Projected Release: 2006?!
Producers: Sean Beavan, Roy Thomas Baker | A&R: Bob Ezrin | Engineering: Critter

Guns N' Roses

W. Axl Rose (Lead Vocals, Piano)

Dizzy Reed (Keyboards)

Chris Pittman (keyboards, programming)

Tommy Stinson (Bass guitar)

Robin Finck (Lead guitar)

Buckethead (Lead Guitar -left in 04)

Richard Fortus (Rhythm/Lead Guitars)

Brian "Brain" Mantia (Drums)

Anticipated Album Tracks

Chinese Democracy The Blues
Madagascar
Better
There Was A Time
Catcher in the Rye
IRS
& more

Additional Musicians: Brian May (Guitars) | Dave Navarro | Gary Sunshine (Guitar on Oh My God) Josh Freese (Drums in the studio) | Chris Pittman (Keyboards, effects - live)

New Bandmember Biographies

Tommy Stinson: He's the new bass player (from the Replacements), replacing Duff McKagan and has been in the band since approximately 1998. He also sings backup vocals live.
Appeared on: The Replacements (Sorry Ma, Stink, Hootenanny, Let it Be, Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, Don't Tell a Soul, All Shook Down, All for Nothing/Nothing for All), Paul Westerberg (Eventually), Hall Willner (Stay Awake), Put-Outs (Put Outs Sing the Hits), Perfect (When Squirrels Play Chicken), Cravin' Melon (Red Clay Harvest), Cracker (Gentelmen's Blues), Bash and Pop (Friday Night is Killing Me)

Tommy Stinson in the Replacements

 

Paul Tobias: Also sometimes known as Paul Huge, he replaced Gilby Clarke on rhythm guitar (who replaced Izzy Stradlin) in 1994 and has helped Axl Rose rebuild the band since that time. He is a childhood friend of Axl's and also helped write "Back off Bitch" which is on Use Your Illusion I and "Shadow of your Love," which is a Bside.

Appeared on: Sympathy for the Devil (Interview with the Vampire soundtrack, 1995)

Paul left the band in approximately 2002

Paul Tobias on stage in Rock in Rio 3

 

Chris Pittman: He is the new live keyboardist / effects man in GNR. He isn't an official band member, and mostly does the live sound effects and some keyboard parts. I think he is necessary because of the complexity of some of the new material to be played live.
Appeared on: Blinker The Star - Bourgeois Kitten (1996, keyboards); Lusk - Free Mars (1997, engineer, mixing); Replicants - Replicants (1996 acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals); Tool - Aenima (1996, synthesizer)
Album: C.P. Time (1991) - a rock album which blended contemporary styles and dance/pop.

Chris Pittman in Rio De Jainero, Brazil

 

 

Buckethead: He is the new lead guitarist for GNR, with a very unique robot like style. He plays with speed, prescision and can play almost any style of music out there and also plays bass. From San Francisco, he first played in a funk/metal group called the Deli Creeps and later with Praxis, Bootsy Collins, and guested with Primus at Ozzfest 1999. Along with his solo albums he has also contributed soundtrack material to as Last Action Hero and Street Fighter.
Appeared on: As Death Cube K: Dreamatorium (1994) Disembodied (1997) Tunnel (tba) - With Praxis: Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) (1992 ) Sacrifist (1994) Metatron (1995) Transmutation Live (1998) Collection (1998) Warzsawa (1999) - With Giant Robot: s/t (1996) - With Zillatron: Lord of the Harvest (1994) - With Cobra Strike: 13th Scroll (1999) - With Arcana (Tony Williams): Arc of the Testimony (1997) With El Stew: s/t (1999)

Websites: Bucketheadland, BucketFAQ, Discography , Bingebuddies

Albums: Bucketheadland (1992), Giant Robot (1994), Day of the Robot (1996), Colma (1998), Monsters and Robots (1999)

Buckethead without bucket in Rio De Jainero, Brazil

 

 

Buckethead reaching for the chicken

 

 

 

Robin Finck: From NIN, he has been in the lead guitar spot of GNR since 1997, replacing Slash who left because of differences in musical direction.

