GUNS N' ROSES Bassist Tommy Stinson - "We Haven't Sat Down And Written Songs Together In A Long While"
December 6, 2011, 12 years ago
Gary Graff at Billboard.com recently spoke with GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson about the band's current activities, working with SOUL ASYLUM, and his new solo album One Man Mutiny. An excerpt from the story is available below:
Count Tommy Stinson among those who can make a case for being the hardest working man in rock 'n' roll these days. The onetime enfant terrible of THE REPLACEMENTS is now playing bass for two bands -- Guns N' Roses and Soul Asylum -- and in late August he released his second solo album, One Man Mutiny.
"The cool thing," Stinson tells Billboard.com, "Is I can pretty much do what I want and it all kind of works out that these are good gigs for me. I've been fortunate enough to be in this position, obviously. It's interesting; I can go from a totally collaborative thing like Guns to my own record -- which is somewhat collaborative as well, I should say -- to Soul Asylum, which is pretty much a Dave (Pirner) and Danny (Murphy) show. I get to work all angles and learn from them what I want to do -- which is collaborate more."Stinson is currently focused on Guns N' Roses since the group is touring North America for the first time in five years. He reports that "everything is working out really good. Everyone is getting along great and having more fun than we've ever had." The shows are even starting earlier than they have before, though Stinson notes "that means we play longer."
As for a follow-up to 2008's "Chinese Democracy," however, Stinson stays circumspect.
"We haven't sat down and written songs together in a long while," he says. "Hopefully that will happen early in the new year. We'll see what we come up with, and if a new album is meant to be, it'll happen."Click here for more.
Guns N' Roses' North American tour schedule is now as follows:
December
7 - Youngstown, OH - Covelli Center8 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
11 - Denver, CO - 1STBANK Center
13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Maverik Center
16 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
17 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum
21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
27 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
30 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint At The Hard Rock Hotel
31 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint At The Hard Rock Hotel
Slovakian supermodel turned official GN'R photographer Katarina Benzova spoke with BraveWords.com's Mitch Lafon about landing the gig with rock's most dangerous band recently. Check out the chat below:
