Popular Post Gambit83 Posted October 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2021 Some fun interviews lately, including the writer of the Scooby Doo episode. FYI Josh Freese is scheduled for Wednesday! I won't bombard him with GN'R questions, but I'll ask a few 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Does Axl still not speak to Marc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cineater Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 That was fun, good interview. I must have missed Axl was into archeology. Michael has a cool job and he's so into it. How do you get a job like that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAFC Nick Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Look forward to listening to these tonight, especially the Scooby Doo one. That (and Looney Tunes) really came out of the blue so intrigued to learn more. Amazing that you managed to secure Josh! Would be great to hear his thoughts/memories from Hard Skool as it’s pretty clear that’s him on the Rough Mixes version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gambit83 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, Coma16 said: Does Axl still not speak to Marc? Didn't get into that. I did ask beforehand if there's any topic I should stay away from, he was cool with anything. But there was a pause/laugh that he might not be able to control what he says (in regards to the band now). Seeing as the focus was his podcast and the beginning years, I just didn't want to push it and possibly make him look bad. He does mention that he tried to get the current members involved in 50 First Gigs, but oddly the Zoom started cutting out then. However I noticed his eye roll when he said it and just made the choice to keep it positive/avoid anything potentially negative. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Marc is a great guy, still hope to visit Canter's one day Do you mind asking Freese about his contribution to the title track of Chinese Democracy? Always been curious as he is listed as the only writer along with Axl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Amir said: Marc is a great guy, still hope to visit Canter's one day Do you mind asking Freese about his contribution to the title track of Chinese Democracy? Always been curious as he is listed as the only writer along with Axl. Freese: One of my favorite strange feathers in my cap that I have is that whenever I walk into a room of people and they’re talking about [whispers] Chinese Democracy, just this whole debacle of a record that took 100 years to make and cost a million dollars—I’ll walk into a room full of people and go, “What are you guys talking about?” They go, “Chinese Democracy,” and I raise my hand and go, “I wrote ‘Chinese Democracy,’” because I wrote the music to the song. I didn’t write anything else on the album. I wrote a couple other things that didn’t make it on the album. When I left, there were still another seven or eight years before the album came out. But it always makes me laugh. It’s not like I wrote Track 10 or something; I wrote “Chinese Democracy.” Some people told me I shouldn’t brag about that. Actually, I like that song. And it’s not just because I wrote it; it’s because it’s a really dumb, simple, dirty guitar riff. It’s cool. I think it’s one of the better ones on that record [noisey, August 21, 2014]. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I enjoyed the interviews with Marc and Michael Ryan (haven't listen to the Andrew Stockdale one yet). I'm looking forward to the interview with Josh Freese. Let's see if and what he has to say about Hard Skool 1 hour ago, Amir said: Marc is a great guy, still hope to visit Canter's one day Do you mind asking Freese about his contribution to the title track of Chinese Democracy? Always been curious as he is listed as the only writer along with Axl. He also talked about it in a more recent interview (from last year): Freese: One thing that I really took away from it, that I like - and I always think it's kind of funny when people are discussing 'Chinese Democracy' - this record that supposedly cost so much money, it took so much time: I wrote the title track, I wrote the song 'Chinese Democracy' - I put the music and Axl wrote the lyrics. And so, the one thing I take away from it is like, it's always funny, I walk into a room full of people and I'll go, 'What are you guys talking about?' They'll be like, "We're talking about 'Chinese Democracy.'" I go, "I wrote 'Chinese Democracy.'" I know some people in the room and other people are like, "What the hell is this guy talking about?" "'Not the album, but the title track." I normally rattle off to everyone I hang out with, but I'm not embarrassed by it. I think it's - actually, I like the song, it's just three chords, there's nothing special about it other than that it's just a cool groove and it's kind of dirty and rocking. It's simple, which I like. https://www.mygnrforum.com/topic/223764-new-josh-freese-interview-talks-about-gnr-buckethead-cd/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinaleblood Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/10/2021 at 3:46 PM, Gambit83 said: Josh Freese is scheduled for Wednesday! This is great news @Gambit83! He's a beast of a drummer. Best one I've ever seen live hands down. I've seen him once with NIN and once with Sting. Freese playing Stewart Copeland's