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WITH NO APOLOGIES TO DJ ASHBA

 Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 2:00pm by

After I posted footage of Dj Ashba butchering Robin Finck’s solo from “This I Love” last week, I invoked the wrath of certain Ashba supporters, who claimed that Ashba is a better guitarist than I’m giving him credit for. And that’s probably true. That first Beautiful Creatures album was fun, and evidence suggests that Ashba was just having an off-night.

So here’s a video of him doing a much better job as the new guitar player for Axl Rose’s Guns N’ Roses. But before you watch it, know that I still can’t get behind Ashba, for the following reasons:

  1. He plays just like Slash.
  2. He stands just like Slash
  3. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, is he wearing a top hat?

Ashba is exactly what Guns N’ Roses doesn’t need, and exactly what Robin Finck and Buckethead were not – a Slash clone. If Axl really wants to make some claim that this new band is a legitimate band, having a member with no discernible personality of his own is a mistake.

And here are Finck and Buckethead, in happier times. Hard to believe this was nine years ago already…

-AR

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  • I killed a Dunky

    I cant watch the video cause its blocked HOWEVER I DONT HAVE THE WILL OR THE INTENTION TO WATCH THAT CRAP. GUNS AND ROSES DIED WHEN THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS WERE OUT OF THE BAND.. I apologize of the caps but its sick what Axel is Doing Ill rather hear Steele Panther XD

    • BT

      That whole “its not the real GNR” argument is so played out. If you feel that way why even bother commenting in the first place?

  • SHOCKTROOP

    wow. that is FUCKING RIDICULOUS. he has stolen slash’s playing style, his image, and his spot in his old band. Is he insane? nobody could possibly think this is a good idea.

  • http://www.youtube.com/DuncanDonuts3 Benjamin

    Look it’s ok because all it does is reminds everyone that Slash is the best
    and so and so is trying to fill his (now empty) shoes.

    I wasn’t offended at Ashba’s butchering of Finks solo because I already know Ashba, know he’s a great player and knew he was obviously having a bad night.

    Honestly, I can say that all the new GnR’s shows is that Axl still can’t get along with his old bandmates, or it’d be GnR on tour for real right now.

    Slash keeps busy and all his stuff rocks.

    • stu1

      By “rocks” you mean “pretty bland and mediocre,” right?

  • Mike2

    Buckethead is my favorite shredder ever, because he doesn’t just play scales at 1200 bpm, he can play with his heart too. Soothsayer is a good example of this, along with the whole Electric Tears album, and the tribute to Michael Jackson, The Homing Beacon.

    • i think

      shut the fuck up you cunt

      • Mike2

        Holy shit, that well thought-out response has made me shit my pants in fear of the mighty I THINK!

        Seriously, get a life.

        • http://www.myspace.com/ihopeyourot DemiGod

          I thought it was fucking hilarious, it was literally one step off from just being LOLWUT. Especially to an actually decent comment.

          • Sickboy666

            Hahaha, it sure was hilarious. Totally uncalled for.

    • http://thenumberoftheblog.wordpress.com/ groverXIII

      Unlike Mr. i think, I wholeheartedly agree with you. And you are not a cunt… at least, I’m assuming.

  • Dave

    Shit……he poses like Slash, stands on the monitors and moves like slash, slings his guitar like Slash, and if some layman didn’t know any better and watched this vid without sound they would’ve thought just by looking at this clown that it WAS Slash. And this Ashba vid sucks too.

  • Fufkin

    Oh dear – I suppose William will be giving him a Christmas bonus for that brazen impression.

  • Brian \m/(-_-)\m/

    there can be no GNR without the appetite for destruction lineup. GNR died as soon steven adler was fired. the end

    ps. its funny, cuz even though he still wore a top hat sometimes, ashba played entirely differently when he was with sixx AM on cruefest. interesting to note. maybe axl had something to do with this change of guitar personality??? wouldnt put it past him…

    • stu1

      As already pointed out, the other guys he’s had weren’t mimicking Slash or Izzy, so why, suddenly, would Axl have this doofus do it? Unless maybe he realizes that this guy has no personality of his own.

      • Brian \m/(-_-)\m/

        hrm, u hav a point. well now this is just confusing, cuz he certainly seemed to hav a personality on cruefest.

  • http://www.countshockula.blogspot.com ezra

    Isn’t a top hat still better than a Freaking Bucket?!?!?!?!
    I mean, that dude has a chicken bucket on his head!

    • Gunnar

      they serve the same exact purpose. why people can get over a god damn top hot and sunglasses but get caught up on a mask and a white bucket is beyond me.

      fuck what they wear, trying listening to them PLAY.

  • http://www.flamingtusk.com Zosimus

    Uh, come on, guys. The current “Guns ‘N Roses” is a glorified G ‘N R tribute band anyway. Anyone hired to play lead guitar in a Guns ‘N Roses tribute band is going to do their damnedest to look and sound exactly like Slash.
    This is one reason why Mr. Brownstone, the best G ‘N R tribute act out there, is waaaaaaaaay more fun to go see live than the “real” Guns ‘N Roses could ever possibly be.

  • Bread

    I still think Buckethead was their best guitarist simply because he’s the only one who had the balls to play a freaking banjo bluegrass so in front of a stadium sized crowd.

  • matt

    Really? to me he is nothing like Slash…in fact! He is a lot closer to Tracii Guns than Slash. Remember that Tracii is the Guns in Guns N Roses

  • Michelle

    Finck and Buckethead are the best!

  • Rade

    Buckethed is god on guitar but not for gnr becouse his style is much in progressiv metal and we know that guns had a hard rock/blues style.Robin is fantastic player but also he always screw up some very big gnr solos in concerts.DJ style is much better for guns,maybe he look like Slash in some way but he play like that for all years before guns while he was in Sixx I am.He is very good in Slash’s and Robin solos and much acepttible for gnr old fans who always talk about Slash.At the end Slash is going to play samo shits with Fergie and other none rock musicans while Axl still keep rocking with GNR.This is Gnr and this is it…and its very goood GNR line up!!!

  • Mezzy SCars

    HEY DUDE! we all know really would love slash, duff back guns n roses. atmo think dj ashba better addition than buckethead, finck glad finck gone back to nin bcoz he does better in nin than g’n'r…. buckethead is just skilled gutairist with nothing new to offer…. dj ashba worked with many great musicans n bands n has great quaility. with top hat thing dj wore previous bands aswell… so does slash wats big deal its item clothing fuck sake whats next u gonna complain hes uses same guitar tooo… i bet slash gave him good luck before took this gig. no1 plays solo exactly perfect on record not for note… not even slash not even finck not zakk wylde or randy rhoads…. go bum something else which make sense then blabber shit for brains.

  • Poopscoop

    “He plays just like Slash.” – To me he sounds like a cover band guitarist trying to cop Slash licks, but without feeling. He’s not that great, neither was Finck. I say give Fortus all the solos!