Why Axl's last interviews were boring?

[gunnari]

Like Jimmy Kimmel and That Metal Show were they did not ask the "tough questions" like why Axl called Slash a cancer, fans wanting reunion, when new music...That Jimmy interview was so BORING I almost slept through the entire interview..Halloween tree...HALLOWEEN TREEEEE!!!!

Edited March 6, 2014 by gunnari

[H454NLFC]

Tv hosts are just happy to get a interview from axl these days so they don't wanna upset him when he appears and ask the tough questions.

Edited March 6, 2014 by H454NLFC

[maynard]

I don't even care if Axl talks about Slash, I'd be happy with a direct answer regarding a new album.

[volcano62]

Who said they were boring? I quite enjoyed all of them.

[H454NLFC]

They were good some people just won't be happy until they ask why you fired slash on tv.

[Axl_morris]

Are you asking why they didn't ask tough questions on a COMEDY chat show?

[ShadowOfTheWave]

Axl has already answered the reunion question in just about every print interview he's done in the last decade. That's a boring question at this point.

[Yesterdays-Civil-War]

Eddie Trunk explains for himself why the interview wasn't what he wanted it to be:

[Rovim]

I thought the interviews Axl gave recently were enjoyable, but Axl's reaction to Kimmel mentioning the tweeter questions was very telling imo. It was obvious Axl doesn't like the unplanned interviews and questions. He prefers the safe way of doing it, controling the conditions so that any real information will be given only when he's 100% sure it won't hurt what he's trying to do. Where's the confidence in the band?

Why does he need to be so precious about it? That's not very rock n' roll. Guns music is like some carefully guarded secret.

Edited March 6, 2014 by Rovim

[maynard]

It wouldn't hurt if he used the interviews to update the fans about a new album. Reunion? "Not in this lifetime" answers all the questions I guess. I'm not saying Axl should avoid tough questions like a little bitch, but we do know the answer regarding Slash/Reunion. I didn't come in my pants when Axl told the Halloween Tree story like some of his fans but yeah, it was fun, better than nothing.

[saber_]

So does anyone remember the USA Today interview? Or are we not allowed to mention that one because Axl addressed quite a few things some "fans" think he's "scared" to answer.

[maynard]

We should really get a word filter for "fans"

[Coma16]

So does anyone remember the USA Today interview? Or are we not allowed to mention that one because Axl addressed quite a few things some "fans" think he's "scared" to answer.

I've mentioned that a few times but haterz will hate...

[Rovim]

So does anyone remember the USA Today interview? Or are we not allowed to mention that one because Axl addressed quite a few things some "fans" think he's "scared" to answer.

When will a new album be released? That's the question. Anything else is not really relevant. "Definite maybe" is not good enough.

[maynard]

So does anyone remember the USA Today interview? Or are we not allowed to mention that one because Axl addressed quite a few things some "fans" think he's "scared" to answer.

When will a new album be released? That's the question. Anything else is not really relevant. "Definite maybe" is not good enough.

Axl doesn't ownz you any nrew recordz.

I agree completely. Unless Axl talks openly about a future GNR record, I don't care about what he has to say.

[Apollo]

So does anyone remember the USA Today interview? Or are we not allowed to mention that one because Axl addressed quite a few things some "fans" think he's "scared" to answer.

I've mentioned that a few times but haterz will hate...

For every time you ring the bell when I mention how long it takes Axl to release music, you should ring that bell when Brainsaber and Volcano complain about "haters."

As for the topic, his interviews are more boring now because he doesn't have the same fire and excitement that he did as a younger artist. But you can apply that to 99% of rock stars out there. It's not a knock against Axl, age happens to all of us. Last night I watched the interview after the acoustic show where they played One in a Million. Slash babbled on like a drunken idiot, it was embarrassing to watch. Axl just looked and sounded like a star. THE funniest thing was both Axl and Slash got very excited when asked about their upcoming tour with Motley Crue - saying what an honor it was and how they couldn't wait.

Then I watched one where he was sitting on a coach being interviewed by Loder, it was 20 minutes long. Axl was a huge ball of different emotions. A young artist with a plan to take over the world. He talked about doing three hour shows in the future. He talked about wanting to put out a double album, wanting to tour for a couple years, about his YCBM being picked by Arnold, about how he would like to do some small parts in movies, etc.

The young man had the world at his fingertips...........

Today he's 52 years old and has tens of millions of dollars in the bank.

All of us would give more fun and exciting interviews when we were 22 years old and maybe full of drugs/drink as opposed to when we were 52 years old and semi-retired.

