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Axl Rose Heralds New Guns N' Roses Album

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 8, 2006
Filed at 1:48 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rock recluse Axl Rose made a surprise radio appearance to proclaim that Guns N' Roses 10-years-in-the-making ''Chinese Democracy'' album will finally hit store shelves this fall.

The comments Saturday on Eddie Trunk's syndicated radio show marked the first interview the painfully private Rose has given since his failed 2002 comeback tour, which was abruptly scrapped midway amid riots and canceled shows.

Roses impromptu appearance came when former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, who was co-hosting the show, called Rose's cell phone and patched the call through the studio.

Quizzed on when the near-mythical album would come out, Rose said, ''Sometime this fall or late fall.'' His band could be heard rehearsing in the background. ''It will be out this year.''

Trunk invited Rose to drop by the studio, and about an hour later he did.

Asked about the aborted 2002 comeback tour, which ended when Rose failed to appear for a gig in Philadelphia, Rose told Trunk he felt pressured into doing it before he was ready. But he insisted he has no regrets, since the short-lived tour helped the new band members to gel. (The 2002 lineup included keyboard player Dizzy Reed from the original GNR, former Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck, bassist Tommy Stinson from the Replacements, guitar shredder Buckethead, drummer Brian ''Brain'' Mantia formerly of Primus, guitarist Richard Fortus from the former Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love, and keyboard player Chris Pittman.)

''Can you tell people why the tour ended at that point?'' asked Trunk.

''Umm, no, not exactly,'' said Rose, declining to discuss it.

Plans are currently in the works for Rose to relaunch his comeback by playing four shows at New Yorks Hammerstein Ballroom over the next 10 days, then head to Europe to play several music festivals.

Rose said the band at the Hammerstein shows will be similar to the one that played the 2002 tour, except for a new lead guitarist, whom he declined to identify except to say it's not an old GNR member. Buckethead left the band in 2004.

However, later in the broadcast, Rose seemed to contradict himself when he said hes been hobnobbing with former GNR guitarist and songwriter Izzy Stradlin, and strongly hinted that Stradlin may show up for the Hammerstein shows.

Former GNR guitar maestro Slash may end up back in the band as well, but probably not before the Hammerstein shows.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

His band could be heard rehearsing in the background

How convenient.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:12 (7 years ago) Permalink

> Slash may end up back in the band as well

He's already got three! How many guitarists can one band need?

― Palomino (Palomino), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:16 (7 years ago) Permalink

'Sometime this fall or late fall.' '..Or Winter. Maybe Spring. Next Summer at the latest.'

― dave's good arm (facsimile) (dave225.3), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

I thought the point of Chinese Democracy was to finally remove the possibility of remaining G'n'R fans...

― js (honestengine), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

Okay, so Chinese Democracy may or may not come out and all the members of the original group may or may not be on it. Okay?

― Period period period (Period period period), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

>How many guitarists can one band need?

Paging Mr. Branca...Mr. Branca, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

i am truly saddened that there never was a Buckethead-GnR album released. It was so parallel universe for a while, and without an official artifact, we can't truly prove to alien lifeforms that it happened.

― caspar (caspar), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:55 (7 years ago) Permalink

i can see Axl putting an old practice tape in his stereo and cranking the volume right before answering .. "yeah yeah, sorry i can't HEAR you so good, my band is JAMMING so LOUD"

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 8 May 2006 17:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Painfully private?" What does this mean?

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 8 May 2006 18:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'm praying that Buckethead's stuff makes it on the record.

It's going to be odd if they end up replacing him with some unknown shredder.

― Matthew E. Armstrong (gensu3k1), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

It's going to be odd if they end up replacing him with some unknown shredder.

So a guy with a fucking bucket on his head is in no way odd to you?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

What fans? This isn't 1989.

― daavid (daavid), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

"It's going to be odd if they end up replacing him with some unknown shredder.

So a guy with a fucking bucket on his head is in no way odd to you?

-- Johnny Fever (sidewaysou...), May 8th, 2006."

No, because Buckethead has been one of the premiere rock guitarists of the past 15 years. It was a bit odd that he was in GNR, but he could obviously contribute a lot musically.

