Thank all three of you for conducting and posting this! I saw the 3rd part first and was relieved to find this. Incredible! Thank you all for putting this out there!
I remember the first time I heard G-N-R. I was walking on the boardwalk in OC MD and I walked by this biker bar. Welcome to the Jungle was playing. It was at the very beginning of the song. The Bar was going nuts. We went nuts. I have been a fan from then on. We were 16 17 years old. What a great time to have been alive.
With an interview like this, I could sit for three hours. For special ones like this, if time allows, keep going. You guys do have a great thing going here.
I just discovered you guys a few days ago through the Three Sides of the Coin show. Real good stuff gentlemen!I listen to a lot of talk radio and podcasts while I'm working and this channel seriously hits the spot. Thanks from Louisville!
Thank you very much for your efforts - as a loving GN'R-fan with an interest in all the other guys around (/behind) them, this is very interesting to see and hear. Great work!
Have you interviewed Vicky Hamilton? If not, you should. I think she would dispute some of the things Alan has said as well as give great insight to the early years on a granular level.
i remember being around 18 or 20 in 87ish an appetite hadn,t sold alot think about 200,000 me an my mate tryed to get tickets but we were told they wernt coming within 3 months it was being played everywere and started to sell loads mainly out ta get me and its so easy were played the most next was donnington 88 that was mad still got appetite unopened in original celofain as got it on cd aswell mad times
I love this show. I would love to here a show about all the Motley Crue alblums.Also maybe all the tours and what was great about them.These episodes have been extremely fascinating!!
Wow this is the type of stuff I like to hear about, the business side of it. We always hear about the shenanigans of the bands but rarely hear about the work that goes into getting them out there and recognizable.
i really enjoyed this interview, great to tap into the mind of someone who was there during the excessive days of rock, will look forward to trawling through your achive here and see what else grabs me.
I Love hearing Stories Alan tells about Guns and Roses I enjoyed hearing this Mitch is a Great Guy He knows his Rock Music I went out and stayed a couple days with Alan in Arizona I woke up in this room with all the accomplishments picturesAlan and I drove across half way across Country to go back to Dallas Alan is Legendary He gave So much for Guns He as far as to protect them when they fired Stephen and he sued them which Alan told them and Alan ended up getting screwed He told me a story about Welcome to The Jungle was a last song add on Alan is a Wonderful Guy!
Great, great, great...I totally agree with him about Izzy and it was awesome to hear about the early days...I remember those Perkins Palace shows and as I remember it, they had one show, sold it out, added another, then another, until they got to four shows but it sounds like that might have been part of the plan. But Niven is right, if the band wasn't the real deal, people wouldn't have kept listening after being "roped in"...
One reason I would pay to hang out with AXL Rose is to just to get the chance to have more than a five minute under pressured meet in greet .So could have an actual chance to spend time with my teenage idol,I am still his number one fan.he probably gets that way to much.but AXL and the boys gnr music literally saved my life when I was suffering from a chronic case of manic depressant suffering.Axl and gnr.was able to pull me up out of that illness.2 the second reason of business I'd like to talk to AXL is because I read online that he was the most generous member of gnr and that he and Izzy wouldn't stop until L.A.s homeless children had came to an end.amazed I started brain storming and I believe I have the idea to the answer of how AXL could be the solitary solution on how to end the homeless youth crisis in LA county C.A.while it's at its final 10 percent.
We have never claimed to be experts of anything. We are just two fans with our own personal opinions that we know others won't agree with and we won't agree with your views on music.
That time in the mid to late 80s was word of mouth, la weekly, music connection recycler. Yes, no internet or instant news, however MTV and after hours music shows on Saturday night were how we heard about new music. I worked at PooBahs and everyone was looking for live bootlegs and consignments
I'm glad #Izzy finally got some respect he wrote most of that material and I was very proud of me I got off the drugs and left the band at its height, took a lot of balls, I love his scratch rhythm guitar #IzzyStradlin forever a lot of those licks were really him instead of #Slash
Mitch!!!!! Aerosmith, pretty boys? WHAT??? AEROSMITH ARE A BIG INFLUENCE TO Gn'R !! How come you don't know that. The guys in GnR loves and respect Aerosmith, there would be no GnR without Aerosmith! Aerosmith had just made a comeback with Permenant Vacation and had some ballads and radiofriendly material on it but the band Aerosmith are rock Gods!! They are the perfect match I can't understand you don't understand that. Mindblowing!!
As Production Manager/FOH for both bands at this time, Great White and G N'R, I had the bands in adjoining SIR studios. I take exception to Alan's comments. Given the choice, I stated without doubt that G N'R would be a far greater band than Great White, and I believe Alan's relationship with Jack Russell blinded him to the facts!
