Dexter wrote:
Because that's all it was, only at the time having just got it together only Jimmy Iovine knew that who wanted it to sell their soundtrack. I saw segments of the movie which were good. As a whole later not so much but it wasn't ready yet then. I did write an experimental piece inspired by the bits I'd seen called "Daddy Can the Devil do Mommy and me?" ;D
According to "insider" Mister Saint Laurent (aka MSL), there were plans for a 2-disc reissue of Chinese Democracy, containing "new" artwork and a second disc full of re-mixes - including a version of "Better' with Dj Ashba on guitar - and one "new" song: "Blood in the Water." MSL also offered up a list of "new" song titles: Atlas, Cuban Skies, Goin' Down, Jackie Chan, Light My Fire, Monstrosity, Silk Worms, Soul Monster, The General, Thyme, Tonto. The reissue was originally scheduled for march 29, 2011.
"For now we'll concentrate and keep our focus on this album but I will say I've always thought of it as a double."-Axl Rose
BringBackBrain: Axl, here's a list of rumored song titles. Can you tell us which ones are bogus and which ones are real?
Ides Of March ('98), Oklahoma ('98), Atlas Shrugged ('99), Closing In On You ('99), Cock-A-Roach Soup ('99), Friend Or Foe ('99), Hearts Get Killed ('99), No Love Remains ('99), Oh My God ('99), Something Always ('99), Suckerpunched ('99), Zip It ('99), Silkworms ('00), Down By The Ocean ('01), Leave Me Alone ('02), Seven ('02), The General ('02), Thyme ('02), Quick Song ('05), Zodiac ('05), Motormouth ('06), We Were Lying ('06)
Axl: Ides Of March, Oklahoma, Atlas Shrugged, Oh My God, Silkworms , Down By The Ocean (Izzy), Leave Me Alone, Seven , The General , Thyme , Quick Song , Zodiac Most all titles subject to change w/out warning and r considered working titles.
gunns1: Hey Axl , whats your favourite song from either Chinese Democracy, or from an unreleased album?
Axl:The bridge in "Elvis Presley and the Monster of Soul aka The Soul Monster (working title Leave Me Alone)" which will no doubt end up "Soul Monster".
I think it's r most Black Sabbath moment. Sang it on a Christmas eve. Imo the meanest section of anything I've sung to date. Which having said that I'm sure when it's heard others may disagree but we felt it was a Christmas card of unadulterated venom so to speak. I felt a lot better afterward.
Mnie od dłuższego czasu zastanawiała nazwa Oklahoma, która wczesniej nosila tytuł Berlin i to mnie ciekawie dlaczego.
Poza tym bylabym ciekawa piosenki Thyme bo mi się tytuł podoba :D
Question:-What's a Riad/Bedouin and can you clarify for the last time if the song is Oklahoma or not?DATE: Dec. 14, 2008
Axl : Another one step at a time question! It’s not Oklahoma which later became Berlin and subject to change.
"Whether or not you believe that the position and relationship of the sun(chinesedemocracy.com/forum/index.php/topic,46997.0.html)
Be rest assured that the zodiac has begun" ...
The song is now titled "Opiuchus".
Forgotten, gdzieś już kiedyś na ten tytuł trafiłem...
Forgotten, gdzieś już kiedyś na ten tytuł trafiłem...
Według forumowiczów GNR Brazylia utwór Atlas Shrugged "podobno" ma 3 wersje:Faktycznie tak nieliczni dysponują tym utworem? :???: :/
1. Atlas Shrugged wersja Brian May (V1)
2. Atlas Shrugged wersja Brian May (V2)
3. Atlas Shrugged wersja Ron Thal
"Atlas Shrugged is a glam rock November Rain song".
(nie znam niestety na tyle portugalskiego by idealnie przetłumaczyć - korzystam z translatora)
Wersje gdzie jest Brian May obecne są na tym samym dysku tego klipu Jackie Chan...
Te 2 wersje Atlas są najrzadsze i krążą u małego grona ludzi.
W najbardziej rozpowszechnionej wersji jest Bumblefoot.
In '95, Duff and me recorded songs for the band. We made a tape that went nowhere. Then, a couple of months ago I have a message on my answering machine: 'Yo! It's Axl, I need a copy of the songs that you did.' There was one called 'Down by the Ocean' or 'Down by the Sea', they may have used it, I haven't come back to know nothing(Izzy, Popular Magazine, 2001).
In April, 1995, Duff calls me again: 'I'm trying to compose new songs for the guys in GN'R. Come and give me a hand.' It made five and that I'd left Guns but I said myself: 'Well shit, after all, why not?' Duff and I wrote ten pieces in the space of week. We even recorded them as demos."
'Zodiac', is described as an electronic, industrial song. (Jeff Leeds, Sp1at Website, 2005)
[GNR] was sort of just work for hire. [...] I met with Axl and he played me these songs, asked me my ideas about them, and I told him what I thought they needed. They gave me four songs to orchestrate. [...] A song called 'Seven,' which is the one [...] I actually wrote a guitar part [on]. There was one called 'Thyme,' one called 'The General,' one called 'Leave Me Alone'"(Marco Beltrami, IGN, July 2003).
"Leave Me Alone," "Seven," and "The General" could also feature on the new album. These three A-listed songs were worked on by Marco Beltrami, especially "Seven," which Marco deems as the best of the three songs. It has also been reported that Marco worked on a fourth track, "Thyme." However, this song was not worked on subsequent to Marco's work in October 2002(Jeff Leeds, Sp1at website, June 2005).
[GNR] was sort of just work for hire. [...] I met with Axl and he played me these songs, asked me my ideas about them, and I told him what I thought they needed. They gave me four songs to orchestrate. [...]There was [...] one called 'The General,'(Marco Beltrami, IGN, July 2003).
