Richard fortus talks about Japan X tour

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Comments On Guest Appearance With X JAPAN - Apr. 6, 2008

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus has commented on his guest appearance with reactivated Japanese rockers X JAPAN during their three reunion shows at the Tokyo Dome at the end of March.

Also performing with X JAPAN at the Tokyo concerts was former LIMP BIZKIT and current BLACK LIGHT BURNS member Wes Borland.

"I'd like to thank X JAPAN and their fans for the kindness and generosity they showed me while I was in Japan," Fortus wrote on his web site. "It was such an incredible honor to be asked to share their stage! This was an event that I will never forget. The last night especially was very magical and incredibly emotional.

"Hide [X JAPAN's influential lead guitarist Hideto 'Hide' Matsumoto who committed suicide in May 1998] was a star of such magnitude that nobody will ever fill the hole he left. It was an honor to be able to pay tribute to him.

"I hope that i am able to do more shows with X JAPAN in the future."

X JAPAN will play its first-ever concert in the U.S. on September 13, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The band will also perform in Paris, France on July 5.

Video footage of X JAPAN's performances at the Tokyo Dome can be viewed below.

Fortus and fellow GN'R guitarist Robin Finck played X JAPAN's "Endless Rain" as part of their guitar duet during some of GN'R's Japanese shows in July 2007.

X JAPAN's new song, "I.V.", topped iTunes' daily charts upon its release on January 23 in both Overall Sales and Rock categories.

X JAPAN is the first Asian artist to chart high worldwide on iTunes and the Billboard music site Billboard.biz.

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[Iconic Shawn]

Dear Richard,

I'm glad you had loads of fun with X-Japan. Join them. Or another band. Seriously. But before you do, give Izzy a call and tell him he can have his spot back. 

You rock (very) hard on stage and all , but do it for 'Guns N' Roses'.

Thanks,
Shawn Masters
New York's Icon

PS: Come play some damn shows in your city man! Wtf? First rounds on me!
PPS: If you can get Axl to get me to replace Robin in the studio sessions for ChiDem let me know. I might be able to work it into my schedule.

 

[king]

 

[Julien]

Hide pwns Dimebag in the 'so missed right now' category.

[Randy Jesus]

Hide pwns Dimebag in the 'so missed right now' category.

Dimebag wasn't great until he was dead... Funny how people don't recognize talent until its too late... no one pwns anyone when it comes to such things...

[wyldechild]

Dimebag wasn't great until he was dead... Funny how people don't recognize talent until its too late... no one pwns anyone when it comes to such things...

that's a fucking lie!!!!!!

Hide pwns Dimebag in the 'so missed right now' category.

I'm not sure are you dissin' Dime but just to be sure ( if you are ) YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT !!!!!!
sorry if you are not 

[cuddergnr]

thats a bigg as crowd , great playin too 

[Julien]

I'm just saying that no one gave a shit about both when they were alive. And then BOOM!
But that always happens.

[wyldechild]

I'm just saying that no one gave a shit about both when they were alive. And then BOOM!
But that always happens.

no one gave shit about dime ???? You have to be fucking kidding me.. 
anyway this is not thread to talk about that so..

[Julien]

You can't deny that since he died he suddenly became 'the' guitar player.
Then again, it's only talked about in metal circles so doesn't really concern me or the rest of the world.

[sakuL]

Dear Richard,

I'm glad you had loads of fun with X-Japan. Join them. Or another band. Seriously. But before you do, give Izzy a call and tell him he can have his spot back. 

You rock (very) hard on stage and all , but do it for 'Guns N' Roses'.

Thanks,
Shawn Masters
New York's Icon

PS: Come play some damn shows in your city man! Wtf? First rounds on me!
PPS: If you can get Axl to get me to replace Robin in the studio sessions for ChiDem let me know. I might be able to work it into my schedule.

 

get a fuck out of here NOW!!!
it's so fuckin disturbin to read all these comments about wanting a reunion ... that would be the fuckin worst thing that could ever happen!!! 

[zombux]

get a fuck out of here NOW!!!
it's so fuckin disturbin to read all these comments about wanting a reunion ... that would be the fuckin worst thing that could ever happen!!! 

amen.

