About a week or so ago, I got an e-mail from Guns N’ Roses’ PR person (who by the way is a REALLY kick ass person and someone I love working with) confirming my press request.\u00a0 I was very excited to see if they would prove me wrong and show me that Guns N’ Roses was indeed back to form and in great shape.\u00a0 I had seen some clips of this tour online and I have to say that I was pretty fucking blown away.\u00a0 I was really looking forward to seeing this show… until I received word that I my credentials had been denied based on the commentary I had posted previously. I have no hard feelings towards the PR person.\u00a0 The PR person is merely the messenger and again, we have a great relationship that goes beyond this so I knew that it wasn’t her call.\u00a0 My past write ups were snarky and opinionated but I\u2019m a small time blogger from Atlanta! While I was really disappointed, some journalist friends said, in so many words, “Dude, you’re a success.\u00a0 Guns N’ Roses (or at least their management) actually gave a fuck what you had to say.”<\/p>\n All of this got me thinking about other times where I had been “blacklisted” from shows.\u00a0 It was because of the same reason: sharing my honest, snarky, asshole opinion.\u00a0 Here’s the deal.\u00a0 I’m sure there are things I could say nicer but c’mon, I’m a fucking writer who runs a metal blog.\u00a0 I’m here to write and to entertain and it’s all part of my natural personality.\u00a0 Those who know me personally know that the way I write truly is me.\u00a0 I’m not a close minded jerk. I’m just a passionate and opinionated fan of bands.<\/p>\n If I wanted to, I could blow smoke up everyone’s asses and I could fluff the mighty egos of these people.\u00a0 If I did, I would have no problems getting free tickets, free CDs, and other swag.\u00a0 That’s not why I do this.\u00a0 I do it because I have strong opinions and I want to share them with people who generally don\u2019t get to hear this kind of brutal honestly from a publication. And I don\u2019t get paid for this shit so I can say whatever the fuck I want.<\/p>\n While I understand that it might not be easy for all journalists to speak their unabridged opinions (this may be their livelihood), why do so many bands get butthurt to hear someone\u2019s honest reviews?\u00a0 I’ve seen this first hand.\u00a0 They love you when you are praising them but the minute they put out something subpar or put on a bad show and you call them out for it, you are public enemy number 1.\u00a0 You are a shitty nobody blogger and you are off the guest list.<\/p>\n At the end of it all, I still find it shocking that Guns N’ Roses or their people even care about what I have to say.\u00a0 Most of all, I find it interesting that they weren’t willing to give the band an opportunity to prove me wrong.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 Maybe I would’ve given it an awesome review.\u00a0 Maybe I would’ve praised it and called it a contender for tour of the year.\u00a0 Will I take back the things I said in the past?\u00a0 Absolutely not.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because at that moment in time, that was what I saw, that was what I heard, and that was what I felt.\u00a0. That being said, I’m quite flattered that Guns N’ Roses even knows who I am.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, I attended a Sebastian Bach show here in Atlanta and gave a scathing (and deservedly so) review resulting in a literal war of words on The Great Southern Brainfart Facebook page that went on for a few days.\u00a0 It received mainstream media coverage, Blabbermouth ran it<\/strong><\/a>, and it even made the morning radio show here in Atlanta.\u00a0 Because I didn’t like his show, he physically threatened me, trolled my readers, and even trolled my photos on my Facebook page.<\/p>\n At the end of it all, Sebastian threatened me with this: “I will make sure you\u2019re banned from every show here on out from Guns N’ Roses on down.\u00a0 You will never get into another show.”\u00a0 Well, since then I have covered numerous shows as press but \u00a0I did just get blocked from the Guns N’ Roses show.\u00a0 So did it really happen?\u00a0 Did Sebastian Bach actually poison the well?\u00a0 Was I actually… BACH BLOCKED<\/strong>?\u00a0 Hm.\u00a0 If so, well played Sebastian.\u00a0 Well played!<\/p>\n![\"axl-rose-sarkozy\"](\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/axl-rose-sarkozy.jpg\")
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