Tommy Stinson talks Chinese Democracy! (2004)

[italiano]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wu06HC64Cdk

Sorry if it is already posted.

[Gunner68]

Nice find

[_Flame Trees_]

could someone paraphrase what it says for me?

[TomDuff]

could someone paraphrase what it says for me?

talks about the delay in making the album and how cool an experience it was collaborating with so many other great musicians

so not that much

[L!VE FREE!]

could someone paraphrase what it says for me?

Talks about the release date for America. November 23rd @ Best Buy.

"The real delay is just how it went down, having 8 persons collaborating to write a record.
It's a daunting task to begin with but to do it in a way where none of the guys have really been
in a band too long together and trying to pull in all these different influences from these different band members
to have a cohesive songwriting thing...it takes time, it's a lengthy process, but it was the best...definitely best way to go about it and certainly the best learning experience I've ever had as a musician. And probably, as far as musical years and things that I've done it was the coolest...coolest thing in that aspect of collaborating with others in different areas; genres.

Then Tommy talks about balancing being in Guns and doing his single thing. He says his heart is in both equally.

[mico.m]

He is such a good person 

[_Flame Trees_]

Cheers guys.

[italiano]

He is such a good person 

Yup, I met him after a show of his solo tour, and he was such a gentleman.

[Zeppen]

 

The seventeen year wait is over for what might be the most anticipated album in music history. Guns N' Roses is set to release their first album since 1991's Use Your Illusion 1 and 2. Chinese Democracy will be released exclusively through Best Buy November 23, and the title track has already been given to radio. Those who can't get to a radio can go to gunsnroses.com, where they can hear the song and where the countdown clock to the release keeps rolling.

Former Replacements bandmember Tommy Stinson, who took the place of Duff McKagan in the band, chatted with us about his solo album, Village Gorilla Head, in 2004. The album was perhaps his finest musical accomplishment, but he begged to differ. At the time he talked about the delay in making Chinese Democracy.

"The real delay was just how it went down. Having an eight person band collaborating to write a record is a daunting task to begin with, but to have it, to do it in a way where none of the guys have really been in the band all that long together and trying to pull in all those different influences from each band member to make it have a cohesive songwriting thing. It takes time. It was a lengthy process, but it was definitely the best way to go about it, and certainly the best learning experience I've ever had as a musician. As far my musical years and all the cool stuff I've done, it was one of the coolest things in that aspect, of just collaborating with people from totally different areas, genres, what have you."

Stinson said that Axl Rose was very supportive of him making Village Gorilla Head, and the bassist talks about the balance between being solo and in GNR.

"You know I love being in Guns and being a bass player with that but I also write songs on my own that aren't really geared for that. There's a good juxtaposition between the two."

Stinson joined Guns N Roses in 1998, and the band has seen various members come and go throughout the making of Chinese Democracy. The title track isn't the only tracks fans can get their hands on. "Shackler's Revenge" debuted September 14 through the music video game Rock Band 2, and "If The World" is in the film "Body Of Lies," which premiered on October 11.


source: http://www.artisannews.com/ans101/templates/?a=5298&z=98


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[Robman]

cool interview

[Pera]

thanks greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat Stinson is an awesome bass

[wyldechild]

I've always thought that stinson is asshole but it seems that he can give great interviews .. 

[KingCar]

Some real dickheads commenting on the youtube site.....its really sad cause these people are too scared to admit that a NEW GNR lineup might actually be good.  Its way easier for them to like Velvet Revolver and Old GNR for the status they hold than broaden their musical horizons.  Losers.

[L!VE FREE!]

Its way easier for them to like Velvet Revolver and Old GNR for the status they hold than broaden their musical horizons. 

That's one reason why we know it's good!

Because there's a backlash. Axl's being progressive and that's not always the most popular thing. But once people get their shit-talking and himming and hawwing out of their system, I think people will come to embrace the record and the new guys.