Wacky World of The Ominous Ninja Izzy Stradlin and NO! Gang

[Fourteenbeers]

10 hours ago, Sosso said:

Why not? I like this cult following around him.

A cult... or maybe a coven? 

I don't know what kind of spells or magic tricks it would take to make the guy appear (or play a show) 

Realistically speaking, that's out of No! Gang's hands...  Izzy does what he wants to do and doesn't do what he doesn't want to do.  We'll just have to wait and see... (this sounds almost like I'm talking about  expectations for new Gn'R music. )

Edited August 30, 2018 by Fourteenbeers

[Tori72]

12 minutes ago, Fourteenbeers said:

A cult... or maybe a coven? 

I don't know what kind of spells or magic tricks it would take to make the guy appear (or play a show) 

Realistically speaking, that's out of No! Gang's hands...  Izzy does what he wants to do and doesn't do what he doesn't want to do.  We'll just have to wait and see... (this sounds almost like I'm talking about  expectations for new Gn'R music. )

I don’t get the English usage for the word „cult". As an atheist I can’t identify with it. „Witches" sounds just fine to me. 

[Blackstar]

I haven't posted here for a while. I think I've got some entertaining stuff to share:

http://www.a-4-d.com/t3124-1986-08-22-l-a-rocks-interview-with-the-band

Kelli: You’ve been labeled as Bad Ass, why?

Steve: Because we are.

Izzy: The body aroma, our armpits smell.

Axl: We don’t like to lay down and die.

Duff: We’re the only band I know that will say no to a very good opportunity, but later we’ll shit in your face.

Izzy: There’s the benders and the bendees.

(Hysterical laughter)

Slash: The benders and the bendees, only Izzy could say something like that.

[...]

Kelli: What do you plan to do when you become a big Rock Star? 

Slash: Actually, I was thinking about that today. Except for spending money on equipment and odds and ends, I really couldn’t imagine buying a house or anything. Well, I have one thing, I want to get a house and build a jungle around it. 

Kelli: Izzy? 

Izzy: Um, I want to buy guns and go in his jungle and kill all his animals.  

(More hysterical laughter) Izzy’s just the big comedian tonight.

Izzy: No, um, buy some killer guitars, I’m going to start a guitar collection. That’s what I’m going to do, and I’m also going to build a studio underground. 

[...]

Kelli: Do you have any hobbies, anything else besides the band? 

Axl: When I have the money, I want to get into photography. You know, nude photography. 

Izzy: He’s taking applications now. 

Axl: I like poetry and I’d like to drag race. 

Slash: I just want to get more fucked up in the music business. 

Kelli: Izzy? 

Izzy: I’m studying to become an attorney at law. Criminal attorney. 

Axl: He’s working for Normal Now. 

Duff: I haven’t thought about it too much. 

Axl: He wants to open a brewery. 

Duff: I have brewed my own beer, but... 

Steve: I want a single bass drum to sound like a double bass drum. Then I will be very happy. 

[...]

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http://www.a-4-d.com/t3117-1986-05-dd-concert-shots-gn-r-think-they-re-tough-axl-slash-izzy-steven

[...]

AXL: If we don’t feel like dressing up for a show, we won’t, and if we do, then we will. We’ll wear what we’re wearing right now, and do a show. It doesn’t matter.
 
IZZY: Even without a shower! I hate to take showers! Guitarists don’t like showers ‘cause we like the grease to build up on our fingers, makes playing more fluent!

[...]

CS: What are you guys gonna buy with your money?
 
IZZY: A Ferrari, when I have enough.
 
AXL: Well, with our advance, I bought equipment, and clothes. We also rented this house, and we partied for a while. Steve ate breakfast at Hamburger Haven for a week. We took cabs. I also took people out to the raddest restaurants I could find. I felt I owed some people things.
 
CS: So, is this the good life?
 
IZZY: No, touring’s the good life.

[...]

CS: Was being signed this year’s greatest thrill?
 
STEVE: My whole life’s been a thrill!
 
IZZY: The actual signing was pretty boring, but getting that money was great. It was a gas. It really gives you a lot of incentive.
 
AXL: It was definitely a thrill. I mean, I carried the advance money in my boot ‘cause the bank had lost my records.
 
CS: What’s next year’s thrill?
 
IZZY: A platinum album, or something. Just to get on the road.
 
AXL: A world tour. Playing with all these bands that we’ve listened to for years. Getting an opportunity to play with people who we respect. To go out there and to kick as much ass as we can!
 
SLASH: If and when we get to open up for AC/DC, that will be a total turning point in my life.
 
AXL: It was already projected that we were gonna do that, but the timing was off.
 
IZZY: I’d like to open up for Motley Crue.
 
AXL: The ultimate for me would probably be to open up for the Rolling Stones, yeah!
 
IZZY: That would be it!

Edited September 1, 2018 by Blackstar

[Tori72]

Awwwww, simply wonderful! Thanks @Blackstar!

„No, touring is the good life.” ❤️

[Tori72]

Also this 

 

Cute feet! 

[Politania]

@blackstar great interview. Izzy: i hate taking showers 😂😂😂

[Fourteenbeers]

18 hours ago, Politania said:

@blackstar great interview. Izzy: i hate taking showers 😂😂😂

This is one "Izzy thing"  that I've always found funny. He didn't want to take showers because his fingers would get dry?  Come on, Stradlin, have you ever heard of a hand cream or a lotion? 

