Sorry, no link. There'll be no link. Read it anyway, GnR fans. Very interesting. ----- Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal Edge: Do you ever get [Axl Rose] on the phone and say, "Will you just put your ****in record out already?" Bach: I said that to him once, and it was one of the only times he bristled at me. He goes, "Oh, everybody, Sebastian's got a great ****ing idea. Hey! I should put out a record! Thanks, man what would I do without you dude... that's awesome." I was like, "OK, I get it. Ill never say that again." See, the thing that nobody gets, that I get, is that he has like four albums done. I've heard it. So get ready! All you people who don't think he's gonna put out a record are sadly mistaken. He just takes his time. It's his album. Axl does what he wants to do, that's the way it is. And just 'cause you havent heard it doesn't mean it's not done." Metal Edge: Well, I've heard the six tracks that were leaked, and they're amazing. Bach: But those aren't the final versions. He laughed about those. Those aren't the record. Those are some other version of whatever. One of my favorite songs — I asked Axl if I could mention the song titles and he said "Fine" — and one of my favorite songs is this song called "The General", which is so… it's by far the heaviest metal tune I think ive ever heard Axl do, this slow, grinding riff with these high, peircing vocals, screaming vocals. I was like, "When is this coming out?" And he said "2012" I was like, "Dude, you're killin' me!" He goes, "Well, this comes out on the third record. It relates to this song, it's a trilogy, this goes with this lyrically." He's got it all figured out, he's just different than other people. He does things on his own time, in his own way, but you know...the world's not prepared for what I've heard from this guy. It's got the grandness and the epic-ness of "November Rain" but with the snarl, the attitude of "Appetite". Because the album that I've heard, a lot of the drumming is by Brain, who plays so heavy and mean. It's a really...grand is the word for it, but its still got that attitude. There's some great music comin' your way.
Seriously, if he got 3 albums done, just release one already. Rember the VMAs where he performed and how psyched everyone was for 1 week. Then he started cancelling stuff
i love most the songs that have leaked so far. sure, axl can be a dick, but no one can deny he writes great music. chinese democracy the blues catcher and the rye better i.r.s. there was a time madagascar not a single weak song on that list.
it just takes him forever to do it.. when I first found out Axl wrote "November Rain", music as well as words, I couldn't believe it.. wondering why and how he'd managed to keep such capable writing ability a secret.. i searched around.. turned out.. it took him the better part of a decade.. to bring it all together..
i never knew that. you can tell he put his heart and soul into that song though. it was worth the wait, and i believe his next album will be as well.
Love me some Buckethead! I haven't listened to him in a long time - I should do something about that. Whenever Axl puts out his album(s) I'll listen - but I'm not going to get all worked up about it. That's pointless.
