Talking metal 1ON1 WITH DJ ASHBA - (he is absolutely full of s..wag)

[Guns n' Swedes]

I can say with absolute confidence i am, and likely most anyone in the musicians section, a better guitarist than DJ.

Then you must be a professional, or? No offense intended, just curious

Are you kidding me?

Are you saying that DJ is a better guitarist than every single human being on earth who isn't doing it for a living?

Do you honestly believe it works that way?

You really should have called yourself 'rhetoricalquestionguy'.

Being professional and being proficient are two completely diffetent things. For example, someone like Syd Viscous was a "professional" musician, despite the fact that despute me not being a bass player I could still play rings around him, but taking your argument it would seem he would be in the elite if bass players. I know this is in effect an argumentum ad absurdum but whatever.

OT, I dont have that much confidence in my own abilities as a guitarist but I would say that I too am a better player than DJ and a better songwriter but meh, its all opinions right? My mom liked my songs!

he never was a professional musician. He was an image, he looked cool that's it. On the record is all Steve Jones(i believe), Sid was the ORIGINAL poser.

Ah forgive me I was trying to pull an extremem example. Im not a huge Sex Pistols fan despite being british. I guess you could probably go for someone like Billy Joe Armstrong and the point still stands? Just my opinion.

Jeeze, take it easy. I was just curious. Dj is in fact a good guitarist, there are better ones of course, but that would still mean you're really good.

[Russel Nash]

I don't even like DJ like other previous guitar players in GNR, but he has done something right cos he's in GNR. Take a look at the 2009 threads on this forum. Most of the now "haters" where praising him.

I thought he was okay back at the beginning until it became obvious that he was a complete and utter douchenozzle!

Im ok with his work live, even if it's a downgrade from Robin(my opinion). But the advertising machinery is BS. I don't give a fuck about the swag and the monster shit. If it was a solo effort or a painting or some form of art it would be a different thing.

Edited April 28, 2014 by Russel Nash

[TeeJay410]

I can say with absolute confidence i am, and likely most anyone in the musicians section, a better guitarist than DJ.

Can we judge that? post some of your work here pls.(you or anyone else).

Not a fan of Six AM or BC but there's nice n successful guitar work there. Successful is not always a good thing, especially in the music biz.

http://youtu.be/mBZICeHh_DQ?t=3m

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203612225326680&set=vb.1247351805&type=3&theater

The 2nd link is broken (or I can't see because it's private)

The first one is great though

Thanks! Try this link.

http://instagram.com/p/mu8tuBJAHJ

Not to be an ass, but i don't see in which part you are better than DJ. Do you mean more skilled? There's 11 year old kids more skilled than you or DJ on youtube that even got to play with Ozzy, etc.

There's a lot of factors that make a good guitar player, i put you in the "nice effort" category. Of course, judging by those 2 clips.

I don't even like DJ like other previous guitar players in GNR, but he has done something right cos he's in GNR. Take a look at the 2009 threads on this forum. Most of the now "haters" where praising him.

You kind of made my point. There are 11 year old kids on youtube and random posters on fan forums who can play guitar as good as or better than DJ Ashba. Plenty of those people, myself included, work their ass off pursuing music. But to make it, there has to be a certain degree of luck, and it's not always the best people who get it. DJ Ashba is a prime example of a youtube bedroom guitar player who got lucky. I don't think DJ is a special talent.

[Gordon Comstock]

I don't even like DJ like other previous guitar players in GNR, but he has done something right cos he's in GNR. Take a look at the 2009 threads on this forum. Most of the now "haters" where praising him.

I was genuinely excited when he joined the band. He was awesome when I saw Sixx:A.M. and I was excited to hear what he'd do with Axl.

Since 2010 though I guess he got a taste of the "rockstar life" and it went to his head. I honestly can't think of anyone who tries harder to be a "badass" than DJ. I wanted to like him. I was a fan before he joined Guns. But it's like he tries to make me dislike him sometimes.

[Russel Nash]

I can say with absolute confidence i am, and likely most anyone in the musicians section, a better guitarist than DJ.

Can we judge that? post some of your work here pls.(you or anyone else).

Not a fan of Six AM or BC but there's nice n successful guitar work there. Successful is not always a good thing, especially in the music biz.

http://youtu.be/mBZICeHh_DQ?t=3m

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203612225326680&set=vb.1247351805&type=3&theater

The 2nd link is broken (or I can't see because it's private)

The first one is great though

Thanks! Try this link.

http://instagram.com/p/mu8tuBJAHJ

Not to be an ass, but i don't see in which part you are better than DJ. Do you mean more skilled? There's 11 year old kids more skilled than you or DJ on youtube that even got to play with Ozzy, etc.

