Axl Rose Chat #6 - mygnrforum - Dec. 14, 2008

[sleeping stone]

Many answers in this letter, Dear Axl, once again!

Thank you for it.

Don't hold anything within, as far as we read , it/he's not worth.

Peace

[Route66]

Axl thank you so much. I cant wait to see you guys on tour again.

1 question if you dont mind. After all the shit thats gone on (continues to go on maybe). Do you ever get peace of mind?

[Boundless]

This is the type of information the media would die to have and Axl shares with his fans first! Very courageous of you....all my respect Axl!!

[feconroses]

I love to get your side of the story. Both, you and slash are my idols, my inspiration. I love you both, so i will not take sides on this.

Its water under the bridge right now. Lets celebrate for old GNR AND new GNR. For chinese democracy, for VR, for axl, slash, izzy, duff, steven, matt, dizzy, bucket, finck, brain, paul, fortus, bbf, tommy, frank, chris and everyone involved in past present and future gnr.

Happy Holidays

[highvoltage]

That was much better than the ask me anything thread. Some things you cant write down in a only paragraph or continually side step because its a long answer to a short question, so its really appreciated he spent his time doing that for us. I hope he's back soon

Agreed. It was a harder road to get there, but I think the longer and more detailed response couldn't have come with the random spatter of unrelated questions.

[deegg]

seriosuly.. Axl Thanks for the replying and answerings. Your a busy guy and for you to come here and spend the time replying to us thats great. Im really happy that you finaly are letting your side of things out after being quiet for so long while lies, rumors etc have been throwing around. It must be very frustrating to see crap said about you and your life that people have no involvment in and think they know more.

You have my respect and my support as you have done for all this time! Keep up the good work

[Forsaken]

Nice read Axl. Thanks for taking the time to write all of this, I can honestly say that I have a different opinion now as to what happened.

[slash06]

Thank you Axl! It great to hear your side of things, your time spent posting is greatly appreciated

[highvoltage]

I also find this medium really appealing as opposed to interviews or magazines, because we get the whole story in as many or as few words as is necessary, without editing.

[vince41090]

Thank you Axl. This is exactly what the fans who've been trolling this board for years have been waiting for. A lot more in depth than the chats you had the past few days, which is great.

[tucka]

i think all the doubters that this isn't a real band can fuck off now, especially the part about how axl didn't want to do this i love but he was convinced by the others to do it

thanks a lot axl for this, it is more than anyone ever would of expected or dreamed of

[AzraelFenris]

*waits for slash' s reaction

[Dexter]

No offense, but Axl sounds bitter as fuck. Especially about Slash. We're supposed to believe that everything that has happened is someone else's fault and EVERYTHING we've been told about him are all lies.

I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

People love sayin' that middle trip. Easy to say but not so easy to prove.

Unfortunately it's not in the middle and I can back up every last line in my bit or I wouldn't be here.

You love his work and whatever else. More power to you!

And no, I'm not bitter at least in the sense of how you used it conveys. Felt good gettin' some of that off my chest and as I said that's just the tip.

If that's your honest impression it's definitely not rose colored lenses you're wearing. And I looked up the definition of bitter once in a pocket dictionary and got "having anger at something unjust or evil". I'm not angry but when I am with this particular someone who I thought was once my friend... the definition fits.

[JimMorrison4]

Great read. Just one thing, maybe I missed it, are we 100% sure this *is* actually Axl posting on here?

[GN'R Forever]

Thanks a bunch Axl! Maybe we can all finally move on and enjoy the music instead of arguing about the past. It means a lot to us that you cleared this up.

Happy holidays from the fans :xmasssanta:

[DizzyReed63]

Great read.

It's really interesting to finally hear a different perspective on how things all went down.

It's obvious Axl has a lot of passion and it's easy for many to lose sight of how hard he's worked to keep it alive and to a level worthy of the name.

Also, I think we just got a dose of reality with how dedicated the new guys have had to be.

Axl's right---these guys put up w/ a lot of shi* from all sides. Not that we don't already appreciate them, but damn.

And I totally get the performing as "GnR" is on a totally different level than performing under a different name.

Looking forward to hearing more insight like this from the main man!

The bulletins with a set topic should work great.

And I wonder which track it is that he had to switch out at the last minute?!