Appeared on: Nine Inch Nails - Further Down the Spiral (1995) He has also worked with Cirque de Soleil

Website: Finck Tank

Robin Finck in Rio De Jainero, Brazil

 

Brian "Brain" Mantia: He is the new GNR drummer who replaced Josh Freese (who did the studio work on Chinese Democracy) and has been in the band only since the 2nd half of 2000.

Appeared on: Primus - The Brown Album (1997), Rhinoplasty (1998), Antipop (1999), Axiom Funk - Funkcronomicon (1995), El Stew - No Hesitation (1999), Fishbone - Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg... (1996), Tony Furtado - Roll My Blues Away (1997), Alvin Youngblood Hart - Big Mama's Door (1996), Jon Hassell - Dressing for Pleasure (1994), Looters - Imago Mundi (1992), M.I.R.V. - Cosmodrome (1994), Keiko Matsui - Dream Walk (1996), Praxis - Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) (1992), Tony Rebel - Rebellious (1992), Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)

Website: Primus Sucks

Album: I'll Find a Way (1996)

Drumkit Setup: Diagram of his kit

Brian Mantia in Rio De Jainero, Brazil

 

Brain live with Primus

 

Equipment

 

Buckethead

Guitars: Jackson Flying V, Steinberger GS, ESP MII, Gibson Chet Atkins, Ibanez X-Series Flying V, Takamine Acoustic, '59 Les Paul Custom, Gibson SG, '69 Gibson Les Paul Custom, white Les Paul Custom

Amplifiers: Peavey Reknown, Marshall & Mesa Boogie heads, a Matt Wells head, Harry Kolbe Cabinets.

Effects: Roland SE 50, Rocktron Intellifex, Rockman, a Zoom multi effects unit, Alesis Midiverb II, A wah wah, Lexicon JamMan, Electro Harmonix Micro Synthesizer, Pro Co Rat, Digitech Whammy Pedal, Misc Toys.

Robin Finck

Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Custom (black), Goldtop

Amplifiers: Marshall, with JMP-1 MIDI-controllable preamp effects

Effects: RockTron Vodoo Valve, TC Electronic effects G-Force

Paul Tobias

Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Standard (blue), Les Paul Custom, Gibson Explorer

Amplifiers: Marshall

Tommy Stinson

Bass: Rickenbacker, P-bass, or Fender

Amplifiers: Ampeg svt and 8x10 cab

Dizzy Reed

Keyboards: Yamaha, possibly KORG, synthesizers, conga drugs, percussion, computers for effects.

 

Additional Musicians

 

Gary Sunshine is from New York and has appeared on Circus of Power (Circus of Power, Still Alive, Vices, Magic & Madness), NY Loose (Year of the Rat), The Silos (Heater)

Josh Freese is a much heralded studio drummer who has worked with many different groups such as the Vandals, and currently is touring in A Perfect Circle. In the studio he has worked with Chris Cornell, Suicidal Tendencies, Juliana Hatfield, Tracy Bonham, Paul Westerberg and many more. He also did the work on the drums for Chinese Democracy. In 2000, he also released a solo album called the Notorious One Man Orgy.
Dave Navarro is most well known from his position in Jane's Addiction and also the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has also appeared on records by NIN, Alanis Morrisette and Porno for Pyros among others. He was called in to contribute a guitar solo in the new GN'R song, "Oh My God" which appears on the End of Days Soundtrack.

Brian May is best known for his lead guitar role in Queen. Also with his solo band, he supported Guns N' Roses touring in 1993. His solo albums include the Star Fleet Project, Back to the Light, Resurrection, and Another World (1998). He appears on albums by Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Fastbacks and several others. For the new Guns N' Roses album, he recorded parts for 4 or 5 songs, which he discussed in an interview in 2000.

 

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