Nice Boy Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I have previously read somewhere on this forum that part of the inspiration for 'Civil War' was derived from an interaction between Axl and a friend or relative of Erin Everly (I seem to recall) who was involved in the arms trade which was fuelling a war somewhere in the world at the time. Can anyone shed any light on this please? Sounds very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I remember hearing this too and that the same guy influenced Riad N' The Bedouins! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatashame Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 yea, true i was re-listening to my bootleg collection and i came across a 91 show, cant remember which one, and Axl ranted about that song specifially Erin's relative dealt guns. He asked Axl to write a song about it. Write how lame it is to fight wars. so Axl did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Ok thanks, so I didn't imagine it ha. - Does anyone know any specifics such as who the relative was and what his dealings involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get In the Ring Motherfker Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I think it was about Erin's brother in law,an international arms dealer,who was part of Lebanese descent and bragged about how easy was to fool people and sell guns to them or something like this that's all I remember from the alternative CD booklet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) Axl wrote CW based on that small amount of encouraging...it's like one of the best songs ever written and that's all it took for him to write it. He needs to get back in that mind set Edited March 2, 2017 by IncitingChaos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wasted Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Same guy who inspired Riad n the Bedouins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Guy Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 3:27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Spaghetti Guy said: 3:27 Interesting how he refers to him as "a friend" in this clip. A complicated world to inhabit where someone who creates war asks you to write a song denouncing war, which you do, for your friend the war monger. I remember a clip of Matt Sorum talking about how Axl wanted to fund a militia somewhere in South America. I guess we know who's idea that must have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 Ok so I found this Axl quote, apparently from an 'unapproved CD booklet': - "Riad is the name my one time momentary brother-in-law of Erin Everly went by when I knew him. Of part Lebanese descent and a former student of Pepperdine University he claims to be an international arms dealer, billionaire with ambitions of being “King of the World”. He claims to fund several medical organizations and underground Nazi organizations around the world who says his heroes are Napoleon and Adolph Hitler. He claims his most prized asset is his anonymity. He also claims to be an expert in military strategy and was the inspiration for the Guns song Civil War which was written per his request for a song how “people were stupid and he could and he could sell them anything because people love to kill each other.” He also claims to be an expert in global finance and money laundering living tax free in Belair last I was aware and claiming to launder monies for wealthy individuals in several countries predominantly Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, with ties to the Bush/Reagan administrations and wherever there’s a war in the world at any given moment." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I don't know - but Civil War live in Axl's prime - look out. He could fucking kick that songs ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Quite possibly their best overall song. I would have loved to see the old band, in their prime, firing an album full of songs of that vein. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSlash Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) On 3/2/2017 at 10:19 PM, Nice Boy said: Ok so I found this Axl quote, apparently from an 'unapproved CD booklet': - "Riad is the name my one time momentary brother-in-law of Erin Everly went by when I knew him. Of part Lebanese descent and a former student of Pepperdine University he claims to be an international arms dealer, billionaire with ambitions of being “King of the World”. He claims to fund several medical organizations and underground Nazi organizations around the world who says his heroes are Napoleon and Adolph Hitler. He claims his most prized asset is his anonymity. He also claims to be an expert in military strategy and was the inspiration for the Guns song Civil War which was written per his request for a song how “people were stupid and he could and he could sell them anything because people love to kill each other.” He also claims to be an expert in global finance and money laundering living tax free in Belair last I was aware and claiming to launder monies for wealthy individuals in several countries predominantly Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, with ties to the Bush/Reagan administrations and wherever there’s a war in the world at any given moment." I sure hope Axl didn't believe this guy. "I wrote Scraped for the step son of this stripper I was banging. He said had superpowers, he said he could fly, bend steel, eat iron and shit bullets. He wanted me to write a song about how nobody could stop him. He was half Asian and half French. He had connections to Superman and Batman. IRS was about the prince of Nigeria, he needed to get money out of the country and...." Edited March 8, 2017 by DeadSlash words... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 On 7 March 2017 at 10:17 AM, Apollo said: Quite possibly their best overall song. I would have loved to see the old band, in their prime, firing an album full of songs of that vein. True I like all the songs in CW vein like PC, OIAM, Catcher, IRS, Madagascar. They have multiple parts and dark kind of political slant lyrically. A whole album of them might be tiresome but I hope there's one more to come at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Civil War is an amazing song. That Riad booklet thing makes Axl sound like a delusional nut. I guess he probably was suckered out of a lot of money by numerous charlatans and frauds throughout the years though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I just heard Civil War on Infowars. Cease n desist! Send in the lawyers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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