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    (Interview) Matt Sorum Looks Back At Drumming For Some Of The Biggest Bands In History

    in GUNS N' ROSES - DISCUSSION & NEWS

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    6 minutes ago, Tom2112 said:

    If Matt has any sense that story didn't make the final print. Best thing for anybody who wants to be in that circle to do is NOT write a book. But if you have to write a book, don't take digs at the guy who's doing the gig. Matt could have said something about Franks playing without outrightly saying he thought he (Matt) should be playing the gig "good drummer, but doesn't suit the gig" etc. I guarantee Duff will never fess up to saying anything like that about frank... Well outside of Frank being fired. As we've learnt, loyalty only extends to how long your contract is😄

    Yeah, Matt was apparently burning bridges. 

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    (Interview) Matt Sorum Looks Back At Drumming For Some Of The Biggest Bands In History

    in GUNS N' ROSES - DISCUSSION & NEWS

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    What are some of the misconceptions about Guns N’ Roses from that era that you wanted to lay out there or maybe dispel about what was going on with the band at that time?

    It’s nobody’s fault really. The band was way too big at the time. There’s a lot of people with their paws in the pie, a lot of distractions, too much money, and too many drugs and alcohol. Young guys don’t make clear decisions. I look back and go if that was me now, I’d make a phone call and have a conversation, but it just didn’t seem that easy in those days to do that. To be able to explain things between each other, to help mediate a problem instead of being egotistical about it or being arrogant. It could have gone a different way if there was more communication. Once you’re out of a situation like that, you realize that good God that was a great fucking band and I wish we could have kept it together. If you ask any band that stayed together, they have to go through those struggles, just like any other relationship. You gotta figure it out if you want to keep it together, like, how much is it worth to you? At the same time, when I talk about things that went down, I want to give accolades to people in the group. In the Use Your Illusion era, we were at the height of our game. Axl, Slash and Duff — and even Izzy Stradlin and Gilby — personalities that stand on their own, and sometimes those personalities mix and sometimes they don’t.

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