Popular Post Gambit83 Posted March 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 KPFK 1985. Thanks to Raz Cue for sharing this gem. 19 6 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derick Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Man this is gold..the beginning of my favorite band ever!!! A lot of cool pics on this video too.. Thanks @Gambit83 and Raz Cue for sharing! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Cool to hear Anything Goes and Don't Cry in their original form, before Slash and Steven joined the band. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombux Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 huh, listening to Tracii Guns playing the original incarnation of Don't Cry is surreal... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombux Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 so pardon my ignorance, does this come from Reckless Road? I still have to get my hands on the digital version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 12 minutes ago, zombux said: so pardon my ignorance, does this come from Reckless Road? I still have to get my hands on the digital version No, it's from Raz Cue (manager of L.A. Guns) who has written a book. He talks about it on the video and on his website. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Fascinating. 26th March is Duff's first gig (Ole Beich is on flyer). There is no evidence of any shows before this so Ole may not have played a GN'R show! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Fascinating. 26th March is Duff's first gig (Ole Beich is on flyer). There is no evidence of any shows before this so Ole may not have played a GN'R show! He played two or three rehearsals with them before he left. Duff joined quickly after that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 According to Raz Cue's book, Ole Beich was sacked before the gig (because he was preoccupied with something else and didn't go to the rehearsals) and was replaced by Duff. I think that makes Duff the original bass player (going by "original Vs classic lineup"). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killuridols Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Blackstar said: I think that makes Duff the original bass player (going by "original Vs classic lineup"). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 So Duff played with Tracii and Rob Gardner? Was the next show after that already with Slash and Steven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said: So Duff played with Tracii and Rob Gardner? Was the next show after that already with Slash and Steven? The first touring line-up (Axl, Tracii, Izzy, Duff, Rob) played six shows in March and April. There wasn't another show unitl June. Edited March 9, 2018 by Sosso 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmenjello Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 „And there was someone else...“ “yeah, axl“ Epic 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) Holy shit @Gambit83! I was super excited to hear an interview from '85, and then I heard that it included Rob and Tracii and got even more excited, and to top it off we actually get to hear the pre-appetite line-up of GN'R play together under the Guns N' Roses name! This is, in my opinion, the most exciting thing that has happened in the GN'R world since the Troubadour show 2 years ago... It's, in my opinion, way more interesting and exiting than the Ritz '87 pro-shot that was released last year, and I fucking love that Ritz pro-shot! Thank you and thanks a ton to Raz for releasing this amazing tape! Edited March 9, 2018 by youngswedishvinyl 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rayno Posted March 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) It's pretty evident Izzy was the one wearing the trousers in the band back then. Edited March 9, 2018 by Rayno 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silverburst80 Posted March 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2018 Trust Axl to be late to the interview 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhazUp Posted March 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2018 To me hearing that Don't Cry was great and historically awesome, however man that guitar solo... thank god Slash found his way into GNR! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, WhazUp said: To me hearing that Don't Cry was great and historically awesome, however man that guitar solo... thank god Slash found his way into GNR! That song was barely a month old. How can you judge the guitar solo at this stage? Edited March 10, 2018 by Sosso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Sosso said: That song was barely a month old. How can you judge the guitar solo at this stage? Based on a guitar players natural phrasing and how they handle themselves within the context of the song. You don't need many stages to know that going Yngwie Malmsteen on Don't Cry isn't the best idea 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmenjello Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Sosso said: That song was barely a month old. How can you judge the guitar solo at this stage? You can judge a guitar solo from a song thats 5mins old too. Nonsense logic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rocknroll41 Posted March 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Just watched the video... Wow! a lot to unpack there! izzy was definitely the alpha still at this point. axl still thought he was in LA Guns lol. Introduced himself as "Axl from LA Guns." Izzy tried to correct him but Axl didn't hear it. Compare that to the Axl from the 2008 forum chats who, when asked why he kept the GNR name, said "because GnR is who I am." If only this 1985 Axl knew how much the name "guns n' roses" was gonna take over his entire life... crazy that songs from their very first rehearsal tape went on to become fan favorites, and even hits! Not many bands can say that! No wonder this band became huge. All they needed was a better lead guitar player (which thankfully they soon found). The Tracii solo on don't cry was shit. i wonder why the picture-disc EP never happened. ballsy of them to record a rehearsal and bring it to their first ever radio interview. Weird hearing songs I grew up with like Don't Cry and Think About You right when they were fresh off the press. It's also chilling how close Think About You sounds to its final form. And the whaling Axl does at the end of Anything Goes is, like, beat-for-beat the same whaling he does at the end of the AFD version. its was chilling when they did La Grange in the middle of Anything Goes and Axl goes "new guy... Brand new... Duff..." Speaking of duff, did he not use his last name at this point? They never say it. Also it sounds like Izzy called himself "stranded" instead of "Stradlin." GN'R was so new at this point that they had to spray paint the name over an LA Guns van lol. kinda funny hearing Axl asking listeners to go meet him at a restaurant. It's like the polar opposite of the Axl who walked onto the Eddie Trunk radio show in 2006 and wouldn't even take calls from fans. So many thoughts racing through my mind. What a gem! Edited March 10, 2018 by rocknroll41 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Reunion!!! World tour! New album! It must happen GNR 2018! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I like the Nightrain flyer at 7:35. That has to be before they wrote the song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXL_N_DIZZY Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Incredible! Thx for sharing. Axl’s vocals... Edited March 10, 2018 by AXL_N_DIZZY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombux Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 hours ago, rocknroll41 said: axl still thought he was in LA Guns lol. Introduced himself as "Axl from LA Guns." Izzy tried to correct him but Axl didn't hear it. Compare that to the Axl from the 2008 forum chats who, when asked why he kept the GNR name, said "because GnR is who I am." If only this 1985 Axl knew how much the name "guns n' roses" was gonna take over his entire life... funny to think that besides his own bands (the original AXL in Lafayette, newer AXL in LA, Rose/Hollywood Rose and of course GNR), the only bands he joined as a member were Rapidfire in 1983, LA Guns in 1985 and AC/DC in 2016. bizzarre 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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