![]() I was honored that so many fans came to our gigs and bought our records. But what being in a big band meant to me was that a lot of people liked our music. When I went to college after GN’R, I was asked a million times, “How does a guy go from Guns N’ Roses to a college classroom?” People assumed a lot of things about that band, and yes, we were a big band. One of the most frequent questions I’ve been asked since I left GN’R in 1997 has been, “How does a guy go from Guns N’ Roses to ?” My fever was getting worse by the minute. There was no place to go and absolutely nothing to do. I don’t think she liked the fact that I was just hanging out in the lobby without a room. But the German gal behind the reception desk barked that the “Gymnasio eez CLOSED!” OK, OK. ![]() I thought about getting in the hotel gym right then and there to try to shock and sweat this sudden onset of fever and chills out of my bones. My brain was adjusting to the move from the high-energy Kings of Chaos set of music back to the groove of the Walking Papers, so I listened to our record a couple of times while I adjusted to the fact that I’d be wifeless and kidless for the next couple of weeks. And when you’re starting a band-like any other business-you start from zero and build from there. It was never the fame thing that made me want to play music. But that setback-stepping away from one of the biggest bands in the world-did not stop me from playing music. I never meant for Guns N’ Roses to break up.
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