Q : Axl , you don't need to use that name to be recognized. You're Axl Rose! People know who you are. Axl : "As far as people knowing me, this is a statement that in light of others decisions that I chose to pursue as GUNS N' ROSES and what some may feel is a different this or that may seem as if the arguments or disagreements are about the band or the style of music such as blues or influences on earlier GUNS has some relevance but, in my opinion, points more to deeper base elements I wanted to put forth for people in general.
Such as a more positive intent and instead of as self-destructive, more of healing. There's all kinds of things to help you die or be more negative. I wanted to try and make as powerful a hard rock album as we could while incorporating beauty and an openness to other forms both traditional and more recent without going religious etc. I didn't attempt to make a party record or dance record, both elements consciously in 'Appetite'. I wasn't trying to purposefully appeal to the heartland or middle America in those ways not that I was trying to avoid them or have an issue.
What made you change your mind and do you think you would have kept the name if you and the former members broke up on better terms with each other? Axl : "One man forced me to work with others. One man forced me to work with others to survive.
And I can't say what would have happened on different terms. I say yes because it was agreed from day one. You have to realize we were on the street. It wasn't the first band. Whoever thought of the name kept the name unless he gave it up or moved on. Everyone was always having a new version of whatever their band name was. I wouldn't have thought of using L. GUNS or any of Slash 's band names.
We all knew that we could break up the next week. You had to have that stuff somewhat sorted between each other going in. It was a deal that we made. The issue becomes the value or perceived value now and the fans attachment and or acceptance. Really weren't things we consciously considered even during the breakup. Do you feel that it is a vision? Q : Do you feel that if you hadn't have insisted on having full rights to the name would the band still be in its original lineup today?
Axl : "The name and rights have nothing to do with the breakup. Now had what Slash said actually transpired then I'd say of course but in reality, no. What was 2 on the list when choosing the band's name? I knew what I wanted when I knocked on Izzy 's window. I also knew I wanted Slash but we still had differences and Izzy wasn't down with it. To keep your current, at the time record contract etc. Axl : "I wasn't legally obligated but we probably would have gotten dropped and I would have been driven into bankruptcy.
Does the name mean anything symbolically to you outside its literal, namesake derivation? Have the name's deeper synonyms, eg. Axl : "I don't think about the dangerous bit or status or identification.
I've always thought of the symbolism since thinking of the two words together. Q : Do what people some of the fans, ex-members of the band, etc. Is it because you think that this is what most riles the fans or this is the most pressing issue? Axl : "It's an issue that gets brought up a lot, especially in the media at all levels, and it gets really ugly.
It's ugly right now with DJs across the country who feel they're sticking up for something that they bought into unaware. So I wanted to start going at it a bit. Q : Axl , some critics have argued that "Chinese Democracy" would have sold better and had better reviews if you had released it as a solo project.
What is your take on this? Axl : "Most critics have higher opinions of theirs than is merited. I haven't read much from outside sources in the media regarding my world that know much of anything let alone what would be in my best interest other than looking at events in hindsight and playing armchair music mogul.
Which most times means nothing and though could seem logical is usually just as far off base as anything else they've said. Q : Do you think that it is right to continue a band's name despite having little-to-no connection with previous incarnations of the band, both in the music written and with the musicians in the band? Axl : "The heart and commitment these guys play the material with is much more than the others were prepared to give pursuing their own interests for a very long time.
It had a lot to do with not finding or knowing a more blues based player that I found inspiring and I was really knocked down and beat up. The firm focuses on the leading edge of emerging markets and crafts legal strategies which allow people to innovate. Keep it Legal Blog. There are 3 active U. Related posts: No related posts. Want to receive all the latest updates? As usual, though, Guns N' Roses future--and its present--is uncertain.
Despite the name and personnel controversy--Axl is reportedly holed up with other musicians writing the next Guns album--Slash insists it's all overblown.
It's more of the same, only on a bigger scale. It seems like a big deal now, but to me it's more of the same. I haven't really gone anywhere.
This is not half bad. So I stepped on board. Realizing America had grown lukewarm about bombastic rock, and that England still embraced showmanship and antics, Zutaut and Niven convinced executives at Geffen to put the band in the studio and get them to record a batch of rough-and-tumble tracks for an EP they would fund but release through the important distribution channels under the label Uzi Suicide.
Then the EP Live?! They were the real deal. We sent them over there to play and they exploded from a visit essentially constructed from a homemade, contrived live record and some great press clips. Riding the wave of U.
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