-E

[highvoltage]

Great read. Just one thing, maybe I missed it, are we 100% sure this *is* actually Axl posting on here?

Yes.

[aussie_axl]

yeah the new guys have put up with alot of shit,

[cpaxlvacy]

I missed it again, can't believe how bad luck i have, i think i wanna cry, i got the flu and been seeping for 3 days now. shit

[axlbrazil]

this is amazing !! never in a million years i would have imagened this !!

thank you very much !!

[JimMorrison4]

Great read. Just one thing, maybe I missed it, are we 100% sure this *is* actually Axl posting on here?

Yes.

How?

[MYWIFEMYLIFE]

Axl never lies. U Axl bashers will burn in hell.

[Nick85]

No offense, but Axl sounds bitter as fuck. Especially about Slash. We're supposed to believe that everything that has happened is someone else's fault and EVERYTHING we've been told about him are all lies.

I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

People love sayin' that middle trip. Easy to say but not so easy to prove.

Unfortunately it's not in the middle and I can back up every last line in my bit or I wouldn't be here.

You love his work and whatever else. More power to you!

And no, I'm not bitter at least in the sense of how you used it conveys. Felt good gettin' some of that off my chest and as I said that's just the tip.

If that's your honest impression it's definitely not rose colored lenses you're wearing. And I looked up the definition of bitter once in a pocket dictionary and got "having anger at something unjust or evil". I'm not angry but when I am with this particular someone who I thought was once my friend... the definition fits.

Thanks for this Axl. You have no idea how amazing this feels to have you chat with us. And I gotta agree, Slash spewing his case all over the media seemed fishy to me....It's refreshing to hear some genuine explanations for a change.

[OTHAFA]

No offense, but Axl sounds bitter as fuck. Especially about Slash. We're supposed to believe that everything that has happened is someone else's fault and EVERYTHING we've been told about him are all lies.

I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

People love sayin' that middle trip. Easy to say but not so easy to prove.

Unfortunately it's not in the middle and I can back up every last line in my bit or I wouldn't be here.

You love his work and whatever else. More power to you!

And no, I'm not bitter at least in the sense of how you used it conveys. Felt good gettin' some of that off my chest and as I said that's just the tip.

If that's your honest impression it's definitely not rose colored lenses you're wearing. And I looked up the definition of bitter once in a pocket dictionary and got "having anger at something unjust or evil". I'm not angry but when I am with this particular someone who I thought was once my friend... the definition fits.

If you can prove everything then I will fully admit how right you are. But then again, how would you go about proving it all to us? It's kind of an empty statement because there's no time or resources to present the tapes/documents to prove to every Guns fan that what you're saying is the truth. So we just have to believe it or not believe it.

Axl, I'm not calling you a liar. I think there's plenty of truth in what you're saying. But you're trying to pin basically EVERY SINGLE THING that has happened over the years on Slash or the media and shit like that. Only truly gullible fucks or people who are just too excited about you being here to question you are going to believe that.

Thank you for posting anyway. It's really cool to come do this and you still kick ass in my book, even if I do like Slash a little more.

Edited December 14, 2008 by OTHAFA

[Zeppelin]

No offense, but Axl sounds bitter as fuck. Especially about Slash. We're supposed to believe that everything that has happened is someone else's fault and EVERYTHING we've been told about him are all lies.

I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

People love sayin' that middle trip. Easy to say but not so easy to prove.

Unfortunately it's not in the middle and I can back up every last line in my bit or I wouldn't be here.

You love his work and whatever else. More power to you!

And no, I'm not bitter at least in the sense of how you used it conveys. Felt good gettin' some of that off my chest and as I said that's just the tip.

If that's your honest impression it's definitely not rose colored lenses you're wearing. And I looked up the definition of bitter once in a pocket dictionary and got "having anger at something unjust or evil". I'm not angry but when I am with this particular someone who I thought was once my friend... the definition fits.

Thanks for the great read, Axl. I haven't been able to see you on the various mediums for the past couple nights, so I'm happy to say thanks and happy to read that this is just the tip...

I think this is something that fans on any side of the spectrum needed. I'm sure everyone appreciates it.

As others have said, it is nice to see a lot of passion being put forth into music and writing. I think passion is key, and I think it's another reason why Chinese Democracy is the "hard-rock/beautiful" piece of music that it is.

Thanks again, Axl.