Amazing Marc Canter Interview (2012) - Reunion predictions / Izzy & Steven insight

[Top-Hatted One]

On 9/16/2017 at 10:52 AM, RONIN said:

There seems to be some rumors/innuendo that Slash and Duff wanted to bring Izzy back into the band but that idea was torpedoed by Axl in favor of having Tobias and as you mentioned, guest players.

It's interesting to consider why Axl would want Tobias in the band over Izzy. Perhaps this is where it starts with Axl stacking the lineup with yes-men to counter Duff and Slash.

Yea Izzy being in the mix again in 95-96 would've ended Axl's autocracy and changed the course. 

Nothing has changed in 2017 in that regard

[thunderram]

On 9/16/2017 at 5:27 AM, Blackstar said:

There is some confusion with the 1994-96 timeline in the interview and it's natural, as Marc recalls the events many years later. It's trivial and doesn't change the essence of what happened, but just to clarify the series of events:

- The Slash Snakepit songs saga with Axl being interested in working only with some of them and Slash recording his solo album took place in '94. In its most part it developed at the same time frame as the Paul Tobias being brought in to "help" and SFTD saga, and those two stories are interrelated. Slash's album was finished by the end of '94 or earlier and released in Feb. '95. Slash went on tour in March. A little before that (early '95) Zakk Wylde was brought in.

- Based on interviews of the period (which are more reliable as far as the timeline goes, since they referred to events of the recent past or happening at the time of the interview) and also according to Izzy himself later, the brief semi-reunion with Izzy took place in '95, not '96.

 

On 9/16/2017 at 5:29 AM, soon said:

Well, Snakepit was released in 95' and seems to have been recorded in 94 (at least the bulk of it).  So Marc was getting his timelines a bit blurred. 

 

On 9/16/2017 at 7:12 AM, RONIN said:

He definitely has the Slash timeline mixed up a bit

 

Is it possible he might not have the timeline wrong and that the Snakepit songs he's referring to could have been on the 2000 Ain't Life Grand release?? I mean, we all know that there were songs on the 1995 Snakepit album that were written for Guns, but there were also tunes like 'Fall to Pieces' that didn't see the light of day until Velvet Revolver in 2004. So could it be possible that the 1996 thing happened and the tunes Marc's referring to didn't release until Slash's 2nd Snakepit album??

[soon]

7 minutes ago, thunderram said:

 

 

 

Is it possible he might not have the timeline wrong and that the Snakepit songs he's referring to could have been on the 2000 Ain't Life Grand release?? I mean, we all know that there were songs on the 1995 Snakepit album that were written for Guns, but there were also tunes like 'Fall to Pieces' that didn't see the light of day until Velvet Revolver in 2004. So could it be possible that the 1996 thing happened and the tunes Marc's referring to didn't release until Slash's 2nd Snakepit album??

Thats an interesting angle.  Although its rather established that Axl wanted 3-4 songs that ended up on 5 Oclcok Somewhere.  Would be a real coincidence if he also wanted 3-4 out of 12 from Aint life grand.  But maybe.

Edited September 19, 2017 by soon

[thunderram]

7 hours ago, soon said:

Thats an interesting angle.  Although its rather established that Axl wanted 3-4 songs that ended up on 5 Oclcok Somewhere.  Would be a real coincidence if he also wanted 3-4 out of 12 from Aint life grand.  But maybe.

Right, because it's been common knowledge for some time that 'Fall to Pieces' or at least the riff to it was one of things AXL heard and liked. But that didn't end up on 5 O'Clock so that's what got me thinking that perhaps a song or two ended up on ALG.

Edited September 20, 2017 by thunderram