GeetarMikey Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I really liked the TMS w/Axl, and it's a shame he doesn't do more TV interviews, ESPECIALLY around the time of CD being released. He's a really interesting guy, always has some cool stories and is obviously a magnetic personality. Again, it's a shame he doesn't do more interviews! The only things I thought were a bit iffy though him saying he was bullied into touring the UYI's as I remember an interview with Matt saying Axl wanted to push the UYI's over 35 million units worldwide and didn't want to end the tour until this had happened. The other questionable thing was the claim that calling out jouralists in GITR was Duff and the manager's idea and when the shit hit the fan with that song they backed off and let him take the blame. Knowing Axl's distrust of journalists and the awesomely vitriolic way he performs that section, it seems unlikely he was pushed into it and besides; he didn't have to do it if he didn't want to, we all know he's a strong-willed guy! I thought he was spot-on though with his views on how CD has come to be a bigger and bigger hit with fans. We ALL know it didn't perform as well as it definitely should have, but I thought the songs sat well in the set when I saw them with Bucket on guitar even before the record was out and now some genuinely seem to be modern classics.Here's to more Axl interviews in the future anyway!Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrjanus Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 some of the songs are classics thats the beauty of it!Street of dreams (The Blues)MadagascarChinese democracy damn that song went through some changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBrownstone Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I agree that Axl always seems to be the victim, in every situation....like you mentioned the part in GITR. I don't doubt that maybe Duff said "Axl hey man haha you should fuckin say a bunch of fuckin shit about all those fuckin magazine dudes n shit man it'd be fuckin funny haha" but really? You're gonna blame it on a guy who drank so hard his pancreas exploded? He needs to own up to a lot of stuff. I know "he doesn't work for us" and "he doesn't owe us anything" but any other reasonable person in his shoes would. Axl why do you never show up to places? Or if you do, why are you always hours late? Why does every former band member have the same opinion on why the original line up broke up, and you say they all left you? Why did you let Paul Huge play over Slashs parts in Sympathy for the Devil? Why did you list Matt as "additional musician" on Live Era? These questions will never be answered, but if Axl did, he would be the victim in every situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Axl's been in a nice and good mood for a very long time now. He seems more happy, you know, like enjoying his life. He's able to control his attitude. I really like the new Axl . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXL_N_DIZZY Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The other questionable thing was the claim that calling out jouralists in GITR was Duff and the manager's idea and when the shit hit the fan with that song they backed off and let him take the blame. Knowing Axl's distrust of journalists and the awesomely vitriolic way he performs that section, it seems unlikely he was pushed into it and besides; he didn't have to do it if he didn't want to, we all know he's a strong-willed guy! Yeah. I would be willingly to wager that Axl was very comitted to releasing GITR. It became the whole moniker of the first several legs of the tour afterall. Also, as you said, he's got plenty of willpower...That said- there may well be some truth to the fact that when it got nasty and the press started hitting back- he was disappointed by Duff's and Slash's apparent failure to back him and the song up. Just one of many things that were dysfunctional about Old Guns by that point though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzi your illusion Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I agree that Axl always seems to be the victim, in every situation....like you mentioned the part in GITR. I don't doubt that maybe Duff said "Axl hey man haha you should fuckin say a bunch of fuckin shit about all those fuckin magazine dudes n shit man it'd be fuckin funny haha" but really? You're gonna blame it on a guy who drank so hard his pancreas exploded? He needs to own up to a lot of stuff. I know "he doesn't work for us" and "he doesn't owe us anything" but any other reasonable person in his shoes would. Axl why do you never show up to places? Or if you do, why are you always hours late? Why does every former band member have the same opinion on why the original line up broke up, and you say they all left you? Why did you let Paul Huge play over Slashs parts in Sympathy for the Devil? Why did you list Matt as "additional musician" on Live Era? These questions will never be answered, but if Axl did, he would be the victim in every situation.I would doubt that Axl is an angel and I'm sure hes to blame for his fair share of incidents, but I get the feeling that whenever there is an example like the ones you listed it's usually because he was provoked. Like with Paul Huge , Slash hated Paul and didn't wanna work with him, so I would bet Axl put Paul's parts over Slash's just to stick it to him. As Paul was one of Axl's good friends, and Slash wouldn't treat him with any respect. Same for listing Matt as an "additional musician", Matt made a comment before that release about