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izzy's german shepherd named treader ♥︎🐾
#izzy stradlin#izzy stradlin gnr#guns n roses#treader#rock n roll#izzy stradlin and the juju hounds#izzy stradlins dog#90s
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“omg you should really listen to guns n’ roses!!”
guns n’ roses:
#guns n roses#gnr#guns n' roses#axl rose#duff mckagan#slash#izzy stradlin#steven adler#my special interest in dogs has intensified over the past few weeks#considering turning my pretty much dead fandom blog into a nintendogs blog#bc i have four nintendogs and they are amazing
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Dogs
#guns n roses#classic rock#gnr#guns n' roses#duff mckagan#izzy stradlin#axl rose#slash#steven adler#yeah slash and Axl are not holding dogs
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Guns N' Roses Playing with Skid Row Backstage
I’m almost positive that the German Shepherd is Izzy’s. Not sure about the other dog. And the kid on the sofa. Who is he? Anyway, I love this video. Also the other one cut from right before this one starts. Izzy and Duff playing New Rose. I would love to see the whole video of them all warming up one after one.
#youtube#guns n roses#guns n' roses#skid row#slash#slash gnr#duff mckagan#izzy stradlin#izzy's dog#sebastian bach#matt sorum#rob affuso#rock and roll#hard rock#music
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more past textbook doodles
(Kurt and Chris doodles)
(^ i feel so embarrassed lol my cursive was so bad 😭)
And of course an Izzy quote to end it ;)
#fanart#grunge#90s#chris cornell#kurt cobain#nirvana#soundgarden#audioslave#guns n roses#izzy stradlin#temple of the dog#doodle#music#drawing in class#artists on tumblr#art
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☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•GUNS N ROSES•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆
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☆•Axl Rose•☆
♡Welcome Audience
♡Spanking
♡Jacuzzi Time
♡Nervous Wreck
♡ Christmas Cards
☆•Duff McKagan•☆
♡Subby Duff
♤Forgotten Anniversary
♡Much Needed Break
♡Duff x M!reader
♤♡Lack of Communication (pt.1 + pt.2)
♡More Subby Duff
◇Gentle Loving
◇ A Bloody Mess
☆•Izzy Stradlin•☆
♡Subby Izzy
♡Breeding Kink
♡Back blown out
♡Spanking
☆•Slash•☆
♡Sixty Bucks
♡Not So Hidden Fantasy
♤◇Mine
♡Even the Score
♡Jealousy
◇Christmas Pajama's
♤♡The Not so Princely Prince Charming
♡Special Interview
◇Sick Day
♡Drunken Dog
♡Pretty Titty
♡Mutt
◇Snakes in the Sheets
♡Say it Back
♡Insecurity
◇Modern AU
♡Rehab Romance
♡Thigh Love
♡Edging
♡Cockwarming
♡Brat Taming
♡Charity Work
♡Thigh riding
♡Tour Bus Sex
♡Subby Slash
◇ADHD reader
♡Size Kink
◇Chronic Tummy Aches
♡Pegging
◇♡Gender Swap Stuff (pt.1 + pt.2)
♡Arranged Rebel
♡Corruption Kink
♡Unique Band Practice
♡Bottom Slash
♡Age Gap Relationship (pt.1 + pt.2)
♡Take Me With You
♡Spanking Slash
♡ The Best Present
♡ Party Favours
♡ Happy New Year
☆•Steven Adler•☆
◇Soft Dom Headcanons
♡Brat Taming
☆•Multiple members•☆
♡Bingo
♡Izzy x reader x Duff (pt.1 + pt.2)
♡ smut
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◇ fluff
♤ angst
#guns n roses#guns n roses fanfic#guns n roses x reader#gnr#guns n roses smut#gnr fic#gnr fanfiction#gnr x reader#guns n roses imagine#gnr smut#gunsnfuckinroses#gunsnroses#guns and roses#gnr rp#axl rose imagine#axl rose fanfiction#axl rose gnr#axl gnr#axl rose#axl rose x reader#axl rose smut#duff mckagan x reader#duff mckagan smut#duff mckagan fanfic#duff gnr#duff mckagan#duff mckagan x m!reader#izzy stradlin x reader#izzy stradlin gnr#izzy stradlin smut
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Hi friend
Could I ask you for a Izzy Stradlin Headcanons and Preferences pretty please ?