"Leave Me Alone," "Seven," and "The General" could also feature on the new album. These three A-listed songs were worked on by Marco Beltrami(Jeff Leeds, Sp1at website, June 2005).
Well, this comes out on the third record. It relates to [Estranged], it's a trilogy, this goes with this lyrically[Metal Edge, June 2007]
You may have heard parts of it somewhere[Axl's chat on the fan forums, 2008]
The General is a really cool song, it's got an interesting vibe to it. Kinda like an urgy [?][Eat More Heat! Live Chat, March 2013]
[...] 'Ides of March' was a working title of one of the songs that came from a loop name that Dizzy came up with: I think they kept the name, but it's been years so I'm sure everything has changed by now."(Dave Dominguez, Sp1at, July 2005)
Song doesn't have all that much to do with the book other than trying to do what you believe in and a line about shoulders not being wide enough(Axl chats on the forums, December 2008)
Whether Brian May will be featured: Perhaps on an alternate or bits, on that track it has more to do with recording issues and getting the mix to a good level(Axl chats on the forums, December 2008)
I don't think we ever really finished that song. That would be the kinda thing where we'd have to get into the studio and lay some more tracks and just see where it goes and what state it is in[Axl Rose Fa Clube, April 2014]
"[GNR] was sort of just work for hire. [...] I met with Axl and he played me these songs, asked me my ideas about them, and I told him what I thought they needed. They gave me four songs to orchestrate. [...] A song called 'Seven,' which is the one [...] I actually wrote a guitar part [on]. There was one called 'Thyme,' one called 'The General,' one called 'Leave Me Alone.'"(Marco Beltrami, IGN, 07/20/03)
"Leave Me Alone," "Seven," and "The General" could also feature on the new album. These three A-listed songs were worked on by Marco Beltrami, especially "Seven," which Marco deems as the best of the three songs. It has also been reported that Marco worked on a fourth track, "Thyme." However, this song was not worked on subsequent to Marco's work in October 2002.(Jeff Leeds, Sp1at website, 06/05)
ITS AN TIMELESS BALLAD WITH A BLOW YOUR FACE OFF CHORUS AND A SUCK YOUR BALL SACK BRIDGE!!!!![AFD interview, 2010]
"As the far as the songs go: 'Oklahoma' was pretty much written by the time they got to the studio. Axl wrote that with inspiration from the Oklahoma City bombing (more as a tribute to those who died, if I'm not mistaken). [...](Dave Dominguez, Sp1at, 02/07/05).
[...] Song after song combines the edgy hard rock force and pop smarts of vintage Guns N Roses with surprisingly modern and ambitious music textures. In addition to the album's almost grungy title track, tentative song titles include 'Catcher in the Rye,' 'I.R.S,' 'The Blues', [...] 'Oklahoma' - heard tonight only as an instrumental, [...] and 'TWAT,' which he says stands for 'there was a time.'"(Rolling Stone, 01/00).
Talking about Riad And The Bedouins: It’s not Oklahoma which later became Berlin and subject to change[Axl's chat on the fan forums, 2008]
"[GNR] was sort of just work for hire. [...] I met with Axl and he played me these songs, asked me my ideas about them, and I told him what I thought they needed. They gave me four songs to orchestrate. [...] A song called 'Seven,' which is the one [...] I actually wrote a guitar part [on]. There was one called 'Thyme,' one called 'The General,' one called 'Leave Me Alone.'"(Marco Beltrami, IGN, 07/20/03).
"Leave Me Alone," "Seven," and "The General" could also feature on the new album. These three A-listed songs were worked on by Marco Beltrami, especially "Seven," which Marco deems as the best of the three songs. It has also been reported that Marco worked on a fourth track, "Thyme." However, this song was not worked on subsequent to Marco's work in October 2002.(Jeff Leeds, Sp1at website, 06/05)
Yeah, I don't know what Blood In The Water is, I don't think that is real. I think that is just people fucking with tracks and sounds and faking stuff. I don't remember playing on that one or even hearing that one. I think that one is a fake to be honest[Eat More Heat! Live Chat, March 2013]
Going Down is Chi Dem era, kinda earthy, but let Axwell talk about it when he's ready[Live chat with Bumblefoot, 2012]
As far as Goin' Down, it's more of a slower, medium-paced, acoustic-y kind of...how would I describe that song? It almost reminds me of something that like Bob Dylan could have done in a way. Yeah[Eat More Heat! Live Chat, March 2013]
Better Gone? I think that is just some mashup thing[Eat More Heat! Live Chat, March 2013]
And Checkmate is a bogus title.
The working title is Jackie Chan
This I Love has new vocals NOT new lyrics.
- New vocals include new melody line
- There is NO guitar solo
- Its not an alternate version, but more of a remix. It has a hip hop beat with Axl singing over it in a new way.
- I saw somewhere someone made a comparison of Dont Cry 2. I don't think that would be an accurate comparison
Hitman, moderator forum MSL
Dj ASHBA™ : "I know there's rumors of a Guns N' Roses studio version of Ballad Of Death that got leaked, I am here to tell you that the so called "leaked" studio version floating around is NOT the real Guns N' Roses studio version nor is it me playing guitar on it. Hope this helps!"
(https://www.facebook.com/ashbaland/posts/10151826849512475, (https://www.facebook.com/ashbaland/posts/10151826849512475,) 9 grudnia 2013r.)
Dj ASHBA™ : "The actually studio version of Ballad Of Death has NOT left my studio. There are zero copies of it."
