Axl Rose Accuses Ex-Manager of Sabotaging GNR
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Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose has filed a countersuit against his former manager, claiming Irving Azoff and his company, Front Line Management, attempted to sabotage Rose's "new" version of GNR so he'd reunite with Slash and the band's classic lineup.
According to gossip site TMZ, Rose alleges in his $5 million countersuit that Azoff was "devising and implementing a secret plan to set up Rose and the band for failure so that Rose would have no choice but to reunite with the original Guns N' Roses' members," a move Axl had resisted. Rose also took issue with Azoff's decision to file his original lawsuit against William Bailey, the singer's real name -- something that "carries significant emotional damage from Rose's childhood."
Azoff filed suit against Rose in March, claiming GNR owed his company $1.8 million, an amount equivalent 15 percent of the gross revenue earned by the band during its run of tour dates through Asia, Canada, and South America in support of their 2008 comeback album Chinese Democracy. Read SPIN's review of their 2010 Canadian tour kickoff here.
According to TMZ, Azoff -- who also serves as CEO for Ticketmaster -- has already responded to Rose's countersuit: "On advice of counsel I cannot respond at this time, but will discuss in my upcoming book, My Life with William Bill Bailey." Ouch!
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07.20.10 6:20 AM
when compared to each other, one falls incredibly short of the other and will never achieve half the success as the other. Is it right to compare the 2? No, but it's a way of showing the stark contrast of then and now. There are several reasons for which this version of GNR won't achieve the success as the previous, but the biggest reason may just be that people are getting tired of Axl's crap. There was always more to the original GNR than Axl. To watch a 48 yr old lead singer throw
- Posted By Slash The King
07.11.10 11:36 AM
Guns n' Roses were rendered irrelevant by Nirvana almost 20 years ago, and are now a part of music history.
The new version of Guns n' Roses is a farce, everyone knows it, and I don't understand why anyone even talks about them anymore.
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- Posted By Marc
05.27.10 7:38 PM
Hey GOD...Im sure Rush does sell out alot of their concerts....so does STYX & Foreigner, NUFF SAID...Corky..."working man", really dude, in the same sentence as Free Bird and Stairway...tell me your kidding right?? did you eat paint chips and glue when you were growing up??? Freebird and Stairway are friggin rock anthems brother, I woulndt wipe my ass with "working man" after a drunken night at waffle house....And Violin,I do know alotabout Rush, and yes I consider them a friggin joke band still...as I said in another post,they havent put out anything worth hearing since 2112, outside of a few songs here and there, (workingman???really??? Good lord help us all!)Were they talanted and ahead of their time...sure I can give you that, and yes Neil is one hellof a drummer, as is Geddy on the bass...My dis isnt so much against RUSH or all four of their fans...( just kidding, had to throw it in there for a laugh )but the fact some half wit wants to rant on about RUSH being a real rock band in the same breath as GnR or the likes...thats like comparing Elvis Presly to Slayer...looks funny and it will get a laugh or two, but it just dont hold water. When talking in that context, I wouldnt put Floyd in there either, a completly different genre of music, and dude, please tell me your not seriously throwing GENISIS in to the mix as well??? are you and corky from bove related??? Did yall eat the same paint chips?? Next thing Ill hear from ya is that KROKUS was one of the heavy hitters of 80s rock once they redid ballroom blitz!!! I know my history fellas,from the sounds of it, I knw it much better than yall and still stand by my orginal statement, sayin RUSH (or Genisis for cryin out loud, actually, they are friggin worse than the whole RUSH argument,I cant beleive you actually threw them in the mix dude...thats just wrong....)is a real rock band in the context ofthe others mentioned is a joke at best....on a side note, since I saw that some one else brought it up, if you havent heard the original Slashes Snakepit,circa 95 i do beleive, with Eric Dover on vocals, you should, its friggin awesome...and yes, to those dissing motley crue saying they are no talant ass clowns, i would mostly agree with you, withthe exception of the lone album they put out with out Vince Neil...they brought in John Corabi in his place and they friggin sounded awesome!!! By far their best work to date as a whole. Its a shame people coulndt look past the NAME of a band to hear the actual MUSIC, that one deserved alot more commercial success than it got...
