Vegas.com recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed. In the interview Reed talks about Guns N’ Roses’ upcoming show in Las Vegas, NV and what it’s like playing with frontman Axl Rose. Excerpts from the interview are below:

Vegas.com: How do you think the group’s musical focus has changed over time?

Dizzy Reed: “I think if anything, it’s expanded like every band needs to do at some point. You can only beat the same three chords the same way so many times before people just go, ‘whatever’… Eventually, you have to expand your horizons, which I think had a lot to do with why I joined the band in the first place.”

Vegas.com: Guns N’ Roses has so many hit songs. What do you think it is about your music that continues to resonate with fans today?

Dizzy Reed: “I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that it’s real music. It’s not contrived. It’s real rock n’ roll.”

Vegas.com: How has performing those songs changed for you over the years or has it changed?

Dizzy Reed: “It’s definitely different. It has to be. You can’t play the same way over and over again. When new guys come in the band I always try to tell them or we always try to tell each other, we can make this more of our own even if it’s just flip the beat around a little bit here or there, anything just to make it fresh and keep it fun and cool.”

Vegas.com: There’s still a lot of controversy surrounding the group and Axl. What do you want fans to know about the band and your music?

Dizzy Reed: “If you get to know us, we’re a bunch of funny mother fuckers man. That’s what I always want people to know. It’s hard when you sing songs that sound serious. We can have intellectual discussions about music and politics and we do occasionally, but we have a good time. We laugh our asses off at a lot of stuff.”

Read the entire interview here.

Next week, iClips will broadcast Guns N' Roses live from The Joint in Las Vegas, NV on the night before New Year's Eve, December 30th. Further details are available at this location.

Pro-shot footage of Guns N' Roses' entire December 21st show at the Forum in Los Angeles, California is now online and can be viewed below. It was originally available as a pay-per-view event via iClips.