HubbaBubba Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I dunno. This is a pretty humiliating exit for a guy who said he had penned 12 songs for Axl to work on. Remember all that 'I'm a writer and also a producer' bullshit?If a reunion was on the cards, Ashba would hang on until he was pushed. He'd know that nothing's for certain with Axl until a deal is inked, so why leave prematurely? Who the fuck voluntarily leaves guns n roses for Sixx am?? I think he knows the gravy train's finally run out of rail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. ritz88 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) I really only want a reunion if they do an album. Not some busted ass geriatric Illusions tour redux.... I'll put down my skull cane and cum in yo' mouth! I want songs relevant to them as rock vets, man. Otherwise it'll be kinda lame. And honestly, fuck doing their first show at an Awards ceremony or the Superbowl. Do it like Zeppelin did -- do a show for the true fans and fuck the rest of the world. They'll hear about it. lmfao!! Skull cane.. "Food tastes good... Donut..." Jk Edited July 29, 2015 by mr. ritz88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russel Nash Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This is bad news.He probably knows something we don't. If there was the slightest chance that guns would move forward in any way, there is no way Ashba would walk out.This exactly. For obvious reasons there isn't going to be a reunion. It's 2015 and with no record on the horizon it feels like this is going to be worse than the dark years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 The only "Legit Insider" we should "trust" is Magisme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Even if original or classic guns was still together how can you so sure that everything would be so rosy? For all we know the quality of the music might have dipped the solo records from the guns guys aren't that great tbh. Not many if any bands pull off great albums one after another. This is where we are at right now, reunion is highly unlikely not because of some people's impression that Axl hates Slash but because of a whole host of reasons, the court cases, the jamming with every band & act in existence bar the band your in, and before somebody like Apollo or Bono writes me an essay and how I'm so wrong and how dare I criticise Slash or Duff they have never done anything wrong nananananananananana. I just don't believe it's as simple as burying the hatchet with people coming out with there reunion fantasy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lies They Tell Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This is bad news.He probably knows something we don't. If there was the slightest chance that guns would move forward in any way, there is no way Ashba would walk out.I agree, except I'm not sure if it's necessarily bad news. Maybe Ashba knows something that we don't, that's actually good news. Like perhaps something about a reunion or something.Or a way more likely scenario: Axl doing what he always does, losing talent, working on recorded material anyway without giving a fuck and maybe when he feels ready he'll release CD ll and replace the employees that left.It's like he started his own company. He won't jeopardize the future of it as long as it serves as a musical vehicle for him and is still profitable. (touring)Besides, reunion is not something he seems interested in doing. He rarely does things he doesn't want to do, especially if he doesn't have to do them. Even without a reunion, Axl is a very rich man and still hates Slash.I agree that Axl rarely does thing's that he doesn't want to do. But there's a chance that things have changed between Axl and Slash and perhaps Axl actually wants a reunion now. Then again reunion doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the old band. Maybe Buckethead's coming back and Ashba doesn't want to be overshadowed by him. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 wkuk, the only thing we should be afraid in a reunion would be Axl, he will come 3 hours late, with the new band he hardly interacts backstage, I guess with Duff and Slash he will be normal cause they were his friends, Slash and Duff won't like TB as the managers, IF there is a reunion then there will be only tours, I don't think so they will go in the studio to make music as you have seen Axl's past record of delaying so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 wkuk, the only thing we should be afraid in a reunion would be Axl, he will come 3 hours late, with the new band he hardly interacts backstage, I guess with Duff and Slash he will be normal cause they were his friends, Slash and Duff won't like TB as the managers, IF there is a reunion then there will be only tours, I don't think so they will go in the studio to make music as you have seen Axl's past record of delaying so much.What??? We are fans on a message board we don't know shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well I won't indulge in the Axl topic with you cause well......Btw do anyone of you even like music by Sixx AM? I guess they have some nice songs like Life is Beautiful, Skin, This is Gonna Hurt, Accidents can