californiaz06 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I mean back in '96 or whatever, does anyone know if any of the current songs on CD were being worked on while Slash was still with the band? Possibly TWAT? I know Paul worked on some of the songs in the late 90s early 00's. Just a curious question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well This I Love was writen in 94 I think so maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiaz06 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well This I Love was writen in 94 I think so maybethanks for the reply, actually this was the exact song that got me thinking because I swear when I hear the solo I think Slash. Im not the first person to say this obv and many others have said it but I wasn't sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siraddam Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 http://www.legendaryrockinterviews.com/2012/04/22/legendary-rock-interview-with-guns-n-roses-insider-and-author-marc-canter/It’s similar to the situation with Chinese Democracy. It was pretty much finished in 2002. The day after Rock In Rio 2001 Axl and I were at the pool and he mentioned that there was a possibility that Slash could have played on a few tracks for Chinese Democracy if he were willing to apologize in the press for the things that he said about Axl publicly. Axl was cracking the door open and saying to me “If Slash apologizes publicly for the things he said about me in the press I have three songs that he could play on the new album”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblecool Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Nop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 yeah, prostitute, amirite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I mean back in '96 or whatever, does anyone know if any of the current songs on CD were being worked on while Slash was still with the band? Possibly TWAT? I know Paul worked on some of the songs in the late 90s early 00's. Just a curious question.This I Love was believed to have been written in 1994 but Slash did not make any writing contributions that we know of. Actual writing for Chinese Democracy did not begin until late 1998 when Slash was long out of the band. Here's an article that should help answer your question furtherhttp://www.classicrockmagazine.com/top-posts/the-chinese-democracy-years-1994-2008/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiaz06 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 I mean back in '96 or whatever, does anyone know if any of the current songs on CD were being worked on while Slash was still with the band? Possibly TWAT? I know Paul worked on some of the songs in the late 90s early 00's. Just a curious question.This I Love was believed to have been written in 1994 but Slash did not make any writing contributions that we know of. Actual writing for Chinese Democracy did not begin until late 1998 when Slash was long out of the band. Here's an article that should help answer your question furtherhttp://www.classicrockmagazine.com/top-posts/the-chinese-democracy-years-1994-2008/that link is perfect, exactly what I was looking for thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shades Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Axl writes the music and has these tunes in his head, now and always has been that way, Slash plays what Axl hears, thats the way it worked.he's a hired gun, possibly the second greatest lead of all time, but a hired gun nonetheless.thats why Slash's legacy since has been Snakepit, VR and guys like this Myles character all of whos best work is GNR covers.If what you're asking is did Slash have anything to do with the songs on Chinese Democracy,highly if not completely unlikelyimo Edited April 26, 2012 by shades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One.In.A.Million Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 No, I don't think Slash had any input whatsoever on anything on CD. I think the closest Axl and Slash came to making music together post Sympathy For The Devil, was the Slashs' Snakepit album, which Slash recommended to Axl before releasing it under his own name, which Axl of course declined on. Other than that, that's when it started to seriously fall apart, and I doubt if they seen much of each other after that incident to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judicator Aldaris Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Not a chance in hell. Do you think that Axl would ever put himself in a position where "the cancer" could very well be entitled to royalties, etc. from Chinese Democracy? Never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBear Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Axl writes the music and has these tunes in his head, now and always has been that way, Slash plays what Axl hears, thats the way it worked.he's a hired gun, possibly the second greatest lead of all time, but a hired gun nonetheless.thats why Slash's legacy since has been Snakepit, VR and guys like this Myles character all of whos best work is GNR covers.If what you're asking is did Slash have anything to do with the songs on Chinese Democracy,highly if not completely unlikelyimoYes, and Slash would climb into Axl's head so that he could hear what Axl was hearing. Then he laid out the track as Axl was hearing it.Jesus, give the guy some credit. Your account comes across as very one-sided. Also, you might disagree, but Slash's material post-GN'R is hardly all lousy. I think if people were being honest they'd acknowledge that it varies in quality, just like any other artist's output. And yeah, it isn't of the caliber that his GN'R stuff was (sometimes it's not far off though). But again, that's how it goes for most bands...they generally reach their peak at a young age and can't quite achieve that level again. The successful ones come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffburton Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) Axl writes the music and has these tunes in his head, now and always has been that way, Slash plays what Axl hears, thats the way it worked.he's a hired gun, possibly the second greatest lead of all time, but a hired gun nonetheless.thats why Slash's legacy since has been Snakepit, VR and guys like this Myles character all of whos best work is GNR covers.If what you're asking is did Slash have anything to do with the songs on Chinese Democracy,highly if not completely unlikelyimoSlash's work is no worse than anything on CD, I'd argue its quite a bit better.Appetite would like a work with you, sorry but the majority of the MUSIC was written by Duff, Slash, and Izzy. Axl was great with the lyrics and vocals, but the other guys handled the music as they were actually playing the instruments that Axl couldnt. There are exceptions, yes, but Axl sure as hell didnt write all the music like you're claiming. Stop rewriting history and give the other guys their due credit. GNR was about 5 guys, not about Axl. He wouldn't have made it big without them. Edited May 1, 2012 by cliffburton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I've always thought that Slash wouldn't work on Axl's songs, so Paul was helping with that. songs like Catcher, TWAT, SOD, IRS. the ballads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 yeah, prostitute, amirite?...ha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble's Bridge Pickup Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Slash wrote Shackler's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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