auad Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) In an interview with Examiner.com, Tracii Guns talked about the impressions that the world has of his former companion, Rose. For the guitarist, he is a really weird guy, as many think.He's more of a simple guy who got thrown into a complicated world. That's really the best way that I can describe that. 'Cause I knew him . . . [Guitarist] Izzy [stradlin] was already living with me at my Mom's house when Axl came up to LA to be in a band with Izzy. So a very young, nineteen-or-twenty-year-old Axl was soft-spoken, intelligent . . .would kick anyone's ass for you if he was your friend. He always had the fight in him, there's no denying that. He always had the fight in him. But I also think - which is one of the reasons I left Guns 'N Roses in the first place - once we started having this very minor success here in L.A., Izzy and I were running into problems with him. His extended speeches on stage, this newfound power . . . the power of his voice to communicate how he felt about situations on stage. At that time we were allotted an hour; you know, you go up there, you've got an hour to play your songs and then get the hell off the stage.The first show we did ten songs, a couple of shows we did nine songs, and then the last few shows I did, we were literally playing five or six songs and then letting Axl just stand there and talk, and tell everybody what he thought. Which is great, but for me personally, I wasn't playing music to support any cause, or any local clothes maker or whatever.And I think that he found that that worked for him; that he could be a voice to be reckoned with, and you're not gonna cross him. And he stuck to those simple values of, "You say something bad about me, I'm gonna f*ck you up." To the point where he is a Howard Hughes type, where he took forever to make a record, it came out, some people like it and some people don't . . . he's got a band of great musicians now. They don't play very often; when they do, there seems to be a little bit of iffiness about it. You know, he's doing it his way, but I don't think he's that weird a cat. I think that he has an unrealistic view of the world. That doesn't necessarily make him weird. It just means . . . Michael Jackson kinda went through the same thing of really not having a childhood, for instance. How do you cope in the adult world when you already have everything, you can have anything, and then you have to deal with an adult on an adult, educated level?Here's what my Dad says: "The day you get your record deal is the day you stop maturing."http://www.examiner.com/classic-hard-rock-in-national/interview-with-l-a-guns-guitarist-tracii-guns Edited November 25, 2011 by auad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Has Tracii even talked to Axl since 85-86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) Axl was still on the streets when he was 22. . . Edited November 25, 2011 by Kill Devil Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 And was apparently a gay prostitute, crack head, who was banging some ex-singer's mother!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 What kind of gibberish is that? It's like they fucked up translating English to English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 It's just not Guns N' Roses without Traci Guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use Your Delusion 1 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Traci Guns has about as much influence on GNR musically and Tracy the back up singer in the UYI tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 But I also think - which is one of the reasons I left Guns 'N Roses in the first place - once we started having this very minor success here in L.A., Izzy and I were running into problems with him. His extended speeches on stage, this newfound power . . . the power of his voice to communicate how he felt about situations on stage. At that time we were allotted an hour; you know, you go up there, you've got an hour to play your songs and then get the hell off the stage.The first show we did ten songs, a couple of shows we did nine songs, and then the last few shows I did, we were literally playing five or six songs and then letting Axl just stand there and talk, and tell everybody what he thought. Which is great, but for me personally, I wasn't playing music to support any cause, or any local clothes maker or whatever.But Tracii, this is why we love Axl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Traci Guns has about as much influence on GNR musically and Tracy the back up singer in the UYI tourIt's jut not Guns N' Roses without Tracy and Traci. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl4Prez2004 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Traci Guns has about as much influence on GNR musically and Tracy the back up singer in the UYI tourIt's jut not Guns N' Roses without Tracy and Traci.Fuck Tracy! Roberta all the way!I wonder where those chicks are nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Traci Guns has about as much influence on GNR musically and Tracy the back up singer in the UYI tourIt's jut not Guns N' Roses without Tracy and Traci.Fuck Tracy! Roberta all the way!I wonder where those chicks are nowadays.Were they hot? I don't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 If you like them real tall chicks, they were hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Weren't they goth too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maXx Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Traci Guns has about as much influence on GNR musically and Tracy the back up singer in the UYI tourIt's jut not Guns N' Roses without Tracy and Traci.Fuck Tracy! Roberta all the way!I wonder where those chicks are nowadays.Were they hot? I don't remember.you don't remember because you were just an itty bitty baby back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Traci Guns has about as much influence on GNR musically and Tracy the back up singer in the UYI tourIt's jut not Guns N' Roses without Tracy and Traci.Fuck Tracy! Roberta all the way!I wonder where those chicks are nowadays.Were they hot? I don't remember.you don't remember because you were just an itty bitty baby back thenI have YouTube though, and I was actually 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I wasn't born yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Possibly you were conceived at one of the shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I was born in '94. Not likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Archer Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) It's just not Guns N' Roses without Traci Guns+1 LOL. Try telling that to some of our frequent visitors Edited November 26, 2011 by The Archer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Edited November 26, 2011 by axlsalinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roush Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Axl's main fan base consists of people not old enough to vote. Only the impressionable, and hype-prone could take songs like Madagascar - seriously. Perhaps when they ween themselves off Raspberry Bacardi, and nude Axl Rose pictorials - they could be just a hair more objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 My 50-year-old uncle's favorite CD song is Madagascar! But hasn't GN'R's fanbase ALWAYS been young? I find it hard to believe 50-year-olds heard WTTJ and thought, "This is my jam!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 CD is timeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auad Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 anything related to the topic. but anyway, two hot bitches crazy to be fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyL Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Has Tracii even talked to Axl since 85-86?That would be my point too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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