whatashame Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 the following fragment comes from this book gnr encyclopaedia by mick o' shea For an interesting, and highly informative, history of Hollywood Rose, I recommend checking out the band’s drummer, Johnny Kreis’ website www.laserfire.com, where he reveals that he was playing in a Hollywood-based outfit called Shire when he was first approached by Izzy with a view to laying down the drum tracks for some demos he was working on with Axl (who just happened to be crashing in Shire’s garage rehearsal space at the time). Although a quarter century has since passed, Kreis remembers his initial encounter with Izzy with total clarity. Not because of Axl’s and Izzy’s subsequent success in Guns N’ Roses, but rather due to Izzy’s proffered method of payment – a six-pack of Budweiser and a medium-sized pizza. Izzy and Axl had booked a day’s recording at the Angry Samoans Studio in West Hollywood, and Kreis was happy to oblige, as doing a spot of ‘moonlighting’ for other bands was a common occurrence amongst L.A.’s rock fraternity. And as this was light years away from Axl’s fixation for perfection, there was no need for Kreis to learn the songs’ arrangements as there were none. In fact Axl’s sole pre-requisite of Kreis was that he “play really fast, and pound away with a blues feel.” This, of course, was what Kreis did best, and he obviously did it with aplomb, for his display prompted Axl and Izzy to prise him away from Shire to join Hollywood Rose. The accompanying photos on Kreis’ website show a wild-haired Axl sporting the obligatory biker jacket with bare chest underneath, while Izzy adopts a sedate ‘Ronnie Wood’ look, of open-necked white shirt with the sleeves rolled up above the elbows. Indeed, the band’s stripgarish image – a hybrid of punk and glam metal – bewildered audiences at The Troubadour, Gazzarras, and Madame Wong’s alike. Kreis is still in possession of the original demo tape – a sample of which can be heard on his site – but with 1985 fast approaching, it was a case of ‘New Year, New Start’ as far as Axl and Izzy were concerned and they called time on Hollywood Rose with one final performance in San Pedro, California, on 31 December, 1984. any more info on that? the book was released in 2008 and the site is offline. anybody made backup of these pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 used to have them but my HD is kinda fucked cant access it now surely someone must have them the most fun part is to listen to the tape it was made available a little before the release of the hollywood rose cd and the recordings were a bit rawer if i am not mistaken terrific stuff, izzy and chris speed metal riffs, axls voice absolutely brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Moved to Civil War because it's not new news, and Discussion & News is too busy at the moment to have threads in which aren't recent GN'R news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatashame Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 On 31.03.2016 at 5:39 PM, ludurigan said: used to have them but my HD is kinda fucked cant access it now surely someone must have them the most fun part is to listen to the tape it was made available a little before the release of the hollywood rose cd and the recordings were a bit rawer if i am not mistaken terrific stuff, izzy and chris speed metal riffs, axls voice absolutely brilliant dude, please, try for the legacy and now in the light of the reunion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 a lot of people have those, i am certainly not the only one, there was a big fuss when johnny put these on his website, good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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