Ashba: "I wanted to kill myself in my hotel room after reading GNR message boards"

[Towelie 739]

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dj_ashba_recalls_gnr_fans_insulting_him_after_taking_slashs_position.html

[John Bonham 25,824]

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[hotdogman 1,855]

Omg lol are you kidding

[Haters Gonna Hate 1,151]

I did too when people were saying  he was a good guitar player 

[Towelie 739]

You put yourself out there, insert yourself into a pre-established, much loved rock band and can't back it up with the chops, you bet ya ass people are gonna roast you for it.

[John Bonham 25,824]

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[Repo Man 277]

Haha good. Fuck you ashba you dollar store slash

[deelowbrown 2,257]

well, it's obvious that we failed..........we'll try harder next time

[TeeJay410 167]

I mean, we didn't hate him because he wasn't slash, we hated him because he sucked.

[Gordon Comstock 2,178]

At the 2nd-to-last NuGNR show in 2014, when DJ hopped off the stage and was playing right in front of the barrier, I saw some dude try to slap him and yell 'Fuck you, you're not Slash!'

 

I'm not a DJ fan but I felt kinda bad for him there. Really, what kinda fag goes to a show just to do that? How does 'go to show' + 'yell at DJ and get kicked out' = 'win'?

[MacDaddyRose 3,645]

Needs to find better coping mechanisms like Axl did. Axl has clearly eaten away his sorrows with In N Out burger double doubles animal style. 

[MacDaddyRose 3,645]

11 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said:

At the 2nd-to-last NuGNR show in 2014, when DJ hopped off the stage and was playing right in front of the barrier, I saw some dude try to slap him and yell 'Fuck you, you're not Slash!'

 

I'm not a DJ fan but I felt kinda bad for him there. Really, what kinda fag goes to a show just to do that? How does 'go to show' + 'yell at DJ and get kicked out' = 'win'?

I've always felt a little bad for all of the replacement guys. They were essentially in a no win situation. The NuGNR shows were always more fun than the Sham Reunion shows though. Especially early on in 02-06 where he actually had interesting shit to say from time to time.  

[Salsh Borski 3,000]

He should think of how we fucking felt hearing his wretched, god awful, sub-standard playing.

[auad 3,073]

11 minutes ago, MacDaddyRose said:

The NuGNR shows were always more fun than the Sham Reunion shows though

That’s it.

 

To create a thread against Ashba here in the forum...pure oportunism...get likes the easy way..

 

Hocus-pocus.

 

[bacardimayne 23,353]

job well done

[bacardimayne 23,353]

i wanted to kill myself when i heard his TIL solo, so it evens out

[maynard 6,789]

BJ ASSBUTT SUCKS but the guy made me laugh a lot. Wish him the best. And DJ, please, take some guitar lessons.

[RedHook 7,375]

5 hours ago, Towelie said:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dj_ashba_recalls_gnr_fans_insulting_him_after_taking_slashs_position.html

 sad really but he brought it on himself, he's the guy with his guitar on his back playing the riff all wrong because of it

[MacDaddyRose 3,645]

Hard to feel bad for a guy who was a lead guitarist as one of the biggest bands in the world, just because a few people on the internet said mean things about him. It had to have been in the job description by the time Ashba joined the band. I've been around people shitting on Robin, Bucket, Richard and BBF, and they're all better guitarists. Didn't help matters that he stunk. 

Yeah, part of you does sympathize for the situation, but it's your fucking job. You can't expect to replace a beloved figure like Slash, suck at your job, and expect people to take to you as if you're an adequate replacement. 

[maynard 6,789]

The guy couldn't handle the entire SCOM solo on his own lol. 

[RedHook 7,375]

He sucked at the gig and the worst part was you could tell he didn't even know it 

[MacDaddyRose 3,645]

In fairness, nobody gets shit on in this band more than Axl, and he's an original member. From the weight, to the corn rows, to the obvious plastic surgery/hair transplants, to the mustache, to the mickey mouse voice. If he's an open target, can't expect some hired guns, on the payroll employees to be off limits. Axl has been under more scrutiny than most. Not saying I don't enjoy it. 

[Skeeter 3,720]

Dude has millions of dollars, an extremely hot wife, got to travel the world with GnR and be treated like a king.....yet some comments from strangers on the internet had him suicidal?  Give me a fucking break.

[ritz snare 4,978]

Remember that time he broke the plant's pot!  ROCK N' ROLL!

[MacDaddyRose 3,645]

The guy seemed generally enthusiastic to be in GNR, which was almost problematic. The guys who really couldn't give a fuck less like Finck and Bucket worked a bit better. This isn't Rock Star, and you're not Mark Wahlberg. Chill the fuck out and act like a lead guitarist.