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When you get a new piece of Musical Gear... Be it hardware, software, rack-mount, stomp box, and so on... Put away the instructions aside from the set-up and throw the troubleshoot guide into the trash... Accidents and ignorance creates beautiful mistakes... (Jaco Pastorius : 1951 - 1987)

Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Message from Richard Fortus:

"To my knowledge, there was never a bottle thrown at the stage while we were on it. It was a really magical show for me, until the very end. During Night Train, someone threw a coin and it hit Axl and he stopped us and we walked off. We made an announcement that we weren't going to keep playing if anything else was thrown. Unfortunately, we came back, started the song again and the same thing happened. So we left. That's what this band has always done when people keep throwing shit. Maybe people were booing in the back. If they were, i sure as hell didn't hear it nor did I see it. Except for some asshole that ruined it for everyone, it was one of the greatest shows of my life.

The press reports that I've read made it sound as though we were bottled and booed off the stage, but as usual they are full of shit. That includes the story about Axl refusing to go on until he got a roast duck dinner. Complete bullshit. I know, i was with him. Blatant lies. Don't believe what you read kiddies! The fans have been amazing here in Europe. It's pretty overwhelming. I'd like to personally thank all the fans that have come to the shows. Especially the ones that didn't come as fans, but left as fans.

Oh yeah, one more thing. Izzy Stradlin is one of the coolest people i've ever had the pleasure of knowing. It's a pleasure to play with him and to hang out with him.

Again, thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that has helped make this tour so much fun."





izzy? agreed..
when was the last time you straightly played your 6 strings in the toilet.. ha!


words by RiesAp 2:18 AM

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