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Axl Rose

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Which White Men Can Dance?

    I'm just finishing up one of the best books I've recently read, John Jeremiah Sullivan's essay collection Pulphead. Five of the fourteen essays are about music in some way, the most famous of which is probably "Upon This Rock," originally published in GQ (most of these were first published in GQ), i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Dude, Houston Got Us: "Kurt Cobain at 45: Where Would He Be In 2012?"

    Yesterday, our sister (brother?) androgynous sibling publication the Houston Press laid down some pretty spot-on (or at least stereotypical and chuckle-worthy) scenarios that outline Kurt Cobain's post-suicide-attempt life. Accroding to HP blogger Craig Hlavaty, Cobain, who would have turned 45 th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Duff McKagan Reunites with Guns N' Roses Friday Night at Key Arena

    Matthew Lamb​Guns N' Roses Friday, Dec. 16 Key Arena Pretty much everything about Guns N' Roses has changed since that last time I saw them, which was in the early 1990s on a co-headlining tour with Metallica. Everything except Axl Rose, the one constant in the band's history, and the thing t ... More >>

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    McKagan Makes the Rock Hall

    The SW columnist will be inducted with his former GN'R bandmates.

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Jay-Z and Kanye West to the Ames and Selena Gomez.

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2011

    Tommy Stinson

    From Jay-Z and Kanye West to the Ames and Selena Gomez.

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Duff McKagan's Loaded Is Opening for Guns N' Roses in Seattle (12/16) and Vancouver (12/17)

    ​It's been rumored for some time, but I just got the word from our friend Duff McKagan: His Seattle band, Loaded, will indeed be opening for Guns N' Roses at KeyArena on Friday and at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum on Saturday. This will be the first time that McKagan -- the founding bassist o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    It's Official: Guns N' Roses Are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Congrats, Duff!

    ​Please join me in congratulating our friend and colleague Duff McKagan, who's headed into the Rock N' Roll with Guns N' Roses, the band he co-founded with Slash, Axl Rose, and co. in Los Angels in the 1980s. They'll be joined in the Rock Hall class of 2011 by the Beastie Boys and the Red Hot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Ten Artists We Can't Stop Listening To, Even Though They're Assholes

    We couldn't help but notice that when they released the Grammy nominations last week, neither Kanye West nor Taylor Swift received nods in the Album of the Year category, despite both having released worthy albums within the requisite period. Surely, we can expect a classic Kanye meltdown any minute ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Guns N' Roses Plays Seattle's KeyArena on December 16, 26 Years After the Band Tried to Burn Down a Local Club On Their First Tour

    The classic lineup.​In Duff McKagan's new book, It's So Easy, the Reverb columnist/GNR co-founder documents the band's first tour, which brought them from L.A. to Seattle, and galvanized the group. They ate onions out of the fields because they were starving; took rides from pill-popping truck ... More >>

  • Music

    October 5, 2011

    Guns Was Born On a Trip to Seattle

    An exclusive excerpt from the Guns N’ Roses bassist’s memoir, It’s So Easy.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Duff McKagan: I Was Born in Seattle. Guns N' Roses Became a Band on a Tour Back Home

    The following is an excerpt from Duff McKagan's memoir, It's So Easy: And Other Lies, out now via Simon & Schuster. McKagan reads at the University Bookstore at 7 p.m. Wed., Oct. 19; Lake Forest Park's Third Place Books at 7 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 20; and at Seattle University at 7:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 21. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Whisker Tones: What the Hair On Your Face Says About Your Music

    ​As the saying goes, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but you can discover plenty about a band or celebrity by looking at nothing more than the follicles of their face. Don't believe me? Read on for proof. Or see for yourself in person. Fleet Foxes (Wednesday), Iron & Wine (Saturday), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Seattle Rock Orchestra Proves Freddie Mercury Is One of a Kind, Saturday at the Moore

    Dave Lake​Seattle Rock Orchestra Performs Queen The Moore Saturday, May 21 Here's the problem with performing Queen songs with an orchestra: Queen is one of the most symphonic rock bands ever, with songs that already have big, sweeping arrangements sung by perhaps the most theatrical and maje ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Forever an Icon, Ozzy Osbourne Packs the Tacoma Dome Full of His Faithful

    Marcella D. Volpintesta​Ozzy Osbourne, Slash Tacoma Dome Saturday, Feb. 5 It was an arena rock-'n'-roll show that pulled out all the stunts: one of the best guitarists in the world to open, pyrotechnics, a rising drum kit, and a lengthy introduction video for the headliner on the Jumbotron be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Hey, John Roderick's Gonna Be Our Guest ... Oh, Wait

    Jenny JimenezReverb's Guest Editor​Well, John just beat me to the punch, but I'm not going to delete this post, so .... I was really hoping to not be at work today. My wife's due with our first on Oct. 31 and, well, I guess we're not having a Halloween baby. Hopefully I'll be too busy to vot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Karaoke, Coming to a Wedding Near You (Bakeman's Too)

    ​I've never been married. I'm 36 years old and I've never even been close. It is my greatest accomplishment to date. That being said, I love weddings, and especially receptions. Ever since I was a kid they were my favorite events to attend. We went to a lot of them because Filipinos know a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Tonight: Smashing Pumpkins at the Showbox Sodo, Crooked Fingers at the Sunset, Menomena at the Showbox

