Avenged Sevenfold side with Axl Rose

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Avenged Sevenfold frontman Matt Shadows recently saw Guns N' Roses during their swing through New York City earlier this month, and he said they're better than ever. Guns N' Roses first shows of the year have drawn reluctant rave reviews.

Shadows talked with me about the shows.


"Yeah, they actually played four nights. We came to the fourth night. Of course we were in Philly, and we were like, 'There's no way we're staying in Philly. We're going to go see Axl and company. So it was cool. I've met him before and I personally don't like that vibe being the guy that's trying to get back there and bug him. I know how that situation is on a way smaller level than he does. I just don't to be sitting back there all night and be like, 'Oh, Axl. Let's go bug the shit out of him.' We just watched the show, enjoyed it, had a great time and then had a couple of drinks with our friends in Mastodon, because they were here, and took off. We're going to be on tour with them in Europe for a while so we'll have plenty of time to throwdown if he's available. Those shows are just way too overwhelming, especially for us to be trying to bug him."

Shadows has also sided with Axl Rose in the Velvet Revolver vs. Guns N' Roses debate, and he discussed why he backs the enigmatic frontman.


"I don't know, man. I go more toward the Use Your Illusion records and I know he had a major part in those. If you listen to Velvet Revolver they're a straight ahead rock band and a lot of people like that. It's not a dis on them. They have a short attention span and they just want to rock out to three or four minute songs, and just the way Use Your Illusions were put together, just like Slash said on the VH1 Behind the Music he said it's our "White Album" [legendary Beatles album considered their best work]. It's a big and complex record and once you get into it, to me it's my favorite two records of all time. From the new songs I've heard and from the demos I can tell that Axl had the biggest part in Use Your Illusion 1 and 2. They lyrics, the way he writes the lyrics, the vocal stylings was a major part of Guns N' Roses, even though you can't have Guns N' Roses with out Slash and those guys. Just to me Axl was the most important."

Avenged Sevenfold was recently announced as the "surprise" guest on OzzFest. The band is currently touring in support of the album City Of Evil and their new single, Beast & The Harlot.