Happen, Smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well I won't indulge in the Axl topic with you cause well......Btw do anyone of you even like music by Sixx AM? I guess they have some nice songs like Life is Beautiful, Skin, This is Gonna Hurt, Accidents can Happen, Smile.Fair enough! I won't indulge with you because of your user name but hell what do I know!I can honestly not name you one Sixx AM song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) It seems Frank is doing an interview today regarding the band and Ashba, anyone knows at what time it will be? Well I won't indulge in the Axl topic with you cause well......Btw do anyone of you even like music by Sixx AM? I guess they have some nice songs like Life is Beautiful, Skin, This is Gonna Hurt, Accidents can Happen, Smile.Fair enough! I won't indulge with you because of your user name but hell what do I know!I can honestly not name you one Sixx AM song.What my username got to do with this? Im just trying to tell you that don't just blindly follow Axl and don't have too high expectations.Downzy, why don't you try to get an MYGNRFORUM exclusive interview with Ron, Frank, Fortus and Tommy, I assume they are not that hard to get, btw did that "person" tell you anything about Ashba? the one who tells you "information" regarding the status of the "music". Edited July 29, 2015 by Slash787 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 BBA is legit. I have insider contacts but can't reveal them in order to protect them. Like an investigative journalist. People know my track record is legit.#thststhetruthbrotherSo do you have any actual update on what's going on with the band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EvH Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well I won't indulge in the Axl topic with you cause well......Btw do anyone of you even like music by Sixx AM? I guess they have some nice songs like Life is Beautiful, Skin, This is Gonna Hurt, Accidents can Happen, Smile.Their first album was interesting as a whole. No standout songs, but I enjoyed the album. The second one was bland and badly produced, the third one is total garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well I won't indulge in the Axl topic with you cause well......Btw do anyone of you even like music by Sixx AM? I guess they have some nice songs like Life is Beautiful, Skin, This is Gonna Hurt, Accidents can Happen, Smile.Their first album was interesting as a whole. No standout songs, but I enjoyed the album. The second one was bland and badly produced, the third one is total garbage.I really liked the first 2 albums, the 3rd album was total trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highvoltage Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Over the moon. Fantastic news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well I won't indulge in the Axl topic with you cause well......Btw do anyone of you even like music by Sixx AM? I guess they have some nice songs like Life is Beautiful, Skin, This is Gonna Hurt, Accidents can Happen, Smile.Their first album was interesting as a whole. No standout songs, but I enjoyed the album. The second one was bland and badly produced, the third one is total garbage. I really liked the first 2 albums, the 3rd album was total trash.Maybe I should give another listen to the second one. Apart from Deadlihood and Lies Of The Beautiful people, I can't remember a single song.Yeah, the third one was absolute shit. I was honestly a bit disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post downzy Posted July 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2015 Why was Bumblefoot asked to 'respect an agreement' but Ashba was able to share that he no longer works in Axl's band?Because Bumblefoot was never asked to "respect an agreement" regarding his departure from the band. He's playing coy because it suits his own PR needs. He maybe confusing his non-disclosure agreement with respect to some of the details about the band and its music, but no demand was made by the band with respect to his departure. I don't buy the whole "Axl's priority is working on new material." Axl is focused on new material and wants to complete an album, right? But... he doesn't care if the musicians that work with him performing part of that material live come and go? He now needs 2 lead guitarists.I'd argue that Axl cares deeply whether band members stay or leave, he just doesn't express his concerns publicly. Remember that loyalty matters a lot to Axl. For a band member to depart must be devastating on a personal level. As I said a few days ago, if your interest is in new music versus another tour, this development should be considered as good news. I can also confirm that regardless of who is in the band and who is out of the band, work continues on new material.Any info on why Axl can tweet inanities but chooses to filter any news about progress on his music third or fourth-hand through the moderator of an unofficial forum? Not meaning to be facetious, I just genuinely don't get it. Axl is either happy for people to know he's working on music or he isn't. If he is, why doesn't he say so himself?Axl hasn't confirmed anything with me (and I think it's a fair assumption that he isn't confirming news with anyone else). He's a private