YES OFC <3 We love our little Izzy <3 Thanks 4 the request <3
Headcanons and Preferences 𓆩⟡𓆪 (Ft: Izzy Stradlin)
𓆩♡𓆪= Smut
ੈ✩‧₊˚= Fluff
⋆ ★= Angst
𓆩⟡𓆪 = Headcanons
Sex addict
Rough but sweet
Loves you no matter what
Gives you the princess treatment 24/7
Has a resting bitch face
Acts like he doesn't care but he really does
Gets sad when you don't ask how his day is
Loves ass and titties
Has a gorgeous voice when singing
Deep voice when he wakes up
SO HOT WHEN HE WEAR HIS COLLAR IS OPEN
You leave lipstick stains on his white shirts
HICKEYS EVERYWHERE
Gets jealous easily
Rough sex when he's angry
Loves it when you or he degrades you during sex
HE IS KINKY ASF
Has strong ass hands
Sometimes Izzy chokes you during sex
No matter how rough he is, he always makes you comfortable
Amazing aftercare
HAS A HUGE FUCKING DICK
Looks so peaceful while sleeping
STRONG ASS FUCK
Women would kill to fuck him
He is always loyal to you
Calls you by sweet pet names like "princess" and "babydoll"
Has a new hobby every week
Owns an apple tree for some reason
Drinks 24/7
Smells like alcohol and cologne
Quiet sometimes but he is very smart
He could talk for hours
Sometimes borrows your eyeliner
Has the cutest smile
Would be a good father
Pouts a lot
Thinks he looks cool but he looks kinda dorky
Sometimes his tough exterior turns cute
Loves to skateboard but he always gets hurts
Always has headaches
Always use alcohol or cigarettes to cure them
HIS NOSE RING IS SO HOT
Burps randomly to annoy you
Loves cats and dogs equally
Always cries silently
He is emotionally silent
His fashion always changes but it always looks good
Loves his friends but never hangs out with them
Has the prettiest eyelashes
You style his hair in funny ways
Has the perfect face to practice makeup
Lastly, he could talk to you for hours and he always opens up to you no matter how angry or sad he is. He's usually a quiet and introverted person but with you he feels he doesn't need to hide himself.
#fanfiction#80s rock#80s music#izzy stradlin x reader#izzy stradlin smut#izzy stradlin imagines#izzy stradlin fanfiction#izzy gnr#Izzy Stradlin headcanons
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do u have any fun facts about Izzy
sure do!
♥︎ when guns n roses all lived in a shared condo up the street from the whisky, izzy lived in the walk in closet and he would lock himself in there when parties would go on because he "wasn't much of a party animal"
♥︎ he is of english, french, and scottish descent
♥︎ ju ju hounds recorded a second album in 1993 but songs got thrown away and picked apart, used for his 117° album instead
♥︎ he likes to eat indian food
♥︎ he likes to record around november, december and january. he likes working in the holiday season quoted from 2002
♥︎ he likes to record, then take a short break and then record some more with fresh material that the first session inspired
♥︎ he had a dog named treader that he would ride his bike with in indiana when he went home for a break
♥︎ during the use your illusion tour, he would isolate himself inside a bus or his hotel room during his spare time to practice his hobbies
♥︎ when part of his drum kit was stolen, he sold the rest of it, bought a bass and joined a band called shire, then changed his mind and left again to become a guitarist instead. being the guitarist "seemed cooler" than being drummer and, most crucially, it was "easier to write songs on"
♥︎ he really likes holland, amsterdam
♥︎ his parents really wanted him to go to college but he wanted to play drums, his mother supported him but his father was "skeptical"
♥︎ in high school, he went by izzy because of his last name isbell. as far as where stradlin came from, it's rumored to be a sexual reference
#izzy stradlin#izzy stradlin gnr#guns n roses#rock n roll#izzy stradlin and the juju hounds#00s#80s#90s#izzy stradlin facts#anon
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hiiii can you pretty please do slash and Izzy x reader 🩷🩷
𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔱𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱
thank you! i didn't write smut but if you want that, please just tell me.
