Axl Rose Has Bone to Pick with 'Guitar Hero'
Last week, Guns 'N Roses frontman Axl Rose used a message board to criticize the use of G'n'R songs in the most recent installment of Guitar Hero, we learned from PC World.
Logged in to the MyGNRForum fan site as 'Dexter,' Rose posted a pages-long rant in response to some of the innumerable questions posed to him in the forum. One of those questions had to do with Guns 'N' Roses' 'Welcome to the Jungle' being used in 'Guitar Hero III,' complete with an avatar of Slash, the band's former lead guitarist.
Rose's objection largely stems from his opinion that 'Guitar Hero's' simultaneous use of the song and the image of Slash serve to associate the guitarist with Guns 'N' Roses, while, in fact and law, he is no longer a member of the band.
According to Axl:
Yes Slash was in Guns and on Jungle (and the whole [story that] I came to him for his riff is as much crap as him saying he brought Locomotive and Coma in as complete songs) and he has rights to perform it but not to be represented in this context in association with Guns. And since they weren't granted the license it'll take some sorting.Rose apparently finds Slash's behavior in this instance to be symptomatic of a fundamental arrogance, identifying it as "[the] ok I put up with all Axl's and Izzy's crap now I'm gonna be the man trip."
Our take? We think Axl's jealous that the spectacularly terrible 'Chinese Democracy' turned out to be even worse than Slash's post-Guns albums with Slash's Snake Pit. And, believe us, a band's got to work at it to be worse than Slash's Snake Pit. [From: MyGNRForum via PC World]
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eddienorwoodcba said 2:26PM on 12-19-2008
Tell Axle to pick the bone of a porcupine.Dumbass arrogant white trash.
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Kelly said 2:36PM on 12-19-2008
Hey Axl, There are millions of little metal heads who are hearing your music for the FIRST time-- and enjoying it all because of GUITAR HERO!!!! You should be happy as this ensures sales of your music into that next generation!! Settle down and shut the f*ck up dude...
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Sig said 2:37PM on 12-19-2008
Dude, Slash WAS Guns and Roses!! Axel, shut your pie hole!!
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Gregg Thompson said 3:00PM on 12-19-2008
Axl is a tool. Slash has more talent in his hat than Axl has brains in his head. Chinese Crapocracy.
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Frankfurter said 3:23PM on 12-19-2008
Axl was probably as much if not more responsible for G&R than Slash. While Slash may have contributed to the riffs and signature licks (like the one at the beginning of Welcome to the Jungle), Axl's unique voice and antics made him more of a player than Slash.
As far as Slash having talent......well, Slash may have had some cool guitar parts here and there, but how he keeps getting all these props as this phenomenal talent is beyond me. I can name a dozen rock players who have contributed more to the rock world and are twice as talented as Slash ever dreamed of.
It's kinda like Obama. He hasn't really -done- anything remarkable in his life, but he's dynamic and has the presence to become president.
That being said, it's relieving to see Chinese Democracy flop as bad as it has. Axl is an arrogant has-been. I wouldn't buy the disc on that fact alone.
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unsuitened said 1:10AM on 12-20-2008
It's almost 2009, they're all lucky to even be recognized, not to mention still being alive to b1tch about it.
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