Post by Gilby Admirer on Nov 23, 2002 15:40:31 GMT -5
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GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy" should be in stores by June, according to keyboardist Dizzy Reed.
"There are just a few odds and ends left to do - a couple of finishing touches, a couple of vocals — and we need to mix it," he said.
In the meantime, GN'R — long MIA, except for a handful of one-off gigs — are mounting their first North American tour since 1993.
On the eve of the band's performance in The Palace in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday, Nov. 21, frontman Axl Rose gave a 15-minute interview to local radio station 101 WRIF ("Detroit's home of rock and roll"), during which he discussed the upcoming album, the new members of the group and his former bandmates.
The following is a transcript of the interview:
Q: It was definitely a shocker to see you there on the MTV Video Music Awards. How long did it take to get that whole thing rolling?
Axl Rose: "Well, they were in negotiations about trying to figure out how long we could do something and where it would be at the show for, actually, somewhere near the beginning of that little mini-tour we did. And then we didn't have what we were doing on stage worked out until the day of the show."
Q: So that whole GUNS N' ROSES medley – is that what you had worked out or just the whole…?
Axl Rose: "Yeah, that thing. 'Cause it wasn't for sure that we were playing until the day before the show."
Q: Now, tell me about the reaction from people. They must have been blown away there, huh?
Axl Rose: "People were pretty shocked. Yeah, definitely (chuckle)."
Q: You must have been pretty fired up. How did you feel going back out there on stage, live TV and all that stuff? You must have been a nervous wreck all that day.
Axl Rose: "Well, no, I wasn't bad, but everything tends to go wrong in my world. Like, even going to soundcheck, the people wouldn't let me down the street to go to the building. And then, the day of the show, they didn't let us go down that street. I had to get out of the car, run past the police, and they're telling me I have to stop, and I'm like,' I've gotta sing.' And the best part was, as I'm running down the street, I had to run past all the people lined up to get into the building, and they're going, [puts on dumb rock fan voice] 'Hey, there goes KID ROCK.' I thought that was pretty funny."
Q: Why wouldn't the police let you [walk down the street to get into the building]? I'm kind of lost on that.
Axl Rose: "Because they're lost. Just confusion, lost, don't know what's going on, people not having people's names on the list, not knowing what passes to check, all that kind of crap. So, just usual stuff going wrong for no reason."
Q: So what you're telling me is, Axl Rose had to sneak into the MTV Video Music Awards?
Axl Rose: "Yeah, basically. I had, like, police chasing me down the street, and then our security and MTV had to clear it with them, but… It was very interesting.
Q: I guess the big question is, where have you been? Where has Axl Rose been for the last 10 years? What have you been doing? Just mellowing out, getting stuff ready to go, or…?
Axl Rose: "Nah. Basically, I just don't go looking to promote myself on every little thing until there's some kind of product, or something to put out that I think is worth it. And we've been working on this band and trying to get things right for a long time. If I go to, like, do interviews or anything like that, it just gets turned around by so many people around the world who don't have anything better to do than to try to shoot anything down, and that was just too draining to deal with everybody else. It's interesting… In L.A., there's places that I go to all the time, but since I did the MTV thing, I got to the same place, and suddenly there's paparazzi, and it's like 'Axl's out.' Well, I was here last weekend, and you guys didn't care. I used to live behind the Tower Records on Sunset, and I lived right behind Spago, and if you wanted to, you could go down and stand there and all the paparazzi would take your pictures and stuff — it's just dependent on if you wanted to. I mean, I never did that, but you drove by it every day. There's other people there that would purposely go there to get their photos taken and stuff. It's not my world."
GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy" should be in stores by June, according to keyboardist Dizzy Reed.
"There are just a few odds and ends left to do - a couple of finishing touches, a couple of vocals — and we need to mix it," he said.
In the meantime, GN'R — long MIA, except for a handful of one-off gigs — are mounting their first North American tour since 1993.
On the eve of the band's performance in The Palace in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday, Nov. 21, frontman Axl Rose gave a 15-minute interview to local radio station 101 WRIF ("Detroit's home of rock and roll"), during which he discussed the upcoming album, the new members of the group and his former bandmates.
The following is a transcript of the interview:
Q: It was definitely a shocker to see you there on the MTV Video Music Awards. How long did it take to get that whole thing rolling?
Axl Rose: "Well, they were in negotiations about trying to figure out how long we could do something and where it would be at the show for, actually, somewhere near the beginning of that little mini-tour we did. And then we didn't have what we were doing on stage worked out until the day of the show."
Q: So that whole GUNS N' ROSES medley – is that what you had worked out or just the whole…?
Axl Rose: "Yeah, that thing. 'Cause it wasn't for sure that we were playing until the day before the show."
Q: Now, tell me about the reaction from people. They must have been blown away there, huh?
Axl Rose: "People were pretty shocked. Yeah, definitely (chuckle)."
Q: You must have been pretty fired up. How did you feel going back out there on stage, live TV and all that stuff? You must have been a nervous wreck all that day.
Axl Rose: "Well, no, I wasn't bad, but everything tends to go wrong in my world. Like, even going to soundcheck, the people wouldn't let me down the street to go to the building. And then, the day of the show, they didn't let us go down that street. I had to get out of the car, run past the police, and they're telling me I have to stop, and I'm like,' I've gotta sing.' And the best part was, as I'm running down the street, I had to run past all the people lined up to get into the building, and they're going, [puts on dumb rock fan voice] 'Hey, there goes KID ROCK.' I thought that was pretty funny."
Q: Why wouldn't the police let you [walk down the street to get into the building]? I'm kind of lost on that.
Axl Rose: "Because they're lost. Just confusion, lost, don't know what's going on, people not having people's names on the list, not knowing what passes to check, all that kind of crap. So, just usual stuff going wrong for no reason."
Q: So what you're telling me is, Axl Rose had to sneak into the MTV Video Music Awards?
Axl Rose: "Yeah, basically. I had, like, police chasing me down the street, and then our security and MTV had to clear it with them, but… It was very interesting.
Q: I guess the big question is, where have you been? Where has Axl Rose been for the last 10 years? What have you been doing? Just mellowing out, getting stuff ready to go, or…?
Axl Rose: "Nah. Basically, I just don't go looking to promote myself on every little thing until there's some kind of product, or something to put out that I think is worth it. And we've been working on this band and trying to get things right for a long time. If I go to, like, do interviews or anything like that, it just gets turned around by so many people around the world who don't have anything better to do than to try to shoot anything down, and that was just too draining to deal with everybody else. It's interesting… In L.A., there's places that I go to all the time, but since I did the MTV thing, I got to the same place, and suddenly there's paparazzi, and it's like 'Axl's out.' Well, I was here last weekend, and you guys didn't care. I used to live behind the Tower Records on Sunset, and I lived right behind Spago, and if you wanted to, you could go down and stand there and all the paparazzi would take your pictures and stuff — it's just dependent on if you wanted to. I mean, I never did that, but you drove by it every day. There's other people there that would purposely go there to get their photos taken and stuff. It's not my world."