guy who chooses to go about his business however he sees fit. From what I hear, his main priority is on unreleased material; communicating with fans on where he's at on that front is way down the list. Axl can be private. He can keep working on music, that´s fine. But it is insane to keep changing band members every 5 years. I know that Finck could return. So what? Sooner or later he´ll quit again. So Axl is gonna hire yet another guy? Sorry this bullshit has stop!I think if Axl was a God and could control the actions of others, Slash would never had left in 1996, Bucket would not have quit in 2004, and Robyn would not have departed both in 1999 and 2008. I think the problem mainly lies in the fact that Axl's priorities to music run counter to many of his former guitarists. If it takes 25 years to get a song right, then that's how long Axl will work on it. Guys like Slash, Bucket, Ron don't work on that basis. Not saying that working on a material for an infinite amount of time is the way to go, but there's definitely two schools of thought and if you want to be in Guns N' Roses, you better align yourself with Axl's schedule. Im just pointing out the fact that its a common thing in Axl's band for members to leave, it doesn't bothers Axl that much cause all of them are hired on a legal contract, I won't go in more details regarding this thing.Again, that's factually wrong that it doesn't bother Axl when band members leave. Legal contracts exist to protect individuals against material loss, they say nothing about how a person feels about another from a personal level. -------------------I would propose this thought: perhaps DJ saw the writing was on the wall (so to speak) with respect to his contributions making the next album. Musicians are often ego-driven individuals; it may have become apparent to DJ that his recordings would not be included and that the new album would be comprised of material from other musicians. Now that DJ is no longer in the band, I'll recall the time I was at the GNR after-party in 2010. I approached DJ and told him that I enjoyed his Ballad of Death guitar solo and that he and Axl should flesh it out into a full-fledged GNR song. He thanked me and told me to walk over to Axl (who was fifteen feet away) and to tell Axl what I had just said to him, but, to not tell Axl that he had put me up to it. While it was a brief encounter, it certainly opened my eyes to how DJ saw matters even way back when. My suspicion is that little changed over five years and that with work continuing on new material that wasn't his, DJ decided to opt for the band where his contributions would be included. But hey, that's just one person's opinion. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 To be honest, I din't see him leaving so soon, everyone in the band knows how things work and even Ashba knew that whenever the next album comes out, he won't be the only lead guitarist on the album, I was thinking that Robin and others would be 80% and Ashba would be 20% but still I din't expect him to leave.From what I see, whatever things he was sending to Axl, no one was giving Ashba a response, he thought that at least Sixx Am works like a band, they go in the studio like a normal band and record stuff, I guess Ashba din't mind so much of Robin being on the next record, I guess the thing which put him off that the things he send, Axl din't work on it nor gave a response.Downzy, Im sure that Axl is "Working" on the album, but man the thing was recorded more than 15 years ago, all he has to do is just Master the songs? Im sure you have your contacts, im just saying that blindly don't believe your contacts nor have too high expectations, if the album comes out next year then its very good, if it doesn't then nothing surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Axl turned GNR into The Cure with a rotating cast of musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercourse Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Axl may well be "working" on an album. He's a fucking lead singer, its his only job, he should be. "Working" could be no more than smoking a fatty, heading into his home studio and pissing around on the piano/guitar/computer with pro-tools all night.In Axl's case, unless the fucking thing is in your hand/ipod/music files, statements like that are utterly meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Just think, we will never hear Ashba's unique rendition of TIL solo ever again. The magic has gone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Just think, we will never hear Ashba's unique rendition of TIL solo ever again. The magic has gone. That was the first and happiest thought that crosssed my mind when I read this news. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfriend Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Downzy's post pretty much sums up why this band has never collaborated on any level. Axl considers them beneath him and a means to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzeurilluzion Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I wonder how Axl feels about this.DJ's letter is very humbling and generous towards Axl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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