fishyguy Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Not dissing him or anything but I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f**k_your_enemy Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I think Axl and Matt went to see him with NIN and they both agreed they'd like him in the band.Axl wanted him as lead and Matt wanted him as rythm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicious Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I think Axl and Matt went to see him with NIN and they both agreed they'd like him in the band.Axl wanted him as lead and Matt wanted him as rythm.i never got the full story on this but did Axl steal him from NIN or did Finck leave and Axl swooped in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Manson Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 (edited) I think Axl and Matt went to see him with NIN and they both agreed they'd like him in the band.Axl wanted him as lead and Matt wanted him as rythm.Actually.....................Axl and Matt went to see a band called Cirque De Soul (I think this was the name or somthing simmilar to it), and they both liked the guitar player, and like you said Axl wanted him lead and Matt wanted him rhythm...I also believe that this was before Finck was ever involved in NIN because Trent Reznor was scouting too at that time...this may not be 100% correct, but its close to it... Also it was Matts idea to have him the band and he just wanted Axls approval. Edited May 28, 2006 by Charles Manson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Boy Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I think Robin would be better at rhythm guitar. He is the least technically skilled guitar player in the new band. I see Robin as the Izzy of the new band in the sense that I think Robin and Axl are the driving creative forces behind the new GnR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiscool Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I think Robin would be better at rhythm guitar. He is the least technically skilled guitar player in the new band. I see Robin as the Izzy of the new band in the sense that I think Robin and Axl are the driving creative forces behind the new GnR.i aggree there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Manson Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I think Robin would be better at rhythm guitar. He is the least technically skilled guitar player in the new band. I see Robin as the Izzy of the new band in the sense that I think Robin and Axl are the driving creative forces behind the new GnR.i aggree thereDont Forget Chris F'n Pittman!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Boy Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Chris Pittman was the driving force on the internet audio feed yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Chris Pittman was the driving force on the internet audio feed yesterday. true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugdafied Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Axl was looking for a guitarist. Sorum took him to cirque de solie. It's a circus, not a band(seriously). Finck was playing with the circus's band & Axl said he wanted to join gnr. Sorum said, "you mean to play alongside Slash?". Axl said, "No, to replace Slash." That's the story as best I remember it. One would assume that they already knew who he was going to the circus, so it probably wasn't just a coincidence that a NIN chronie happened to catch Axl's eye out of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santana Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Chris Pittman was the driving force on the internet audio feed yesterday.Chris Pitman is the driving force of the entire universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTHAFA Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Because Axl wants the nu-GNR to be like Nine Inch Nails-lite, so he figured - "Hey, I might as well just get the guitarist from NIN!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Wow, people still think the Chris Pittman = GNR thing is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisjonas Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Wow, people still think the Chris Pittman = GNR thing is funny.it's not funny, it's the truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlar Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 yesterday i was kinda like, wow, pitman does make noise.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiscool Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 whats the big deal with Chris pitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus89 Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 whats the big deal with Chris pitmanWithout Chris there would't be a GNR..Soo, what does the guy look like ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ions Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Chris Pittman was the driving force on the internet audio feed yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesy Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Robin was playing with Cirque du Soleil after his tour with NIN. Axl and Matt went to see him and were impressed. Axl said, "I want him in the band." Matt replied, "Yea, put him beside Slash." Then Axl replied, "I want him playing lead." I believe GNR were looking to put another lead guitarist beside Slash at that point because Axl always felt that only 2 guitarists made the live show sound weaker than he wanted. This was about '94-'95. Zakk Wylde was also considered to fill the 2nd lead guitarist position.Slash quit in '96. Robin replaced him in '97, then went back to NIN in '99 and was replaced by Buckethead. When Robin came back in 2000 Axl had 2 lead guitarists at hand and decided to keep both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roses_are_red Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 He was just soo cool axl couldnt resist to invite him to the band.And the fact, that axl wanted him to play lead, means no return for slash. Ok im just guessing. Dont hate me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappy Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I don't really know what the story is, but I saw Guns 'N' Roses last night in Lisbon and he was the worst guitarist out of the bunch. The rest did a really good job, but he didn't do the songs justice. I guess no one can live up to Slash and I understand that Finck as a guitarist doesn't want to sound like someone else, but I think that when you are playing someone else's songs, you should at least out of respect play them as close to the original as possible, as much as your skill allows. Apart from that, the show was INCREDIBLE. It was worth the 18 year wait! (yes 18!)Not dissing him or anything but I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superloconoriega Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Who cares about Finck, i want to know the story of the main man of GNR : Pittman rock1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappy Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I don't really know what the story is, but I saw Guns 'N' Roses last night in Lisbon and he was the worst guitarist out of the bunch. The rest did a really good job, but he didn't do the songs justice. I guess no one can live up to Slash and I understand that Finck as a guitarist doesn't want to sound like someone else, but I think that when you are playing someone else's songs, you should at least out of respect play them as close to the original as possible, as much as your skill allows. Apart from that, the show was INCREDIBLE. It was worth the 18 year wait! (yes 18!)Not dissing him or anything but I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I think Axl and Matt went to see him with NIN and they both agreed they'd like him in the band.Axl wanted him as lead and Matt wanted him as rythm.Actually.....................Axl and Matt went to see a band called Cirque De Soul (I think this was the name or somthing simmilar to it), and they both liked the guitar player, and like you said Axl wanted him lead and Matt wanted him rhythm...I also believe that this was before Finck was ever involved in NIN because Trent Reznor was scouting too at that time...this may not be 100% correct, but its close to it... Also it was Matts idea to have him the band and he just wanted Axls approval. Actually Robin was with NIN for awhile, then he joined Cirque Du Soleil during some NIN offtime, during which Axl recruited him to join GNR, which Robin did for awhile, then he quit GNR to go on tour with NIN while they were touring on The Fragile, after that was over, GNR has recruited Buckethead to join the band, then a little after Robin rejoined GNR, this time permanently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlien Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I think Axl and Matt went to see him with NIN and they both agreed they'd like him in the band.Axl wanted him as lead and Matt wanted him as rythm.Actually.....................Axl and Matt went to see a band called Cirque De Soul (I think this was the name or somthing simmilar to it), and they both liked the guitar player, and like you said Axl wanted him lead and Matt wanted him rhythm...I also believe that this was before Finck was ever involved in NIN because Trent Reznor was scouting too at that time...this may not be 100% correct, but its close to it... Also it was Matts idea to have him the band and he just wanted Axls approval. That's why Matt was fired then? Because Axl wants the nu-GNR to be like Nine Inch Nails-lite, so he figured - "Hey, I might as well just get the guitarist from NIN!"This is funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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