Wacky World of The Ominous Ninja Izzy Stradlin and NO! Gang

[cindy1985]

8 minutes ago, SerenityScorp said:

No I cant 

I want to see how They both talk to each other

yeah!i know this pic...but i dont remember playing together... 

[Dusty Bone]

The title is still evolving...

[SerenityScorp]

3 minutes ago, Dusty Bone said:

The title is still evolving...

Finally! Someone notice it!

Izzy is rare digimon, He will evolving forever (I just bored with the title thts why I add it something new)

[marlingrl03]

[Majestic Beast]

Izzy sucks bad,he put alone his self out of the band and now complaining about the less money they give him to return back,no second chance to this guy,he  is not interested for the band at all.When steven almost begging,izzy looks indifferent.

Edited May 26, 2018 by Majestic Beast

[cindy1985]

58 minutes ago, Majestic Beast said:

Izzy sucks bad,he put alone his self out of the band and now complaining about the less money they give him to return back,no second chance to this guy,he  is not interested for the band at all.When steven almost begging,izzy looks indifferent.

[Majestic Beast]

29 minutes ago, cindy1985 said:

Truth always hurts dude,calm down,izzy just lost chance,is his own fault too,we wanted him back but he is not interested,never did actually after he first jumped out.

[SerenityScorp]

Calm down dude, If You want to complain, Tell tht to Izzy directly

[Dusty Bone]

Honestly, what's your problem with it, you can't expect everyone to do/want what you want them to do/want.

[Majestic Beast]

36 minutes ago, Dusty Bone said:

Honestly, what's your problem with it, you can't expect everyone to do/want what you want them to do/want.

 He wanted to rejoin?,probably no,if they give him more money,probably yes,that's my problem.

Edited May 26, 2018 by Majestic Beast

[Dusty Bone]

24 minutes ago, Majestic Beast said:

 He wanted to rejoin?,probably no,if they give him more money,probably yes,that's my problem.

Then you must have a problem with all the many people who don't take jobs because of the money. I know it's a high amount of money that we're talking about but I assume money isn't even a problem for him, it's that it'll look like he's a hired musician that has never had a say in the band, or hasn't contributed as much to the band as the others although he is one of the founding members and main songwriters. But of course, we don't know his exact reasons to not be a part of this "reunion" so it isn't even logic to discuss if his reasons not to rejoin are acceptable or not.

Edited May 26, 2018 by Dusty Bone
Changing sentences in the middle of the sentences

[MillionsOfSpiders]

Just saw this conversation on GnR fanspot from a guy who went to Stevens show last night...

So Izzy can’t have been at a soundcheck at the same time as Steven - which means he definitely wasn’t at the Nashville one he supposedly walked out of.

Alan Niven confirmed that It was the Nashville one he meant to Gambit via Mitch Lafon - which just goes to show you what shit those two talk! What a misrepresentation of Izzy by them! 

 

Edited May 26, 2018 by MillionsOfSpiders

[Tori72]

1 hour ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:

Just saw this conversation on GnR fanspot from a guy who went to Stevens show last night...

So Izzy can’t have been at a soundcheck at the same time as Steven - which means he definitely wasn’t at the Nashville one he supposedly walked out of.

Alan Niven confirmed that It was the Nashville one he meant to Gambit via Mitch Lafon - which just goes to show you what shit those two talk! What a misrepresentation of Izzy by them! 

 

Thank you my dear. That means a lot. Great Sherlocking there! 

[annabanana]

7 hours ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:

Just saw this conversation on GnR fanspot from a guy who went to Stevens show last night...

So Izzy can’t have been at a soundcheck at the same time as Steven - which means he definitely wasn’t at the Nashville one he supposedly walked out of.

Alan Niven confirmed that It was the Nashville one he meant to Gambit via Mitch Lafon - which just goes to show you what shit those two talk! What a misrepresentation of Izzy by them! 

 

Thanks for sharing this niven has been out of the loop for so long, dunno why people are still giving him a platform 

[Tori72]

Have you seen this? A piece on Izzy with a recent email response from Izzy. Check it out in this thread.

 

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Guns N’ Roses Rakes in Millions on Reunion Tour, but It’s Missing ‘Mr. Invisible’

 

Izzy Stradlin, a founding member of the rock group, mystifies fans with his low profile; ‘he likes to be untethered’

 

At the height of Guns N’ Roses’ fame, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin cut such an understated figure that lead singer Axl Rose referred to him as “Mr. Invisible.”

 

More than 25 years later, the band is back together for “Not in This Lifetime…,” a multiyear, globe-spanning reunion tour which, according to Billboard, is the highest-grossing in history. But it is missing Mr. Stradlin, whose songwriting contributed to hits like “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Patience.”

 

“He wrote half the stuff,” said Rick Nielsen, guitarist for rock band Cheap Trick. “It was Izzy’s f—ing band,” said former Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven, who later worked directly for Mr. Stradlin. In his 2011 autobiography, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan wrote that “Izzy was probably the most significant force” in the group.