    Wendy Lynch​The Smashing Pumpkins, with Bad City. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $14. All ages. On one hand, Billy Corgan is as lame as Courtney Love and Axl Rose for continuing to record and tour under his iconic old band's name when he's the only original member left, sur ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    The Smashing Pumpkins

    Wendy Lynch​The Smashing Pumpkins, with Bad City. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $14. All ages. On one hand, Billy Corgan is as lame as Courtney Love and Axl Rose for continuing to record and tour under his iconic old band's name when he's the only original member left, sur ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommmended Shows

    Wendy Lynch​The Smashing Pumpkins, with Bad City. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $14. All ages. On one hand, Billy Corgan is as lame as Courtney Love and Axl Rose for continuing to record and tour under his iconic old band's name when he's the only original member left, sur ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    In Defense of Courtney

    It's not her, Seattle, it's you.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Snorting Pixie Stix With The New Guard

    This evil clown hangs from the men's room wall at the Sanctuary and watches you while you piss.​The New Guard is a series of art events which showcase chefs, visual artists, and musicians. Sunday's episode took place at West Seattle's Sanctuary and featured the art of Chauncey Peck, the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    A.M. Music News: Axl Rose, Ben Sollee, and the Earth's Finest Tribute Band

    Minidoka Swing Band​-- Wall Street Journal has a front-page story today about the Minidoka Swing Band, made up almost entirely of Japanese-Americans interned during WWII and their decedents. The article--and if you're doing to read one article about music today, make it this one-- goes on to t ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2009

    Black Rock Redemption

    Living Colour harnesses its old demons.

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Duff McKagan's Loaded

    Thursday, April 9

  • Music

    April 8, 2009

    The Short List: This Week’s Notable Shows

    Thursday, April 9

  • News

    December 3, 2008

    Putin, I Banged Your Wife

    And other names Axl went through en route to Chinese Democracy.

  • Music

    November 26, 2008

    Avoiding Wal-Mart for Your AC/DC Fix

    Independent retailers have found ways to get around big-box exclusives.

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    China Protests Chinese Democracy

    If Axl Rose's long-delayed new album Chinese Democracy has been met with a colossal yawn by the music press, the nominal Guns 'n' Roses release has stirred up considerably more interest in the actual nation of China. According to New Music Express, the official Chinese Communist Party paper Global T ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Jeff Kaliss: I Want to Take You Higher

    If Axl Rose's long-delayed new album Chinese Democracy has been met with a colossal yawn by the music press, the nominal Guns 'n' Roses release has stirred up considerably more interest in the actual nation of China. According to New Music Express, the official Chinese Communist Party paper Global T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    What Really Happened at the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards

    Krist Novoselic blogs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Seeing as this is the one-year anniversary of my column for SeattleWeekly.com, I thought I’d do something different this week and tell the whole story behind the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards when my bass came crashing down on my head. Nirv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2008

    Summoning Shannon Hoon

    Krist Novoselic blogs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Seeing as this is the one-year anniversary of my column for SeattleWeekly.com, I thought I’d do something different this week and tell the whole story behind the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards when my bass came crashing down on my head. Nirv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    Album Reviews!

    Krist Novoselic blogs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Seeing as this is the one-year anniversary of my column for SeattleWeekly.com, I thought I’d do something different this week and tell the whole story behind the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards when my bass came crashing down on my head. Nirv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    Norman Podhoretz is the Tiki Barber of Super Tuesday

    Krist Novoselic blogs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Seeing as this is the one-year anniversary of my column for SeattleWeekly.com, I thought I’d do something different this week and tell the whole story behind the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards when my bass came crashing down on my head. Nirv ... More >>

  • Music

    January 2, 2008

    New Music From the Devil Makes Three, Beanie Sigel, and Sebastian Bach

    Krist Novoselic blogs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Seeing as this is the one-year anniversary of my column for SeattleWeekly.com, I thought I’d do something different this week and tell the whole story behind the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards when my bass came crashing down on my head. Nirv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    L.A. Guns

    Krist Novoselic blogs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Seeing as this is the one-year anniversary of my column for SeattleWeekly.com, I thought I’d do something different this week and tell the whole story behind the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards when my bass came crashing down on my head. Nirv ... More >>

  • Music

    December 13, 2006

    'I Don't Know Where I Am, Man'

    Sebastian Bach at Everett Events Center, Dec. 10, 2006.

  • Music

    December 6, 2006

    Never Mind the Oxygen Tanks, Here's Guns n' Roses

    Five excuses to see Axl Rose's new band. By Neil Shah

  • Diversions

    December 17, 2003

    Cheap Gifts!

    Last-minute items for stressed-out wallets that will make you, the giver, look shrewd.

  • Music

    November 26, 2003

    Death By Mixtape

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • Music

    September 11, 2002

    Latest on Axl Rose, Nikki Sixx, Wilco, and more.

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • Music

    August 28, 2002

    News on Nirvana, Nada Surf, the Go-Gos, and more.

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • Music

    February 13, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • Music

    December 12, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • Music

    April 18, 2001

    I wanna bite the hand that feeds me

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    Geek Box

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • Music

    December 27, 2000

    2000: The year in review

    Jacko and me: a look back.

  • Music

    December 29, 1999

    CRITICS' PICKS

    Seattle Weekly scribes select the year's best records.

  • Music

    September 23, 1998

    Nature or nature?

    Six reasons why Mudhoney and the Murder City Devils are the Olsen twins of Seattle rock.

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