Posts with tag "Guns N Roses"

Guns N' Roses Guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal Survives Serious Car Crash

Posted Jun 3rd 2011 at 02:00 AM by Spinner Editors

Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal was in a serious auto wreck on Tuesday (May 31) but walked away unscathed -- mostly. The guitarist, who joined Guns N' Roses in 2006, tweeted about the experience in near-real time, first revealing the extent of the crash, then making light of it while reassuring fans, "O please, I'm in GNf'nR - this is all like a walk in the park..." Thal also ...

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Duff McKagan: Guns N' Roses Reunion Was a Mistake

Posted Feb 25th 2011 at 01:00 AM by Spinner Editors

Regrets, Duff McKagan's had a few. Now he admits that last year's onstage reunion with Axl Rose is definitely one of them. "I almost wish the getting on stage part hadn't happened," the Velvet Revolver musician told Rock News Desk, saying that the live impromptu London jam between the Guns N' Roses co-founders was a mistake because it has refueled fans' hopes for a regrouping of the group's ...

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Axl Rose Sues Guitar Hero for $20 Million for Including Images of Slash

Posted Nov 24th 2010 at 02:15 PM by Jett Wells

Axl Rose hates Slash so much he doesn't even want his former Guns N' Roses bandmate included in a video game associated with the band. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rose is suing 'Guitar Hero' maker Activision for $20 million for violating a deal to not include imagery of Slash or his band Velvet Revolver in 'Guitar Hero III.' "[Activision] began spinning a web of lies and deception to ...

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Slash Calls Off Divorce Two Months After Filing Papers

Posted Nov 1st 2010 at 03:24 PM by PopEater Staff

Two months ago, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash filed for what was shaping up to be a messy divorce. But the storm has apparently cleared, and the iconic rocker has decided to call off the divorce from his wife, Perla Ferrar, PEOPLE confirms. In his original filing, Slash -- real name: Saul Hudson -- cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the couple's July separation. Things ...

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Dublin Crowd Throws Bottles at Axl Rose

Posted Sep 2nd 2010 at 04:27 PM by PopEater Staff

Dublin redefined 'Welcome to the Jungle' for Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses on Wednesday night. Rose stormed off stage at Dublin's O2 Arena after the unruly Irish crowd threw glass bottles at him for showing up an hour and a half late, ruining the night for thousands of nostalgic fans. The crowd was booing (loudly and profanely) before the music even started, and Rose stopped the show immediately ...

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Axl Rose Countersues Former Manager for $5M

Posted May 21st 2010 at 06:35 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

Axl Rose has filed a countersuit against his former manager, claiming the man and his music management company tried to sabotage Guns N' Roses to try to force Rose into a reunion tour with the band's original members. Rose sued Irving Azoff and Front Line Management, the company Azoff founded, for $5 million on Monday in Los Angeles. Front Line Management sued Rose in March for nearly $1.9 ...

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Scott Weiland 'Massages' the Truth About Ex's Labor

Posted Mar 16th 2010 at 01:12 PM by Dino Sossi

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland opens up about Christmas caroling in prison, rumors of a feud with Guns N' Roses and receiving a massage while his wife was in labor in a revealing interview in Details magazine. Weiland didn't think having a massage during his ex-wife Mary Forsberg's labor was out of line. "What do you mean? I was incredibly stressed-out," Weiland rationalized. "She ...

Pete Wentz Is a 'Hero,' Addresses Fall Out Boy Rumors

Posted Nov 13th 2009 at 04:15 PM by Melinda Newman

Fall Out Boy may be on hiatus, but you wouldn't know it. The pop-punk group has two songs on Activision's new video game 'Band Hero' and a greatest hits set, 'Believers Never Die,' out Nov. 17. FOB co-founder Pete Wentz is a longtime gamer and he shares with PopEater his earliest gaming recollections as well as his look ahead into the band's somewhat cloudy future. Plus, he discusses playing Wii ...