― Matthew E. Armstrong (gensu3k1), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

Meh, I've never been a fan. Of course, I'm of the opinion that it'll never really be GNR without Slash onboard, so maybe I'm the weirdo.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

They could just cut out the middleman and get the New York Dolls to play all their new material.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:15 (7 years ago) Permalink

I wonder if Axl called Brian May?

― Matthew E. Armstrong (gensu3k1), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'm of the opinion that it'll never really be GNR without Slash onboard

You have a point, but I always thought the most pivotal member was Izzy. Izzy made it all click.

― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:03 (7 years ago) Permalink

what a fuckin' band, man. one guy from GNR, one guy from the Replacements, one virtuoso who plays with a KFC bucket on his head, and one guy from Nine Inch Nails. This supergroup is gonna be better than Asia!! FUCK YEAH.

― mervin heinz, Monday, 8 May 2006 23:21 (7 years ago) Permalink

Brain is no slouch on teh drums.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

No, because Buckethead has been one of the premiere rock guitarists of the past 15 years.

really? where?

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

Back issues of Guitar For The Practicing Musician.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

On a bunch of crap I'd have to be paid cash to listen to.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

i love buckethead.

― city of gyros (chaki), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

[meekly, whispers] I'm a fan.
[more meekly] I listened to that segment of the Trunk show. I know there's no fans left, but Blabbermouth has a link to the show: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51989

[meekest] I kind of liked hearing him talk.

I'll go away now.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

"No, because Buckethead has been one of the premiere rock guitarists of the past 15 years.

really? where? "

Praxis-Transmutation
Zillatron- Lord of the Harvest
Praxis-Live at Bonnaroo '04
Buckethead-Giant Robot [NTT]
Buckethead-Population Override

I urge you to put in some work with big B. There's a lot of stuff to weed through with Buckethead-- he often engages in dull riff fests, or silly samples from horror movies that bog things down-- but when you get into the bootlegs and some of the more obscure stuff, you'll be amazed.

― Matthew E. Armstrong (gensu3k1), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 02:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

Praxis makes me want to kill myself.

― adam (adam), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 02:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

Praxis makes me want to kill nuns, Nobel Prize winners and innocent little babies and then turn the gun on myself.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 03:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

I actually hate praxis' albums other than Transmutation. But I can't imagine why anyone would hate Transmutation as much as you guys seem to.

― Matthew E. Armstrong (gensu3k1), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 03:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

That sounds like one ugly clusterfuck of a line-up. Two keyboards and three guitars?

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 03:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

open your mind, man! Every band needs at least 3 guitarists, 2 bass players, 2 drummers, 2 keyboard players, 2 organ players, and Clarence Clemons.

; )

― Matthew E. Armstrong (gensu3k1), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 04:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

'i can see Axl putting an old practice tape in his stereo and cranking the volume right before answering ' ha ha, i was thinking the same thing! he was probably playing pinball when he got the call.

― Carlos Keith (Buck_Wilde), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 04:34 (7 years ago) Permalink

this interview is classic

― raw like sufjan (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 06:06 (7 years ago) Permalink

You have a point, but I always thought the most pivotal member was Izzy. Izzy made it all click.

Yeah, I thought most of Appetite was Izzy's stuff.

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

in my books guns n roses are the greatest band ever, its a shame the original line up wont play together, but im sure the new line up with be ganrly, i am very keen to get the new album, when ever it may be released

― matthew roberts, Sunday, 14 May 2006 02:40 (7 years ago) Permalink

How about spelling correctly fagat

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Sunday, 14 May 2006 02:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

gan rly?

― Unlimited Toothpicker (eman), Sunday, 14 May 2006 02:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

gans n' rlys

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Sunday, 14 May 2006 03:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

"That sounds like one ugly clusterfuck of a line-up. Two keyboards and three guitars?"

Axl is only one drummer shy of southern rock. Artimus Pyle would probably be down for being in GnR's.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 14 May 2006 03:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

buckethead was in viggo mortenson's support band?

― chris andrews (fraew), Sunday, 14 May 2006 04:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'm praying that Buckethead's stuff makes it on the record.
It's going to be odd if they end up replacing him with some unknown shredder.

-- Matthew E. Armstrong (matthew.armstron...), May 8th, 2006.