⁎⁺˳✧༚guns and roses masterlist
“hey,” a familiar raspy voice said, pulling you out of your thoughts. you turned to see slash, his top hat slightly askew, curls falling in wild waves around his face. he had his guitar slung over his shoulder, his fingers absently tracing patterns along the fretboard.
“hey,” you replied, smiling. “you guys killed it out there.”
“yeah?” he asked, a lopsided grin spreading across his face. “glad you think so. thought we were a little rough during paradise city.”
“nobody noticed,” you assured him, taking a sip of your drink. “you always make it look effortless.”
before he could respond, izzy appeared, his lean frame draped in a leather jacket that looked like it had seen better days. he had a cigarette dangling from his lips, his dark eyes glinting with mischief.
“effortless? slash? you’ve seen him trip over his own cables, right?” izzy teased, earning a playful shove from slash.
“watch it, stradlin,” slash warned, though his tone was more amused than threatening.
“i’m just saying,” izzy said with a smirk, turning his attention to you. “what about you? enjoy the show?”
“of course,” you said. “you guys never disappoint.”
“good to hear,” izzy replied, his smile softening. “so, any plans for the rest of the night, or are we dragging you to the afterparty?”
“afterparty?” you echoed, raising an eyebrow. “i didn’t realize there was one.”
“there’s always an afterparty,” slash said, tilting his hat back slightly. “you in?”
you hesitated, pretending to think it over. “hmm, let me check my schedule,” you said, pulling out an imaginary planner and flipping through the pages. “looks like i’m free.”
izzy chuckled, taking a drag from his cigarette. “great. let’s get out of here before axl starts yelling about something.”
the three of you slipped out a side door, the cool night air a welcome contrast to the heat of the club. you ended up at some dive bar a few blocks away, the kind of place with sticky floors and a jukebox that only played classic rock. it was perfect.
slash and izzy took turns making you laugh with ridiculous tour stories—slash’s attempt to adopt a stray dog in cleveland, izzy’s ill-fated idea to skateboard onstage in detroit. between rounds of drinks and the comfortable hum of conversation, you felt completely at ease.
at some point, izzy leaned closer, his voice low. “you know, we don’t usually bring people along for this stuff.”
“why not?” you asked, genuinely curious.
“because it’s usually boring,” slash interjected, smirking. “but you make it… less boring.”
your cheeks flushed at the compliment, and you quickly looked down at your drink to hide your smile.
“agreed,” izzy said, his tone serious for once. “you’re good company. don’t be a stranger, okay?”
“i won’t,” you promised, feeling a warmth that had nothing to do with the alcohol.
#izzy stradlin#izzy stradlin x reader#slash#slash gnr#guns and roses#broidobe#slash fanfiction#izzy stradlin fanfiction#izzy stradlin x slash x reader
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This was rotting on my phone for years. Anybody know the artist of this beautiful piece of artwork?
#guns and roses#guns n roses#gnr#classic rock#guns n' roses#duff mckagan#izzy stradlin#axl rose#slash#Steven Adler#Dogs#Dog#Fanart#Not mine
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There are only 12 spots available, so I was not able to include the hidden track, 'Look at Your Game, Girl'.
@greeneyezblackheart @elscaptive @valupuyhol @jakelinestradlin
#guns n roses#axl rose#izzy stradlin#steven adler#duff mckagan#slash#guns n' roses#gnr#slash gnr#the spaghetti incident#'pension fund'#new rose#buick makane#big dumb sex#attitude#raw power#since i don't have you#i don't care about you#hair of the dog#you can't put your arms around a memory#Human Being#ain't it fun#down on the farm#rock n roll#rock music#rock#rocknroll#rock and roll
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I love it. Izzy sits, legs properly crossed. Slash sits, legs spread about as far as he can, lol. I think one of their strengths was having this common love and interest, yet almost a yin and yang quality. Just different enough to make a delicious but deadly cocktail. Both talented and sexy in their own way.
