Who wants to chat (Thank you Axl for this very long interview and thx Cd.com)

[Dexter]

And the Dexter TV show, hopefully. Maybe Six Feet Under as well. Oh, wait! Axl, I find the verses on Shackler's Revenge to remind me of The Sopranos theme tune in certain ways. Should they do? Furthermore, any chance of getting the complete album on Rockband? That would be swell. I've done SR on expert, so if you're looking for a guitarist, PM me.

Edit: Shit, I just saw the above post in red. We'll have to find out the answer to that one another day 

Never thought of that w/the Sopranos but a big fan of that song. And I think that's a yes on Rockband.

[anythinggoes]

Hey axl wow your still here you have not given up on these mad people Ron said hi back and mention something about you being a crazy crazy guy. I had to laugh at your moderator status axl rose king geek. Peace 

[Dexter]

Which is the most emotional song for you too sing on Chinese Democracy?

TIL

[Sean]

Something I have been wondering...  sort of a private question:

Obama or McCain ?    

far as I know this hasn't been addressed

[Dexter]

Hi, I am Matias from Argentina.
do you have any plans to come to argentina soon ? Thanks, We love you so much.

I really like Argentina and wish I could go more often. I look forward to play there again.

[Dexter]

Axl, man (this is incredible), two questions dont worry if you got LOADS many more to answer.

Democracy is a compelling/brilliant album every song has such an extreme feeling and vibe which drags you back for more, id just like to know....

1) outta the whole record what is your favourite part of music on it? like a break down at some point,strings, anything!, it would jus be cool to know!

2) in the 2006 tour when you was in the good old UK did you use michael owen's helicopter????? i heard rumours hahahaha top man if you did!

thanks for this, made my day!!

Bucket's Blues fill at the beginning of the last verse in Prostitute and his Eventide bits in the outro, the guitars in the bridge of Better, Robin's solo in Twat for a few of them.

Not sure but leaving Silverstone and no fault of our pilots, I saw another helicopter coming towards us blades 1st out of the corner of my eye, yelled watchout and our pilot jerked us out of the way of an idiot who was unauthorized to be where he was and came out of nowhere.

W/out our pilots skill and quick reflexes it would've been over rt then for real.

It was also great to read how "Merck took the keys to the copter so Axl couldn't leave" Donnington like I'm James Bond or something. I did make him drive bk to London though!!

[Dexter]

Christos from Greece here...

First of all, thank you Axl for answering all these questions.

Both of my questions are about Catcher and they're a bit strange and may sound stupid to some but what the fuck...

1) Many people consider number 7 to be a lucky number (including me). Is this a good reason why Catcher is on number 7, or was it just random placement?

2) "How a body took a body and gave that boy a gun". Sorry for my english, but if you could explain to me what this means, I would be gratefull...

3) Don't care about May's solos (even though I love the guy), the song is pure magic, just like This I Love.


GN'R = Sometimes the only thing we counted on when noone else was there...  

The # was random but the sequence is intentional.

It's a line from the book used to infer it may have helped to inspire a senseless killing.

[Dexter]

Axl, do you think This I Love is still the heaviest thing you've written, or has another song popped up that now holds that title?

That's still it and ultimately a great healing experience to compose something you have no real idea you're capable of such as the bridge. It's a lot more intricate than I think most realize yet as the guitar and vocals are placed as they should be so dominant. The main string melody in that section I had originally written to a hip-hop loop as well.

[Dexter]

The chance of you actually reading this is pretty slim, but here goes... 

Axl !

Mind telling us what we have coming? Wondering if we have some sort of concert fottage coming anytime soon, remember from the 2 shows I was at in Norway that it got filmed.

Are you able to tell us anything about a future tour at this time? Next time I'll be folowing the band, in a non stalking way, through Scandinavia.


Oh, and, if you were to talk to Bumble anytime soon, ask if he still has the cross I gave him during Paradise in Norway July 8th  

Think I've already answered the 1st 2 and I'll ask Bbf.

[Dexter]

Axl - could you pklease talk at all about what inspired the lyrics to Shackler's Revenge and/or Catcher? Or the meaning behind Riad? thanks.

Shackler's was inspired by the insanity of senseless school shootings and also the media trying desperately to make more out of one shooter's preference for the Guns song Brownstone to no avail.

That said, listening for my own enjoyment or if we were to make a video or performing it I lean more to the entertainment of a horror flick or something like Dexter, something with an interesting menacing character as opposed to real life. 

[Dexter]

Hey Axl,

I just want to apologise on behalf of everyone in Brisbane, Australia, for that douchebag who threw that cup of water at you after you went on stage. Thanks for the great performance, it was a night full of memories for me.

Ha! Thanks...mate!!

[Dexter]

lol I knew my questions weren't going to be answered I'm not very lucky am i lol. anyway before i go to work i'll ask it again : Axl please tell us a bit more about your self

Cheer up and have a great day!!

[Dexter]

(I've already posted this in case you came to newgnr, so I'll copy it)

1) Hi Axl,

I'm from Argentina and I must say that I'm ashamed of the way our government treated GNR the last time you came. Unfortunately for you, that current administration was up to really dirty business and they used GNR as scapegoat, you know, to distract people from what was really going on. Accept my apologies on behalf of my country  
Argentina is really fond of GNR, we fucking love you .  My question is: when will you start touring?   I hope you don't exclude us from your destination list!!!

Thank you! It actually worked out good for us w/the press conference and all.

[Dexter]

I tried sending this ages ago but apparently it never went through. It was a direct response but now fits others questions on the same subject.

The whole whose it about bit w/songs doesn't work for me that much as in whether a line or whatever was inspired by a particular person or situation doesn't mean that in the end that's what or who the song's about.

I could be working with clay and think of someone or something and somehow that could inspire me to take the work in a different direction at the moment but in the end it could just be a nice vase.

I often wonder where the people who inspired so many songs are now and why it's only important with some songs such as Layla as opposed to others. I'm guessin' a fair # of beautiful love songs or otherwise were inspired by some that the artists and public might consider now or in hindsight to be the opposite of how they are depicted or allegedly represented. 

With Sorry.. like a lot of the material is drawn from a lot of different situations. The main focus on the boards w/the track seems to be either Slash or "the fans" (and the collective of "the fans" is another thing that doesn't work for me) and is much too restrictive or narrow and limits what I feel I intended.

For me it's for anyone talking nonsense at mine and the public's expense and that many of those as well as the public don't know who to believe.

Also where possible I'd like to give people the opportunity to get what they can from the material for a while before clouding that with my inspirations. Of course that's not always avoidable.