loko Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 http://www.musicradar.com/rhythm/brain-mantia-talks-guns-n-roses-chicken-coops-helicopters-and-chinese-democracy-556166Kinda sad that wasn't work out two drummers during the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Much of the media has a lot of fun criticizing the need for three guitar players, so imagine that plus two drummers. I don't think it would have been good for press. Interesting idea, but I'm kind of glad it didn't work out. Brain seems like a very cool guy and very respectful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Would be cool if he and Robin drops by some of the Vegas shows..They've been mentioning surprise guests, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eu4ic Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I'm glad to hear Axl at least entertained the idea of playing Chi Dem live. Would've been nice. Two drummers would've been great. Nobody will ever play AFD better than Adler or Brain at Rio, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaida Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) I'm glad to hear Axl at least entertained the idea of playing Chi Dem live. Would've been nice. Two drummers would've been great. Nobody will ever play AFD better than Adler or Brain at Rio, however."We did the first show at Rock in Rio. We rehearsed for probably two or three months without Axl. Our first show’s Rock in Rio and I thought, ‘Wait, what’s it going to sound like with Axl? Where is Axl? Oh here’s his helicopter coming in.’ The first time I ever played a real show with him was in front of 250,000 people! I was thinking, ‘How’s this song supposed to start again?’ Because some he was supposed to cue but we never had a verbal conversation on whether he would or I! - Brainhow f-cked up does that sound.. Edited October 27, 2012 by vaida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeles_ Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 "Axl’s always treated me really good. Even when I left ..." Brain"But I’m still doing stuff, I’ve done some remixes for him. He’s always been good with me. I know he’s got his reputation and I’ve seen it and that’s what makes him Axl Rose. He’s running the whole ship. He’s got a lot of pressure and there’s a lot of freaks trying to take s*** from him." Brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaida Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 "But I’m still doing stuff, I’ve done some remixes for him. He’s always been good with me. I know he’s got his reputation and I’ve seen it and that’s what makes him Axl Rose. He’s running the whole ship. He’s got a lot of pressure and there’s a lot of freaks trying to take s*** from him."He was trying at one point even on this last tour, he was calling saying, ‘Hey, would you want to do a double drumming type thing where you play all of the new songs, Chinese which are a little more technical and let Frank do more of the rock stuff from the older days’. I was considering it. I don’t know if Frank wanted to do that and I didn’t want to put him in that position. And I didn’t know if I wanted to do the Grateful Dead thing with two drummers. "But he was talking about having this rotating drums thing where it’s, ‘Hey, ok we’re playing ‘I’m Sorry’ from Chinese, the drum thing twirls and Brain’s playing, ok we’re playing ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, it twirls back and Frank’s playing’. It never rolled, I’m not sure they had the budget and Frank might not have been 100% into that. He’s the drummer now and I felt weird about that."Will the remixes ever see the light of day ?The 2 drummer thing sounds freaky.. musicians on turn tables.. they'd need a huge one to accommodate every GN'R member that's ever been - I guess that would be Ultimate GN'R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Two drummers ? holy shit it`s GNR not Slipknot another evidence that Axl is insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Drama Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Why do they still call them "new" songs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Why do they still call them "new" songs...I'm guessing he's talking about 2009. The "last tour" being from then till now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Drama Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Why do they still call them "new" songs...I'm guessing he's talking about 2009. The "last tour" being from then till now.Huh, never thought about it like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Why do they still call them "new" songs...I'm guessing he's talking about 2009. The "last tour" being from then till now.Huh, never thought about it like that.Seems like that to me anyway. Before the Taiwan show there were still some speculations to who was going to be the drummer. Axl was asked about it in the online chats just after the album was released, and he didn't really have a good answer. He was probably then trying to figure things out, which fits with what Brain are telling us now.EDIT:It was in the interview with Del at the beginning of 2009.So you have two drummers? Will they both tour?Yes, and who knows? Edited October 27, 2012 by Spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 "But I’m still doing stuff, I’ve done some remixes for him. He’s always been good with me. I know he’s got his reputation and I’ve seen it and that’s what makes him Axl Rose. He’s running the whole ship. He’s got a lot of pressure and there’s a lot of freaks trying to take s*** from him."He was trying at one point even on this last tour, he was calling saying, ‘Hey, would you want to do a double drumming type thing where you play all of the new songs, Chinese which are a little more technical and let Frank do more of the rock stuff from the older days’. I was considering it. I don’t know if Frank wanted to do that and I didn’t want to put him in that position. And I didn’t know if I wanted to do the Grateful Dead thing with two drummers. "But he was talking about having this rotating drums thing where it’s, ‘Hey, ok we’re playing ‘I’m Sorry’ from Chinese, the drum thing twirls and Brain’s playing, ok we’re playing ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, it twirls back and Frank’s playing’. It never rolled, I’m not sure they had the budget and Frank might not have been 100% into that. He’s the drummer now and I felt weird about that."Will the remixes ever see the light of day ?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpowX-51bMQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fslrM4Y2Mc&list=UUfd-iRX8stbHJqZ9yhMsf-Q&index=1&feature=plcp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Brain is my fav drummer! I am happy I got to see him with Guns a few times. I would love for him to perform with GNR in Vegas!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Brain is my favorite drummer as well, he is not only a great guy but an amazing drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tat2d1 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I'd still like to hear Blood In The Water in its entirety....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Me too. I'm surprised the whole song or even the whole album have not leaked yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I still think there's something fishy about that Blood in the Water clip... vocals seems to be legit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 What do you mean there is something? It's a remix, I believe everything except the vocals are taken from Prostitute. It's an official remix though, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble's Bridge Pickup Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Would've loved the double drummers thing and they should've also played CD in its entirety followed by some hits, like The Smashing Pumpkins are doing with their latest record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I'm glad to hear Axl at least entertained the idea of playing Chi Dem live. Would've been nice. Two drummers would've been great. Nobody will ever play AFD better than Adler or Brain at Rio, however."We did the first show at Rock in Rio. We rehearsed for probably two or three months without Axl. Our first show’s Rock in Rio and I thought, ‘Wait, what’s it going to sound like with Axl? Where is Axl? Oh here’s his helicopter coming in.’ The first time I ever played a real show with him was in front of 250,000 people! I was thinking, ‘How’s this song supposed to start again?’ Because some he was supposed to cue but we never had a verbal conversation on whether he would or I! - Brainhow f-cked up does that sound..Why in the world wouldn't he rehearse with the band? It is mindboggling.Imagine what an amazing amount of music we would have today as fans, if Axl took his music career seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) He didn't rehearsaled, but still rocked the shit out of that huge crowd: One of my favorite Guns N' Roses concert, I love the vibe. Edited October 27, 2012 by ManetsBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 What do you mean there is something? It's a remix, I believe everything except the vocals are taken from Prostitute. It's an official remix though, that's all.So it's a remix of Prostitute? With different vocals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 2 tours of the LA Village studio. There's other videos of the studio, making of "Tusk" and one with John Mayer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpT-q4aKWac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eu4ic Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 You gotta take the bad with the good when it comes to Axl. Sure it's unusual a frontman not to rehearse with the band. But it probably was part of what made Rio such a kick ass gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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