Axl Rose talks new Guns N’ Roses music and recording with Angus Young
The singer takes part in a rare and very candid fans’ Q&A in London.
Axl Rose has confirmed that the classic era line-up of Guns N’ Roses are already bouncing new musical ideas off each other.
The stand-in AC/DC singer took part in an hour-long Q&A session at London's China Exchange on Tuesday night (7th June) where he openly discussed both bands he’s currently playing a pivotal role in.
Reflecting on Guns N’ Roses making new music together, Axl said: “I’ve got a lot of stuff together, and I played some stuff for Slash and Duff, and they liked it. They might be on (the recordings). We don't know.”
He continued “I do want to put out more music with Guns N’ Roses, and I don’t know if that has to do with Slash or not. … If he wants to play on something, that would be great. I’ve been working to get kind of where things are.
“The Guns N’ Roses reunion didn’t happen by chance or whatever. It was always looked at as a possibility, but it never seemed right or felt right.”
Currently receiving rave reviews for his performances with AC/DC on the Rock or Bust tour, Axl hinted that new music could be on the horizon: "Angus (Young) and I are talking about working together. So we'll see."
He also opened up about his close relationship with his kindred spirit Angus: “It’s great. I can’t really explain it. I feel protective, I feel I do not want to let this guy down, more than almost anybody I’ve ever known. And I don’t know why.
“And he’s very responsive to me. And they said they hadn’t seen him this happy, they hadn’t seen him moving around (this much). In between songs, he’s playing other stuff. So that’s kind of a neat thing between musicians.”
Axl also admitted that he got emotionally attached to Dave Grohl’s throne, which he used on Guns N’ Roses’ spring shows early AC/DC European dates due to the broken foot he sustained in April.
“At first (sitting in the chair was) really strange, but then people apparently liked how I was moving in it,” Axl said.
“I had to make myself get out of it in in AC/DC. They didn’t tell me to, but I made myself get out of that chair because you start feeling, as Angus said, ‘a little too comfy.’ It became a safety zone, rather than having to get out their and face the people in another way.”
Despite being a self-professed AC/DC superfan, elsewhere Axl admitted that a certain British act are his favourite band of all time.
“Queen has always been my favourite band,” Axl said. “Freddie is the greatest singer ever is the way I look at it. The other thing about Queen for me is they embraced so many different styles.”
AC/DC play Manchester Etihad Stadium tonight (9th June). You can listen to the full interview with Axl right here: