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the following fragment comes from this book

 

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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?

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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

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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

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