The Rumpus Mini-Interview #210: Melissa Ragsly
“I am the salt; the stories are the food.”
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Posts Tagged: Guns N’ Roses
I Dated Bad Men Till a Bad Man Became President
Their dishonesty and danger was easier to look past then. The world had not yet shifted. But then it did, and I woke up.
...moreAxl Rose Wins at Being Demanding
While promoting his new show Roadies, Cameron Crowe was asked to recount the most ridiculous tour story he’d ever heard. Of course the story had to do with a crazy demand made by Axl Rose: There was a guy that worked with Guns N’ Roses, and there was a show and Axl Rose needed a yellow […]
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Songs of Our Lives: Guns N’ Roses’s “Paradise City”
When people asked what I was going to do after high school, I said, “Leave town.” I wasn’t kidding. I hadn’t applied to a single college.
...moreAxl Rose Not Pumped on Fat Memes
Axl Rose has issued Google a takedown notice regarding the “Fat Axl” meme, which uses a shot of the singer performing with Guns N’ Roses in 2010. The notice is operating on the grounds that Guns N’ Roses owns the copyright to all photos taken at the band’s performances, according to a waiver all photographers must sign […]
...moreFirst Show of the Guns N’ Roses Reunion
Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan played together for the first time in twenty-three years at the Troubador on April 1st, Stereogum reports. Recording devices supposedly weren’t allowed, but that of course didn’t stop a bunch of videos from showing up online. Watch a couple after the jump.
...moreThe First of Summer’s Festival Lineups
The lineups for two of the summer’s biggest festivals have been announced, with many more to come. Coachella is boasting the first reunion of Guns N’ Roses original members in twenty years, along with the return of LCD Soundsystem, who have been on a break for five years, Consequence of Sound reports. CoS also recently published […]
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Sound & Vision: Shannon Conley
Hard-rocking artist Shannon Conley talks to Allyson McCabe about the exceptional more-than-a-tribute band Lez Zeppelin, her unconventional upbringing by Hindu Baptists, and her role as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
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