Woah as a Production Manager/FOH/Monitor and recording engineer based in way down here in New Zealand,respect.You did this job before digital,total respect man,you must have worked your balls off,day in,day out.
I really enjoyed this. wasn't sure if I was actually going to watch the whole thing when i started, but as I got more into the story I wanted to hear the whole thing. Interesting to see and hear how the buisiness worked then and also works now. Although i'm not sure if I particulary like the way Alan promoted I must say he's a smart man though. and on the other hand: why not use those bullshit paparazzi to get the free publicity? It has 2 sides I guess.
As always felllas great job on grillin'n allan on the gnr back story.next time try to touch on what yr.he sent the boys oversees with the 42,000.00 he made off of live!?@$ a suicide.
EPIC you guys deliver on how a great band can remain never to be as well as the flip side how a shitty band can get a run...I just finished Slash's and Duff's books an now this great interview...is 3 posted...I currently live in Phoenix and it'd be cool to run into this rock n roll mind...chatted up Alice Cooper last night...thxs for an interview that has depth not the fluffy fuck questions...I wanna know where the bodies are....
ay michael am the same as you not really intrested in who doin what or talkin to who,am more behind the scenes stuff for my own intrest not to go telling everyone its obvious izzy held it together
And lastly i would like to find out if you can pay to hang out with AXL Rose for the day Is to speak more business of not only helping the homeless youth in LA ca But also to get his business advise of how two help the homelessness iny part of the u.s Kentucky on how to start an organization to gix up homes for the homeless that would be ran off off government grants .but i have the solution to house the homeless youth in LA allteady my idea for axl and izzy and if slash wants to get involved,great.but its souly for axl to do as to gain soul notoriety for just talking to me and of course how he wants to stop this crisis.
keith has no idea.true.and hec,advice coming from a guy who puts five strings on his guitar....I mean c'mon now...the stones were ok live and sound nothing like their studio records.and last but not least.dont take advice from a jealous guy who put down the beatles,zeppelin and Sabbath,metallica and rap(which I personally don't like,but others do).
Bullshit. Point 1) Keith was absolutely the right person to talk to because he'd been in a carbon copy situation and held it down, kept it all together. Point 2) Slash didn't take hia advice and his career fell apart and he became the frontman for a number of small time niche bands. Point 3) It was only when he took Keith's advice and patched things up with Axl that Slash got himself a major gig again and he's now back to earning millions as a member of one of the biggest groups of all time - as opposed to being the front guitarist to any number of bands that nobody in the mainstream cared about. In the end, Keith was right, and you know it. Or would you prefer Slash back in Revolver, or Snakepit, or solo, and selling fuck all records, watching his wife bleed him dry? Richards was spot on.
I saw Great White live in '85 and i heard all their "hits" here in/on Seattle radio and i thought they were the most flaccid, bloated and limp bowl of shit ever.
This is incredible. I've been a huge fan since '88. Thanks so much for posting!
Thanks for checking us out, we really appreciate it.
Thank all three of you for conducting and posting this! I saw the 3rd part first and was relieved to find this. Incredible! Thank you all for putting this out there!
I remember the first time I heard G-N-R. I was walking on the boardwalk in OC MD and I walked by this biker bar. Welcome to the Jungle was playing. It was at the very beginning of the song. The Bar was going nuts. We went nuts. I have been a fan from then on. We were 16 17 years old. What a great time to have been alive.
With an interview like this, I could sit for three hours. For special ones like this, if time allows, keep going. You guys do have a great thing going here.
finally someone gave credit to izzy, he was the heart of gnr
No wonder axel got so distressed with his departure
But his solo albums were rubbish
Thank you for watching and leaving the comment.
Niven’s voice tone and accent is a pleasure to hear. Wise and very, very intelligent. Thanks!
Love the confirmation of Izzy Stradlin! More! Get Izzy on the show!
You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
I just discovered you guys a few days ago through the Three Sides of the Coin show. Real good stuff gentlemen!I listen to a lot of talk radio and podcasts while I'm working and this channel seriously hits the spot. Thanks from Louisville!
very nice insight,thank you Alan Niven and you guys...
Alan Niven : WRITE A BOOK!
A truly great "look-under-the-hood" interview with Alan Niven - thanks for sharing this.
anxiously awaiting part 3!!
This is gold
great interview.Alan is a true gem in this business.thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching.
I'm really enjoying Alan. He's got a ton of great stories. Can't wait for part 3!
Thank you very much for your efforts - as a loving GN'R-fan with an interest in all the other guys around (/behind) them, this is very interesting to see and hear.
Great work!
Part 3 is coming tomorrow.... great stuff!
Thanks for asking intelligent questions. As a GNR fan, this was one of the best interviews I've ever come across. Niven needs to do a book.
