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I just shook my head and laughed when I read this.

Feature Interview: Shark Island frontman Richard Black

Shark Island vocalist Richard Black breaks his long silence in this exclusive melodicrock.com interview.

And finally on Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose: "...he' really a piece of work for the dregs. As far as I'm concerned he's never done anything original in his life."

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G n F n R DEMI-GOD

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This is from gnrontour. I've heard the audio of this before and it's the only time I've ever heard of the band Shark Island.

xx.xx.85 - Los Angeles, CA

set: Rock And Roll

audio/video recording?: video

notes: The exact date of this show is unknown. Very cool performance of Axl & Tracii Guns appearing with Shark Island, a very popular band in LA in the 80's. Axl and Shark Island's singer, Richard Black, trade verses on this Led Zeppelin cover.

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The full comment from Richard Black...READ ALL OF THIS!

I'm not sure if you want to comment on this - but I hope you do - but it is well known that several other artists mirrored their look and their stage antics on yours. I already mentioned what a huge reputation the band had as a live act, but the big draw card was your charismatic performance as frontman.

It seems to be a well known fact among followers of the scene at the time that Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose would come and see you guys perform every week and 'borrowed' a lot of your moves - from your moves to even your stage rap and song delivery.

There are other examples, but Axl seems to be the best known.

Is this correct and what impact did it have upon you to see other bands getting famous off something which you more or less perfected?

You know I have always tried to avoid this topic because I never wanted to sound like a sniveling bitter victim, and I largely kept my mouth shut. But every so often however, the topic continues to rear its ugly head. But then again avoiding the subject never did any good.

Let me tell you a story; in the early days I was influenced by the pioneers of this music, but I was getting it together. I soon learned if I continued to copy them, people wouldn't take me seriously. I evolved and became my unique self. I have never systematically copied a single artist except jokingly or on Halloween.

What happened in my instance however, was quite a different story.

I was being copied all right…sometimes by down right impersonators, it was creepy.

I could see their point, they figured it was working for us, so why not them.

Regardless of how you felt about the band it was hard to ignore us. I suppose wearing nothing but an American flag or a paper jumpsuit with duct tape hasn't caught on yet, but was pretty original…a little too ahead of its time I guess.

I would wear pajamas on stage just for fun…soon there after I'd see some our friends and followers wearing pajamas.

I use to have these bike shorts that I decided to wear onstage, then it seemed bike shorts were the rage in L.A. I don't think it was a coincidence.

What I'm talking about is copying someone' essence. When art is involved, that is not cool; it's a form of plagiarism.

And I give a horse' ass about 'imitation is the best form of flattery'. I don't need to be flattered.

Many Popular bands and personalities came to see Shark Island, that's a fact, and many took elements home with them for their stage show or album covers, or wardrobe…oh well, I'm flattered…nothing that could have altered the path of my career.

But that good-for-nothing Axl Rose, he' really a piece of work for the dregs.

As far as I'm concerned he's never done anything original in his life. Him and his cronies would come every week and watch the show.

One day before GnR's debut, I went to his place…as I walked in I saw a video of me playing on his TV and on top was a stack of VHS tapes all labeled Shark Island with dates and times. I remember being mortified, it was obvious he was studying my shtick, and I knew there was nothing I could do, being their album was about to be released, and he'd cap on the press get the credit.

My many years of developing, and refining my craft and years of modern dance were up for grabs by this fool and a video camcorder.

I remember some people telling me about him acting like me, but I never worried much on a count that we were all in the same boat.

Then came Welcome To The Jungle, I though I was looking in the mirror, or the videos on Axl's TV.

You said 'borrowed' earlier well that implies a payback. What burns me up even more is in his heyday he never so much as mentioned Shark Island or Richard Black in all his press. Which, by the way, could have helped us at no cost to him; he never even threw us a bone.

Now, truth be told, I couldn't possibly care less. That's all old crap and it does me no good now, besides, I am nothing like I was back then, and I'd look like a fool to try.

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lousy singer. never heard of him. he is a retard. his whole family consists of retards, with him as the breedresult.

but then again, who have we been listening to the most:

Guns N Roses or Shark Island?

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The full comment from Richard Black...READ ALL OF THIS!

Then came Welcome To The Jungle, I though I was looking in the mirror, or the videos on Axl's TV.

You said 'borrowed' earlier well that implies a payback. What burns me up even more is in his heyday he never so much as mentioned Shark Island or Richard Black in all his press. Which, by the way, could have helped us at no cost to him; he never even threw us a bone.

Now, truth be told, I couldn't possibly care less. That's all old crap and it does me no good now, besides, I am nothing like I was back then, and I'd look like a fool to try.

There are a thousand jaundiced and jealous Sunset Strip rejects who hate GNR for the same reason. I've seen the video of them trading the Zeppelin verses. In all honesty, it's a pretty crappy performance and the quality is too bad to make much out. I'll have a look for it, but I'm pretty sure I got rid of it.

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*Dreamer* DEMI-GOD

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"...he' really a piece of work for the dregs. As far as I'm concerned he's never done anything original in his life."

What... we've... got here is.... a double talkin' jive motherfucker.

:lol:

http://web.onetel.net.uk/~wb198/sharkis.htm

I dont know.... since no one really knows who he is or seen his preformences before I guess we would never know. But I'm HOPING it's not true, Axl is known for his live acts.

Anyone care to upload the video of them in the download section?

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eschman OH MY GOD

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Come to my new website www.sharkislandtherealgunsnrosespleasenoticeusandgiveusonemoreshotcuzweliveinabo

onsunsetstripandweareveryhungry.biz

It's the Shark Island fanclub.

Here's a sample of Richard Black's commentary

"What do Poison, LA Guns, Motley Crue, Guns N Roses, and RATT have in common? I would suck them all off for one more show at the Whiskey."

"We are butt ugly, and we tried to do the makeup thing, but KISS stole our idea first"

"Yeah, Metallica wrote Fade to Black about me"

"I've had so many diseased prostitutes that my penis looks like my name describes it."

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