#izzy stradlin#slash#guns n roses#izzy gnr#slash gnr#gnr#jeffrey dean isbell#yin and yang#hot and spicy!#spread them legs saul#izzy's dog's water bowl#izzy's hard to get#slash is easy
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Masterlist
★ Also, if requesting please add what gender you would like if it is for NSFW!! (Gender neutral is okay too!)
★ Btw! Please, do not spam like my posts!
★ from this point on, July 20 2024, I will STOP writing for bands. Extremely sorry but it makes me uncomfortable to be writing about real, living people. I will continue to do games however!
★last updated: September 15, 2024★
Before we get into this, info for requests and such!
★ I do nsfw, angst, fluff, ECT.
★ I do NOT allow/do racism, homophobia, rape, icky bodily fluids, anal, beastiality, etc.
★ I will do character x character, character x reader, character x character x reader!
★ hope this makes sense!!
+ if I missed anything I'm so sorry!
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Bands I do
Guns n Roses
Mötley Crüe
KISS
Hanoi Rocks
Megadeth
(No longer writing bands)
Other
Call of Duty mw2-mw3
Red Dead Redemption 1-2
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Mötley Crüe
All of them together x reader
Mötley x reader hc's
🖤Nikki Sixx🖤
Sick mötley x reader
Mötley dealing with you being drunk
Taking care of him after tour
Fourth of July with mötley
You pampering mötley
Big ol' crybaby
Doing so good
⛓️Mick Mars⛓️
Sick mötley x reader
Mötley dealing with you being drunk
How to take care of him after tour
Fourth of July with mötley
Please, stay
Bubble bath- with cats?
Peachy Keen
You pampering mötley
Mick Mars x Reader injury (appendix, I think)
NSFW hc's
🌜Vince Neil🌛
Sick mötley x reader
Mötley dealing with you being drunk
Fourth of July with mötley
You pampering mötley
NSFW Alphabet
❤️🔥Tommy Lee❤️🔥
Sick mötley x reader
Mötley dealing with you being drunk
Fourth of July with mötley
You pampering mötley
You're still beautiful
🥀Terror Twins x Reader💣
Terror Twins x Reader hc's 1
Terror twins x Reader hc's 2
Terror Twins x reader hc's 3
Terror Twins x reader hc's 4
Terror Twins x reader hc's 5
Terror Twins x reader hc's 6
Sick!Terror Twins x reader hc's
My turn
So, so good
Cuddle..sex?
Calm down, ey?
(y'all are so hungry for Terror Twins omg...)
Hanoi Rocks
🌚Razzle🌝
Late night kisses
🕸️Sami Yaffa🕸️
NSFW Alphabet
Such a tease, huh?
KISS
💫Paul Stanley💫
Snow
Guns n Roses
🎩Slash🐍
Do you love me more?
They fell asleep with your kid
❤️Axl Rose💋
They fell asleep with your kid
Axl x Kurt Cobian sister!Reader hc's
NSFW Alphabet
Cold baby?
Bad day?
🎸Duff McKagan🎸
They fell asleep with your kid
🚬Izzy Stradlin🚬
Sick as a dog
Sweetheart
They fell asleep with your kid
🍿Steven Adler🍿
The, fell asleep with your kid
Paradise City
NSFW Alphabet
Megadeth
🍃Dave Mustaine🍃
Your not my baby
Tour rat
NSFW Alphabet
Dating Dave head cannons
Call of Duty (COD)
🦴Alex Keller🦴
Coming soon!!
🖤Simon "ghost" Riley🖤
Reader with sensory issues
💣König💣
Dating him head cannons
Roommate könig
🧼John "Soap" Mactavish🧼
Coming soon!!
🌜Farah Karim🌛
Coming soon!!
🥃John Price🥃
Coming soon!!
🦎Nikto🦎
Red Dead Redemption (2)
Coming soon!!