- Posted By Marc
05.27.10 5:42 PM
Hey anonymous....im closer to 40 than thirty dip ****,( I wouldve put your name, but apparently you have no balls to back up your conviction while i have plenty ) and I will give you RUSH definatly has there own sound, unfourtunatly is sucks goat ass...personally I dont think they put out anything worth listening to after 2112, ( witch I can and will admit, awsome LP) outside of 2 or 3 songs on moving pictures...( btw, hardly anyone knew who rush was until tom sawyer and moving pictures, and most forgot about them afterwords) To bring up Rush as a "real" rock band in the same terms as some of these others that were mentioned is absolutly ridiculous.oh, btw, it took all of about two miliseconds to find 3 guys that had as much, well more actually, talant...their names are frank beard, billy gibbons and dusty hill, you may know them better as zz top,totally distinct sound from everyone else, didnt try and emulate other bands, they did and still do their own thing...an I wouldnt have put them in the same sentence as GnR either, just a different genre of music. So , as I am now done schooling your ignorant ass on this subject, I still stand by my original statement, to say that rush is a "real" rock band, especially when brought up with the other bands mentioned, is laughable at best. Glad to see you like the chinese democracy tho, at least it shows improvement in taste!
- Posted By Richard Short
05.21.10 6:38 AM
That is so 2009
- Posted By Brian Long from Blacksburg VA
05.20.10 4:42 PM
WOW, I REALLY SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS, BUT IF YOU GUYS DID NOT ALREADY KNOW, I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I TOSS MYSELF OFF ON KITTENS AS SOMEONE IS SCREWING ME IN THE ASS AS I AM LICKING RUPAUL'S HAIRY CORNHOLE OUT! I AM SUCH AN ADDICT AND I BELONG ON INTERVENTION, I STILL LIVE IN MY MOTHERS BASEMENT...PLEASE HELP I AM A HELPLESS TRANSVESTITE!
P.S. PLEASE SEND ME SKITTLES TO POP IN MY BUNG HOLE, THANKS
DESPERATELY YOURS BRIAN 'SMALL PRICK' LONG
- Posted By Theresa
05.20.10 12:28 PM
Are the majority of you people here testosterone filled boys? Do you not see the implications of this story beyond the talent or lack of talent that Axl and/or GNR have in the past or the present or who's tossing salads?
This is a corrupt monopoly - someone has corned 3 related markets and runs it all!! Azoff now controls who gets to make music, who gets a deal, who's promoted, who's on tour. Wake up!!!
Do you want HIS idea of music to be all that's out there? And leave the Jew's out of it, too. It's this one prick not an entire people. Effn A...
- Posted By The Red Rocker
05.20.10 12:08 PM
Some of these rock stars take themselves way too seriously. The "new" Guns 'N' Roses failed because their music sucked, not because of some scheme cooked up by Azoff & Co. Axl fell into the same sin as Tom Scholz did with Boston, they began to think of their music as some bigger than life artistic statement, but hey man, it's only rock and roll. It's my view that the length of time it takes to cut an album is inversely proportionate to how good the music is. If it takes 8 years to make an album, it's guaranteed to suck. As for the whole Ticketmaster/Live Nation thing, I'm of two minds on the issue. From a purely business standpoint, this is a great example of how to run a business - successful capitalism illustrated. They have a virtual lock on the industry and are printing money. As a fan, of course, I'm disappointed that that stranglehold means I pay more for a ticket. The great thing about capitalism though is that it's self-correcting. There comes a point where no matter how much you love a band, you just say I'm not going to pay that much for a ticket. Attendance goes down, so do prices.
- Posted By ATTILA KALMAR
05.20.10 11:41 AM
So this why your name is Brian Long because this much brain you have,you don't even know nothing real about the band you just reading the paper if you can,or waching this stupid News,which is full of sh...t as you st..d b.. h..d! ATTILA KALMAR
- Posted By axlsuxl
05.20.10 11:39 AM
wow i can't believe what a bitch ass panzy axl billy bailey rose seems like!! I also can't believe I thought this guy was cool when I was in 6th grade & Appetite for Destruction came out. What a loser he's become since those days! GNR is not GNR without the original members either. he should Change the name to Tampons & Panties, or PMS instead of GNR! haha
- Posted By Brian Long from Blacksburg VA
05.20.10 10:45 AM
Axl told me he learned to toss salads from Jason Keighin, and that Jason came from a long line of proud salad tossers. Man, those guys really love to toss salads.