"Atlas Shrugged, I was going to tell a little story about that song. Right now on my laptop, I actually have the old guitar solo that I played for that song, when, two days before the album was going to be mastered, I was like, let's see if we can squeeze it on to the album. I busted out some guitar tracks for it, I have my own studio...
But, because the CD could only be 74 minutes max, and it would've taken it past the limit of what a CD can store, we couldn't put Atlas Shrugged on Chinese Democracy. It wasn't worth making a two-CD album with just one song on the other CD, so hopefully, on ChiDem 2, it'll have Atlas Shrugged on there. Interesting song."
Q: Will Brian May appear on Atlas Shrugged?(Axl Rose, chinesedemocracy.com, Dec. 2008)
A: Perhaps on an alternate or bits, on that track it has more to do with recording issues and getting the mix to a good level.
Q: Why don't you play some fresh GN'R stuff, like Atlas Shrugged or GD, or OMG?
Ron wrote:
Well, GN'R are Axl's stuff, and I don't wanna get into trouble by playing someone's stuff. Its just not mine. Well, the opening was made with me and robin and bucket tinkering it *play the intro of Going Down song* well, I am not supposed to say anything about the leaks, but, thats what i actually do, I talk, I break Axl's ball right now.
Q: Do you contribute much on CD album?
Ron wrote:
not quite, the songs were done, and my job is only creating Ice and Fire in several songs.
Q:Will [Going Down] be released officialy?
Ron wrote:
yeah, hopefully. It will be released, trust me.
Q:What happened to GNR in the first half of 2011? Guns seems so quiet, and I notice Axl is weaker than before.
Ron wrote:
we do nothing. I do my own stuff, and so the other band members. Oh, really axl is weaker? lets see in 2014 what he turns to. (this is interesting for me, could the 2013 breaks let Axl do some excersice and get him fit again?)
Son of a Gun wrote:(Axl Rose, chinesedemocracy.com, Dec. 2008)
Axl should write better lyrics and a chorus for Silkworms, mix and produce it properly, add guitars, change it`s name and put it on next album, it has potential to be a kickass, in your face, aggressive Industrial rocker.
Dexter wrote:
Q: Is Silkworms on the next record?
A: has a lot of guitars, lots of different drum the chorus is gone.
"24 - If The World (Brain Remix) Leaked Clip" - IMO fejk, zawiera sample z queenowskiego "We will rock you".To nie fejki
"25 - Shackler's Revenge (Brain Remix) - Leaked Clip" - IMO również fejk, wystarczyło wziąć wokal Axla z gry Rock Band i dograć podkład.
"29 - Silkworms - Leaked Clip" - brzmi na autentyk :D Podobnie jak większość niewymienionych nagrań.
Well, we hope so. That’s our main focus. Lack of songs is not our problem. It’s just getting into the studio. And there’s been more and more talk about getting in there before the end of the year, which I’m really excited about. [...] The stuff I’ve written sounds like classic Guns N’ Roses. It’s very much what I grew up on, what I loved about the band. So that’s kind of the direction that my songs. [...] Axl, of course, has, I believe, two complete albums worth of songs already recorded and probably a shit-load of other stuff I’ve never heard. He’s played me quite a bit of stuff that’s phenomenal, and, hopefully, I can get my hands on it and put my little stamp on it, before all is said and done [Guitar International, October 2014]
We have dates in October, November, and then I'm still waiting to get the 411 on what will happen next year. I think the next thing is really going to have to be someone trying to organize a record and getting it together. I think there's a really good band there to do it. But, you know, the thought of it is more daunting than a 'Mats or a Soul Asylum record combined [May 2011]
Next album not in production...yet. Let's get all the shows outta the way [September 2011]
Being asked if more material will be released: Absolutely, yeah absolutely, that's our main focus with it right now. Obviously with me being a song writer and producer [October 2011]
I'm writing around the clock, obviously. Axl has tons of songs up his sleeve. The main goal is to regroup, put our heads together and figure out what Axl would feel would be the next best Guns N' Roses record to put out. [...] Obviously Guns N' Roses, we have more tours and stuff [in 2012]; we're talking about and putting together this record [November 2011]
We haven't really talked a lot about that. There's a lot we've recorded, a lot of material back when we started working on 'Chinese Democracy,' so there's a quite a bit of unreleased stuff that would be really cool to finish and put out. [...] everyone has great ideas and songs and stuff, so we're always sort of bouncing stuff off each other. I'm recording stuff all the time; I'll record something and say, 'Hey, this might be cool' and play it for everybody and just kind of go from there. I think eventually something's got to give, and then it's gonna come out [November 2011]
There’s nothing etched in stone, but I can see us go into a writing mode in the new year. If there’s gonna be a new record, we’re going to have to start working some stuff out. But it’s just talk right now [December 2011]
Paraphrased: The hope is to write new songs next year and move forward with GNR. There are songs left over from the "Chinese Democracy" sessions that are almost ready to go and could be polished up for potential release. Who knows, maybe there will be Chinese Democracy 2. Who knows? [December 2011]
Axl and I get along pretty good, and now is kind of the time to stick it out if we're going to make another record [December 2011]
We're gonna be busy — we're gonna be busy all next year. We'll be putting out new stuff as soon as we can figure out what our deal is with labels, blah blah blah [December 2011]
