Axl blames Slash for Guns N Roses' reputation for poor time keeping

Fri, 11 Nov 2011

Guns N Roses frontman, Axl Rose, recently sat down with VH1's That Metal Show for a feature length interview last month.  The interview that will air tonight sees the singer defend himself when it comes to the bands renowned poor time keeping.

In a clip available from the show (below), Axl talks about former guitarist Slash and how the bands reputation for lateness dates back to their 1991 tour.  

"A lot of this goes back to '91, and when we were super-late going onstage. And that really has more to do with… I should not have been on that tour." he says 

He continued by explaining the blame lies with management and the guitarist, "I only went on tour for three reasons: my manager had booked a tour without authorization… then, I'm gonna be sued for it. He was also telling me if Slash dies of heroin, or whatever, it's my fault.  And lastly Slash pushing me. I should have not agreed to do that tour, but didn't know how to get out of it. "




The singer did (sort of) accept some of the blame for their latest appearances saying, "A lot of times, day of show for some reason, everything starts going wrong. People are making mistakes… you’re making mistakes, and nobody even knows why."

The full show will air tonight, see here for details.