Slash Doesn’t Understand the ‘Hysteria’ around GN’R

In an interview with Heineken Music, guitar god Slash said that he’s baffled over the continuing excitement regarding Guns N’ Roses . He talked about following up GN’R and Velvet Revolver with his solo career.

“I don’t really like to spend time talking about them, but the interesting thing is the strong legacy about each band. The level of hysteria around the band – or should I say the name Guns N’ Roses – has continued. I don’t totally understand that.

“Velvet Revolver happened because Duff [McKagan] and I got together with Matt Sorum and Scott Weiland, and it was so good and intense we decided to carry it on. So trying to follow in Guns N’ Roses’ footsteps wasn’t an issue for us at all, because it’s been so long since Duff and myself had been in the band.”

Slash also discussed his continuing aspiration to be the best guitarist in the world.

“That’s the thing that drives me,” he said. “And I’m so far from it, which means I’ve got a lot of work to do. That’s my constant focus.”

View the original article here

Paul McCartney Doesn’t Like ‘Chicken Pot Pie’

Longtime vegetarian and animal rights activist Paul McCartney turned down a song parody request from “Weird Al” Yankovic.

According to the Daily Express, the musical comedian wanted to parody McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” as “Chicken Pot Pie” but McCartney refused permission for the Wings track to be used. 

The musical comedian told ESPN’s The B.S. Report, “He didn’t want a song used in any context that would be supposedly promoting the consumption of animal flesh... It’s a valid reason and I get it. And I hate it when people put him on the list of humorless guys, because that wasn’t the case at all. In fact, he said, ‘Think of any other subject and I’m happy to O.K. it’.”

View the original article here