[dalsh327]

Those interviews were more about promoting than an actual in-depth interview. I think there was a lot of reluctance for Axl to do That Metal Show that they sprung it on him after he got off stage, but I also know that it was a "saving face" for the Rock in Rio debacle seen around the world (exception to the people who were at the show who had a good time). When he went on Kimmel, everyone knew that Axl had to be there because it is a "live" show (it's actually taped in the afternoon, so there is some false advertising, and Jimmy jokes about it). If That Metal Show was "live", maybe Axl would have gone on sooner.

[Gagarin]

I don't know what Eddie's talking about - he was just as "good" on his radio show as he was on that VH1 show. I guess he thinks he could do better but I don't imagine it would have been.

[themadcaplaughs]

Kimmel interview was what is whats: an excuse to have Axl come out and shoot the shit for 10 minutes and promote the Las Vegas residency. I could not have asked for any more or less with that interview. The average person seeing Axl Rose on a talk show in 2012 did not care one iota about a new album. If anything, seeing Axl joking about Halloween trees, talking about relatively normal things, and saying he has enjoyed himself the last five years probably did more to help his image than any in-depth interview could have done.

I was let down by The Metal Show's interview when it aired in 2011, but I actually watched it again recently and really, it is no less or more informative than the 2006 radio interview was. Both comprise most of their time from Axl telling stories. If anything, I actually found some of Axl's comments on the Use Your Illusion tour and the "accidental" meeting with Duff made on the 2011 show to be more telling than just about anything he said in 2006.

[saber_]

Here is the USA Today interview. Seems to me Axl addressed quite a few topics fans have been wanting to hear about. Although I can see why some "fans" would want to sweep this interview under the rug and artificially control which interviews are allowed to be mentioned in this thread.

The Guns N' Roses singer says new music will come sooner than the band's long-awaited 'Chinese Democracy' did.

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Guns N' Roses singer is upbeat about current lineup heading to Vegas residency
• New music, emphasizing lyrics and melody, will come sooner than 'Chinese Democracy' did
• Truce with old bandmates unlikely: "That ball's not in my court"

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Few front men in rock 'n' roll have been as controversial, sensationalized or polarizing as Axl Rose, who suffered sexual and physical abuse in childhood, led Guns N' Roses to global fame starting with 1987's Appetite for Destruction and engineered its collapse a few years later. He spent years in seclusion hiring and firing new players while tinkering endlessly on 2008's Chinese Democracy.His current GNR lineup takes the stage Wednesday night in the first of a dozen shows at The Joint in Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. In a rare interview, the press-leery Rose shares his thoughts on Guns now and then, old wounds and the music industry.

New music: "All the guys are writing, and we recorded a lot of songs over the years. We'll figure out what we feel best about. Chinese was done in piecemeal with one person here and one there at different times. Appetite for Destruction was the only thing written with lyrics and melody fitting the guitar parts at the same time. After that, I got a barrage of guitar songs that I was supposed to put words to, and I don't know if that was the best thing for Guns. I do want to lean more toward lyrics and melody."

The long wait for Chinese Democracy: "I had to deal with so many other things that don't have to do with music but have to do with the industry. There's such a loss of time. It was more about survival. There wasn't anyone to work with or trust. Someone would come in to help produce and the reality was they just wanted to mix it and get it out the door. They had a different agenda. (The next album) will come out sooner."

INTERVIEW: Axl Rose on time, on task for Vegas residency

Songwriting slump: Supermodel girlfriend Stephanie Seymour and original Guns guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan "did more damage to my ability as a writer. To those three, it was all crap. It beat me down so much. At the time of the (Use Your Illusion) tours, Slash and Duff said, 'You're an idiot, you're a loser.' I didn't write for years. I felt I was hindered for a very long time. I was also trying to figure out what I wanted to say, when it's right to be venting and when you're digging a bigger hole. Lyrics on Chinese took a long time."

Good times with GNR: "Here's what I miss about old Guns the most. And this is really before we got Appetite out. In the very beginning, you had three people (Rose, Slash and guitarist Izzy Stradlin) on the same page for a short period looking out for the best interest of that band and its goals. We were trying to get signed from the beginning. We were figuring out the right attorney, the right label. I had two other guys I could rely on. I don't necessarily have that now because it is more my thing, but I do ask everyone's opinion about everything."

How the original band might have lasted: "Maybe if we could have worked together in the way Appetite was put together. I was really naïve. I thought the success of that record would bring everyone together more. It did the exact opposite. They got success and wanted to run in their own directions. I thought they'd go, 'Whoa, it did work.' But they wanted to do their own huge bigger success off of Guns."