I bet this product would be bad ass enough for any rocker: 

(Unfortunately this from the year when Izzy left Gn'R)

Edited September 2, 2018 by Fourteenbeers

[Sosso]

[Tori72]

Yeah, that’s a pretty cute pic. Axl looks really blissed out 

10 hours ago, Sosso said:

 

[cindy1985]

SEPTEMBER....

Key Club, Los Angeles, CA September 21st, 2003).

[Tori72]

So he was looking at Steven (doing funny stuff I assume). Awww 

[cindy1985]

Guys...where is our dj??? 

[Politania]

12 minutes ago, cindy1985 said:

Guys...where is our dj??? 

everybody is gone

[kkferro72]

2 minutes ago, Politania said:

everybody is gone

That's because Izzy is gone. If he shows up somewhere, we're going to go crazy over here! 

[cindy1985]

7 minutes ago, kkferro72 said:

That's because Izzy is gone. If he shows up somewhere, we're going to go crazy over here! 

Ι cant wait till christmas...

[Politania]

6 minutes ago, kkferro72 said:

That's because Izzy is gone. If he shows up somewhere, we're going to go crazy over here! 

hahahah yeah.

 we're all gone because we're searching for Izzy

[cindy1985]

[kkferro72]

I love that he's so protective of his personal life.   And I hate it at the same time. Does it make sense?? 

[Dusty Bone]

34 minutes ago, kkferro72 said:

I love that he's so protective of his personal life.   And I hate it at the same time. Does it make sense?? 

Yes. It's completely normal. 

[Izzyryu]

16 hours ago, cindy1985 said:

Whether or not the fact that Izzy personally asked him to pull the book is true, the author is glossing over a lot. I was one of the few people who managed to actually receive a copy (I preordered it back in the day) and it is a steaming pile of shit. 

How much of a steaming pile of shit? He spells Izzy's name wrong on the first page.

I'm gonna say that again, because I can't emphasize this enough:

He spells. Izzy's name. WRONG. On the first. Page.

A lot of the material was straight-up stolen from the old fansite, and he didn't bother to get permission to reprint any of the pictures or articles he used. The original material was so badly edited (not even spellchecked!) that it was incoherent, and didn't give any new information.

When I posted my review to beenafix, Jake Brown showed up and called me a f@ggot. It's interesting that he's saying now that Izzy personally told him to pull it, because back then he told me that the book getting pulled from Amazon was my fault and threatened to sue me.

So yeah. Fuck that guy.

Edited September 19, 2018 by Izzyryu

[cindy1985]

9 minutes ago, Izzyryu said:

Whether or not the fact that Izzy personally asked him to pull the book is true, the author is glossing over a lot. I was one of the few people who managed to actually receive a copy (I preordered it back in the day) and it is a steaming pile of shit. 

How much of a steaming pile of shit? He spells Izzy's name wrong on the first page.

I'm gonna say that again, because I can't emphasize this enough:

He spells. Izzy's name. WRONG. On the first. Page.

A lot of the material was straight-up stolen from the old fansite, and he didn't bother to get permission to reprint any of the pictures or articles he used. The original material was so badly edited (not even spellchecked!) that it was incoherent, and didn't give any new information.

When I posted my review to beenafix, Jake Brown showed up and called me a f@ggot. It's interesting that he's saying now that Izzy personally told him to pull it, because back then he told me that the book getting pulled from Amazon was my fault and threatened to sue me.

So yeah. Fuck that guy.

Ι dont know how reliable is this guy...i just post here. Personally i believe that izzy is not intersting in any kind of biography  books except (maybe) marcs canter book

[Izzyryu]

4 minutes ago, cindy1985 said:

Ι dont know how reliable is this guy...i just post here. Personally i believe that izzy is not intersting in any kind of biography  books except (maybe) marcs canter book

Oh yeah, Marc's book is great. Slash and Duff's books had a couple of interesting tidbits too, but if you're looking for anything in-depth you're out of luck.

[Politania]

3 hours ago, Izzyryu said:

Oh yeah, Marc's book is great. Slash and Duff's books had a couple of interesting tidbits too, but if you're looking for anything in-depth you're out of luck.

yeah. I think Izzy will never ever write a autobiography.

[Tori72]

19 hours ago, Izzyryu said:

Whether or not the fact that Izzy personally asked him to pull the book is true, the author is glossing over a lot. I was one of the few people who managed to actually receive a copy (I preordered it back in the day) and it is a steaming pile of shit. 

How much of a steaming pile of shit? He spells Izzy's name wrong on the first page.

I'm gonna say that again, because I can't emphasize this enough:

He spells. Izzy's name. WRONG. On the first. Page.

A lot of the material was straight-up stolen from the old fansite, and he didn't bother to get permission to reprint any of the pictures or articles he used. The original material was so badly edited (not even spellchecked!) that it was incoherent, and didn't give any new information.

When I posted my review to beenafix, Jake Brown showed up and called me a f@ggot. It's interesting that he's saying now that Izzy personally told him to pull it, because back then he told me that the book getting pulled from Amazon was my fault and threatened to sue me.

So yeah. Fuck that guy.

Thanks for that. I was getting so desperate that I was wondering if I might buy it on ebay. Won’t now.

To the autobiography: very VERY likely no. Nowadays I like to entertain myself with random strikes of optimism. So. Who would have thought Izzy would ever even consider getting a twitter account? Right? There you go. 

 

 

[Politania]

http://www.decibelgeek.com/wordpress/radio-sucks-radio-show-v34-ep332/

 they talk about Izzy  around 9 min.