Funky.Monkey Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) He says why he left, I've transcribed some of the interview below: DJ Ashba Interview WMMR January 22, 2016 You played with Guns N' Roses until recently. Dj Ashba: I did, I did. Another one of my favorite bands growing up. Six years I think it was, something like that. Have you heard all the talk about Coachella with Guns N' Roses? DJ: As a fan myself I couldn't be more stoked for the fan base. They've waited a long time for this to happen. It's so good that it's happening. I couldn't be happier for the fans. It was one of those thing they were told would never happen. DJ: Laughs, yeah yeah. I suppose had to be pretty draining doing Sixx: A.M., Guns N' Roses, having a family. Doing all those things at once is probably overwhelming. DJ: It was, it was a lot of work. But I've got to be honest ya know. I had the time of my life, I am beyond grateful to share the stage and had so many memories and met so many great fans out there. It was just a great time in my life. However, we did this latest Sixx: A.M. run and it really just kind of made me go, wait a second, there's a huge difference playing somebody else's songs and playing my own. You know what I mean, I just felt every note I hit. Wow this is where I need to be. It was that tour that made me realize I had to go back to what I'm really about. I'm really really stoked. Audio here @3:20: http://wmmr.com/episodes/dj-ashba-of-sixxa-m-jaxon-interview/ Edited January 25, 2016 by Funky.Monkey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thanks for posting.Pretty obvious why he left and this is essentially just him confirming.I do believe it was also partly due to anything he was trying to give Axl wasn't getting used and like he said, he enjoys being in Sixx AM where he can make just about anything and have it used. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mr. ritz88 Posted January 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2016 I like to pretend he was never in the band. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicDwolfwood Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Good for him. It makes total sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Happy for DJ. Everybody wins with the end of Axls solo project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 What took you so long to figure that you out? Oh yeah, exposure, I hope Axl realises this as cottons something on about GnR, something thats been glaringly obvious to those of us that weren't thalidomide babies. No matter I suppose, reunions on so perhaps he has got the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I really wish we could get a chance to hear the material NuGuns came up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky.Monkey Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 DJ ASHBA 'Couldn't Be Happier' About Partial Reunion Of GUNS N' ROSES' Classic Lineup http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dj-ashba-couldnt-be-happier-about-partial-reunion-of-guns-n-roses-classic-lineup/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaxTeller Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Dj seems to be a nice guy, I really liked him in the beggining but I felt so great he was out of GNR. I do believe he had some good stuff for GNR...Good that he is happy and free to do whatever he wants in SIXX AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post highvoltage Posted January 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2016 He sure seemed happy playing someone else's songs when it meant a huge boost to his profile and a broader market for AshbaSwag™. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyReed63 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) All we ever got from the Asbha era was an instrumental bootleg of "Ballad of Death" - again, sad that these guys probably came in thinking they'd make new music together. And it just became what it was.But yeah, this guy was probably the fan bases' least favorite member. PersonalIy, I couldn't stand his "LET ME HEAR YOU!!!!" posture thing with every guitar lead-in. Edited January 25, 2016 by DizzyReed63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 It was the right choice for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged1 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I'd like to thank DJ for coming to the decision......no one wanted to hear him play/butcher someone else's (Guns') songs either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Jesus Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Ashba was great on his own material but not so much with GN'R's material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterdaze Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 He's a nice guy, but why would he prefer his songs to songs written before he joined GN'R? The GN'R songs are obviously better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 He came, he saw, he made a lot of money playing Slash and Izzys music. Man, it's shocking to look back and see how pathetic Axl is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shjtjustgotreal Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 can we just, ya know, stop talking about assba now that he's not in nuguns anymore..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I kind of wish Ron and Dj had made the next GNR album. For whatever reason things didn't move forward in that way. The reunion is really the answer to why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I kind of wish Ron and Dj had made the next GNR album. For whatever reason things didn't move forward in that way. The reunion is really the answer to why.Yeah? And why not shop-teacher Bob and Kevin's dad Thomas from the local VFW make the next GNR album?Ron and DJ have NOTHING to do with why GNR was popular. They're as justified in making the next GNR album as you or me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Descends Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I suppose had to be pretty draining doing Sixx: A.M., Guns N' Roses, having a family. Doing all those things at once is probably overwhelming. DJ: It was, it was a lot of work.From lot of work... to no work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I wish him well. Even though he was a bit of a tool, he was a good showman and did his job. His departure worked well for everyone.The first two sixx am albums are like guilty pleasures for me (like Kiss), the last album sucked and I don't really care about following them anymore, still, best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 At some point he was working on classic sounding GNR material. I really want to hear that. I wonder if Axl or the label or satan decided to let Dj, Fortus and Ron record a GnR album what would that be like. So it seems that Tommy and Dj both walked. Ron also for similar reasons. So it starts to seem that Axl was left with no band and Slash and Duff are potentially just helping him out. Which then has grown into something almost like everyon's fantasy. But surely if Axl had recorded with Dj, Ron etc they would all be into it?So it seems like Axl just wanted to keep the touring band for whenever or if he got CD II released. Fortus seemed to be involved in that. But now what? Is this the same situation with Slash and Duff helping to tour CD II after the reunion cash grab. Or is this a brand new era? Why shy away from reunion wording to then basically do a reunion? I'm going to need more bourbon and get the old trenchcoat out. Columbo II: One Last Thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I kind of wish Ron and Dj had made the next GNR album. For whatever reason things didn't move forward in that way. The reunion is really the answer to why.Yeah? And why not shop-teacher Bob and Kevin's dad Thomas from the local VFW make the next GNR album?Ron and DJ have NOTHING to do with why GNR was popular. They're as justified in making the next GNR album as you or me.You could say that about a lot of bands though. Brian Johnson has nothing to do with why ACDC are successful. Ron Wood has nothing to do with why The Stones are successful. I guess though it's more about the crux of the band. You need Slash as the Keef to Axl's Jagger. Then if you have Fortus and Frank, maybe nobody would care as much. I'm not fussed if Brian Jones or Bill Wyman are in the Stones. I still bought those albums and attended those shows. I like Black and Blue and Voodoo Lounge, Back in Black, Thunderstruck, CD. So I can pretend to be a line up purist but really I don't seem to care that much. So I would have been interested in a Dj, Fortus and Ron GNR album. Not saying I'd like it. But I'm not against it on paper or morally. But the best line up of GNR is the AFD line up. If they could have grown with the fans and put out multiple albums... But they didn't. All's well that end's well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I like to pretend he was never in the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I wish him well. Even though he was a bit of a tool, he was a good showman and did his job. His departure worked well for everyone.The first two sixx am albums are like guilty pleasures for me (like Kiss), the last album sucked and I don't really care about following them anymore, still, best of luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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