Bumblefoot: Ah man, I never get into things that haven't happened - it can affect the final outcome of things, ya can't do that. It's like going up to a stranger and saying, 'In 10 seconds I'm gonna try to steal your car.'  Guaranteed, the outcome won't be the same. So I never talk about plans, things that haven't happened yet - also, as I'm here typing this, managers could be walking out of a meeting in LA, and I don't know what's up until they tell me. Anything I'd say would be mis-information until it's so absolutely undeniably definite, in which case you'd probably find out from them soon after I did.  In my own band, there's less riding on things, it's ok to open the window and let everyone see inside. And I enjoy that, making videos in the studio as an album's being recorded, letting people know what I'm planning for myself - no biggie, if the plans don't happen, it's not like multi-million dollar companies have invested time and the work of hundreds of people are affected by the change. There's a need for protection and privacy when it comes to GNR bizz, or anything on that level. I know it can make you feel frustrated, invisible, abandoned - even though it sucks, I hope you understand that there's too much at stake to risk being irresponsible with information.

Neemo wrote:

monkeychow wrote:

IRS: That bucket shred is the sort of solo that's so fast it commands some attention, and was the perfect compliment to that absolutely devistating axl high note that's the highlight of the song, to me.

its a highlight of the album if you ask me....that scream is insane and he sustains it for like 13-14 seconds ... i bet i can teven hold my breath that long let alone scream at the same time

also this verse has always grabbed me by the balls and shook me around....

I bet you think I'm doing this all for my health,
I shoulda looked again babe at somebody else
Feelin' like I've done way more than wrong
Feelin' like I'm livin' inside of this song
Feelin' like I'm just too tired to care
Feelin' like I've done more than my share
Could it be the way I've carried on
Like a broken record for so long
And I do

IRS is a track i've always felt got an unfair rep

back to scraped that fuck tune is intense....the bass is fucking bad ass...a bet that would hurt the hands to keep that up...the high pitched hamronizing throughout is pretty sweet as well ....

that part always gets me going Neemo. It's one of the most energetiv and hardest moments on the album.

I seriosuly think that guitar wise there is some absolutely killer shit on there, amongst slash's best stuff....i honestly think if Axl had wound up on that album (whichever version is true, be it that he didn't want to according to slash, or that slash didn't want any input from him according to axl) but regardless...if Axl was on that album, I think it could have got to a place where it rivalled AFD in the end.....the guitars are awesome...and it's pretty cool even as is, but with deeper Axl lyrics, and what he does with melodies and structures mixed in....it would have been fucking amazing.

I mean to be honest i think IFOCS is kickass anyway....but the idea of it as a full GNR record and not just a slash album really blows my mind.

Love the bass line of Riad....