With Guns, I'd like for them to get back in writing mode and see if there's another record to put out [December 2011]
[...] we are going to be finishing up the next Gn’R record [December 2011]
I can't give anyone a definite date or anything because, again, I can't give anyone false hope, but I can say it absolutely is our main priority. And I cannot wait to get...I mean, Axl has tons and tons of stuff recorded as it is, I mean, he sits there in his hotel room and play me hours of stuff. And I've written, you know, over 10 songs, for -- I think 12 songs now -- for him that he really likes and I think that once we all, now that we are off tour, we're gonna kinda start talking about, hey, let's piece together what we feel would be the next best Guns N' Roses record. You know, it's absolutely everybody's goal to get out an album, you know, within a reasonable amount of time. That is everybody's focus [January 2012]
There are some clamoring and rumors that we might be getting some material together here after we do this little (theater) run, so we'll see what happens. I just go with the flow. I'm always recording and stuff. If it happens it will be really fun and cool. I love creating stuff with all the guys. And there was so much material that didn't make it onto ('Chinese Democracy'). From what I remember there were a lot of really cool songs; I can only hope that some of that stuff does resurface and get worked out [February 2012]
Being asked about them working on a new record: I keep hearing that, so I’m going to go along with that and say, “Yeah.” [...] There’s been talk. I know that [guitarist] DJ [Ashba] and Axl have been kicking back and forth some stuff and we talked about it a little bit, but I’ve heard that there’s plans... to sit down at some point in time ...and start working some stuff up. So if that happens, great. I don’t want to jinx it though [February 2012]
I would like to put out more than one album in 14 years. I’m all about “Chinese Democracy” but I want new Guns N’ Roses songs
That’s what gets me excited about being in the band - knowing that we have a really great shot at putting out something that’s just going to blow people’s mind. So, that’s the number one priority for everybody at this point [March 2012]
Being asked who he'd like to make music with: Last year I released “The Pink Panther Theme” and it has pretty much all the members of the band except Dizzy, Chris and Axl. Although I’d like to do something with *all* of them (laughs)! Yes, the next people I’d like to make music with, would be my band and my singer. I would like to be writing, recording and putting out music with Axl, Tommy, Frank, Richard, DJ, Chris and Dizzy. That’s what I’d like to be doing. I feel that the current band is so strong and has so much to offer that we should really be writing songs, together [April 2012]
In May, I go back to Europe with Guns and luckily, Thin Lizzy is going to be out with us, which is going to be awesome. They’re going to be supporting us so I’ll be able to play a couple of songs with them every night. But I’ll be out with Guns in May, June and July and then we have to finish up some more recording and hopefully get the record out and be on tour in the fall in the States I’m hoping [April 2012]
Now I must start getting my shit together for the European GNR tour. I’ll be looking forward to working up some new long over due GNR rock soon. See y’all on the road! [May 2012]
Hopefully soon! That’s our goal right now: to work on the new record and get out and tour a bunch more. We’re leaving in May for Europe for two-and-a-half months, and I know we’ll get a lot of stuff done on the road [May 2012]
Yeah we have and it has become one of our main focuses. We’re working on a lot of new stuff, not only for the music but we have surprises on this tour and everyone is looking forward to getting out there and putting on a kick ass rock ‘n’ roll show. The most important thing is that I’m really looking forward to the future with this band. Getting in and writing with everybody and that’s what I’m excited about the most but when it happens has still to be decided [May 2012]
Being asked about working on a new record: Well between the six or seven or eight of us, we all live in different cities so it is really hard for us just to sit down and get to work [laughs] but now that we’re altogether out here for a couple of months then that is something that will come up hopefully. I’m always into trying out new material and recording new stuff. I’ve worked with DJ a little bit in the studio off and on here and there and I’m always recording stuff, ready to play it for people to get their take and their spin on it. I know everyone else is the same boat, I think we all have something set aside or maybe everything set aside for Guns N’ Roses so when it happens it will happen. [...] I think our priority right now is the tour and giving people the best, most kick ass show they can get every night.[EspyRock, May 2012]
I am pretty much focused on GN'R right now. We're getting ready to go back into studio. so that's where my head's at right now. That's all I wanna think about till end of year, pretty much [RockNLive, June 2012]
When this tour ends, Frank (drums) and Tommy (bass) and I plan to get together and start writing some new music. Hopefully nothing will get in the way of doing that [Teraz Rock Magazine, July 2012]
Heeeeey! Just got home from a three-month European tour with GNR, slowly getting over that weird transition back to ‘normal life’, haha, ready to start being creative. I’ll be writing and recording and releasing and producing and guesting and teaching, maybe some light gigging, doing whatever I can before having to press the pause button on it all and hit the road again. I was planning on writing instrumental guitar music but every time I have a song idea I start thinking of vocal melodies and lyrics, gaaaaahhhh!!!!!
