TV
and radio host Eddie Trunk shared
the first audio clips from "That Metal Show"`s upcoming interview with Axl Rose of Guns n Roses on
his radio program last night (November 4th), with the singer detailing the
effort he puts into preparing for the band’s three hour long
concerts.
Trunk
and his ‘That Metal Show’ co-hosts Jim Florentine interviewed Rose for an hour following one of their marathon concerts
recently, with the results set to be aired on
VH1 Classic November 11th.
When
told how impressive his vocal performance was earlier in the night,
Rose humbly responds, “I had a good night. It’s not an anomaly,
but I did have a good night, and I have been taking care of my voice.
I do warm-ups before the show, I do warm-downs after the show, I do
those religiously.”
Trunk
goes on to ask if Rose feels that he painted himself into a corner by
singing in such a high register on the band’s early records, to
wish Axl humorously replies, “I did that, with ‘You Could Be
Mine,’ the first time I had to play (that) live, I was like ‘what
did I do? What have I done, I have to sing this live now!’”
As
for how the band prepares for these epic concerts? “Well, everybody
in this band has their own physical regimen they have to go through.
I do a lot of cardio when I can, or when I can force myself to. But
yeah, you gotta get your wind up, and you’ve gotta get your head in
the right place and go out and do it.”
He
also says his bandmates should get part of the credit for including
so many songs into each set. “It’s an interesting thing because
it’s not just me. It was (that way), in kind of starting with some
of these guys, but now, when we did this last run after being off the
road for a while, they’re coming to me wanting to throw songs in
the set. ‘Hey, (drummer) Frank (Ferrer) wants to do this one’…and
I’m like (jokingly) ‘Well, tell Frank nobody asked!’”
No comments:
Post a Comment