The odds of a Guns truce: "I feel that ball's not in my court. I'm surviving this war, not the one who created this war."

The music industry now: "It's horrible. It has nothing to do with music. I'm not trying to be bitter or cynical, but it's an ugly business. People want you to care about them or their lives, their kids, but in the end, you're just a commodity. I don't feel that way about this Guns lineup. I'm not trying to use them. I have to treat it like a business, but I don't want to make decisions that are detrimental to anyone's welfare."

Skipping the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction: "It wasn't painful to not be there. It was a beating to deal with all the pressure of feeling I was supposed to be there and deciding what to do. I try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don't really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don't see it having to do with anything other than them making money."

Seclusion and ducking the media: "I just didn't go places where media was. I wasn't interested at the time. If the place to go was some restaurant in Hollywood, I went to the Valley. There was so much negativity, I didn't see any way to go public. I felt I was going to be slammed. The rock entertainment world just wanted to sell magazines."

Psychological issues: "I worked out a lot of them. It was strange to get successful and lose almost your entire family. Then you end up with daytime TV talk shows. All of a sudden, things considered horrific when I was growing up were so what? You were abused? Who cares? There should be more of a public acknowledgement of reality. When I talked to Rolling Stone about it, I thought people would take a harder look at my stepdad. Instead, they came down harder on me. That's still confusing to me. But surviving at any level is good. I'm a lot better than a lot of people predicted. They were rooting for the opposite. There were things on the Internet about how I'd be found dead. I had a very dark attitude."

Free time: "I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo. My animals (wolves, parrots, dogs, cats) are my buddies. They need lots of love and attention."

Fans who discount GNR as less legitimate than the original: "They can think whatever they want. I'm not interested in their opinions."

We should really get a word filter for "fans"

We really should get a filter for alt accounts such as yourself. Tell me, why are you so afraid to reveal your former username? It's almost... cowardly. No offense, mister super "fan." haha

[gunnari]

Skipping the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction: "It wasn't painful to not be there. It was a beating to deal with all the pressure of feeling I was supposed to be there and deciding what to do. I try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don't really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don't see it having to do with anything other than them making money."

---->This is complete bullshit from Axl...So when he inducted Elton John to HOF was he thinking this too then? So Axl how do you view others being there and accepting their award? This was NOT about HOF making money..It was about us FANS who got you there in the first place and fans who you could have paid some respects!! Oh but Axl the crybaby does everything in his ways and we should just accept his stupid explanations (letters) of how everybody are out ta get him..Really childish behaviour from Axl in my opinion and yes I was also dissappointed with Izzy too..

Fans who discount GNR as less legitimate than the original: "They can think whatever they want. I'm not interested in their opinions."

----->Opinions are bitch..Aren't they Axl? Since the majority of the fans think the original was better then Axl is alone with his opinions..

I say this again but actions speak louder than words...1 album in over a decade, endless nostalgic tour which continues again..If you compare this to original (Appetite/Illusion) era what differences you see? It's a shame that Axl's actions have divided the entire fanbase to these arguing camps which we see on this forum too

Edited March 6, 2014 by gunnari

[Coma16]

The Elton comparison is apples and oranges. Back then Axl was just asked to present an award and wasn't involved in the dealings with the "hall of fame".

[jmapelian]

I read that USA today interview a while back and thought the same thing as I did when I just reiread it - more of the same cock and bullshit excuses we've been hearing from axl since the turn of the century

[gunnari]

The Elton comparison is apples and oranges. Back then Axl was just asked to present an award and wasn't involved in the dealings with the "hall of fame".

The main reason aside Axl not knowing what HOF is about is..surpise surprise...him not wanting to share the same stage with Slash..The whole scenario was just sad and ugly when seeing Myles perform with old GnR members..This whole HOF induction goes as bad scenario in GnR history..Axl will have to live with the backlash to his grave with this decision not to attend..Nevermind the HOF and their money hungry bitches..How about getting there for the FANS?? I don't care the institution of HOF..this was about GnR alone and us fans..Axl's decision not to attend was a punch to the fans faces..the people who suffer from Axl's bullshit are his fans..

Edited March 6, 2014 by gunnari

[magisme]

Everything in that USA Today article is discussed around here regularly, regardless of whether people mention the article specifically. This thread is such a little bitchfest.

The Kimmel interview was boring because talk show interviews, with very few exceptions, are boring. Case closed.

Edited March 6, 2014 by magisme