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#51 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Axls Statement on Buckethead 2004 » 583 weeks ago
Just saw this over at the Buckethead Coop forums (http://www.buckethead-coop.com/coop/vie … f=1&t=7492). It's an old interview with Buckethead shortly after he joined GNR.
MK: You're in Guns 'n Roses now -- I'm curious to know what led up to this intriguing development. How did you hook up?
B: There was this Leatherface doll that Spencers-type stores put out, it's pretty large and puffy, it was on the top of the list. Didn't receive it from the family. Got invited to Axl's on Christmas night; never met him before. Sad about not getting the doll but it is ok, but still sad. Get to Axl's, he presents this box wrapped up. The Michael Myers version has been out for a while, knew it was the same box. Figured it was Michael Myers and opened it up. There was Leatherface. In the brain joined that second.
MK: Are you enjoying yourself in Guns 'n Roses? Are you contributing music to the project and generally being encouraged to be yourself?
B: It has been fun like a ride never been ridden. Every turn is new, it will be interesting to see where this ride goes.
We all know where that ride went - right off the fucking rails! But at least some great music came out of it.
Also, Bucket just put out the 56th installment in his "Pikes" series, which are basically half hour instrumental EP's. The amount of music he's put out in the last year alone is mind-boggling - since Chinese Democracy was released, Buckethead has put out over 30 hours worth of music. But over at the Coop forums, one of the members made a good point - if recording music is your full time job (and you're truly dedicated to your craft), it really isn't that outrageous to be able to record an hours worth of new music every couple of weeks or so. And with digital distribution there's nothing to impede your release schedule, since you can simply put out as much as you want whenever you want. In fact, another forum member estimated that based on the numbered limited edition releases he's put out, he's probably made around $400k on these Pikes in the last couple of years. Not bad money for an independent musician doing what he loves on his own terms.
#52 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Axls Statement on Buckethead 2004 » 596 weeks ago
Buckethead and Axl are at two extreme opposite ends of the spectrum. Buckethead just released the 45th installment in his "Buckethead Pikes" series of CDs, which began in late 2011. We all know how much output Axl has had over the years. Bucket is the kind of player who wants to make his music, release it, and then quickly move on to the next thing. It must have driven him up the walls endlessly recording and re-recording the same songs over and over making slight variations that may have been a minor improvement over the last.
I'd also recommend checking out this interview with Josh Freese where he talks about working with Buckethead in GNR. It sounds like they spent countless hours just cooling their wheels in the studio, and Freese says he quit after the second year of his contract ran out and there was still no release in sight for Chinese Democracy. Freese does say that Axl was very accommodating and gave him time off to tour and record with other bands, as long as GNR was his priority. I'm sure Buckethead was in a similar position and eventually just quit because ChiDem wasn't happening any time soon, and he wanted to continue on with his career.
#53 Re: Guns N' Roses » "The Full Story Behind Our ‘Chinese Democracy’ Leak" (Antiquiet.com) » 598 weeks ago
Fascinating article, confirming a lot of things we've heard rumored over the years. What I read between the lines is that if they would have had to take this to trial, it would have came out that the leaking was a calculated backdoor business move made behind the scene by label forces (presumably Iovine) to force Axl's hand.
#54 Re: GN'R Downloads » Guns N' Roses - Live at House of Blues (Chicago) 02/19/12 (Audio) » 696 weeks ago
Awesome, thanks!
#55 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Serves Jury Duty » 701 weeks ago
I made these up to post over at Metalsucks.net:
#56 Re: Guns N' Roses » The 3rd Chinese (How Are You Grenade) Has Surfaced! (FAKE?) » 723 weeks ago
The Prostitute picture is "Peacock Dancer" by Polish artist Natalia Fabia. According to her web page, it was part of a gallery show called "Hooker DreamEscape" in 2009.
#57 Re: GN'R Downloads » Oh My God HiDef » 728 weeks ago
There's also a slight change that for the bluray the song could have been mixed in Dolby 5.1 surround, which could bring out some things that are buried in the regular stereo mix. According to Amazon (where you can get a used copy for $5) it's in Dolby AC-3 DTS Surround, although that doesn't necessarily mean that the credits were mixed that way.
Edit: okay, so I bought a copy to test out if I can hear anything in the surround mix. I'll report back in a few weeks!
#58 Re: Guns N' Roses » Azoff-Axl Lawsuit Settled: Includes "comprehensive touring agreement" » 728 weeks ago
EddieTrunk Eddie Trunk
Hearing talk of possible Guns N Roses US dates in the midwest in November, just a handful of possible dates. More news when I get it.
Maybe they'll make up the cancelled 11/26/06 date from Milwaukee? Nah, all the major tours just skip Milwaukee and only play Chicago lately.
#59 Re: Guns N' Roses » Alternate artwork (NEW scans inside!) » 734 weeks ago
Wow, awesome scans, thanks! If they put this out tomorrow, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
#60 Re: Guns N' Roses » The chances of them playing unreleased songs @ RiR » 734 weeks ago
If things were rolling in GNR land and there was a new album in the works, I'd say yes. But since we know that's not happening, NFW they'll play anything new. I'd even love to hear Axl take pride in his baby and play Chinese Democracy from beginning to end, but we know we're going to get AFD and a few tracks from UYI and CD again.