There's a lot of factors that make a good guitar player, i put you in the "nice effort" category. Of course, judging by those 2 clips.

I don't even like DJ like other previous guitar players in GNR, but he has done something right cos he's in GNR. Take a look at the 2009 threads on this forum. Most of the now "haters" where praising him.

You kind of made my point. There are 11 year old kids on youtube and random posters on fan forums who can play guitar as good as or better than DJ Ashba. Plenty of those people, myself included, work their ass off pursuing music. But to make it, there has to be a certain degree of luck, and it's not always the best people who get it. DJ Ashba is a prime example of a youtube bedroom guitar player who got lucky. I don't think DJ is a special talent.

No man, sorry but there's a lot more than skills to play guitar. There's stage presence too, there's guts, there's sweat and blood. You have to entertain 200.000 in some cases.

I saw another video of your band in youtube and im sorry but i would never pay to see you guys, not my kind of music. Maybe you can aspire to Blink 182, but then again you don't have the looks i think.

[Guest NGOG]

But it's like he tries to make me dislike him sometimes.

He doesn't know you exist, man.

I would be the first person to admit that I haven't warmed to Dj artistically; but you have to admire where he's gotten in life by not caring what others think (with seemingly limited abililty). He's in a band with Axl Rose, he's making lots of money and he's got a Columbian model keeping his bed warm.

[Pedrolg]

English is not my native language, but really, how can someone insert the term "swag" on his brandname?

[NachoLZ]

have you started that process AT ALL?

well, we have tons of material yadayadayada and im a producer musician songwriter graphic media guitarrist yadayada

Edited April 28, 2014 by ignaliza

[maynard]

Slash, we miss you

[Dan H.]

I can say with absolute confidence i am, and likely most anyone in the musicians section, a better guitarist than DJ.

Can we judge that? post some of your work here pls.(you or anyone else).

Not a fan of Six AM or BC but there's nice n successful guitar work there. Successful is not always a good thing, especially in the music biz.

http://youtu.be/mBZICeHh_DQ?t=3m

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203612225326680&set=vb.1247351805&type=3&theater

I didn't watch.

But I don't think I need to, I just automatically assume that most people who own guitars are better than DJ

[Gordon Comstock]

But it's like he tries to make me dislike him sometimes.

He doesn't know you exist, man.

I would be the first person to admit that I haven't warmed to Dj artistically; but you have to admire where he's gotten in life by not caring what others think (with seemingly limited abililty). He's in a band with Axl Rose, he's making lots of money and he's got a Columbian model keeping his bed warm.

No shit

There's no way you can knock the guy for livin' the dream. Y'gotta enjoy it while it lasts. As a fan of the band he plays in though, he's annoying, to say the least.

[SoulMonster]

A good guitarist should be able to make music, too, be creative and come up with memorable riffs, melodies, hooks, etc, and not only be a good guitarist in a live setting. And I think Dj has been fairly successful in that regard (not that I am a fan of his composing skills, yet).

[Dan H.]

I don't even like DJ like other previous guitar players in GNR, but he has done something right cos he's in GNR. Take a look at the 2009 threads on this forum. Most of the now "haters" where praising him.

I thought he was okay back at the beginning until it became obvious that he was a complete and utter douchenozzle!

Yeah in DJ's defense I liked some of his riffs for Beautiful Creatures and thought he would bring something interesting to GNR.

But it's pretty obvious that he's using his newfound... Fame(?) to shamelessly promote himself while ever so gently caressing the balls of one of the most well known rockstars of the 80s/early 90s.

[Dazey]

I don't even like DJ like other previous guitar players in GNR, but he has done something right cos he's in GNR. Take a look at the 2009 threads on this forum. Most of the now "haters" where praising him.

I thought he was okay back at the beginning until it became obvious that he was a complete and utter douchenozzle!

Yeah in DJ's defense I liked some of his riffs for Beautiful Creatures and thought he would bring something interesting to GNR.

But it's pretty obvious that he's using his newfound... Fame(?) to shamelessly promote himself while ever so gently caressing the balls of one of the most well known rockstars of the 80s/early 90s.

I like Ballad of Death. There I said it.

[Dan H.]

I don't even like DJ like other previous guitar players in GNR, but he has done something right cos he's in GNR. Take a look at the 2009 threads on this forum. Most of the now "haters" where praising him.

I thought he was okay back at the beginning until it became obvious that he was a complete and utter douchenozzle!

Yeah in DJ's defense I liked some of his riffs for Beautiful Creatures and thought he would bring something interesting to GNR.

