Popular Post parisrocks Posted February 9 Popular Post Share Posted February 9 10:55 mark is about where Guns N' Roses comes up. Super cool new info. Interviewer is Ryan Smith who plays guitar w/ Soul Asylum and had a great little punk band of his own called The Melismatics. Check all this shit out. Enjoy. 7 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmus1 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Am I right in saying Tommy/Finck/Tobias/Freese/Dizzy is the "band" behind over half of those songs (including some of the Village instrumentals)? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appetitefordiscussion Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 20 hours ago, bmus1 said: Am I right in saying Tommy/Finck/Tobias/Freese/Dizzy is the "band" behind over half of those songs (including some of the Village instrumentals)? I think so too, I like thinking those are the key components of that album. But It’s cool that there are songs like Shacklers and Sorry that are Buckethead demos that made the cut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeNfr Posted February 10 Popular Post Share Posted February 10 a little disappointed that he didn't shit on Ashba 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAFC Nick Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Thanks for sharing, really cool. Really happy to see that Tommy looks and sounds great!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYWIFEMYLIFE Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Axl is a smart, brilliant guy when it comes to music, but it rarely comes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 16 hours ago, DeNfr said: a little disappointed that he didn't shit on Ashba He did say that the only guitarist he got along with the entire time was Finck, so he did shit on Ashba indirectly (and everyone else, for that matter). Whats interesting is that Slash, Duff, Matt, and now Stinson have either directly or indirectly shat on Paul Tobias. That dude must be really difficult to get along with… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AXL_N_DIZZY Posted February 11 Popular Post Share Posted February 11 1 hour ago, rocknroll41 said: He did say that the only guitarist he got along with the entire time was Finck, so he did shit on Ashba indirectly (and everyone else, for that matter). Whats interesting is that Slash, Duff, Matt, and now Stinson have either directly or indirectly shat on Paul Tobias. That dude must be really difficult to get along with… Fortus is on Tommy's first two solo records. Possible IMHO he was just throwing shade at the other Leads (i.e. Bucket/Bumble/DJ)... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 8 minutes ago, AXL_N_DIZZY said: Fortus is on Tommy's first two solo records. Possible IMHO he was just throwing shade at the other Leads (i.e. Bucket/Bumble/DJ)... Yes, that's what I think, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYWIFEMYLIFE Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 DJ is a nice dude, he may not be cool or look lame with his outfit, he is talented and an easygoing dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post themadcaplaughs Posted February 11 Popular Post Share Posted February 11 (edited) I know I mention my brief meeting with Tommy before one of his solo shows often, but he specifically mentioned he considered Richard a great friend and that Richard was one of the few people he still talked to from the GN'R camp with any regularity (the others being Frank, Del James, and Dizzy Reed). He also said that while he doesn't really talk to DJ Ashba outside of the occasional social media interaction, he thought DJ was a really nice guy and that he lightened up the mood a lot during those last few years of "NuGNR". Like others have said, my guess was that Tommy was referring more to Buckethead, Bumblefoot, and (maybe) Paul Tobias. Even then, I took his comments to be more along the lines of "I wasn't super close with them like I was with Robin" as opposed to "I absolutely hated them", although Tommy has spoken pretty disparagingly about Buckethead through the years and all signs seem to point that he really did not like Ron that much. As for Paul, he always seems to be the "wild card". The few times Tommy has mentioned him before, he doesn't seem to state he disliked Paul personally, but just did not take him very seriously at first given that he'd never worked on a professionally made record before. But in those interviews, Tommy has also conceded that Paul brought some really good ideas to the table, which is what he seems to be getting at in this interview; you don't have to be best buddies with a bandmates or think they are the most qualified, as it ultimately comes down to what ideas they bring to the music making process. Edited February 11 by themadcaplaughs 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNfr Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I can easily understand that Tommy found Bucket weird but I always had a hard time understanding why he didn't like Ron, who has an independent and kinda punkish background I thought he could have made the connection with the others and had him accepted in the band but instead he probably make things worse by mocking and bullying him which I find unacceptable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXL_N_DIZZY Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) 15 hours ago, DeNfr said: I can easily understand that Tommy found Bucket weird but I always had a hard time understanding why he didn't like Ron, who has an independent and kinda punkish background I thought he could have made the connection with the others and had him accepted in the band but instead he probably make things worse by mocking and bullying him which I find unacceptable. Just speculating- but if 2 of Tommy's best buds in the "Guns Family" to this day are Robin n' Fortus , and those guys had reportedly worked really hard to put a "2 guitar" version of the band together post-Bucket that everyone thought was pretty cool- he probably wasn't too thrilled to welcome in another virtuoso guitarist, with an alternate name/persona, etc. on the fly. Toss in the fact that Ron's a tough "New Yorker"-type personality (which he openly admits I'm pretty sure), and the clashes were probably inevitable. That said, I always felt everyone seemed to be having a good time live- particularly the 2009-14 version of the band- which appeared to almost be a touring rock n' roll frat party of sorts. So credit to them there. Lastly, don't know about bullying- but never cool obviously... Edited February 12 by AXL_N_DIZZY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitchisback Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/12/2024 at 6:35 AM, AXL_N_DIZZY said: Just speculating- but if 2 of Tommy's best buds in the "Guns Family" to this day are Robin n' Fortus , and those guys had reportedly worked really hard to put a "2 guitar" version of the band together post-Bucket that everyone thought was pretty cool- I always thought that Robin, Richard, Tommy, Brain and Axl and I guess Dizzy would be a really cool band and probably would have been a lot better than everything else that we got. Sad we never got that lineup 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoochild Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 2/12/2024 at 8:35 AM, AXL_N_DIZZY said: Toss in the fact that Ron's a tough "New Yorker"-type personality (which he openly admits I'm pretty sure), and the clashes were probably inevitable. What does this mean? I think Richard lived in NY back then, so at least he would be more used to this style. On 2/11/2024 at 12:38 PM, MYWIFEMYLIFE said: DJ is a nice dude, he may not be cool or look lame with his outfit, he is talented and an easygoing dude. Strongly disagree about him being talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 10 minutes ago, Voodoochild said: What does this mean? I think Richard lived in NY back then, so at least he would be more used to this style. nicknamed "shank" by Axl, Bumble once pulled a knife on a dude that refused to pay Bumble what he was owed for his work. When the bullying by Tommy and I guess maybe some of the other guys to a lesser extent got silly, Bumble made some threats that it could turn violent if they didn't stop giving him shit and then I think they stopped giving him shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoochild Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Rovim said: nicknamed "shank" by Axl, Bumble once pulled a knife on a dude that refused to pay Bumble what he was owed for his work. When the bullying by Tommy and I guess maybe some of the other guys to a lesser extent got silly, Bumble made some threats that it could turn violent if they didn't stop giving him shit and then I think they stopped giving him shit. I see. Didn't know this was a NY style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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