DJ Ashba On Joining GUNS N' ROSES - "Axl Said, 'If He Even Shows Up, He Has The Gig'"
May 10, 2012, 12 years ago
Anne Erickson of Gibson recently interviewed GUNS N' ROSES and SIXX: A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba, an excerpt follows:
What was it like joining one of the biggest rock bands in the world, Guns N’ Roses?
So, I walked down just to jam, and I thought, 'Oh, this will be fun. I’ll go down and jam and hang out and meet everybody, and that will be that, and I’ll go on my merry way.' I never really dreamed I was going to get a phone call that day. Axl caught wind that I was coming down and called management and said, 'If he even shows up, he has the gig.' I didn’t really know all that when I went down there, so once I found out, then I think that’s when the pressure kind of kicked in."
When do you think GN’R will release some new songs?
"Hopefully soon! That’s our goal right now: to work on the new record and get out and tour a bunch more. We’re leaving in May for Europe for two-and-a-half months, and I know we’ll get a lot of stuff done on the road."To read the interview in its entirety, click here.