But it's pretty obvious that he's using his newfound... Fame(?) to shamelessly promote himself while ever so gently caressing the balls of one of the most well known rockstars of the 80s/early 90s.

I like Ballad of Death. There I said it.

Fuck you Dazey

[EvH]

He is still a better guitarist than you guys, until I hear otherwise.

Stupid white knight reasoning, sorry to say...

[WAR41]

Vandalizing cars as a teenager? Very nice Ashba, very nice!

Does anyone want to set up a KickStarter campaign to hire a bunch of teenagers in Vegas to vandalize his cars?

[Russel Nash]

He is still a better guitarist than you guys, until I hear otherwise.

Stupid white knight reasoning, sorry to say...

and why that is stupid? If Slash comes here saying that he's better than DJ then you have a discussion, even that we all know that Slash piss all over Dj in almost everything, even in the money making and advertising machinery.

Other than a that.. i play guitar too, but i didn't come up with a song like Ballad of Death or played in a band like GNR/SIX AM/BC.

[maynard]

He is still a better guitarist than you guys, until I hear otherwise.

Stupid white knight reasoning, sorry to say...

and why that is stupid? If Slash comes here saying that he's better than DJ then you have a discussion, even that we all know that Slash piss all over Dj in almost everything, even in the money making and advertising machinery.

Other than a that.. i play guitar too, but i didn't come up with a song like Ballad of Death or played in a band like GNR/SIX AM/BC.

you just explained why the comparsion is stupid hahaha

good job!

[Damn_Smooth]

Reading this horseshit I have to say that the guys that think they can sing better than Axl are kicking the shit out of the guys that think they can play guitar better than DJ. So far they've put up Don't Damn Me, Crash Diet and Perfect Crime with 2 Comas on the way, while the guitarists have put up one song that has absolutely nothing to do with GN'R and a broken Facebook link. I am severely disappointed with the guitarists.

[Russel Nash]

He is still a better guitarist than you guys, until I hear otherwise.

Stupid white knight reasoning, sorry to say...

and why that is stupid? If Slash comes here saying that he's better than DJ then you have a discussion, even that we all know that Slash piss all over Dj in almost everything, even in the money making and advertising machinery.

Other than a that.. i play guitar too, but i didn't come up with a song like Ballad of Death or played in a band like GNR/SIX AM/BC.

you just explained why the comparsion is stupid hahaha

good job!

Na, good job to ya. Trolling every fucking "just for the laughs" and don't even knowing what it's being discussed. Oh boy, a lot of that straw will leave when you bury the shovel for the first time.

[EvH]

Well, preventing someone from criticizing anything, even in a constructive way, unless he proves he can do it/better is exactly that : stupid reasoning.

[Tyler Drama]

I can say with absolute confidence i am, and likely most anyone in the musicians section, a better guitarist than DJ.

Can we judge that? post some of your work here pls.(you or anyone else).

Not a fan of Six AM or BC but there's nice n successful guitar work there. Successful is not always a good thing, especially in the music biz.

http://youtu.be/mBZICeHh_DQ?t=3m

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203612225326680&set=vb.1247351805&type=3&theater

Teejay, you're a really good guitar player... But your band needs work

[maynard]

He is still a better guitarist than you guys, until I hear otherwise.

Stupid white knight reasoning, sorry to say...

and why that is stupid? If Slash comes here saying that he's better than DJ then you have a discussion, even that we all know that Slash piss all over Dj in almost everything, even in the money making and advertising machinery.

Other than a that.. i play guitar too, but i didn't come up with a song like Ballad of Death or played in a band like GNR/SIX AM/BC.

you just explained why the comparsion is stupid hahaha

good job!

Na, good job to ya. Trolling every fucking "just for the laughs" and don't even knowing what it's being discussed. Oh boy, a lot of that straw will leave when you bury the shovel for the first time.

[TeeJay410]

I can say with absolute confidence i am, and likely most anyone in the musicians section, a better guitarist than DJ.

Can we judge that? post some of your work here pls.(you or anyone else).

Not a fan of Six AM or BC but there's nice n successful guitar work there. Successful is not always a good thing, especially in the music biz.

http://youtu.be/mBZICeHh_DQ?t=3m

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203612225326680&set=vb.1247351805&type=3&theater

Teejay, you're a really good guitar player... But your band needs work

Thanks

And yeah, the band does need work. We got signed to this small label that mainly puts out blink-182 pop punk sort of stuff so we were pushed in that direction. Only one of us is super I to that stuff and it shows. But now our stuff has more of a foo fighters vibe. I'll be sure to share that in the appropriate section when we get to the studio.