Axl being taken advantage of by the people in Arizona and spending millions on lunacy in the desert. Axl thought of those guys as his close personal friends, so he fired back at Matt. I think when Axl does something thats questionable it's because he HONESTLY feels like he's either getting even or it's because he was wronged to begin with. In his eyes he might really be the victim all the time and he's always on the defense, even if there is something in his own behavior that he could of changed to avoid the initial conflict. You know that even people who hate Axl have said that he's honest, almost to a fault. So when he says everyone left , that much is true and he probably doesn't feel like he pushed them out. Just that they weren't ready to put in the effort it took to take the music to the next level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeetarMikey Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Either way, I thought he seemed happy to answer any sort of question, although if he answered the question about why he goes on so late with "because I feel like it", instead of a long-winded story, I would definitely think 'yeah, fair enough' haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsfanoldie Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 It was enjoyable, and just as you said, it was nice to see Axl sit down and calmly talk about whats happened in the last decade or so.The bottom line is that it could have been so much more and its probably Axl's fault that it wasn't. Nothing new was really learned from the special and there were a lot of times were Axl was either unclear in an answer or just avoided the question with a rambling thought. Or he made himself out to be a victim in every situation. Not to say none of them are true, but they certainly aren't all true. If thats how he has to rationalize it thats fine. It would just be nice to see him sit down and really have a no holds barred interview. Every one he does, including this one, the interviewers throw him softballs because they get so afraid of how he'll act. I guess one thing you have to admire about Axl is that he literally has everyone he wants eating out of the palm of his hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtydane Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Actually watched it today since it first aired. (mostly to listen to his quote regarding the RnR Hof ) I think the biggest example of Axl being the victim is the story about the interview with he and Izzy, and that being the reason that everybody sees him as a dictator. Are you kidding? It had nothing to do with an interview conducted in 88 or whatever. Axl brought that on himself, and I was seriously suprised to hear him try to use that as an excuse. Either way, cool interview. Anybody ever notice every time Axl makes a bad joke, people laugh like its the funniest thing they've ever heard?? Obviously hes a very intimidating man, I just found that fucking hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsfanoldie Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Anybody ever notice every time Axl makes a bad joke, people laugh like its the funniest thing they've ever heard?? Obviously hes a very intimidating man, I just found that fucking hilarious.I found it hilarious when at one point Eddie Trunk says something like "People are intimidated of you" and Axl reacts like that couldn't be further from the truth. He says something along the lines of "Really? I had no idea" and in a very serious tone. Either he truly means that (which I doubt) or he likes to create a facade that none of it is his fault. I mean, I never really cared that they went on late and never understood why its something that bothers people, but his answer to the late question was just ridiculous. It actually made me more curious about what the hell he does with all that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 To be fair, Get in the Ring was Duff's song. He probably did ask Axl to do one of his famous rants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I like how when they cut cut to Eddie and the boys. their faces are priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I like how Don kept his opinions on Chinese Democracy to himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 It was a bit like Mickey being interviewed by Wayne Gale. Only love kills the demon. Hold that thought. Meanwhile GNR fans were starting a riot in the wreckroom and B wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtydane Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I like how Don kept his opinions on Chinese Democracy to himselfDo you have a quote or video on this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsfanoldie Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I like how Don kept his opinions on Chinese Democracy to himselfDo you have a quote or video on this??There's no video from the show of him keeping his opinion during the Axl interview. As someone that watches frequently though, he's said before how he doesn't really like the album that much. He's never really been a dick about it. Just has said I think that he doesn't consider it part of the Guns N Roses catalogue, which is understandable just because its not his type of music like the original GNR is. He loves Axl just as we all do though so I'm sure he knew (and they told him) not to mention his opinions if it might upset Axl. No ones really known on that show for telling these artists that they don't like their work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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