Dropping the needle - Alan Niven interview

[ubiqe]

A lengthy one, 3 parts to that, there are some Izzy mentions at the beginning of the 1st and 2nd part:






More interestingly, Alan responded to some comments on mygnrforum and squeezed in some info about Izzy not showing up for RRHOF:

"Alan Niven followed up with Dropping The Needle with some additional comments (don’t shoot the messenger, lol).

I have been made aware of some of the comments made on various GnR sites. Some are clearly of a prejudiced nature, and there are many who don’t seem to actually listen to what was actually said … but such is the nature of forums.
The one comment I would respond to is the statement that there were obviously no meaningful [heart to heart] conversations between Axl and myself, or him and the others for that matter. That could not be further from the truth;
There were countless such conversations and phone calls -
one of the last ones I had with Axl, I was trying to explain to him the dynamic he was engendering – that he tended to intimidate people … that his method made people defensive and alienated, that he came off like a bit of a dick - even if that was not his intent and purpose … and I suggested he think thru how he talked to people … and for him to consider how fearful people were of him …. whether that was his fault or not – I tried to empower his communication skills by illuminating his understanding – the very next call I had from him, was his call to say he wouldn’t work with me anymore … so maybe that was his intent after all.
When Izzy travelled to LA to try to talk Axl into attending the Hall Of Fame event, Axl failed to show for the pre-arranged meeting. Les plus sont changes les moins sont changes."

droppingtheneedle.com/some-additional-guns-n-roses-comments-from-alan-niven/

[alicejitterbug]

Thanks for this post ubiqe. I've seen a few Dropping The Needle podcasts before (the two-part one with Bumblefoot!) and like Alan Niven, I really enjoy the format.

The laid back characters who facilitate it, Michael and Mitch and the U.S./Canadian openness of collaboration is all good. These podcast are long but I enjoyed some bit of media that isn't super slick yet dumbed down for really short attention spans. I actually wrote to Dropping the Needle thanking them for what they do and for what they refrain from doing.

It's going to take me a while to get through all three parts but I think of it like a magazine that I can pick up where I left off from time to time.

[mzzy]

What!!!? Izzy tried to convince Axl to show up to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?