Favorite stories from GNR members' books?

[EvanG 2,103]

Duff's story about how he was hanging out with mountain bikers and they were hungover and told Duff that they ''partied like rockstars'' the night before because they drank a six-pack by themselves. Then Duff told them some of his rockstar stories, like drinking throw-up because there was alcohol in it, and so the mountain bikers had to admit that they ''partied like mountain bikers''.

[Free Bird 1,654]

On 20.1.2019 at 4:51 PM, Underhardy said:

Slash’s story about him running around one of those golf resorts that Goldstein brought him to. He was tripping out so hard he had to escape out of his room because millions of weird little critters were chasing him. He ended up running around the golf course like a mad man avoiding the army of little shits of his imagination. So whacked out 

Yeah that's the best story. A naked Slash, covered in blood, screaming, running, hiding... It wasn't even Goldstein who brought him there. Goldstein brought Steven there and Slash thought it's a good idea to visit that resort too. Pockets full of drugs 

 

Edited January 21 by Free Bird

[lame ass security 1,060]

5 hours ago, EvanG said:

Duff's story about how he was hanging out with mountain bikers and they were hungover and told Duff that they ''partied like rockstars'' the night before because they drank a six-pack by themselves. Then Duff told them some of his rockstar stories, like drinking throw-up because there was alcohol in it, and so the mountain bikers had to admit that they ''partied like mountain bikers''.

Ok, let me make sure I've got this right, Duff actually drank vomit because of the alcohol content?  Holy cannoli,  I thought I had heard it all, but alas, I have not.😄

[EvanG 2,103]

1 hour ago, lame ass security said:

Ok, let me make sure I've got this right, Duff actually drank vomit because of the alcohol content?  Holy cannoli,  I thought I had heard it all, but alas, I have not.😄

Well, I wasn't there to witness it, but he did mention this in his book and it's not something to brag about, so I'm guessing it must have really happened.

[Italian girl 2,467]

I'm still disturbed by the story in steven's book, about a maniac living above him and his mother, who peeked at them while in the toilet.

 

 

 

[Jordan Rose 757]

On 1/20/2019 at 9:50 AM, axlsalinger said:

My favorite GNR story is one told by Matt Sorum in a magazine article. I read this a long time ago (in a galaxy far far away) so I might be a little off on the details, but here it is:

It's the UYI tour, another night where the band's been sitting around for a long time drinking and waiting for Axl, so they could go on stage. So finally Matt's had enough, and says "I'm going to find out what the hell is taking him so long" (to the horror of the rest of the band). 

He heads out to look, and eventually enters a room where Axl is sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, holding a shotgun. Axl says, "You can leave now".

So Matt turned around and got the hell out of there as fast as he could. 

 

I'd like to know why Axl's issues were still causing him to be persistently late in 2010 but after improving a lot up until 2014 he suddenly managed to be punctual and incident free from 2016 on. Because back in the day his whole thing was that he needed time to get his head straight to perform whilst simultaneously having therapy for all of the stuff he found out about his childhood. 

[default_ 1,553]

31 minutes ago, Jordan Rose said:

I'd like to know why Axl's issues were still causing him to be persistently late in 2010 but after improving a lot up until 2014 he suddenly managed to be punctual and incident free from 2016 on. Because back in the day his whole thing was that he needed time to get his head straight to perform whilst simultaneously having therapy for all of the stuff he found out about his childhood. 

The fears of getting irrelevant probably made him understand he wasnt better than anyone who was there to see his perform or his bandmates, people have lifes to live. He probably learnt what is disrespect really about. 

Edited January 22 by default_

[wondering where's izzy? 44]

In Duff's first book when he talks about meeting Axl again for the first time in over a decade. Made me tear up a bit because clearly Duff didn't view Axl as quite the same monster everyone else did. And when they go out to dinner together after Duff is sober Axl orders a drink, pauses and then says, "Make that a virgin."

Thought it was sweet.

[andrew032302 76]

1 hour ago, wondering where's izzy? said:

In Duff's first book when he talks about meeting Axl again for the first time in over a decade. Made me tear up a bit because clearly Duff didn't view Axl as quite the same monster everyone else did. And when they go out to dinner together after Duff is sober Axl orders a drink, pauses and then says, "Make that a virgin."

Thought it was sweet.

My favorite may be before this when he went to his room and security tried stop him saying, "He's taking a shower," and "Don't go in" and Duff nonchalantly says, "Don't worry, it's not like I've never seen him naked before."

[Legendador 155]

On 22/01/2019 at 9:00 AM, default_ said:

The fears of getting irrelevant probably made him understand he wasnt better than anyone who was there to see his perform or his bandmates, people have lifes to live. He probably learnt what is disrespect really about. 

This is probably the first clause in the reunion contract: be late once and lose 100 million dollars. I'd have a watch attached to my forehead.

On 22/01/2019 at 6:11 AM, Italian girl said:

I'm still disturbed by the story in steven's book, about a maniac living above him and his mother, who peeked at them while in the toilet.

 

 

 

You're watching "Modern Family" too much. The story is about an assistant who used to "live" in Steven's house and peaked on his former girlfriend.

[Legendador 155]

The best story to me is from Duff (a 90's interview talking about Steven).

He was tired of seeing Steven battling with drugs, so he grabbed his shotgun and went to the apartment of Steven's dealer to scare him off.

He them proceeded to bash the dealer's apartment door - full on "pulp fiction" mode -, but got the wrong apartment and broke in a random family's apartment.

