Popular Post maynard Posted May 12, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2015 You worked with Axl Rose and Guns on "Oh, My God" from the "End of Days" soundtrack and then the "Chinese Democracy" record? He was really cool. I was there for two years and did 35 songs, haha. I was approached by Billy Howerdel from A Perfect Circle. He was doing some programming there with Axl and running one of the computers for it. Robin Finck was playing lead guitar and so the two of 'em kind of approached me to come in and help out and do some production for it. I brought in my friend Critter the engineer who had started engineering for them. Around that time, Chris Vrenna but Josh Freese started there who was a friend of mine. A lot of people going in and out. It was fun. I knew lots of people there and they knew me. Axl was really, really interested in working with me and doing some stuff together, which was really fun. Axl and I are the same age so we get along really well. We have similar influences. What are those? We're both big Alice Cooper and Queen fans. That was really fun. Then I got to become really, really, really good friends with Tommy Stinson who was playing bass. Tommy and I have become really, really close and he's part of my first LA family and made me feel good being here. You have a good time doing the sessions for "Chinese Democracy" though they seemed to have lasted a while? [Laughs] Oh, yeah. Totally. Axl is an incredible talent obviously. He was the only singer I've ever worked with where he came in and in order to warm up, he'd do a 45-minute stand-up routine, hahaha. The dude is amazing. Any joke he hears, he remembers perfectly and he's got a great delivery. He would just get in the vocal booth and then just start killin' it with jokes. FULL INTERVIEW (Very cool if you like 90s music): http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/sean_beavan_on_recording_slayer_you_have_to_do_it_right_or_the_fans_will_kill_you.html Nothing new or interesting, I know. Just doing my news reporter job. Axl really likes to tell jokes! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 35 songsCome on Axl.Release that music!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 35 songs in 2 years man! And apparently Axl sang in at least some of them... What a wasted opportunity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glow Inc. Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Axl seems like quite the joke-cracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I really don't know why its so hard to release the music which has already been recorded? They could easily release Atlas Shrugged or any song as a single or maybe an EPIs Axl so lazy that he can't even sign the legal papers for the album/songs to Geffen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrieL_TiT Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Oh Axl, always in good shape and full of jokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Ah, less bloated times.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sixes Posted May 12, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2015 A guy with less bloat, a guy with no rasp and a guy with the same hairline walk into a bar.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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niceguy Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 When people say Axl is always cracking jokes, what do they mean?Are they the really corny, cheesy type of lines you can find in a joke book? Because that's not very funny. Is it something cheesy and corny like knock knock jokes, which any child can memorize out of a book?Or, is it something more like an actual stand up comic, someone who doesn't just say, "hey, did you hear the one about the guy with glasses?"I'd be more impressed if he was like a George Carlin or Louis CK type. But something tells me he isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 There was an interesting tidbit from an interview with Beavan a couple of years ago:http://www.thepwasho...-8mm-interview/ Sean Beavan: Yeah, I worked on it (Chinese Democracy) from like '98 to 2000, something like that.Juliette Beavan: It was two years.Sean Beavan: Two years, yeah.So, have you heard it? Have you heard the finished product?Sean Beavan: I did hear the finished product.And are your fingerprints on it at all?Sean Beavan: You know, it's funny. I thought, it came out 12 years after I did it or something, but I was surprised 'cause Roy Thomas Baker took over and then some other people were doing some stuff on it, and I figured there'd be nothing on there. It turns out almost every vocal track was a vocal track I did. Really?Sean Beavan: Yeah, it's like really crazy. I don't think he sang after I . http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?/topic/201340-sean-beavan-axl-didnt-lay-any-vocals-after-2000/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 A guy with less bloat, a guy with no rasp and a guy with the same hairline walk into a bar....I seriously LOLd, hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowebar Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 35 songs in two years?? Why can't we have some more music man??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerTornado Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 35 songs in two years?? Why can't we have some more music man??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 A guy with less bloat, a guy with no rasp and a guy with the same hairline walk into a bar....I seriously LOLd, hard.Me too I love sixes. And I love you too, sis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm starting to be convinced Axl's indeed cracking jokes all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Maybe hiring DJ Ashba is a big, complex joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I guess we don't know when RTB re -recorded everything how many of those made it to that stage. By 2006 the number was 26?Did RTB rerecord Silkworms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 35 songs in two years?? Why can't we have some more music man???more like 14 songs and 35 jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Maybe hiring DJ Ashba is a big, complex joke?Seriously, I've often wondered if Axl hiring DJ is his way of twolling the fuck out of Slash.BTW, your sig pic is fucking golden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I've noticed how the people who weren't financially dependent on Axl but worked with him in the past ala Josh Freese, Sean Beavan, Moby, Zakk Wylde, etc. have nothing but positive things to say about him whereas people who built their careers through their involvement with Guns N' Roses ala Alan Niven, Vicky Hamilton, Gilby Clarke or even Mick Wall, etc. who were either fired, ignored and left without their share of the GN'R pie have all bashed him for years, potraying him as ego maniac, control freak and a villain. I find that interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor & Whores Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Axl should do a one-hour live stand-up comedy specialair it on TV and put out a DVDit would be an international hit - I'll guarantee you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liers Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Id love a video of axl doing a standup routine durring the CD sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 After he finished telling jokes, I imagine Scraped was the punchline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I've noticed how the people who weren't financially dependent on Axl but worked with him in the past ala Josh Freese, Sean Beavan, Moby, Zakk Wylde, etc. have nothing but positive things to say about him whereas people who built their careers through their involvement with Guns N' Roses ala Alan Niven, Vicky Hamilton, Gilby Clarke or even Mick Wall, etc. who were either fired, ignored and left without their share of the GN'R pie have all bashed him for years, potraying him as ego maniac, control freak and a villain. I find that interesting.Beavan kind of got humiliated too. Not sure why he's being so cool about it. I guess it's different characters. Manager types want control and influence. So unless they get what they want...Whereas creative types are like Axl was late lol we jammed it was cool! Same with fans, some want respect or submission. Some don't give a fuck. All shapes and sizes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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