Axl Rose antoi ensimmäisen videohaastattelun Guns N´ Rosesin comebackista
Guns N´ Rosesin comeback on tähän asti sujunut varsin mutkattomasti ja vanhat kaunat tuntuvat olevan taakse jäänyttä elämää. Yhtyeen laulaja Axl Rose on nyt antanut yhdessä basisti Duff McKaganin kanssa ensimmäisen videohaastattelun liittyen bändin paluuseen brasilialaiselle Globo.com:lle ja selventänyt hieman taustoja bändin comebackiin liittyen. Kysyttäessä mikä sai yhtyeen palaamaan yhteen vuosien erossa olemisen jälkeen kertoi Axl Rose Coachellan promoottorin Paul Tollettin olleen suurin yksittäinen syy paluuseen. Mies kertoi aiheesta seuraavaa:
Axl Rose: ”Actually, it had a lot to do with Paul Tollett of [the] Coachella [festival]. He started talking about [booking a reunion of the classic GUNS N’ ROSES lineup for his festival]. It seemed real. So at that point, I just told my people that they could go ahead and start talking to people and see what’s going on. And then as it became more real, I texted Fernando [Lebeis, who is part of the GUNS N’ ROSES management team] and asked for Slash’s number. And then Fernando texted his mom [Beta Lebeis, who is also part of the GUNS N’ ROSES management team], and he was, like, ’If this is a joke, I’m gonna kill you.'”
Kysyttäessä Axl Roselta oliko alunperin tarkoituksena soittaa vain muutama keikka comebackin tiimoilta kertoi Axl seuraavaa:
Axl Rose: ”No. It started with talking about Coachella, but at the same time that those talks were starting, there were people involved with Coachella — agencies and things — so they were having these conversations about what they could possibly do or not. So it was all being considered.”
Axl Rose: ”We started talking, like, in the spring. Everybody’s people were finding out about possibilities and things like that, and then we started talking together in the spring.”
Duff McKagan: ”Getting into rehearsals, it was really just kind of one day at a time. I don’t know that I thought too much about how far ahead. It was just really cool to play some of the music with the guys that I was playing it with.”
Axl Rose oli riidoissa pitkään Slashin kanssa. Kysyttäessä miten kaksikon ensimmäinen tapaaminen pitkän tauon jälkeen sujui vastasi Axl seuraavaa:
Axl Rose: ”Like I said, I had asked for [Slash’s] number. And then I had called him and he was on tour or something, and then we set up when we were gonna see each other, and I think something happened to both of our plans and that didn’t happen. And then eventually in October, we got together and we had a dinner at my house. And then Duff and I went and hung out right after that — like a week or so after. And then it was just kind of talking and planning. We initially were gonna do some kind of promos and stuff, and then other things came up that got in the way of that. And then it was rehearsals. And I went down to rehearsal, and everything just sounded right. And we just went to work. It was time to sing, see what the sound sounded like and stuff and get ready for the show, and it was all working.”
Kysyttäessä nähtäisiinkö Steven Adler sekä Izzy Stradlin bändin mukana jossain kohtaa myöhemmässä vaiheessa:
Axl Rose: ”Steven did join us [on a couple of dates]. At the same time, I have no idea. When this started, Steven had just had back surgery and stuff, so I don’t have any idea about that. And with Izzy, that’s just something that… I can’t really describe to say… I don’t really know what to say about Izzy. It’s, like, you could have a conversation and think it’s one way and the next day it’s another way. And I’m not trying to take any shots at Izzy. It’s just his thing is kind of his thing, whatever that is.”
Kysyttäessä aikooko Axl Rose vielä laulaa AC/DC:n kanssa tulevaisuudessa kertoi Axl seuraavaa:
Axl Rose: ”I’ll do that as long as Angus [Young, AC/DC guitarist] wants to do it and as long as… and we can make it work. GUNS is really supportive about it. I love that it’s my job. I love that Angus is my boss. And singing the early Brian [Johnson] songs — the first couple of albums with Brian — those are something else to sing, so it’s physically a different animal and another kind of work. And I take pride in doing it. And it’s a hard thing in its own way. So after this [GUNS N’ ROSES’ North American tour], there’s a few days [off], and then I’ll do another ten shows with AC/DC. And after that, it’s kind of, whatever Angus wants to do.”
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