Have you interviewed Vicky Hamilton? If not, you should. I think she would dispute some of the things Alan has said as well as give great insight to the early years on a granular level.
Dude, This is so entertaining! Thank you so much for all of these
i remember being around 18 or 20 in 87ish an appetite hadn,t sold alot think about 200,000 me an my mate tryed to get tickets but we were told they wernt coming within 3 months it was being played everywere and started to sell loads mainly out ta get me and its so easy were played the most next was donnington 88 that was mad still got appetite unopened in original celofain as got it on cd aswell mad times
Thank you. Yes I found his business stories very interesting, not something we typically hear about.
I love this show. I would love to here a show about all the Motley Crue alblums.Also maybe all the tours and what was great about them.These episodes have been extremely fascinating!!
Alan Niven Brilliant, one of the best Rock interviews ever .Cheers!!
Wow this is the type of stuff I like to hear about, the business side of it. We always hear about the shenanigans of the bands but rarely hear about the work that goes into getting them out there and recognizable.
Thanks Johnny... regardless if people like what he has to say it is some great insight into the band, and the business of GNR.
Michael Brandvold ... what is Alan Niven's education? Guy is sharp as a tac in the facets of social psychology.
great description of Steven Adler. he had a ton of pop and energy in the drum tracks
Thanks for watching David.
Thank you, means alot coming from a GNR fan.
Great podcast, looking forward to part 3. Thanks Guys
alan niven must of had a extraorinary rollar coster ride with g n r .phenomenal show loved it .cheers guys
How nobody talks about west Arkeen ..
great interview
i really enjoyed this interview, great to tap into the mind of someone who was there during the excessive days of rock, will look forward to trawling through your achive here and see what else grabs me.
Great interview!!! 💞
Thanks Warren.
Very good podcast, Michael. Going to see what else you have podded'
I Love hearing Stories Alan tells about Guns and Roses I enjoyed hearing this Mitch is a Great Guy He knows his Rock Music I went out and stayed a couple days with Alan in Arizona I woke up in this room with all the accomplishments picturesAlan and I drove across half way across Country to go back to Dallas Alan is Legendary He gave So much for Guns He as far as to protect them when they fired Stephen and he sued them which Alan told them and Alan ended up getting screwed He told me a story about Welcome to The Jungle was a last song add on Alan is a Wonderful Guy!
GnR opened for Iron Maiden in Canada in May 1988
I am hanging on every word Alan Niven says. He is much smarter than Axl's current management.
Great, great, great...I totally agree with him about Izzy and it was awesome to hear about the early days...I remember those Perkins Palace shows and as I remember it, they had one show, sold it out, added another, then another, until they got to four shows but it sounds like that might have been part of the plan. But Niven is right, if the band wasn't the real deal, people wouldn't have kept listening after being "roped in"...
Any ghost musicians? Hair metal? Geez. For the rest, ace interview. Alan's point of view is really interesting.
Thanks Rob.
THIS IS SO INTERSTING
Loving this, very interesting !
whats the next part is there a playlist of all the podcast on this?
"Axl was getting ready to come down and talk to one or two people one on one specifically in the audience"... Now, why doesn't that surprise me.
no worries at all - keep up the good work
One reason I would pay to hang out with AXL Rose is to just to get the chance to have more than a five minute under pressured meet in greet .So could have an actual chance to spend time with my teenage idol,I am still his number one fan.he probably gets that way to much.but AXL and the boys gnr music literally saved my life when I was suffering from a chronic case of manic depressant suffering.Axl and gnr.was able to pull me up out of that illness.2 the second reason of business I'd like to talk to AXL is because I read online that he was the most generous member of gnr and that he and Izzy wouldn't stop until L.A.s homeless children had came to an end.amazed I started brain storming and I believe I have the idea to the answer of how AXL could be the solitary solution on how to end the homeless youth crisis in LA county C.A.while it's at its final 10 percent.
We have never claimed to be experts of anything. We are just two fans with our own personal opinions that we know others won't agree with and we won't agree with your views on music.
Michael Brandvold Please guys, tell Allan Niven he should write a book!
Thank you for splitting it up I don't know anyone who would sit through the great white section
That time in the mid to late 80s was word of mouth, la weekly, music connection recycler. Yes, no internet or instant news, however MTV and after hours music shows on Saturday night were how we heard about new music. I worked at PooBahs and everyone was looking for live bootlegs and consignments
I'm glad #Izzy finally got some respect he wrote most of that material and I was very proud of me I got off the drugs and left the band at its height, took a lot of balls, I love his scratch rhythm guitar #IzzyStradlin forever a lot of those licks were really him instead of #Slash
It was fking excellent!! Despite you guys talking too much or jumping the gun
Ghost musicians???? This ain't fooking KISS
what made appitite so great was because every band at the time all sounded the same where gnr sounded unlike anything ever heard at the time
Mitch!!!!! Aerosmith, pretty boys? WHAT??? AEROSMITH ARE A BIG INFLUENCE TO Gn'R !! How come you don't know that. The guys in GnR loves and respect Aerosmith, there would be no GnR without Aerosmith! Aerosmith had just made a comeback with Permenant Vacation and had some ballads and radiofriendly material on it but the band Aerosmith are rock Gods!! They are the perfect match I can't understand you don't understand that. Mindblowing!!
