Popular Post Twinaleblood Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Gambit83 said: So scheduled interview with Sean for me on 2/6 Questions? A few ideas coming to my mind: Vocals for how many songs were recorded (more or less) before he left? More about Paul Huge... if he enjoyed working with him, any memories/anecdotes he feels like sharing. Some more info about the sessions with Brian May. Were any songs originating from the 94-96 sessions considered/worked on? Not sure you want to mention the leaks, but any additional info like who wrote/brought this or that song to the table would be interesting to know. (I'd really love to know about State Of Grace, Thyme and Dummy). More about the re-recorded Appetite. Did the songs have vocals? Was it seriously considered as a project at some point or was it just for the band to learn the songs and for Axl to do live era overdubs? And was a reworked knockin' on heaven's door ever considered? Might add more later. That's the period in gnr history that fascinates me the most. Of course I don't expect you to consider all the requests (by me or everyone else) but I really hope you can get some interesting unheard info from him ☺️ Edited January 22, 2022 by Twinaleblood 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blackstar Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Gambit83 said: So scheduled interview with Sean for me on 2/6 Questions? Oh, this is great, I have a few! Does he remember working on (and recording vocals) for Silkworms/Absurd and Hard Skool? Were there any songs and vocals when he started working on the project or there were just ideas that took shape during his tenure? Did it take long for Axl to start recording vocals? What was it like to work with Brian May and why does he think Axl didn't use his guitar work? Why does he think Robin Finck left in 1999? What was the record company's role in the process? (Did they interfere? Did they express opinions on the material? Did they want the album finished soon? Did they complain about the budget? etc.) Any recollection/comments on Axl playing guitar? What was his relationship with Axl on a professional and human level? Edited January 22, 2022 by Blackstar 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinaleblood Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Blackstar said: Oh, this is great, I have a few! Glad to see we are both hyped about this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuld Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Gambit83 said: So scheduled interview with Sean for me on 2/6 Questions? @Gambit83 How many songs were originally slated for CD in 1999/2000? How long was the time period in which Axl recorded his vocals? Was it a few days, a few weeks or a few months? How was the decision made as to which songs would receive vocals first? Was this a team decision or an Axl only decision? Were Axl’s vocals completed over many takes or single takes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendez Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Send him the leaks via a youtube video (that way its easily acesible to him) then ask him about them IE who wrote what, who played 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokken Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Gambit83 said: So scheduled interview with Sean for me on 2/6 Questions? Very nice! Im looking forward to this. I would like to hear as much as possible about the making of CD. Try to get small details from the guy. Its so interesting to hear. Some questions for Sean I would ask: - When you came into the project. Can you tell us about the first day. What impression did you get of the project? What was the first things you heard and what did you think about it? - Could you tell us about a specifik song that he thought was extra interesting working on? The whole process from start to finish (as finished as it became during his time in the project). - Where there any "holy-shit-moments" during the process? Any specifik moment when you got goosebumps over something that was created in the studio? - When you heard the finished version of Chinese Democracy. Was is like you would have expected it to be? Was there songs on CD that you were suprised ended up on the record and were there songs that you missed that you really thought would be on there? Edited January 23, 2022 by gokken 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 3:01 PM, Gambit83 said: So scheduled interview with Sean for me on 2/6 Questions? Ask him if he has a link to lossless versions of the Village Sessions Kidding, kidding My question would be, what he thinks of the completed released 2008 album compared to what things were sounding like when he was working on the material 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Tom Zutaut once publicly expressed doubt that Axl was going to have a strong enough, commercial enough single to carry Chinese to mass success. Indeed, the album got great reviews, but didn’t have that single song built for the radio and the album did suffer for it. Did Sean have the same doubt? Did he ever feel Axl had a single that would climb the charts and stay there? If so, what was it and if not, did he ever voice that concern? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneway23 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Congrats on the interview. The only thing I want to know is how many songs Axl had completed vocals on by the time he left. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Some more questions: Was there a particular musical direction Axl was going for? Many people think that he was chasing trends. Was that the case? Was the three-guitar band a thought or an idea at the time he was working with Axl? Axl continuing under the GnR name Vs. under another name/a solo project: does he think Axl would have been better off without the burden of the name and maybe that the album would have been finished sooner? Were there lyrics and vocals for the song Oklahoma? (this can be asked even if he doesn't want to talk about the leaks, since the title was already known and Axl himself had mentioned it). Edited January 24, 2022 by Blackstar 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Blackstar said: Were there lyrics and vocals for the song Oklahoma? (this can be asked even if he doesn't want to talk about the leaks, since the title was already known and Axl himself had mentioned it). Please, please ask this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubanSkies Dummy Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 What was the tracklisting for the 2000 album? Is "Sorry" the only finished song without vocals at that time that was released in 2008? Or it was "Better"? (Better did not exist in 1999/2000) What were the "finished" songs at the time he arrived? "Madagascar"? "Prostitute"? "Oh My God"? Who wrote "State Of Grace"? He remembers something about it? "Oklahoma" has vocals? (Sort of) What he can say about Rough Mixes #5, Rough Mixes #6, etc?... It's "Oh My God", or "This I Love" or another song in those albums? Those Rough Mixes albums... were the first compilation ever made about the sessions? What means the numbers on that "(21)", "#6" and all those signs? Axl Rose wrote some melodies apart "This I Love" and the 'piano' melody of "Prostitute"? What about the guitar part of "Madagascar"? What about "The Blues" or "Atlas Shrugged"? What can you said about the Magnus Opera written by Tommy Stinson a.k.a. "Riad N' The Bedouins"? What can you say about Brian May? Do you like the Andy Wallace mix? What do you think about it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumandraisin Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 12:21 AM, CubanSkies Dummy said: What was the tracklisting for the 2000 album? Is "Sorry" the only finished song without vocals at that time that was released in 2008? Or it was "Better"? (Better did not exist in 1999/2000) What were the "finished" songs at the time he arrived? "Madagascar"? "Prostitute"? "Oh My God"? Who wrote "State Of Grace"? He remembers something about it? "Oklahoma" has vocals? (Sort of) What he can say about Rough Mixes #5, Rough Mixes #6, etc?... It's "Oh My God", or "This I Love" or another song in those albums? Those Rough Mixes albums... were the first compilation ever made about the sessions? What means the numbers on that "(21)", "#6" and all those signs? Axl Rose wrote some melodies apart "This I Love" and the 'piano' melody of "Prostitute"? What about the guitar part of "Madagascar"? What about "The Blues" or "Atlas Shrugged"? What can you said about the Magnus Opera written by Tommy Stinson a.k.a. "Riad N' The Bedouins"? What can you say about Brian May? Do you like the Andy Wallace mix? What do you think about it? I think these questions might be stretching the limits of poor Beavans memory a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubanSkies Dummy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I can't wait for this. C'MON, BRING THE INTERVIEW... NOW!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneway23 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Highly anticipated interview coming up in just a couple of days...Best of luck, @Gambit83 Do us crazy lot proud! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020_Intensions Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 4:12 PM, appetite4illusions said: Tom Zutaut once publicly expressed doubt that Axl was going to have a strong enough, commercial enough single to carry Chinese to mass success. Indeed, the album got great reviews, but didn’t have that single song built for the radio and the album did suffer for it. Did Sean have the same doubt? Did he ever feel Axl had a single that would climb the charts and stay there? If so, what was it and if not, did he ever voice that concern? I think Better & Street of Dreams would have been huge hits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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