[Iconic Shawn]

get a fuck out of here NOW!!!
it's so fuckin disturbin to read all these comments about wanting a reunion ... that would be the fuckin worst thing that could ever happen!!! 

haha.. sorry to burst your bubble man. I think those of us who want the original band to play real rock together again have much more right behind our wishes than you people who ride Axl's jock no matter who comes in and out of the revolving joke of a door that is this Chinese Democracy band.

How having the guys who the played Gn'R music and the guy who sings Gn'R music together again could be seen as "the worst thing that could ever happen" is beyond me. How someone could NOT want to see Axl running around on stage with Slash fucking boggles my mind.

And hey wtf... I said I want Chinese Democracy to come out and even offered my guitar services on the album to help push the thing. Everyone's been in Gn'R by now, might as well give your Icon  a chance to put his name in the 40 pages of credits Axl's going to have to write.

Go drink a Dr. Pepper and get your rocks off to Axl's 3 words you people call an "update".

~S~

[XMr.BrownstoneX]

haha.. sorry to burst your bubble man. I think those of us who want the original band to play real rock together again have much more right behind our wishes than you people who ride Axl's jock no matter who comes in and out of the revolving joke of a door that is this Chinese Democracy band.

How having the guys who the played Gn'R music and the guy who sings Gn'R music together again could be seen as "the worst thing that could ever happen" is beyond me. How someone could NOT want to see Axl running around on stage with Slash fucking boggles my mind.

And hey wtf... I said I want Chinese Democracy to come out and even offered my guitar services on the album to help push the thing. Everyone's been in Gn'R by now, might as well give your Icon  a chance to put his name in the 40 pages of credits Axl's going to have to write.

Go drink a Dr. Pepper and get your rocks off to Axl's 3 words you people call an "update".

~S~

Amen!  

get a fuck out of here NOW!!!
it's so fuckin disturbin to read all these comments about wanting a reunion ... that would be the fuckin worst thing that could ever happen!!! 

As for u...

[GGS]

Go watch Poison or Rolling Stones or U2 or something dude and get it your system or someother relic full of wrinkly sacks of bones to hear 'realz rocks n rollz doodz' and see how demeaning, corny and idiotic it is. By the time Chi-Dem comes out nearly all the original band members will be collecting there pensions anyway.

[baits10]

Go watch Poison or Rolling Stones or U2 or something dude and get it your system or someother relic full of wrinkly sacks of bones to hear 'realz rocks n rollz doodz' and see how demeaning, corny and idiotic it is. By the time Chi-Dem comes out nearly all the original band members will be collecting there pensions anyway.

i'd give my right nut to see Poison in the UK !! 

[Julien]

Go watch Poison or Rolling Stones or U2 or something dude and get it your system or someother relic full of wrinkly sacks of bones to hear 'realz rocks n rollz doodz' and see how demeaning, corny and idiotic it is. By the time Chi-Dem comes out nearly all the original band members will be collecting there pensions anyway.

Axl included.

[Faxl]

Axl? Pension? You kidding?

[XMr.BrownstoneX]

Go watch Poison or Rolling Stones or U2 or something dude and get it your system or someother relic full of wrinkly sacks of bones to hear 'realz rocks n rollz doodz' and see how demeaning, corny and idiotic it is. By the time Chi-Dem comes out nearly all the original band members will be collecting there pensions anyway.

Don't like those bands......

[Julien]

Axl? Pension? You kidding?

Well he hasn't found the fountain of youth yet has he? So he's pretty much gonna be old like everyone else.

[Warchild]

Dimebag wasn't great until he was dead... Funny how people don't recognize talent until its too late... no one pwns anyone when it comes to such things...

WRONG-O...John Lennon was famous before he was gunned down by that piece of spitfuck.........and "In my Life" is one of my favorite songs.....

W.

[eddierose0608]

It would be awesome for the old band to get back together dont get me wrong i like the new band but the orginal band is what we fell in love with. to see axl slash and duff on stage together would be a major event talked about for years.

[Jordan123]

Axl? Pension? You kidding?

It's called Greatest Hits. 

[jimb0]

Just release Chinese Democracy.....  Then have a reunion. 

People who would rather support this... merry go round of an uninformative entity which goes by the name Guns N' Roses.... rather than see the originals back in action, are entitled to their opinion also.  I want to hear it too.