parts on Police songs was pure bliss. If you can ask him anything about how he approaches Copeland's material and how challenging is it to fill those shoes, I'll be very happy. And I'll be even happier you can get from him any unheard news about one of the most fascinating eras in GNR history 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Free Bird Posted October 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Twinaleblood said: This is great news @Gambit83! He's a beast of a drummer. Best one I've ever seen live hands down. I've seen him once with NIN and once with Sting. Freese playing Stewart Copeland's parts on Police songs was pure bliss. If you can ask him anything about how he approaches Copeland's material and how challenging is it to fill those shoes, I'll be very happy. And I'll be even happier you can get from him any unheard news about one of the most fascinating eras in GNR history 😁 The recording of Slash? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinaleblood Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Free Bird said: The recording of Slash? Win 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pele Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/10/2021 at 2:46 PM, Gambit83 said: FYI Josh Freese is scheduled for Wednesday! I won't bombard him with GN'R questions, but I'll ask a few Absolutely bombard him with GNR questions. Honestly, this tactic of getting GNR members on podcasts and pretending to be interested in their solo career, in the hope that we get more interviews with ex-members has been going on for a decade now. Ask him all about it. Ask him what songs Rose brought to the very first session, or if it was all from scratch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit83 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Pele said: Absolutely bombard him with GNR questions. Honestly, this tactic of getting GNR members on podcasts and pretending to be interested in their solo career, in the hope that we get more interviews with ex-members has been going on for a decade now. Ask him all about it. Ask him what songs Rose brought to the very first session, or if it was all from scratch. I don't pretend. That "tactic" would only deter people. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pele Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, Gambit83 said: I don't pretend. That "tactic" would only deter people. It's tongue in cheek - you're doing a great job and do whatever you need to grow the podcast. But absolutely bombard him with GNR questions haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top-Hatted One Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Definitely interested in his opinion on the Slash record 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pele Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 There are some really interesting questions for Freese though. Mine would revolve around what songs they had (if any) when he came on board. For Chinese - did he add a riff to some lyrics/melody Axl had or did he literally compose the riff and leave Axl to create a song around it. Did 'Chinese Decomcracy' as a title/concept exist before that riff? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Gambit83 said: I don't pretend. That "tactic" would only deter people. He said yes to be on a GNR podcast. You think he would be deterred if he was then asked many questions about GNR? WTF Edited October 13, 2021 by StrangerInThisTown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Honestly I would be so grateful if you can ask Josh if he remembers if Hard Skool was a Slash-era GNR tune or a Chinese era tune! Because of all the rumors of it being an old school GNR track made for the Jackie Chan movie back in the right-before-the-breakup era of GNR and he may be one of the few who can answer that for us. He definitely seems, based on previous interviews to be open to GNR questions and this would be thematically appropriate since HS just came out! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 8 hours ago, WhazUp said: Honestly I would be so grateful if you can ask Josh if he remembers if Hard Skool was a Slash-era GNR tune or a Chinese era tune! Because of all the rumors of it being an old school GNR track made for the Jackie Chan movie back in the right-before-the-breakup era of GNR and he may be one of the few who can answer that for us. He definitely seems, based on previous interviews to be open to GNR questions and this would be thematically appropriate since HS just came out! That's the million dollar question. I'm looking forward to his response and hoping he'll shed some light on this. Given that the current members, as well as most of the former ones, don't talk, Josh, Tommy and Matt are the only ones who we could get this information from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit83 Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, StrangerInThisTown said: He said yes to be on a GNR podcast. You think he would be deterred if he was then asked many questions about GNR? WTF Not him specifically, but others in my experience. If I had a reputation of asking 98% GNR questions and only asking a few about their current work, maybe I wouldn't have this opportunity in the first place. Edited October 13, 2021 by Gambit83 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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