We are writing and trying out new songs [translated from Norwegian] [NRK, October 2012]
[The Vegas residency] is the first time we're all gonna be in the same place for a month solid and that will be, and already has been talked about, our main focus. So I think we're gonna get a lot of done. [...] There's a lot of stuff recorded and I think it's just a matter of sitting down and working together as a band, putting together what we feel is gonna be the next best Guns N' Roses record. And I can't wait; I'm so excited to dive even deeper into that [Rolling Stone, October 2012]
We’ve been kicking some ideas around. We have some time off in Vegas. Hopefully we’ll be able to organize ourselves to get in a room and continue to refine a lot of those ideas and see what happens. I think as a whole this particular lineup has never really written together. We have in smaller groups…it could be great, it could be a disaster, you never know. We have three guitar players. You have three guitar players in a room together it’s always going to be volatile, but I shouldn’t say that because those guys are great. They actually work really great together, and they’re all so good. They’re the top of the heap, and for them to be able to work things out and present it the way we do every night live, it’s pretty amazing. I’m sure we can harness that energy and that vibe and get stuff recorded [vegas.com, October 24, 2012]
All the guys are writing, and we recorded a lot of songs over the years. We'll figure out what we feel best about [USA Today, October 2012]
We had a lot of stuff that we haven’t finished from the past, some great songs… I just hope it won’t take us to another 10 years [Jakarta Post, December 2, 2012]
I know Axl wants to [release more music]. It’s just a question of,with so many outside things breaking focus and just little fires you always need to put out, we just need to focus on that. I’m hoping that we do. We’re not getting younger, and neither are our fans. Let’s do this. [Metal Mayhem Magazine, November 2012]
We’ve spoken a lot about it. It’s just a question of – I wouldn’t even say the planets aligning; That’s a little extreme as far as a metaphor – but I think we just need to have nothing else going on to where we can just focus on making new music and putting it out. There’s such strong people in the band. Dizzy is a great singer and songwriter. DJ – a great songwriter. Pitman is a great singer and songwriter. Frank is a great drummer. Tommy, he’s a great singer and songwriter. Richard, he’s a great player, songwriter. We have all the parts of the machine there. All we have to do is assemble that machine and hit the on switch[Boomerocity, January 2013]
There’s been talk all the time within us about the next album and what we’re going to do and when we’re going to do it. But you know, life always gets in the way. Things get in the way. It’s hard to have the momentum and the focus and everything that you need. It’s hard to put everything aside and do a whole album. Personally, I don’t want to do an album. I would like to just do a song. Let’s just bite off a song and get a song out there and then bite off another song and get that out there. It’s easier to do. Look, waiting for an album to get done is just too much. I can’t do it myself. If I waited to finish an album, it still wouldn’t be done and the album still wouldn’t be out. When there’s so much touring and so much other stuff going on, don’t try and take on 14 songs. Do a song, then another song, then another song and then figure it out from there[Hot Metal, February 2013]
You know what, just forget about a new record till it happens. I mean, I can't even begin...how long have we been talking about a new fucking record? And I am the only one that doesn't bullshit you people about it, and I say "No, we haven't been in the studio together," "No, we haven't started writing together as a band". If something came out at this point it would be very old material that would be released now, so it would be unheard material but to me I don't consider that a new record, I consider that just releasing old material from a band that doesn't exist any more. And we need to make an album of this band right now. I just texted...hit up Axl again two days ago, "Hey, while we're in Australia, let's make some music, let's work on some stuff". We'll see what happens. I am all about making music. That's why I make music, to make music. So I'd like to really do that. I would be very happy if Guns N' Roses could do that. We'll see what happens. That's all I can say. At this point we're just doing shows, and doing shows, and doing shows, and the shows are great and we're having fun and everything, but I've got the itch. I've had the itch for a long fucking time. I want to make some music with these motherfuckers. It's a damn good band, and we should really have the opportunity to give what we can to all of you and make some music for you. If anyone reads any of my long-ass interviews where I am ranting like I do now, you know how I feel about it, and that's what I am about. It's not up to me, it's gotta be unanimous, so I hope unanimously at some point everyone says, "Alright, let's just put life to the side, everything to the side, and focus on this and make it happen and make some music together." I think it would be fucking great and I hope it happens. But as far as seeing a new album in the future, I don't see it in the near future, no, it's going to be a while...if it is going to be with this band writing from the beginning. There's reality for you. I wish I had something better I could tell you guys because we all want the same thing, we want new music, me and you[Eat More Heat! Live Chat, March 2013]
On whether we will hear new music in 2013: I can give you a definite maybe[Adelaide Now, March 6, 2013]
A new album will be on the way soon, since ‘soon’ isn’t really an exact given or assigned amount of time[Khaleej Times, March 31, 2013].
We need to start thinking about making a new record. You know, it’s due. We’ve been travelling around the world and touring behind this one record for long enough. I really don’t know if there’s a lot more touring we can do behind this record that we haven’t done already ... twice even! It’s probably a good time to get back and write some new songs. [...][The Star, March 31, 2013].
I think when we get back Stateside, we only have some small weekend runs for a while ... I think that should give people time to write some new material. [...]
The music cuts through the bullshit, that’s how Guns n’ Roses works. But I don’t think we would need to spend that amount of time to make another record. The reason we took such a long time was because Axl was kind of assembling a band as the (Chinese Democracy) album was being made ... so you had a lot of guys coming in and things changing.
Hopefully , each of us will write a song or two, throw them in the mix, then we all get together in one studio ... in short span of time, hopefully. That would be the goal. No one has 10 more years to spend making a record, you know. [...]
That’s the hard part with everyone scattered about ... I live in Hudson, New York, (guitarist) DJ Ashba lives in Las Vegas (Nevada) and Axl lives in Malibu (California). You know, if everyone wrote one song and we went and recorded those eight songs, we would have more than an album’s worth of material. We have some leftover tunes from the last record. We could feasibly make a record quickly ... it could happen. But we’ll just have to accept it: our art is as big a stumbling block as anything
[...] we are doing some dates sporadically, but we are trying to focus more on getting the next record ready, the next G ‘n R record. So, the touring has not been steady, and it won’t be for a while. [...] We are working on [the next record]! Hopefully within the next year we will have something out.[The Rck Pit, March 2013]
My goal for the new year is that there's going to be [...] a Guns N' Roses record, just throwing it out there. [On whether it is this year or next year] You know what, either way, either of those can happen, either or both can happen, I would be happy for that[CD102.5 The Alternative Station, April 2013].
we are preparing to record some new stuff. [...] We're working on it! [...][Dead Daisies Facebook page, April 2013].
