, can't wait to check out this book. It is always nice to read about the other sides of the stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Alfie, please use another color for the questions.Thanks for the interview. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsguy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Alfie, please use another color for the questions.Thanks for the interview.What color would work best for ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Alfie, please use another color for the questions.Thanks for the interview. What color would work best for ya?Sorry, is it not clear enough? I'll do it when I can get on the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Alfie, please use another color for the questions.Thanks for the interview.What color would work best for ya?I think white bold would do it. The color you guys have used is very confusing. I had to highlight the text to read the questions lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsguy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Try this:http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?/topic/210452-exclusive-mygnr-interview-with-former-gnr-manager-vicky-hamilton/#entry3915202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Alfie, please use another color for the questions.Thanks for the interview. What color would work best for ya?I think white bold would do it. The color you guys have used is very confusing. I had to highlight the text to read the questions lol.I thought white bold didn't mark out the questions as well. I guess we all have different eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK SUBS Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Nice exclusive guys well played I understand more are in the final stages also. Great effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks for the interview, alfie.Can we get a teaser regarding what's in the works interview or info wise? No reason for us to be as secretive and cryptic as the band, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Try this:http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?/topic/210452-exclusive-mygnr-interview-with-former-gnr-manager-vicky-hamilton/#entry3915202Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK SUBS Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks for the interview, alfie.Can we get a teaser regarding what's in the works interview or info wise? No reason for us to be as secretive and cryptic as the band, right?No.How many more exclusives do you actually want? No wait.... How many more can you actually take!?? It's like we're hitting it so far out the park it's embarrassing how good we are -- awesome work peeps. Stay tuned. Mags - as you were. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strange Broue Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 30% GNR related, cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Awesome! Thanks guys. Interesting that she wants a movie too. Obviously there is a great story with GNR, but I wonder how many GNR documentaries/movies we could see in the next 20 years. I think as time goes people appreciate the classic band and what they brought to their performances and music more. Because it's something that we will never see again and rock has been quiet since, I think people will keep revisiting this time. The journey from zero to hero as she said doesn't exist in the same ways it use to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks Alfie, I didn´t know she also worked with June Carter. I hope she gives us more details about that in her book 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 She's probably just hoping a movie studio pays her for the rights to make a movie based on the book, whether or not it gets made. Who wouldn't want 50K in their pocket or however much it would cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 nice thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Is it just me or does she sound slight frustrated that everybody is dwelling on Guns? ''Hello, I worked for Crue, Stryper, Poison, Pussycat, June Carter!!'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsguy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Is it just me or does she sound slight frustrated that everybody is dwelling on Guns? ''Hello, I worked for Crue, Stryper, Poison, Pussycat, June Carter!!''It's just you, I think she was just pointing out that she did do other things that people might find interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoking guns Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hmmm, her and Mark both want to make movies about the same thing pretty much? But the people actually involved in these stories don't really seem to thrilled.. Oh well, make the money while you can I guess. Who is next? A Teddy Andreadis tell all that he hopes will be made into a movie as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Very cool. Thanks alfie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Is it just me or does she sound slight frustrated that everybody is dwelling on Guns? ''Hello, I worked for Crue, Stryper, Poison, Pussycat, June Carter!!'' It's just you, I think she was just pointing out that she did do other things that people might find interestingI actually like that she mentioned that. Personally, I had no idea she worked with June Carter. I'd love to hear more about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDay7 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thrilled to read about this upcoming book. And pleased I joined the forum to be able to read these sorts of interviews 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB. Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Good work Alfie Edited January 22, 2015 by MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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