🦌Arthur Morgan🦌
If they were parents
🦬Charles Smith🦬
If they were parents
🃏Dutch Van Der Linde🃏
If they were parents
🐀Micah Bell🐀
If they were parents 2
🎸Javier Escuella🎸
If they were parents
🐎Kieran Duffy🐎
If they were parents 2
🐺John Marston🐺
Coming soon!!
🖤Jack Marston🖤 (1911)
If they were parents 2
🪶Eagle Flies🪶
Coming soon!!
🍷Molly 0'Shea🍷
If they were parents
🔪Sadie Adler🔪
If they were parents
🪻Abigail Roberts🪻
Coming soon!!
☘️Sean Macguire☘️
If they were parents 2
Character x Character
Coming soon!!
#x reader#80s rock#nikki sixx#tommy lee#tommy lee x reader#axl gnr#steven gnr#izzy gnr#duff gnr#slash gnr#kiss band#paul stanley#gene simmons#eric carr#ace frehley#nikki sixx x reader#könig cod#cod mw3#cod x reader#ghost x reader#simon riley x reader#john soap mactavish#red dead redemption 2#rdr2#micah bell#arthur morgan#arthur morgan x reader#micah bell x reader#kieran duffy x reader
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Monday, April 8th, 2024;
Today is Izzy Stradlin's 62nd birthday! 🎂
Many of you are probably asking yourself the famous question "WHERE'S IZZY", but it doesn't really matter, if Mr. Stradlin wanted to talk about it in the media, he would have said, let's let him live 😉
This is a really important day for many of us and let's hope Izzy spent it among his loving family and friends ❤️ I'm sure that each of us would like Izzy to read our wishes, but let this wish remain a dream ✨ Izzy made a big impact on us and I wish I could thank him for it one day
Either way, it's amazing how much Izzy Stradlin changed the lives of many of us, it was thanks to his work that we were able to grow up and shape our musical tastes 🎸
I'm grateful to Izzy for making decisions according to his own principles, even though we miss the days of the original Guns N' Roses, I'm happy that Izzy took his health seriously and left, which was quite a challenge 💪🏻
So, WHERE'S IZZY, you ask?
Wherever he is, whether it's Indiana or Florida or maybe somewhere in Europe (who knows, maybe he's spending his birthday there right now?), I hope he will give us new songs someday 🎶
It doesn't matter whether he finds fulfillment in his solo career, in a band, or at home with dogs and a garden, it's Izzy and we love him that way 💓
What I wish for Izzy, you all and myself on this day - first of all, new music, I think we're all waiting for it, but what's most important is Izzy to be happy ✨
Happy Birthday to Izzy Stradlin! Long live and may happiness and musical inspiration never leave him ❤️🔥
PS. Isn't Izzy the coolest person ever?
#GNRBIRTHDAY
M. 🌹
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Izzy Stradlin magazine interview-Kerrang #421
IZZY STRADLIN's out on his first solo tour since quitting Guns N' Roses, and he's finding out that without his erm, unpredictable former collegues, gigging, and living, is easy. Backed by a mellow, cool and rockin' band, Izzy hits the UK this week. PAUL ELLIOTT hits Bonn, to find our hero wandering around a hotel lobby... wearing a parka!
JUST A few days after Axl Rose was found guilty of assaulting a fan at a Guns N' Roses concert which subsequently ended in a riot, former GN'R guitarist Izzy Stradlin walks freely through a hotel lobby in Bonn, Germany's capital. Nobody hassles him, snaps a photograph or picks a fight. Even GN'R fans might struggle to recognize the dreadlocked Stradlin in his new parka coat. There's just Izzy, no bodyguards or crowds. Izzy Stradlin couldn't be happier about walking out on the biggest rock'n'roll band in the world. Later that day, onstage with his new band Ju Ju Hounds in a Bonn hall a little bigger than the Marquee, Stradlin looks relaxed even though he's still getting to grips with the role of frontman. And he smiles now and then, something he didn't do too much of during the last of his six years with Guns N' Roses. At Wembley Stadium in September of 1991, Stradlin stuck close to his backline while Axl howled and buzzed around like a dog chasing its own tail. When Guns' set finished, Izzy was first out of sight. In Bonn, he talks to the crowd in their native tongue and clearly relishes playing and sharing jokes with the 'Hounds. "It's cool," he says, "real cool. These gigs have been more exciting than doing the stadiums with GN'R on the last tour. All the people are right there - it's an instant, spontaneous response, y'know? it feels real good." The gigs are of course more low-key than Guns N' Roses' controversial 'Get In The Ring' shows, which is just the way Izzy likes it. "There's less drama, which I prefer. It's kinda nice, y'know, being able to make plans. It's nice not to get phone calls like, 'This gig's cancelled, your drummer just took off'! These new guys carry on, but put it this way, we don't have any babysitters - so if you're gonna drink, you gotta get your shit together and get to the bus on time. "The first year of getting sober, I got used to watching my friends drink and snort. I haven't been around it lately."