As Production Manager/FOH for both bands at this time, Great White and G
N'R, I had the bands in adjoining SIR studios. I take exception to
Alan's comments. Given the choice, I stated without doubt that G N'R
would be a far greater band than Great White, and I believe Alan's
relationship with Jack Russell blinded him to the facts!
Woah as a Production Manager/FOH/Monitor and recording engineer based in way down here in New Zealand,respect.You did this job before digital,total respect man,you must have worked your balls off,day in,day out.
Dude sounds like he has an axe to grind.
Talk Dirty to Me is a CC song. Slash wouldn't have known it.
I really enjoyed this. wasn't sure if I was actually going to watch the whole thing when i started, but as I got more into the story I wanted to hear the whole thing. Interesting to see and hear how the buisiness worked then and also works now. Although i'm not sure if I particulary like the way Alan promoted I must say he's a smart man though. and on the other hand: why not use those bullshit paparazzi to get the free publicity? It has 2 sides I guess.
As always felllas great job on grillin'n allan on the gnr back story.next time try to touch on what yr.he sent the boys oversees with the 42,000.00 he made off of live!?@$ a suicide.
Cd.
Why? Because he says some things people might not like to hear?
EPIC you guys deliver on how a great band can remain never to be as well as the flip side how a shitty band can get a run...I just finished Slash's and Duff's books an now this great interview...is 3 posted...I currently live in Phoenix and it'd be cool to run into this rock n roll mind...chatted up Alice Cooper last night...thxs for an interview that has depth not the fluffy fuck questions...I wanna know where the bodies are....
if someone told me a singer killed his dogs it wouild put me off going lol .
"Were there any ghosts musicians on the album?"
"..............wh...what? Fuck no, Its guns and roses dude..."
xDDD
ym kkn john u night
ay michael am the same as you not really intrested in who doin what or talkin to who,am more behind the scenes stuff for my own intrest not to go telling everyone its obvious izzy held it together
They changed,,
And lastly i would like to find out if you can pay to hang out with AXL Rose for the day
Is to speak more business of not only helping the homeless youth in LA ca
But also to get his business advise of how two help the homelessness iny part of the u.s
Kentucky on how to start an organization to gix up homes for the homeless that would be ran off off government grants .but i have the solution to house the homeless youth in LA allteady my idea for axl and izzy and if slash wants to get involved,great.but its souly for axl to do as to gain soul notoriety for just talking to me and of course how he wants to stop this crisis.
I seen gnr twice in Canada before July of 88...Aug 87 opening for the cult and May 88 opening for Iron Maiden...thank god I didn't live in an igloo.
The Cult@ CNE grandstand exhibition place
... August 19tg 1987
Tom don't have a clue if he did he still be in gnr
The clicking noise isn’t cool radio dj’s
I've got a lot of respect for Alan,just wish he'd stop lip smacking it's hard to listen to
Canadian winter😂
skip to 5 mins in....FYI
keith has no idea.true.and hec,advice coming from a guy who puts five strings on his guitar....I mean c'mon now...the stones were ok live and sound nothing like their studio records.and last but not least.dont take advice from a jealous guy who put down the beatles,zeppelin and Sabbath,metallica and rap(which I personally don't like,but others do).
Bullshit. Point 1) Keith was absolutely the right person to talk to because he'd been in a carbon copy situation and held it down, kept it all together. Point 2) Slash didn't take hia advice and his career fell apart and he became the frontman for a number of small time niche bands. Point 3) It was only when he took Keith's advice and patched things up with Axl that Slash got himself a major gig again and he's now back to earning millions as a member of one of the biggest groups of all time - as opposed to being the front guitarist to any number of bands that nobody in the mainstream cared about.
In the end, Keith was right, and you know it. Or would you prefer Slash back in Revolver, or Snakepit, or solo, and selling fuck all records, watching his wife bleed him dry?
Richards was spot on.
If you’re playing open tuning you only need 5 strings, and you will not find a bigger fan of the Beatles than Keith
I saw Great White live in '85 and i heard all their "hits" here in/on Seattle radio and i thought they were the most flaccid, bloated and limp bowl of shit ever.
I can't find part 1 I've seen 2 n 3