Been locking myself in ASHBALAND Studios, writing n recording my ass off! Coming up with sic shit!! #inspired #conquertheworld[Facebook, April 22, 2013]
What do you think - Dizzy Reed and Dj ASHBA™ at Welcome To Ashbaland studios - hard at work or hardly working?[Facebook, April 30, 2013]
Being asked what's in store for 2013: Well, right now, I am just in the studio writing every day. I am writing every free moment I have. Since I've been off tour I've just locked myself in the studio. Axl's coming out in about a week and, yeah, we're just gonna have fun and hopefully get in the studio and make some magic.[In The Now, May, 2013]
It’s just kind of hard to say really. I guess just because really everyone in the band now comes from different places. It’s going to be a band effort. At the end of the day you have good songs, no matter how they’re done. They are good songs and if Axl sings them, it’s going to be Guns N’ Roses. Everyone has just kind of been writing and passing some stuff around and, you know, that’s pretty much where we’re at right now, just compiling stuff for the new record before we go in and start tracking it.[Lubbock Online, May 2013]
Being asked when the next record is coming out: The most-asked question, yes. I can't predict that, and I'm not going to try to predict that. What I've wanted to do was put out one song every time we do a leg of touring - get together in the studio a week before, write and record a song, release it, play it on that tour, and do that every time. We would have had an album of music released by now if we did that, a little at a time, where it's easier to take on those small pieces than bite off the entire album-creating process at once. If I controlled the Universe that's what I'd have us do, haha.[The Telegraph Calcutta, June 5, 2013]
Being asked if they are working on a new record: We're all songwriters. Hopefully this year we'll be able to put our ideas together and make a new album. We all talk about doing it, and are looking forward to it.[The Telegraph Calcutta, June 5, 2013]
Talking about the rest of the CD material: You know it would be a shame if they don’t [come out]. There’s a lot of great material there. It will come out at some point. There are so many different formats that a record release isn’t a big thing anymore—movies, TV, shows, etc. We do finally have a great cohesive band, and as a band, we wanted to finish some things up that we started. So yes, there is quite amount of material that has not been released and it would be great to have people hear it soon.[The Examiner, June 2013]
Talking about releasing a new record: We have been talking about it a lot. We have been kicking back ideas while on the tour bus—so it’s definitely in the works.[The Examiner, June 2013]
Being asked when we can expect a new GN'R album or new music: Most asked question :)Wish I had an answer! Can't predict Sad[twitter, June 2013]
We’ve got some shows coming up in July and I hope we will write some new stuff this summer. It’s been too long.[Deccan Herald, June 17, 2013]
Working on new stuff now [for GN'R]. So I'm trying to balance all this out. So far it's worked out alright. So far everything is good. Actually, Guns wanted to be touring right now in South America and I'd already committed to [The Dead Daisies], so we had to postpone that to next year, but I'm hoping that we get an album out very soon.[Noise 11, November 18, 2013]
[A new record] is in the works. Right now, things are on hold for a little bit as far as playing. I think they're getting tracks together.[Noise 11, November 18, 2013]
We are working on stuff and hopefully very soon we're going to have new stuff out. Well, in the next year. [...] We're going to be in Vegas all together, so hopefully during that time we're going to be able to get in a room and start laying down some more stuff.[Billboard, April 24, 2014]
We have tons of material, you know. Before I even joined the band there was three albums [...], tons of songs already recorded that Axl's been playing [with?]. Of course, I am a writer, everybody in the band writes so everybody has their own pile of songs, too, so lack of material isn't our problem, you know, it is taking all the material we have and making sense of it and fitting it into what we think would be a kick-ass album[Talking Metal, April 2014]
There’s a sh*tload of [unreleased material]. It’s there. It’s just a matter of—once it gets to a certain point, I’m not sure who’s going to make that decision, but there are songs that are done or close to being done that just need to be selected and grouped together and released. That’s where things are at with that[Las Vegas Weekly, May 2014].
We recorded a lot of things before Chinese was out. We've worked more on some of those things and we've written a few new things. But basically, we have what I call kind of the second half of Chinese. That's already recorded. And then we have a remix album made of the songs from Chinese. That's been done for a while, too. But after Vegas, we're going to start looking very seriously at what we're doing in that regard[Revolver Magazine, May 2014]
Axl talked about CDII being "already recorded", do you know if it is completely mixed and mastered and ready for the shelves, and did you contribute to it? It is not ready to hit shelves but whatever we release next i will be apart of[Live chat, May 2014]
I really hope that [a new record] happens this year and there’s still a lot of time left, so let’s just shoot for that[Metal Insider, June 2014]
That's the plan, although we haven't really discussed it for a while. There's a lot of stuff people need to hear that's ready to come out. It's gonna happen, I just don't have an actual date for you yet. My fingers are crossed, but they're getting a little bit looser. I think it'll be happening soon[The Rock Revival, June 2014]
There is a lot of stuff in the can and a lot of stuff that needs to come out and will come out. I think it’s just finishing touches on a few things. It’s getting the right songs to put out in the right package. It’ll come out when it’s ready to come out, but it’s definitely there.[The HUB, September 2014]
We are planning on doing quite a bit of touring [in 2015]. The focus is getting in a studio and putting together what we all feel is the best Guns N’ Roses record. Lack of material is not an issue. We have tons of stuff. Axl has two full albums that he has recorded, he has played me a bunch of songs off of that, are incredible! I can’t wait to get in and kind of dive into those as well. I’ve written tons of songs & demoed up a bunch of stuff. I think it is just a matter of getting in & sifting through the piles of material[Legendary Rock Interviews, September 2014].