 

A year after leaving Guns N’ Roses, Mr. Stradlin released ‘Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds,’ an album that blends Rolling Stones-influenced rock, punk and reggae.

Mr. Stradlin, now 56 years old and living in Ojai, Calif., resigned from Guns N’ Roses in 1991. By some measures, he has kept much busier than his former band, quietly releasing nine studio albums between 1999 and 2010. (Guns N’ Roses released one over the same period.)

 

His low profile and absence from a reunion tour for a group he helped found, however, mystify his fans and associates. The band he formed after Guns N’ Roses, the Ju Ju Hounds, broke up after one album, and his solo efforts have flown under the radar, in part because he doesn’t tour.

 

“The current GNR tour has been a great success for the guys. My non-participation was simply not being able to reach a happy middle ground through the negotiation process,” Mr. Stradlin said in an email. “That’s life, sometimes things don’t work out.” He didn’t respond to further inquiries.

 

Fernando Lebeis, manager for Guns N’ Roses, declined to comment on the tour negotiations but said “Izzy is a dear friend.”

About two minutes into Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Live And Let Die’ video, a milk carton appears showing Mr. Stradlin, who had distanced himself from the band, and the words ‘MISSING.’
Mr. Stradlin, born Jeff Isbell, began his music career in 1980, when he moved from Lafayette, Ind., to Los Angeles, followed by his childhood friend, Mr. Rose. Mr. Stradlin joined punk and metal bands, delivered the L.A. Weekly and used heroin, according to people who worked with him and his own accounts. Guns N’ Roses formed in 1985.

The band’s 1987 album, “Appetite for Destruction,” which featured Mr. Stradlin’s songwriting and raw, loose guitar-playing, sold 8 million copies in the U.S. by 1989, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. It is set for reissue in June.

Mr. Stradlin’s addiction worsened as the band’s popularity soared, according to former colleagues. After he was arrested for urinating in the galley of a plane, Mr. Stradlin gave up drinking and drugs on Dec. 15, 1989, he said in a 2006 interview with digital-music distributor TuneCore.

Guns N’ Roses finished its double album “Use Your Illusion” and went on tour in 1991. Mr. Stradlin, attempting to stay sober, distanced himself from his rowdier bandmates, according to former colleagues. But he continued to be frustrated by their behavior, including Mr. Rose’s late appearances at concerts, the colleagues said. Mr. Stradlin quit on or around Sept. 9, 1991, a week before the release of “Use Your Illusion,” according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

His departure was announced Nov. 7. “It was such a major change,” Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash wrote in his memoir. “But to the outside world it was a nonevent.”

Mr. Stradlin reconnected with old friends in Lafayette. Soon after, he formed a new band, enlisting Los Angeles bassist Jimmy Ashhurst, and signed a two-album deal with Guns N’ Roses’ label, Geffen Records. His vision, according to bandmates: A scaled-back, drama-free group that played rootsy rock in clubs and theaters.

Joined by Bob Dylan drummer Charlie Quintana and guitarist Rick Richards of Atlanta’s Georgia Satellites, Mr. Stradlin in 1992 released “Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds,” to warm reviews. “Shuffle It All,” its biggest single, reached No. 6 on Billboard’s rock chart that year.

The band enjoyed touring abroad. But in the U.S., journalists dogged Mr. Stradlin with questions about Guns N’ Roses. A tour with Keith Richards didn’t happen; an offer from Bon Jovi was rejected. “Bon Jovi chased him high and low,” said Mr. Niven, who managed Mr. Stradlin at the time. “Izzy’s attitude was, very bluntly, I’d rather play clubs.”

Representatives for Bon Jovi and Mr. Richards said they didn’t remember the details of the tours.

Touring wasn’t easy for Mr. Stradlin. A well-known addiction specialist, Bob Timmins, was hired to help him, says Steve White, Mr. Stradlin’s former road manager. “He was still fighting off the addiction,” Mr. White said.

Mr. Timmins died in 2008. A spokesman for his foundation declined to comment on his work with Mr. Stradlin.

Mr. Stradlin’s bandmates tried to respect his sobriety. When Mr. Quintana drank during a 1992 recording session with Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, for example, he put his red wine in a coffee cup, Mr. Quintana said in a 2016 interview. “He wanted a healthy band.” (Mr. Quintana died in March.)

Mr. Ashhurst remembered inadvertently upsetting Mr. Stradlin by smoking a joint on a tour bus. “I wish I could take that back, but I can’t,” he said.

The Ju Ju Hounds broke up in 1994 while recording its second album. The band members were working at the Caribbean Sound Basin studio in Trinidad, taking breaks to travel, surf and scuba-dive.

Early that year, Mr. Ashhurst called in after a diving trip and was told Mr. Stradlin had left the country. Confused, he eventually found Mr. Stradlin in a coffee shop in Copenhagen.

“I don’t think he appreciated being tracked down,” Mr. Ashhurst said.

Mr. Stradlin wanted to get away from the pressures of the music business, current and former colleagues said, but they also cited friction between Mr. Stradlin and Mr. Ashhurst over drugs. Mr. Ashhurst said he later became addicted to heroin, but not during his time with the Ju Ju Hounds.

