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Search Results for: guns n roses

Roadie-biker Bean recalls the bottle-in-the-nuts craziness of an early “Guns N’ Fucking Roses” gig

June 3, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton Last week I posted a blog about the Iron Maiden/Guns N’ Roses gig I went to in Vancouver 30 years ago, on May 30, 1988. That was […]

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Backstage with Slash and Bruce Dickinson as Guns N’ Roses open for Maiden in Vancouver

May 30, 2018by the newt 1 Comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JUNE 3, 1988 By Steve Newton The politics of rockin’ can be tough on new bands just getting used to the tour circuit. Take […]

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Album review: Guns N’ Roses, The Spaghetti Incident (1993)

October 13, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, NOV. 25, 1993 By Steve Newton As Guns N’ Roses would likely proclaim themselves, The Spaghetti Incident KICKS F***IN’ ASS! It’s the band’s […]

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Album review: Guns N’ Roses, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II (1991)

October 8, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 19, 1991 By Steve Newton It’s hard to believe that just three years ago Guns N’ Roses couldn’t get a rise out of […]

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Guns N’ Roses hit the mark in Vancouver by playing covers better than their own

September 2, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

photo by the Newt By Steve Newton I wasn’t that excited about going to see Guns N’ Roses at BC Place last night, mainly because I wasn’t sure if they […]

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Brian May says there’s a spiritual connection between Guns N’ Roses and Queen

April 22, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MARCH 25, 1993 By Steve Newton Ever since Wayne’s World came out, I’ve been considering legal action against writer/star Mike Myers. You know that […]

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Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan needn’t fear a Tonya Harding from Slash bassist Todd Kerns

April 30, 2016by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton I was interviewing Todd Kerns a couple weeks ago in advance of the Age of Electric show at the Commodore tonight (April 30), and had an evil thought. Since […]

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Newt’s hopes of a second shot at Slash’s JD stash fade with Guns N’ Roses tour news

March 25, 2016by the newt 1 Comment

By Steve Newton “Rock and roll’s a loser’s game,” Ian Hunter once sang, and today I get what he was talkin’ about in that line from “The Ballad of Mott […]

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That time Vince Neil said “Fuck you!” to me when we were talkin’ Guns N’ Roses and Axl Rose

October 24, 2015by the newt 1 Comment

By Steve Newton Ha! Here’s a good one. Today I was listening to an old interview I did with Vince Neil back in October of 1991 when Motley Crue was […]

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Slash’s Vancouver gig tonight promises plenty of Guns N’ Roses–and the return of Todd “Dammit” Kerns

August 15, 2014by the newt Leave a comment

If the setlist from Slash‘s show in San Francisco two nights ago is any indication, his Vancouver fans are in for a whole lotta GN’R action tonight. During his show at […]

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