Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler spoke with Jeb Wright from Classicrockrevisited.com recently about a number of topics including the new ADLER project and the upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Classicrockrevisited.com: I hate comparing bands but if you had to how would you describe Adler?

Adler: "It is where Appetite for Destruction takes off. We did everything possible to not be like the bands that are out there now. Jacob writes songs for a lot of other musicians and singers. When we were in the studio Jeff would say to try this sound, or that sound, and we would. The engineer said he has seen a lot of bands record entire albums with the same guitars and the same amps all the way through. We liked experimenting with the sounds. The world needs a new rock and roll band and we’re just the guys to give it to them."

Classicrockrevisited.com: Is this album better than Chinese Democracy?

Adler: "Of course it is. Can you name one song off of that album? Within one day of this record coming out you’re going to know the names of every song."

Classicrockrevisited.com: Slash and another great player, John 5, both appear on this album. How did that happen and what was it like working with them?

Steven: "Slash has been my favorite guitarist since I was twelve years old. We did a couple of singles with ADLER'S APPETITE and I wanted Slash to come down, but I wasn’t in the right state of mind and it wasn’t the right time. Now that I have been working with Lonny, Jacob and with our producer, Jeff Pilson, I have found that I’m in a better place in my life. Slash isn’t going to come down just for anybody or anything. He came down because I’ve earned his respect and I’ve paid my dues. I am making an effort with my life and my career. John 5 came down too. These guys are superstars. Slash is the guitar hero of the world and John 5 is like the ERIC CLAPTON of the 21st Century. I had to earn there respect for them to come down and I did."

Classicrockrevisited.com: Last one: If Axl won’t get up and play at the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame induction, why don’t you get Slash and Duff and the three of you up there and play some tunes?

Adler: "That is a thought, but if that doesn’t happen, then I am going up there with just a drum set and I’m playing along with the CD. Guns N’ Roses, the original band, has not performed for 22 years and we are still respected around the entire world. I feel that when a band is put into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame then they should play. I am dedicating my award to the bands that should be in there. If it wasn’t for KISS, UFO, DEEP PURPLE and JOURNEY and bands like that, then there would be no Guns N’ Roses. We owe it to the fans to play and it is just a god damned rock and roll band. All we do is play music. Why can’t we just get on stage for ten minutes and play for the fans? Are you telling me those assholes can’t get onstage and do that? We should do it for the fans."

Read the entire interview here.

Adler, guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, singer Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy Stradlin, along with later Guns N' Roses members, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and drummer Matt Sorum, will all be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on April 14th in Cleveland, Ohio,.