There's is this other Duff story: when he punched Chris Holmes (from W.A.S.P.) for saying that black men shoudn't have tattoos to Slash's face at the Rainbow (I guess 89 or 90).

[Mansin Humanity 475]

21 minutes ago, Legendador said:

This is probably the first clause in the reunion contract: be late once and lose 100 million dollars. I'd have a watch attached to my forehead.

how the hell are you seeing that watch then

[Italian girl 2,467]

1 hour ago, Legendador said:

 

You're watching "Modern Family" too much. The story is about an assistant who used to "live" in Steven's house and peaked on his former girlfriend.

I read it some years ago.. maybe I make confusion

[tkarmy 55]

I like in Duff's book that Sly Stone use to just drop by Duff and his girlfriend's shabby little apartment to smoke insane amounts of crack and then mumble gibberish and leave. Talk about seeing your idol crumble

[Powderfinger 566]

On 2019-01-21 at 12:16 PM, lame ass security said:

Ok, let me make sure I've got this right, Duff actually drank vomit because of the alcohol content?  Holy cannoli,  I thought I had heard it all, but alas, I have not.😄

I can top this 😂 But it is a really disgusting tale. 

[Scream of the Butterfly 259]

On 20.1.2019 at 8:12 PM, OmarBradley said:

On 20.1.2019 at 5:51 PM, Underhardy said:

Slash’s story about him running around one of those golf resorts that Goldstein brought him to. He was tripping out so hard he had to escape out of his room because millions of weird little critters were chasing him. He ended up running around the golf course like a mad man avoiding the army of little shits of his imagination. So whacked out 

Pretty sure he was nude too.

And using a maid as a human shield.

[Rock the Cock 16]

I'm almost sure I remember reading this, although it could be my youthful imagination - but wasn't there a story about Steven Tyler bumming Steven Adler on a tour bus? If I remember correctly, it was something Adler mentioned quite casually

[31illusions 461]

1 hour ago, Rock the Cock said:

I'm almost sure I remember reading this, although it could be my youthful imagination - but wasn't there a story about Steven Tyler bumming Steven Adler on a tour bus? If I remember correctly, it was something Adler mentioned quite casually

bumming?

[lame ass security 1,060]

3 hours ago, 31illusions said:

bumming?

That's what I was wondering, lol. I think I know but I'm not certain.

[Legendador 155]

On 24/01/2019 at 2:24 PM, Mansin Humanity said:

how the hell are you seeing that watch then

It tics and tocs and I'd set an alarm to it! hahah

[janrichmond 8,996]

18 hours ago, 31illusions said:

bumming?

 

3 hours ago, Legendador said:

It tics and tocs and I'd set an alarm to it! hahah

bumming = anal sex (British slang)

 

[john lennon 302]

I like the one where Axl looses his shit and blames everyone for having stolen his contact lenses and then climbs a roof and sits on it like some AOOOOM-guy. 

[KeyserSoze 4,386]

Am I the only one who read Craig Duswalts book??? 

Theres a bunch of behind the scenes stories in there that occur during the height of UYI GNR. From Axls "private" life of that era, to how Craig was fired multiple nights for not knowing how to work Axls teleprompter  

I don't know what the general opinion of Duswalt is, but he seems to be a funny and quirky dude. The kind of guy Axl may look at and be like "who the hell is this guy?" - the exact type of person he probably thrives around. Look at Slash. 

Anyway, theres one part of Duswalts book that always stood out to me. 

Let me set the scene for you: 

It's late 1992.

GNR are ending the year on a high note in South America.

The Montreal and St. Louis riots are months in the past at this point. 

The band fly into Venezuela literal days before citizens tried to overthrow their own government. (read about that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Venezuelan_coup_d'état_attempts) 

They then fly to Bogata for 2 sold out shows. 

Because of the coup, half of the bands equipment can't leave Venezuela. The first night of the show is cancelled, but fans are told they can bring their tickets to the second night and they will be honored.  

With tensions and emotions high, a stadium full of 80,000 fans in a venue with a capcity of just under 49,000 (these are Goldsteins words), and already an hour late, Axl tells Duswalt he isn't doing the show then goes back in his room and closes the door. 

If I remember correctly, nobody wanted to tell Doug, but finally Duswalt does it. Doug replies with "If Axl does't show up in 15 minutes, the police are going to tell the crowd the show is cancelled and to go home."

Duswalt then bum rushes Axls room where Axl is on the couch. Duswalt tells Axl his sister is there and she will be unsafe if he doesn't show. 

Axl responds with "Fine."

With alllllll of that time wasting, Axl finally got to the venue.

That was the night that this happened: 

 

November Rain had been on the charts for 60 weeks in Columbia up until that point. 

 

Reading stories like that, its honestly amazing to hear and see how the band made it out of that time fully alive and well. If it wasn't one thing, it was another and the whole thing could have imploded at any moment, and at many points did.

But all of this marked by the most amazing highs and lows the average person DREAMS of having in their life time. 

 

Edited January 30 by KeyserSoze

[MaskingApathy 1,473]

On 1/24/2019 at 9:09 AM, Legendador said:

There's is this other Duff story: when he punched Chris Holmes (from W.A.S.P.) for saying that black men shoudn't have tattoos to Slash's face at the Rainbow (I guess 89 or 90)

No he said that black men shouldn't play guitar.

[Legendador 155]

1 hour ago, MaskingApathy said:

No he said that black men shouldn't play guitar.

That's not the story written in the book, the thing was about tattoos and Chris was making fun of Slash's Shirley tattoo, it all happened at the Rainbow.