Steven & Deanna Adler Reddit AMA - January 26th

[Jane M.]

1 minute ago, DieselDaisy said:

Team Brazil are censoring him?

Seems like it. 

Judging by the lack of answers to GNR related questions, yes. 

[Silent Jay]

Quote

 

Steven: My favorite songs, like I said earlier, were Kiss, Queen. I loved Disco. I loved Jazz. I love 70's Rock. I love 60's Rock. Just music that made me feel good, that I still listen to today and I still practice today. It's so cool. You just go on the Internet and get 70's hits, ya know, a collection of all these different 70's songs. And I went this one, this one this one, and I picked all these different ones, so I got all these great songs I practice to and they're such great songs 'cause they're stories about something that's meaningful. Nowadays, I listen to these bands and for one, you can't understand what they're saying, two it doesn't mean anything. I just like a good story and something that makes my heart feel good. And then 30, 40 years later I listen to it and I still get that euphoria. I love Rock.

These days, I still listen to the same music I did when I was growing up.

 

 

[MrSoftie]

Probably the first AMA I've read where I've recognised most of the usernames

[tsinindy]

4 minutes ago, Jane M. said:

Seems like it. 

Judging by the lack of answers to GNR related questions, yes. 

Or maybe there is an agreement that none of them talk about GnR as we've all presumed.   If one enters into that agreement willingly then it's not actually censorship.  

Not everything is Team Brazil's fault lol

Edited January 26, 2017 by tsinindy

[Silent Jay]

What is your favorite memory from your time with Guns N' Roses

 

 

[–]steven_deanna_adler[S] 1

Steven: The whole five years that we were together. Every moment. It was magic. It was really magic. We couldn't do wrong and it was excitement 25 hours, 8 days a week. So, just being a part of those guys was great. It was like I was part of the cool kids in school.

Deanna: That was his family. When he was in a band, that was his family. And that was okay.

Steven: Assholes.

[BlueJean Baby]

See quite a few of us on there.... all being ignored

[Silent Jay]

Steven - what advice would you give to someone just entering into recovery after most of a lifetime of drug addiction?

Deanna - what advice would you give to the friends and loved ones of someone just entering recovery

 

 

[–]steven_deanna_adler[S] 1 point  

Steven: Be patient. Just live your life one second, one day at a time. Hang around with people who are not addicts. You are who you hang around with. If you hang around with junkies, you are going to be a junkie. If you hang out with nice, happy, good loving, caring people, you're going to be good, happy, loving, caring person. Definitely go to meetings and listen, and talk. One thing that is really cool about my mom writing her book and then me writing me book was that you should take a pen and paper and write down your life. Be completely honest, it's yourself, you can't lie to yourself, even though people do. Be completely honest and write down your life, everything that was good and bad, and read it, and then burn it and move forward.

Deanna: I am so glad that Steven is back with me, he's back on top, He knows what he's doing. To make sure that everyone out there can find strength and inspiration from this book and hopefully free themselves from addiction.

Deanna: I would also say the same thing, go to these meetings. You can go to Al-Anon, you could go to AA, talk to your friends, talk to your minister, talk to your Rabbi, just don't keep it inside. Don't be like me, where I kept everything inside and denied everything. When I finished writing this book, it was so cathartic for me, because all of a sudden I don't care if anyone knew what was going on in my life. It was wonderful. I'm not ashamed anymore that my son is called a "drug addict" and "alcoholic. “it’s okay I'm not alone. I want people to realize this, that they are not alone.

Steven: Don't give up on this person that you love and just realize that it's a disease. Just like if you had asthma or cancer, you're not going to give up on that person because they need an inhaler. It's a disease. When I was doing drugs and I was hurting my mom, my family, my wife, people around me, I wasn't doing it on purpose. I wasn't waking up like "I'm gonna get high just so I can fuck with my family and piss them off and hurt them." It's a disease and you have to be patient. Don't give up.

Deanna: The book "Sweet Child of Mine" has everything that I went through. I never gave up on my son. He'll tell you, he can stop calling me for a year, and as soon as he called me, I was there in five minutes. I never gave up on him and these parents should never give up on their children because they're babies! They're children.

[jpduff]

Why is always hard to get any useful information related to GNR?

[Original]

The less GnR talk the better.....means he'll lbe back on stage with the band again.   

[slash23579]

6 minutes ago, tsinindy said:

Or maybe there is an agreement that none of them talk about GnR as we've all presumed.   If one enters into that agreement willingly then it's not actually censorship.  

Not everything is Team Brazil's fault lol

It's still frustrating when he goes into an AMA where he knows 90% of the questions are going to be GNR related, and then ignore them. If he agreed to avoid the subject, then he should be promoting the book another way

[tsinindy]

1 minute ago, slash23579 said:

It's still frustrating when he goes into an AMA where he knows 90% of the questions are going to be GNR related, and then ignore them. If he agreed to avoid the subject, then he should be promoting the book another way

Totally agree, has nothing to do with what I originally responded to though.