Off topic a bit, but are they still cranking out new "shredders" these days? I know that in the '80s there was a market for young Yngwies and Satrianis but what are they doing now, desperately trying to get Chris Daughtry's phone number?

― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Sunday, 14 May 2006 04:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'd say shredding has gotten popular again, except this time instead of having some poodle haired singer, you mostly have a guy that sounds like he has gargling listerine. I think a lot of the new thrash stuff is a throw back somewhat to that style of guitar playing. Lamb of God even threw it a nod getting Chris Poland and Alex Skolnick to put solos on a track. Both of those guys eventually went into the shredder fusion netherworld after leaving Megadeth and Testament.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 14 May 2006 05:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

Chocolate rape intellectual overkill? Please wipe you feet at the door.

Thx

― Chuck, Sunday, 14 May 2006 05:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

REVIVE!

could it be happening.

new tour! cryptic hints!

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1542045/20060929/guns_n_roses.jhtml?headlines=true

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 20:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

On Saturday, Guns N' Roses headlined Los Angeles radio station KROQ's sixth annual end-of-summer Inland Invasion festival at the Hyundai Pavilion in Devore, California, delivering a set that included an instrumental cover of Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful"

!!!!!!!!!!!

― real savage-like (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 20:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahah i didn't see that! crazy!

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 20:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

So fuckin' crazy!

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

GUNS N' ROSES FANS MAY FIND THIS OF INTEREST!!!!!!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

i didn't find that interesting.

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh, it's down. :(

It used to be the self-similar Gn'R synth (i.e. Gn'R songs where every note was made out of incredibly condensed/sped-up samples of other Gn'R songs).

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

Here it is!

http://showdown.contagiousmedia.org/archive/selfsimilargnr.com/

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

Sorry, each note isn't a sample, it's a whole song.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

mp3s wouldn't work for me! damn sounds like a cool experiment.

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'll why-ess-eye them if they're still on my home computer.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

!!!!!!!!!!!

They played this when I saw them at the Warfield SF show on Sept 22,
Thal did a solo version of 'Don't You Cry'. It was about as good a GNR show as you could get without the original band. I know how stupid that sounds, but that's the best way I can explain it. I had no idea what my ticket money was going to buy, and the end result was really surprising. Like, they were good!! I'm diving in for the Jan '07 show in Sac. Assuming the tour doesn't get cancelled before now and then.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 00:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

between now and then, I mean.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 00:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

Who knew?

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2010 15:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

Guns n' Roses fans may find this of interest...

http://thequietus.com/articles/08869-guns-roses-creepy-gits

― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 12:00 (11 months ago) Permalink

― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 12:01 (11 months ago) Permalink

"I'm a secret rock chick so I'm going to rock out."

― waggin the cock and flow tit (some dude), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:11 (11 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Axl selling a bunch of fairly worthless crap + a Marshall amp on ebay

― perry en concrète (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 6 July 2012 19:30 (10 months ago) Permalink

i was wondering when he'd start to show signs of running out of money

― some dude, Friday, 6 July 2012 19:40 (10 months ago) Permalink

I don't think he's doing it to make rent, otherwise he'd be charging more than $100 per item, and probably autographing them or something.

― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 6 July 2012 20:26 (10 months ago) Permalink

yeah true. saner-seeming people have frittered away bigger fortunes, though, so i'm just saying it wouldn't shock me.

― some dude, Friday, 6 July 2012 20:27 (10 months ago) Permalink

yeah I'm guessing this is "they're raising the rent at the storage locker, why not get rid of some crap I don't need"

― perry en concrète (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 6 July 2012 20:57 (10 months ago) Permalink

was kind of hoping for "they're raising the rent at the storage locker, better clear some stuff so I can move in"

― I see you, Pineapple Teef (DJP), Friday, 6 July 2012 21:12 (10 months ago) Permalink

getting back to where it all began

― goat news for people who love boat news (how's life), Friday, 6 July 2012 23:50 (10 months ago) Permalink

If I didn't already have a dryer at home, I'd seriously consider buying this: GUNS N ROSES W-10 Kenmore Dryer in Road Case

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 7 July 2012 00:31 (10 months ago) Permalink

he's selling his stairmaster!

― higgs bosonned by a wite kid after a aol beef (get bent), Saturday, 7 July 2012 00:44 (10 months ago) Permalink

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