SINCE IZZY hasn't touched alcohol for three years, Ju Ju Hounds drummer Charlie Quintana retires to his room to drink a bottle of cognac. The Ju Ju Hounds are wiser than most rock'n'roll bands. Guitarist Rick Richards plied his trade with the Georgia Satellites for many years, until they lost their record deal and split. Richards was the working the bars of his native Atlanta when he got the call from Izzy. he looks like he's seen it all, and spins a great yarn over dinner. Rick also plays a mean slide, and is in many ways the star of the show, knocking out great leads with the obligatory cigarette stuck to his bottom lip. Rock'n'roll is in Rick Richards' blood. Charlie has toured with Bob Dylan and enjoys winding up the fans waiting outside the Bonn gig by jumping behind the wheel of the tour bus and threatening to run punters over, yelling, "I don't need a licence - I'm from Texas"! Jimmy 'Two Fingers' Ashhurst (Which two fingers, you may wonder. "It depends!") used to play bass for the Broken Homes, and was the first person Izzy turned to when he was putting the band and the brilliant '...Ju Ju Hounds' album together. Jimmy seems to be laughing most of the time, although he wasn't laughing when he read Bret Easton Ellis' 'American Psycho' recently!
CURRENTLY, THE Ju Ju Hounds' live set includes several covers; The Rolling Stones' 'Jiving Sister Fanny', The Faces' 'My Fault', The Maytals' 'Pressure Drop', of course... but no Guns N' Roses songs. "No," Izzy shrugs. "In Australia, there was a guy in just about every front row yelling
for 'Dust N' Bones' or something, and I'm hitting a chord every time they shout, going, 'What?!.' "I can understand people wanting to hear that stuff - we were gonna rehearse some songs - but in GN'R, I didn't have any singles out. I wrote 'Patience' but I didn't sing it. We just figured, 'Fuck it'." "I don't miss those GN'R songs cos the stuff we've got now is better - better written, better to play. It's totally freeform; we break things down, extend them. If I come in late on a verse or miss it, we'll just look at each other and Rick'll keep going, do a solo or something. "It's real good; once the momentum's there, whatever happens, happens. Last night, I couldn't see the set-list and started two songs wrong. We can sound bad! "In Stockholm, we started with 'Bucket O' Trouble' and everyone was in a different fucking key, man! After the first few bars you could feel your stomach turning; it was bad. I was looking over thinking, I don't know who's in the right key, but when we came to the verse, somehow everybody went back to the right key, the A. It was just one of those things. Rick's going, 'Maybe we should just do that every night, start it out all fucked-up and then click into the A!'. It happens. You gotta flow with it."