[Zoot]

Kinda forgot this was happening and just went to check it out... So he only answered like 4 questions? wth??

[Silent Jay]

ey Steven! I have a few, hopefully simple, quick questions.

1. Why do they call you Steven 'Popcorn' Adler? Is it cause you're energetic, and bounce up and down when you're beating on the drums?

And

1. Will you be joining GNR for a larger portion of the NITL Tour? Rather than a few appearances here and there?

Those are my two questions that I had to ask. Ps you fucking rock dude much love 

 

 

[–]steven_deanna_adler[S] 1 point 

Steven: I think that's what Axl was thinking. We played that show at the Ritz that was live on MTV one night and he introduced me as Steven Popcorn Adler. That one and only time. He would always introduce me as Steven California Indica Bud Adler. I'm a big pot smoker. So, that one night that it happened to be live on TV, out of nowhere he just called me popcorn and it just stuck. I think it was like when I play my hair bounces up and down. Like popcorn popping in a machine. I don't know. He's insane. I don't know why the hell he did it. It just happened. He just called me that.

Deanna: I never like that, by the way. I never liked that.

Steven: I had a great time last year doing the couple shows that I got to do with them, but it was everything that I thought it was going to be. It was the complete opposite. If it was going be just the five original guys with Dizzy and Axl, Slash, and Duff and myself, then yes I will, but otherwise, it's not the magic and it's not fair to the fans. Me and Dizzy actually really do wanna be a part of it.

[Epson]

Dizzy? 

[tsinindy]

2 minutes ago, Silent Jay said:

ey Steven! I have a few, hopefully simple, quick questions.

1. Why do they call you Steven 'Popcorn' Adler? Is it cause you're energetic, and bounce up and down when you're beating on the drums?

And

1. Will you be joining GNR for a larger portion of the NITL Tour? Rather than a few appearances here and there?

Those are my two questions that I had to ask. Ps you fucking rock dude much love 

 

 

[–]steven_deanna_adler[S] 1 point 

Steven: I think that's what Axl was thinking. We played that show at the Ritz that was live on MTV one night and he introduced me as Steven Popcorn Adler. That one and only time. He would always introduce me as Steven California Indica Bud Adler. I'm a big pot smoker. So, that one night that it happened to be live on TV, out of nowhere he just called me popcorn and it just stuck. I think it was like when I play my hair bounces up and down. Like popcorn popping in a machine. I don't know. He's insane. I don't know why the hell he did it. It just happened. He just called me that.

Deanna: I never like that, by the way. I never liked that.

Steven: I had a great time last year doing the couple shows that I got to do with them, but it was everything that I thought it was going to be. It was the complete opposite. If it was going be just the five original guys with Dizzy and Axl, Slash, and Duff and myself, then yes I will, but otherwise, it's not the magic and it's not fair to the fans. Me and Dizzy actually really do wanna be a part of it.

So he's out...

[Tourettes2400]

Wow, so he did answer a question about GNR. He must be out for the remaining shows. Or if he wasn't, he probably is now lol.

[Zoot]

Just now, Epson said:

Dizzy? 

I hope he meant Izzy.

[Nick85]

Preeeetty sure he means Izzy there.

[MillionsOfSpiders]

Just now, Epson said:

Dizzy? 

Maybe he meant Izzy 

[TOS--LOA]

... and he's out lol

[MrSoftie]

3 minutes ago, Kris_1989 said:

Kinda forgot this was happening and just went to check it out... So he only answered like 4 questions? wth??

It's live dude, he's reading a question, answering, it won't all happen at once. Now's the time to get a question in.

[Silent Jay]

Hi Steven! Thanks for doing this AMA!

Which was the first "hooooooly shit we're huge" moment while on GNR

 

 

[–]steven_deanna_adler[S] 1 point

Steven: When we played the street scene in 1986, downtown LA. There were 100,000 people in the streets, outside, and we started playing. Literally not 10s, or 100s, thousands of people were spitting on the stage at us. I was in the back, so I wasn't getting hit. The coolest thing was, nobody in the band got pissed off , they started spitting back at them. It was one of those moments like "holy shit! What am I doing here? How did I get here? and Why is this so awesome!"

Deanna: I'm so glad I wasn't there.

Steven: That and playing with The Rolling Stones at the coliseum was pretty fucking cool!

[Zoot]

Just now, MrSoftie said:

It's live dude, he's reading a question, answering, it won't all happen at once. Now's the time to get a question in.

My bad. I skipped right over the live button. I thought it was already over with.

[RussTCB]

I'm sure he meant Izzy. Either way, it sounds like he's out for any additional shows. 

[Swedish]

So the question now is if this means he won't do another guest appearance at all of if it simply means that he won't be there for "a larger portion of the NITL Tour"?

Questions, always questions with this band...