Alpachiris Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) What Could Have Been: Zakk Wylde Talks Guns N’ RosesIt could have been one of the most interesting heavy music collaborations in rock history: Zakk Wylde as a member of Guns N’ Roses. So what would a Zakk/Slash guitar duo sound like in the context of Guns N’ Roses?“It sounded like the riffs I write and the way I write, mixed in with the way the guys write, you know what I mean,” Wylde says. “It would have been like, when I was jamming with Slash and all the guys, even if I’m in the band there’s only one guy that’s playing the solos to ‘November Rain,’ ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’ and all those classic songs. I’m not going to do anything there. But the future stuff that we would have been writing, it would have been cool! Because I love Slash’s playing and I’m buddies with him. It would have been cool, but with those guys there was nothing happening, so we were jamming but it wasn’t going anywhere.”This story came full-circle in December 2011 when Black Label Society joined Guns N’ Roses on tour, and Zakk joined the band on stage at several shows to blast out an AC/DC cover.“It was awesome, man,” Wylde says. “The first time we were there, Axl was like, ‘Dude, you wanna get up and jam? Look at the setlist, pick out the songs, whatever.’ I said ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ is pretty easy. Pretty much everyone all learns that one. So this way there didn’t have to be any band rehearsals, me sitting in with the band, you know. The GN’R songs are all already worked out, so I said why don’t I just get up there and jam out on ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’? And it was great, man. All the guys in the band are super-cool dudes, and I’ve known a bunch of them for a bunch of years. It was great seeing Axl again because I haven’t seen him since like 1995 when I was jamming with them. And he’s doing great. We had a couple of laughs talking about the same old ridiculous stuff about the music business, y’know. Music in general and just life in general. It was good catching up, and it was a blast playing on stage. And the crew guys were all super-cool dudes, so it was a good time, man.”Wylde’s brief time with Guns N’ Roses in the mid-’90s didn’t lead to any material on the long-awaited Chinese Democracy album, but the guitarist appreciates what Rose achieved with the recording.“With Axl, I think that as far as the album taking so long, 17 years in between records, well if you don’t feel like putting it out, you don’t feel like putting it out. You can’t force anyone to do something they don’t want to do!”LINKhttp://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/zakk-guns-and-roses-0105-2012/ Edited January 5, 2012 by Alpachiris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaida Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Seems like a cool dude 'you know what I mean' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 "if you don’t feel like putting it out, you don’t feel like putting it out. You can’t force anyone to do something they don’t want to do!” Agreed 100%"but i don't want do to eeeet"-W. Axl Rose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_0013 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I think a Slash and Zakk combo on a studio track would sound pretty mean....LA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) I dig Zakk and think he is a great guitar player (except he plays too many pinch harmonics lol) but I don't think he would have been a good fit within the GNR soundscape, especially with the band back in the mid 90's. A cameo or a Zakk/Slash penned song would be cool but I just personally don't see it in regards to fitting in with GNR Edited January 5, 2012 by WhazUp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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