- Posted By Jason Keighin (real name)
05.20.10 10:27 AM
axl rose used to go out back of his house WITH slash,drink jack d,n let off about a dozen or so 30 round clips from his ak 47(thats automatic kalenshnekov fer u 98 degrees fans readin this)..So the dudes cool with me as a person...However,hes a whiney lil girl when it comes to bein a professional..SO in closing,as a great band (the greatest next to floyd) once said"let it be,let it be"
- Posted By Brian Long from Blacksburg VA
05.20.10 10:23 AM
Axl stormed off that stage during the Metallica concert because he had on overwhelming urge to go toss some salads. he found some passed out homeless guys, took out his single-serve grape jelly packets, and tossed their salads.
- Posted By Jacquie
05.20.10 10:22 AM
The monopoly held by Azoff is not in our best intrests. He decides what we hear...who we see and the price of the tickets. This is censorship at it's worst.If a band gets on his bad side....poof they no longer get good tours.He plays with people lives to his own end. This NEEDS to be STOPPED!!!!!!
- Posted By Brian Long from Blacksburg VA
05.20.10 10:20 AM
He told me afterward that he learned his advanced salad tossing techniques from some hermaphrodite fag named ATTILA KALMAR.
- Posted By Gary A
05.20.10 10:18 AM
Are you serious or are you just a brainwashed loser? GNR was a lost cause from the moment that William Bailey decided to call in sick when he was headlining for Metallica during the concert when the pyro went wrong. so stick that in ur Axle Rose dick bong and smoke it you juiced up, clueless PoS.
- Posted By Brian Long from Blacksburg VA
05.20.10 10:18 AM
Axl is the greatest of all time - at tossing salads. Roniie James Dio was a true rock legend, but Axl just goes from town to town, tossing salads back stage, with your choice of syrup or jelly. I was very surprised when I went to the last G&R concert; I was very surprised when I, a man, was ushered backstage after the show. I was standing there, with all these beautiful women, and in came the band. All the other band members took a chick or 2, a bottle of Jack Daniels, and went off their own way. Axl came in, grabbed me, a bottle of Aunt Jemima's Buttery Maple Syrup, and off we went to his private room, where he tossed my salad.
He may not be able to hit all the high notes any more, but he can sure get his tongue high up in a bung hole.
- Posted By ATTILA KALMAR
05.20.10 9:52 AM
Who ever you are on this comment list and have the balls to call Axl a little girl why don't you have a balls to stand with your name behind what you saying you **** little Biac.He is right at this time and evey time,don't pull up the bull**** stories,against him just to set him up,OK.Tommy Hilfinger or what ever his friken name is can s...k his d....k OK He was AXL was drunk at that time,and mostly every time when he did something like that,so in that condition you or no one else can JUDGE him about what he did or Not.Specially if you not stand behind what you saying.Look I was on his concert in Budapest,HUNGARY when I was 14 years old I had the balls to go,and I will stand beside the whole band all my life and I will tell you why because all of the members of the band is very cool peoples with TALENT,if you know what is that.Ok They kick every bodies a...s big time in Rock and Roll,they are the best and they will always be.This band just show the world what simple mans with talent able to do.They kick ass.!Brother let me thel you one more time they KICKED ASS !It was the PARADISE OF THE CONCERTS!
I love the whole band every one of them! I will even donate money if they run out,or will help them any way they want me to!
I love you all my hearth each and every one of you in the Guns N Roses band! and here is my name :ATTILA KALMAR
Let me tell you one more thing little **** brother the media and all that cre can turn you or anyone upside down if they want to they are stronger then ARNOLD SWARZENEGER who I also love my favorite Governor,and he is the BEST also.I will even write for him to help the band in this ISSUE!
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