NOW YOU'RE back on the road, do you miss the drug high, or the buzz of being in GN'R? "Well, in GN'R I wasn't singing, I wasn't fronting the band, which is a little different. So now, carrying the vocals for most of the set as well as playing has pretty much replaced the buzz. "Even if you're tired, a crowd can lift you up; you feed on that energy. And when we're not touring, dirtbikes are my fix. When we went back to Indiana for a week off, it was 15 degrees outside, cold, but I rode the bikes with my dog Treader chasing me all over fields and shit! That makes me feel good again, cos when I got back from Australia, where I picked up that flu virus, I was pretty haggard. Riding bikes beats sitting around doing krell or something." 'Krell' is rocker slang for cocaine, inspired by the movie 'Heavy Metal', in which long-trunked monsters from the planet Krell descended to snort the Earth! " A lot of the time when I was using (drugs), I'd just end up with a guitar, writing or recording some pretty depressing songs. I thought they were good at the time, and a couple are not too bad, but a lot of the shit I listen back to and think, ugh, that's fucking depressing, or I think of the state I must have been in; lips all cracked, been up for five days, voice gone. Once you got doing you'd never stop. "I could stay up for four or five days straight doing krell and smack or whatever, up and down up and down, writing songs all the time and recording on my eight-track. But give me a bottle of whisky and send me to a club one night, and I'm the guy in the alley throwing up and rolling around. "It just didn't work; it just poisons me and I don't know why. I got Indian blood, and my mom says that's why I can't handle liquor, but it's still a thing I did for a long time. Everybody drinks around me now, but it doesn't bother me. I mean, I don't see these guys throwing up in alleys after gigs or falling down steps. "Most people drink, and for them it's no big deal, but it fucked me up. Now when I look at it, there's like tour life and civilian life. I try to keep two different realities. "When I stopped using, for the first few months I didn't sleep normal for a long time. Somebody told me it takes about a year for your body patterns to get back to normal. I sleep good now."
DID YOU at any point continue using drugs simply to feed the creative process? "Yeah, but there were times when I'd been up for three days working on a song and it still wasn't finished! I heard this one song back, and I'd done, God, five guitar tracks on it, and two or three of the tracks were the same melody played on just one string. And I heard this shit back and I was going, 'Garbage', y'know? "When GN'R did 'Appetite For Destruction', I hadn't really cleaned up, but I'd cleaned up enough to record during the day, then go out at night and drink and do krell and stuff, sleep in till noon, come back in and record. So during the actual recording I wasn't getting too wasted. "For the 'Use Your Illusion' albums, I was sober doing those tracks, and it was just frustrating. When you're sober and you gotta be someplace at four, and when other people come in at six or seven, and they're, like, not quite together, you find yourself thinking, why the fuck was I here at four? "For the basic tracks on 'Illusions', I was done with my stuff in about four or five weeks. That was easy. "For the new record, me and Jimmy and Rick and Charlie would be in the studio at noon, so by one o'clock the amps were warmed up and cranckin' and we were jammin', and after jammin' for a coupla hours we'd start tracking. We finished up the whole thing, including moving base three times from LA to Chicago to Copenhagen, in four or five months, and we had an album which to me rocks as good as any of the stuff I did with GN'R. "That wouldn't have happened like it did had I still been using and all that stuff, but at the same time there have been some songs that came out pretty quickly when I was using; sometimes they come out easy."
'APPETITE FOR Destruction', arguably the hard rock record of the '80s, changed Izzy Stradlin's life irrevocably. Izzy's recollections of the album and GN'R's rise to superstar status are hazy. It is, after all, five years since the album was released, and Izzy's hard drug intake at the time was pretty fucking serious! "I'm real bad at remembering songs, even ones I've done," he chuckles. " 'Paradise City', 'Sweet Child O' Mine'. That was a point where we were on tour with Aerosmith, and David Geffen (founder of GN'R's label) flew out to a gig and he says, 'You guys are rich and famous now'. And we were like, ''We are?! We're still living in a tour bus and in hotels, so what's the difference?'. "I haven't heard 'Appetite...' in years, but I was pretty happy with what it sounded like back then, and fuck, it sold millions of copies, man! "With 'Appetite', I just think of seven or eight months of absolutely no notoriety or any real popularity, and then a few Number One singles, and this explosion, and now you're a pop star. "Well, fuck this, gimme a six pack and a gram of coke and gram of smack and I'll go write some more songs! Isolation was the next point from there. It was great, but it was a load of bullshit being a pop star, so we just isolated ourselves and ignored that crap. After a few months of isolation, that didn't work either. It was time to go back to the Mid-West and hook up some old friends..."
So Izzy quit GN'R for peace of mind, and wound up forming the coolest rock'n'roll band in the world that ain't the Black Crowes.
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