In his email, Mr. Stradlin said “the Ju Ju Hounds was a great band.”

He released his second Geffen album, “117˚,” in 1998, with Rick Richards, his Guns N’ Roses colleague Mr. McKagan and former Reverend Horton Heat drummer Taz Bentley.

For later albums, instead of working with a label or management, Mr. Stradlin released them independently through digital distributors like TuneCore. He has little interest in promotional activities, bandmates say. “It’s just basically 11 records that nobody knows about,” Mr. Bentley said.

These days, Mr. Stradlin wakes up early, mountain-bikes, surfs and travels with his longtime girlfriend, Rick Richards said. “He likes to be untethered.”

According to a 1992 interview in Musician magazine, Mr. Stradlin said getting a dog helped to “keep my perspective, see life through a dog’s eyes. You’re doing all right if you’ve got food, a place to sleep and someone to pet you.”

I just highlighted what was most important and interesting to me. What do you guys think? I’m excited we have a sign of life from Izzy. I would love to read the whole mail Izzy wrote to the WSJ.

I’m glad he sounds less angry. I still miss him in this „reunion“, I miss him with his own band.

Also the „longterm girlfriend“ would be interesting to most of the ladies here, right?

So, yeah...

[kkferro72]

Just A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Thank you, Tori! 

[cindy1985]

36 minutes ago, Tori72 said:

Have you seen this? A piece on Izzy with a recent email response from Izzy. Check it out in this thread.

 

I just highlighted what was most important and interesting to me. What do you guys think? I’m excited we have a sign of life from Izzy. I would love to read the whole mail Izzy wrote to the WSJ.

I’m glad he sounds less angry. I still miss him in this „reunion“, I miss him with his own band.

Also the „longterm girlfriend“ would be interesting to most of the ladies here, right?

So, yeah...

I miss izzy...i miss the old Gnr... Its really nice that we had news from him... "Longterm girl" it refers to past??or now??iqm confused

[Tori72]

1 minute ago, cindy1985 said:

I miss izzy...i miss the old Gnr... Its really nice that we had news from him... "Longterm girl" it refers to past??or now??iqm confused

I miss him, too. Very much.

I don’t know if the longtermin girlfriend is now, I don’t know when they talked to Rick Richards or used old interviews? I’m sure Izzy is not without a girl so I like to think it’s a longterm girlfriend. Hope he’s happy! <3

[Tori72]

6 minutes ago, kkferro72 said:

Just A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Thank you, Tori! 

Yes, he is. You’re welcome. 

[kkferro72]

5 minutes ago, cindy1985 said:

I miss izzy...i miss the old Gnr... Its really nice that we had news from him... "Longterm girl" it refers to past??or now??iqm confused

The way it was said in the article means now. They searched for everyone related to Izzy to give recent statements about him. They even mention that Chalo died last march. 

[cindy1985]

26 minutes ago, Tori72 said:

I miss him, too. Very much.

I don’t know if the longtermin girlfriend is now, I don’t know when they talked to Rick Richards or used old interviews? I’m sure Izzy is not without a girl so I like to think it’s a longterm girlfriend. Hope he’s happy! <3

I hope one day see him on stage..where he belongs...the paragraph with the girl it refers to past,i think..i think that i read in the past a similar article...who knows?

Edited May 27, 2018 by cindy1985

[Archtop]

an offer from Bon Jovi was rejected. “Bon Jovi chased him high and low,” said Mr. Niven, who managed Mr. Stradlin at the time. “Izzy’s attitude was, very bluntly, I’d rather play clubs.”.

This is brilliant, could you imagine!

What's with all the Mr Stradlin/ Mr Niven? Bizarrely written article. Mr invisible 😡 

 Love the response by Jason Isbell on Twitter.

Edited May 27, 2018 by Archtop

[Tori72]

1 hour ago, Archtop said:

an offer from Bon Jovi was rejected. “Bon Jovi chased him high and low,” said Mr. Niven, who managed Mr. Stradlin at the time. “Izzy’s attitude was, very bluntly, I’d rather play clubs.”.

This is brilliant, could you imagine!

What's with all the Mr Stradlin/ Mr Niven? Bizarrely written article. Mr invisible 😡 

 Love the response by Jason Isbell on Twitter.

Yeahs the Bon Jovi part! Bon Jovi!!!!! Lol How could they ever think he’d play with them? Hahahaha

Who is Jason Isbell?

[Dusty Bone]

5 hours ago, Tori72 said:

Who is Jason Isbell?

The only thing I know is that one of his songs (God Is A Working Man) once appeared in my Spotify Daily Mix (or Mixtape, whatever you're familiar with). That is, if it's the same man. Nothing more.

[Tori72]

1 minute ago, Dusty Bone said:

The only thing I know is that one of his songs (God Is A Working Man) once appeared in my Spotify Daily Mix (or Mixtape, whatever you're familiar with). That is, if it's the same man. Nothing more.

Right, he’s a musician. Don’t think they’re related though, at least not close. It’s a nice thing to say/post of Jason. lol. Wonder if they ever met?

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Isbell