Posts Tagged ‘Guns N’ Roses’

Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N’ ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED) took part in a book-signing event on Wednesday, October 5 at the Bookends in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Video footage from his appearance can be seen below.

Duff’s new book, “It’s So Easy (And Other Lies)”,
arrived on October 4 via Touchstone Books (formerly Touchstone Fireside), a division of Simon & Schuster. The first 80 pages of the book can be read at this location.

In this raw, utterly candid memoir, McKagan, the rock legend and founding member of rock supergroups GUNS N’ ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER, shares his story of excess, angst, struggle and triumph. “It’s So Easy” details Duff’s rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, his phoenix-like transformation via a unique path to sobriety, and his success as a savvy business investor and loving husband and father.

In a voice that is as honest as it is indelibly his own, Duff — one of rock’s smartest and most articulate personalities — takes readers on his harrowing journey through the dark heart of one of the most notorious bands in rock-and-roll history and out the other side.

To read the complete article visit BLABBERMOUTH and to read an excerpt visit SCRIBD.

(HarperCollins; $25.99; July 27, 2010)

The story of Steven Adler’s life as a member of Guns N Roses, one of rock and roll’s most volatile, decadent and out of control bands, is both terrifying and awe-inspiring. His new book, My Appetite For Destruction: Sex and Drugs and Guns N’ Roses, due for release July 27th, really hits home–but not for being a thrill-inducing rock and roll story. Actually it’s just the opposite. Adler’s candor and self-reflection make this book a different kind of rock star memoir entirely.

Steven Adler absolutely does not try to pretty up his story; there’s no attempt to make himself look heroic or, as so often happens in rock star biographies, victimized. Adler puts aside his own ego to tell a story that is bitingly poignant in its brutal honesty.

To read the complete view visit EXAMINER.COM

A four-and-a-half-minute trailer for legendary guitarist Slash’s (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) first true solo album, simply entitled “Slash”, can be viewed below. The clip includes behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the CD, including appearances by Fergie, Kid Rock, Lemmy Kilmister, Adam Levine of MAROON 5, M. Shadows of AVENGED SEVENFOLD, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, and Stockdale.

“Slash” will be released in North America in April via EMI Label Services and in the U.K. on May 10 through Roadrunner Records. The album features an all-star roster of guest musicians, including Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Rocco DeLuca, Fergie, Dave Grohl, Myles Kennedy, Kid Rock, Lemmy Kilmister, Adam Levine of MAROON 5, Duff McKagan, M. Shadows of AVENGED SEVENFOLD, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, and Andrew Stockdale of WOLFMOTHER.

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Guns N’ Roses performed a surprise acoustic show on (February 11) for at the John Varvatos shop on The Bowery in New York. The shop occupies the former location of legendary New York club CBGB.

Axl Rose and his band played at a private party for the fashion designer as part of the city’s Fashion Week.

The setlist included:

‘You’re Crazy’
‘Mr. Brownstone’
‘I Used To Love Her’
‘Welcome To The Jungle’
‘Street Of Dreams’
‘Sorry’
‘It’s So Easy’
‘Patience’
‘Rocket Queen’
‘Catcher In The Rye’
‘My Michelle’
‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’
‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ (AC/DC cover)
‘Paradise City’
‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’
‘This I Love’
‘Nighttrain’

To read the complete article visit NME

Video footage of GUNS N’ ROSES frontman Axl Rose signing a guitar for a fan in Toronto, Ontario during the band’s current Canadian tour can be viewed below.

GUNS N’ ROSES have denied a report claiming that Axl Rose had banned Slash T-shirts from a recent concert in Canada. TMZ.com reported that the band’s crew prevented fans from wearing the former guitarist’s gear at their shows, including his signature top hot. But Rose’s personal assistant son, Fernando Lebeis, said, “We did not advise any security to ban any sort of apparel.

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Sometimes with Axl Rose, all you need is just a little patience. Other times, you need a little more than a little. Guns n’ Roses’ Wednesday night concert in Winnipeg, Canada — their first North American date (and fifth show overall) since the release of Chinese Democracy in 2008 — was, thankfully, a case of the former.

After making the world wait nearly a generation for his sixth studio album, and then keeping fans on hold for more than a year for a tour, Rose wasted little time getting down to business in the Great White North. The frontman and his septet took the stage shortly after 10:40 p.m. — practically a matinee for the notorious Rose. And once they got down to business, they certainly made up for any lost time, treating 7,500 fans at the city’s MTS Centre to a high-energy three-hour marathon of new material and classic G n’ R hits.

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