Well, we hope so. That’s our main focus. Lack of songs is not our problem. It’s just getting into the studio. And there’s been more and more talk about getting in there before the end of the year, which I’m really excited about. [...] The stuff I’ve written sounds like classic Guns N’ Roses. It’s very much what I grew up on, what I loved about the band. So that’s kind of the direction that my songs. [...] Axl, of course, has, I believe, two complete albums worth of songs already recorded and probably a shit-load of other stuff I’ve never heard. He’s played me quite a bit of stuff that’s phenomenal, and, hopefully, I can get my hands on it and put my little stamp on it, before all is said and done[Guitar International, October 2014]
There's a lot of material that's already done and I think it's in the process of being finished and eventually we'll pick out which songs need to come out with which other songs. So that's in the works. Hopefully it will be out really soon[VH Radio Network, October 2014]
We've all been at it. We've all been, you know, handing files back and forth to one another in various combinations of different people, but also there is quite a bit of material that still needs to be finished and needs to be released. And so one or both of those things is gonna happen[Pulse of Radio, October (?) 2014]
There's some really good stuff. My favourite one is a track, I don't know if it has a title, but it is one that Robin Finck wrote, and it's fantastic. [Being asked if it is Soulmonster]. No, this one hasn't leaked at all. There's a lot that hasn't leaked. Thank God[Intimate workshop with Richard, November 2014].
Talking about music they have worked on: A lot of the new stuff that we've been working on, that, you now, some of the stuff that we've come in from nothing, and some of the stuff is stuff that we've been working on that were ideas that were there. Some of the stuff Slash did, that was like the beginning of, the seed of the song, you know, that's been around for long .
Being asked about writing new music: Dj and I have worked on stuff. Nobody's worked on stuff with Ron
There's so much stuff that's recorded. There is so much stuff that was done. I mean, there's three albums' worth of material, easy.
Being asked if Axl has sung on those three albums worth of material: Some of them, yeah, and some of them he is doing as we are here, 'cause I know this week he's recording a lot of stuff, vocally
March 12th 1998
New GN'R song out on March 20th ?
Yesterday a friend told me that a new song by GN'R (probably not a cover) will be released on the 20th of March. This previously unreleased song will appear on the soundtrack for the Jackie Chan movie "A Nice Guy". The song was recorded before Slash left the band.
True or false? We'll have the answer soon...
source: "Tver" (a GN'R fan)
“Yeah, I’m aware that some stuff did leak,” he began. “You know what? Here’s the problem. And this is why I say that I am also a bigger pain in the ass to Axl, because when it comes to something like this, when something leaks, that is an illegal activity which could possibly, depending, lead to legal [issues], in which anything I say could be used against [us]. So when something leaks, it’s very important to say nothing because it could affect legal issues, and it’s better not to talk about that. But I tend to talk…”
The second [album] leans probably a little more to aggressive electronica with full guitars.
[The second album's a] bit meaner in places and darker in some. Robin does a really great Stevie Ray Vaughan-type solo on one track.
Bodajże wczoraj na gunsowych forach pojawiły się "nowe przecieki" z dość drapieżnym wokalem (chyba) Axla, linki poniżej:
https://soundcloud.com/scntofawoman16/scentofawoman (https://soundcloud.com/scntofawoman16/scentofawoman)
https://soundcloud.com/scntofawoman16/soaw2 (https://soundcloud.com/scntofawoman16/soaw2)
Ktoś już wcześniej to słyszał, lub ma domysły co to może być? Na chwilę obecną na forach przeważają 3 opcje:
a) Pozostałości nagrań z Zakkiem (Ale z tego co Zakk powiedział, to Axl nic z nimi nie śpiewał, więc ta opcja chyba odpada...)
b) Nagrania przed-gunsowe (Tutaj internauci mogą mieć rację, lecz nie znam twórczości Axla przed Gunsami na tyle żeby się dłużej wypowiadać :P)
c) Kompletnie inny zespół, którego wokalista ma podobną barwę wokalną do Axla
A może..... to rzeczywiście "nowe przecieki" z obozu GNR? :P :P
Oznaczyłem na pomarańczowo
DISC ONE - ROUGH MIX CD #1
1. Madagascar - 11/05/00 (drum add) - 5:37
2. T.W.A.T. - 10/12/00 (# 10) - 5:10
3. Atlas Shrugged - 3 / 27/00 (25) - 4:12
4. Perhaps - 3/27/00 (19) - 3:56
5. Prostitute - 3/27/00 (23) - 6:10
6. Riyadh - 11/07/00 (Ver.1) - 3:33
7. Catcher- 3/27/00 (30) - 5:35
8. Chinese Democracy - 11/05/00 (Ver.1) - 3:12
9. The Blues -10/23/00 (# 6) - 4:44
10. Silkworms - 11/07/00 (Ver.1) - 3:33
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DISC TWO - ROUGH MIX CD#2
1. P.R.L. - 11/08/09 without guitars
2. Eyes On You - 11/07/00 (VER.1) - 3:36
3. If The World - 11/07/00 ( VER.1) - 5:05
4.Moustache- 11/07/00 (VER.1) - 4:10
5. Quick Song - 3/27/00 (10) - 4:09
6. Zodiac 13 (without vocals) - 11/08 / 00 (VER.4) - 4:38
7. Tonto - 7/14/00 BLK / FRG dat (# 3) - 3:54
8. Real Doll dot com - 9/14/00 B. Head cd (# 2) - 4:04
9. Shacklers Revenge - 9/14/00 cd (# 1) - 3:26
10. I'm Sorry - 10e / 26/00 B. Head cd (# 1) - 6:00
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DISC THREE - ROUGH MIX CD#3:
1.Billionaire - 10/15/09 BLK / FRG (dat # 2) - 1:31
2. Dub Suplex - 10/05/00 BLK / FRG (dat # 5) - 3:02
3. State Of Grace - 3 / 27/00 (12) - 4:00
4. Oklahoma- 3/23/00 (10) - 4:12
5. Devious Bastard -10/05/00 (# 6) - 3:26
6. I.R.S. - 3/27/00 (21) - 4:14
7. HardSchool -11/08/00 (NU AX) (12) - 3:58
8. Dummy - 10 /05/00 (#8) - 6:24
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DISC FOUR - ROUGH MIX CD#4:
1. Me & My Elvis - 3/23/00 (# 10) - 5:40
2. Circus Maximus - 11/07/00 (Ver.1) - 4:30
3. D Tune - 3/23/60 (11) - 5:16
4. Curly Shuffle -3/23/00 (15) - 3:43
5. Nothing - 11/08/00 (Ver.1) - 3:50
6. As It Began - 11/07/00 (Ver. 1) - 3:51
7. Thyme - 11/08/00 (P.R.L.) - 1: 55
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DISC FIVE - TOMMY DEMO:
1. Inside Out
2. $3 Pyramid
3. Tommy Demo #1
4. Tommy Demo #2
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DISC SIX - ROUGH MIX CD#1 VER. 2:
