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Gilby rocks man : ok:

Cool MF :yes:

Gilby is a cool ass motherfucker, ive seen him a couple times over the last few years, and was kinda surprised by his lead playing, he can play his ass off, I guess thats why GNR wanted him, and now Heart or whoever, he's a great player and a cool ass guy

thanks younggunner, that was a good read.


he's a cool guy   :)

every band has their problems and if they say they dont
then they are lying to themselves.

gilby ROCKS  : ok:

Gilby made an interesting comment when asked about hearing the new material. !0 MINUTE EPIC? That doesn't describe any of the new songs we heard during the 2002 tour. This statement basically proves my theory that ex members have heard some of the album. I always figured they had sources close to Axl. I always liked Gilby. His Pawnshop Guitars album kicks ass. I was disappointed when Axl got rid of him. But Gilby is right, IF a GNR reunion ever occured, we would want Izzy. But no disrespect to Gilby.

Nah he's just exagerating he'll mean songs like Madagascar or The Blues

Gilby is right when he says Axl and Slash COMPLETE each other. you put Axl and you put Slash and in a second something magic happens. They both know that. That's the biggest difference between the original band and the new one. Axl and Finck isn't magic, neither is Scott and Slash. these associations aren't thrilling. Finck seems to be a nice guy, but he is neither a guitar hero nor a big Rockstar. He is no Slash. For Scott, he is no Axl.
Slash is THE ONLY lead guitarist who can play with Axl and vice versa. For the ruythm guitar, Izzy, Gilby and Fortus can do it. I love izzy and gilby, but Richard is the guy I would keep on rythm guitar from the new band if a reunion ever happens because I think he is the most talented player among the three. He is the highlight of the new members for me.

At least Gilby's a realist  ;D  He's cool in my book.

Thanks for the interview YG ! What's the source btw?

 ? Thanks younggunner. ?The reason I loved reading this interview, is that it seems so honest. ?Here's a guy who'd want nothing more than to hop on board the GNR train, but pretty much knows it'll never happen. ?He sees the same thing out of VR I do...but the only thing I disagree on is the GNR new stuff. ?I actually do think the new stuff is "magical." ?And, I love the fact that Axl can do NY Philharmonics for 10 minutes followed by something like Chinese Democracy or It's so Easy.

 :peace: ?

I like Gilby becouse one thing - he always try to be honest - and he is one of the old band member who say nothing bad about Axl or new GN`R songs.  :peace:

Um, call me crazy, but I have a feeling Gilby hasn't heard one track of Chinese. I am sure he is referring to OMG or a few live boots. I don't think anyone in Axl's camp is walking around with a copy of Chinese and letting ex band members listen.  ::) ::) ::) For fuck's sake, I doubt the current band members even have copies of the album!

source, please

Well, I'll be damned!
The reputed man of the world is so damn smart at sitting ducks, after all the Hollywood Rose business.  :rant:
JMO.

Great interview with the great guy!  :beer: I always liked Gilby, he is a down-to-earth and honest guy (one of the reasons why he was fired). He has some really good points in this interview (btw I think that Slash is really into this VR project, but he couldn't deny it's not his favourite type of music).

No doubt, there's no chance in hell Gilby's heard anything more than we have.

Gilby seems like a realist, which is cool.  He always seems to present himself in a positive fashion and comes off very well in most of the interviews I've seen or read

if he talks about elton john & New York Philharmonic influences, than me has heard the blues and madagascar, cause i dont hear a lof of *New York Philharmonic* in oh my god ....

Like most GnR fans I prefer Izzy's playing. But if I think Gilby were on board it would definitely last longer. There wouldn't be as much tension about, because seems to me Gilby's easy to get on with. And noone has ever (in my experience) slammed Gilby in an interview or whatever.

Seeing is believing?

Seeing as how even the most cynical UN is sat, I donno whether to giggle or howl, while believing Axl will have the last laugh Anyway.

I like gilby and I like how he was honest..  nice read.. he knows slash isn't doing these long solos like in gnr and snakepit..

How does that equate to honesty??

If you like it you say so, if you dont you say so...that's honesty I woulda thought. Gilby does criticize Axl.....he stated around 95 or so that Axl's ego was out of control and he was demanding every song on an Illusion followup be his and not being open to the rest of the bands songs or vision. That is criticism. Valid or not I dont know, but seems more likely than not.

that's not the definitionof an egomaniac, that's the definition of a control freak, two very different things, and it's not a bad thing unless you don't understand the situation and who's who.

Huh?

gilby fired???? didn't axl and gilby played together a couple years later???

Yes. didn't they. snakepiter. However,

Also don't forget His great involvement in Roots of Guns N' Roses. 
Apparently The guy some ppl call "honest" betrayed the confidence of the certain individual some ppl call "fragile".

That should have been the last straw. >:(

I just wonder when this interview was done.

That's soft....

Gilby is a cool guy... But yes I would rather stradlin...

Axl ans Slash... get together please... ;)