1. Chinese Democracy (double guitar)
2. Chinese Democracy (single guitar)
3. Quick song
4. Prostitute (original drum)
5. Prostitute (chop drum)
6. The Blues
7. Rhiad & the Bediuns
8. T.W.A.T.
9. Atlas Shrugged
10. Zodiak 13
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DISC SEVEN - NEW BRAIN DRUMS:
1. Madagascar - Drums Up (Version Tom likes)
2. Madagascar - Instrumental Drums Up
3. Madagascar - 3 dB Drums Down
4. Madagascar- 3 Db Instrumental Drums
5. Madagascar - Old Josh Drums
6. Madagascar - Original Brain Drums
7. Chinese Democracy - Old Josh Drums
8. Chinese Democracy - New Brain Drums
9. The Blues - Old Josh Drums
10. The Blues - New Brain Drums
11. Rhiad - Old Josh Drums
12. Rhiad - New Brain Drums
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DISC EIGHT - MADAGASCAR:
1. With Vocals - New Brain Drum Rough Mix
2. Instrumental
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DISC NINE - RHYAD:
1.Original Rough Mix - New Brain drums take
2. Final rough mix with pressure (normal level vocals)
3. Final mix with pressure (vocasl up)
4. Pressure Final rough mix without vocals (normal level vocals)
5. Final rough mix without compression (vocals up)
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DISC TEN - THE BLUES:
1. Normal level vocals - new brain drums
2. Vocal down 1 Db
3. Instrumental
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DISC ELEVEN - NEW BRAIN DRUMS REMIXES:
1. Rhyad - lead new Brain Drum Remixes with Rough Mix
2. Rhyad (Eq'd Toms)
3. Prostitute
4. The Blues
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*DISC TWELVE - T.W.A.T:
1. Drum atmosphere
2. Less drums
3. Compression only
4. Strings up
5. Increase Old Beaven Ambient
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DISC THIRTEEN - CHINESE DEMOCRACY:
1. Normal level drums and guitar
2. drums up
3. 2 dB drums up
4. 2.5 dB up to guitar, normal level drums
5. Guitars up to 1.5 dB
6. Guitars up 0.7 dB
7. Normal level drums and guitars instrumental
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DISC FOURTEEN - QUICK SONG:
1. Full take without vocals
2. Take 3 from start with full take
3. Solo by Vocal
4. Take 1
5. Take 2
6. Take 3
7. Take 4
8. Take 5
9. Take 6
10. Take 7
11. Take 8
12. Take 9
13. Take 10
14. Take 11
15. Take 12
16. Take 13
17. Take 14
18. Take 15
19. Take 16
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DISC FIFTEEN - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION RE-RECORDED / ALTERNATE MIXES:
1. Knockin - (Acoustic Version) W/Axl Take 3 * 2. Warm-up
3.Knockin - (Electric Version) Take 5
4.Welcome to the jungle
5. Knockin (Acoustic Version)
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DISC SIXTEEN - ANALOG TAPES OUTTAKES:
1. Prom Violence - Take 2
2. Prom Violence - Take 3
3. $3 Pyramid -Take 2
4. $3 Pyramid - Take 4
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DISC SEVENTEEN - ATLAS SHRUGGED:
1. Normal bell drums
2.1.5 Db drums up
3.1.5 Db drums down
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DISC EIGHTEEN - T.W.A.T MIXES #2.:
1. Ambient “Silkworms” snare and Brain, mono room off.
2. Atmosphere with mono room
3. Original level atmosphere
4. Snare ensemble only during outro
5. Old snare in the first half, leak prior to snare ensemble only
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** (Bonus) DISC NINETEEN - CREATING DEMOCRACY PART I**
2006 leaks.
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** (Bonus)DISC TWENTY - CREATING DEMOCRACY PART II**
2007 / 2008 leaks.
Obstawiam, że dziś wyciekną dyski 10 i 14. Jakby co proszę o dopisek pod nickiem - prorok ;)
Jeśli większość z tych piosenek była ukończona lub bliska ukończeniu w 1999, 2000, to czemu na płytę czekaliśmy do 2008? Piosenek jest więcej niż na CHD, więc czemu na kolejną płytę czekamy tak dłuuuuugo??? Ciekawe są te informacje o ponownym nagraniu przez Slasha i Duffa. Tylko ile w tym prawdy?
The new Guns n’ Roses album is tentatively titled Chinese Democracy and loosely scheduled for summer 2000. “As far as I can tell,” says Guns n’ Roses’ manager, Doug Goldstein, “we are now 99 percent musically done and 80 percent vocals done. I see the record being done February or March for a summer release.”