10th album rumors and speculation

[dimejinky99]

He what now?

Well thankfully that shoots that rumour in the head and buries it.

[Strat]

What?

[dimejinky99]

Pj wouldn't hire an ex GnR member. Would they?

I'm not ecstatic with what we have it I fear change:)

[dimejinky99]

Strat!
You genius!! It was Morello who brought the SoS laser sounds!!

[Strat]

Mike is good friends/records with Duff who was the original bass player. Josh Freese played drums for 2 years with the Axl project.

[Jorge]

The "True or False" in his website is hilarious.

Josh was born in 1978 in Hollywood, CA T/F

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Josh was born in Orlando, Florida on Christmas 1972.

Joined the musicians union and started playing drums "professionally" at age 12 out at Disneyland. T/F

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True

Dropped out of the 10th grade and started touring and making records at 16. T/F

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True

Has been hailed "The Bruce Lee Of Drums." A term which has come up time and again in interviews and when he leaves the house to like....go get a coffee or drop his kid off at school or something. T/F

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True

Worked with Michael Jackson in the studio for 4 days on a project that was never released. T/F

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A few drummers he has stolen from and considers "big influences" are Charlie Drayton, Alan Myers, Stewart Copeland, Jim Keltner, Hunt Sales, Spit Stix, Vinnie Colaiuta, Nick Vincent, Terry Bozzio and Alex Van Halen (among others). T/F

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True

While out at a bar in NY (and on a dare) he sold Stings phone number for $500 to a drunk cougar. T/F

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Sounds believable though, right?

Been in the Vandals since 1990. Devo since 1995 and is an original member of A Perfect Circle. T/F

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True

Has been touring and recording with Nine Inch Nails since late 2000. T/F

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FALSE

Got kicked off a "Pussycat Dolls" session after showing up to the studio 2 hours late, telling the producer that the song sucked and the whole thing's just a bad joke. T/F

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Wish it was true though.

Considers his most "successful" milestones working with heros DEVO and Paul Westerberg......and of course some of his other underdog favs like WEEN and The Dwarves. T/F

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His brother Jason plays keyboards in "Green Day" and they have 3 sisters. T/F

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TRUE and FALSE - His brother Jason does play in Green Day and that is his only sibling.

He has appeared on more than 700 records. T/F

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He's appeared on somewhere around the 300 record mark.

Introduced Buckethead to Axl on Christmas Day 1999. T/F

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True

Plays DW Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Vater Drumsticks and Remo heads. T/F

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Was in Guns n' Roses for 2 years. T/F

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True.

The mayor of Los Angeles declared July 24th "Josh Freese Day" in Los Angeles and presented Josh with a key to the city. T/F

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FALSE It is a popular rumor though seeing that it was stated years ago on the internet as a "joke" and SOME HOW people believed it has been continually brought up in interviews and press.

Has never owned any "Beatles" or "Led Zepplin" records but doesn't necessarily hate either group. T/F

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Dad plays Tuba and his Mom is a classically trained pianist. T/F

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Has never played with the Butthole Surfers. T/F

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Would like to play with the Butthole Surfers very much though.

Got the job with Sting from just "word of mouth" and after meeting and talking with him for 15 minutes was offered the gig. T/F

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Only has "walked out" of one session....when he realized we was "tricked" into playing on a Scott Weiland project. T/F

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True

Been working on a benefit concert with Elton John and Don Henley to "Save The Roto-tom". T/F

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Only listens to about 10% of the recordings that he's made, has only heard 20% of them and owns maybe 25% of them. T/F

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True

Songs he's written (or co-written) have appeared on records by Queens Of The Stone Age, The Vandals, A Perfect Circle, Goon Moon and The Dwarves. T/F

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Before big concerts prepares a big bowl of rice for his china cymbals. T/F

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Once got busy in a Burger King bathroom. T/F

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TRUE and FALSE - Depends on what you think "got busy in a Burger King bathroom" really means.

Has a weird Steely Dan obsession T/F

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Played a teenage, punk rock drummer run-away in an ABC After School special called "The Day My Kid Went Punk" when he was 14. T/F

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Played on a Courtney Love record but then had his name removed after realizing that he was jerk and a phoney for taking the blood money. T/F

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[dimejinky99]

Walking out of the Weiland session cancels out the GnR bit probably.

[Monkey_Driven]

Part of me hopes they just release this album out of nowhere sometime this summer or fall. Maybe I will enjoy it more if there isn't so much buildup.

[B]

Song descriptions up. Demos coming soon!

[Strat]

I was really hoping the descriptions were more like "This sounds nothing like anything else"

[Strat]

Part of me hopes they just release this album out of nowhere sometime this summer or fall. Maybe I will enjoy it more if there isn't so much buildup.

Possibly but ultimately I've been waiting 4 years :\

[@SkitchP]

Part of me hopes they just release this album out of nowhere sometime this summer or fall. Maybe I will enjoy it more if there isn't so much buildup.

Possibly but ultimately I've been waiting 4 10 years :\

[KurtLeon]

This is smelling fake to me.

[dimejinky99]

I included what Pearl Jam songs these most closely reminded me of, although none of them are clones of past numbers.

3,2,1 - Heavy, crunchy number brought in by Jeff. Very unpolished, reminiscent of the Crapshoot Rapture demo. Jeff is singing on this recording (though I'm sure Ed will on the record) but mostly mumbles what sound like placeholder lyrics. The phrase "cold concession" is repeated in the chorus.

BELIEVED IN - Sounds like a Riot Act era mid-tempo song relying heavily on the acoustic guitar. Uplifting lyrics reminiscent of I Am Mine or Down, but more overtly political. Slows down at the end with just a pretty riff on an acoustic guitar.

MERCURY - Sounds very much like a Backspacer cast off. Starts with Matt pounding away for a few seconds before Mike comes soaring in. Song never lets up, has a nice long solo that sounds a lot like the bridge in Supersonic.

THE GIFT - Matt penned this one and sings on the recording. Midtempo number that reminds me a lot of Last Soldier but with Matt's signature style that's reminiscent of In The Moonlight or The Fixer.

JUMBLED - I'm told Stone wrote this one but there are no vocals recorded. Very pretty number, similar to Parachutes but has a 3/4 beat.

ALFORD PLEAS - Another one that's so far instrumental. One of the two songs here that's very trippy sounding. Loose, melodic palm muted guitar with slightly abrasive, crunchy drumming going on. When Ed puts lyrics to this I can imagine it soaring like Unthought Known. Instant classic.

TRANSIENCE - The other song that I would describe as trippy, but with the drums taking more of a complentary role than compared to Alford Pleas. Hard to tell what Ed is singing but mentions going "out of body" a few times. It has the feel of Inside Job but the intropection of an In Hiding. It also sounds a bit similar to Mercury, like they built two separate songs off of the same idea

I'm told that 3,2,1, The Gift, Alford Pleas, and Jumbled were recorded in a session without Vedder, while the others were recorded more recently with him.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Song descriptions up. Demos coming soon!

Is that review by you, B?

Is this your attempt at rickrolling a whole board?

over/under number of times someone says "no way I'm clicking on that link"?

[KurtLeon]

The phrase "cold concession" is repeated in the chorus.

Remember that in the Avocado sessions, they had a song called Cold Consession.

[joostone]

I included what Pearl Jam songs these most closely reminded me of, although none of them are clones of past numbers.

3,2,1 - Heavy, crunchy number brought in by Jeff. Very unpolished, reminiscent of the Crapshoot Rapture demo. Jeff is singing on this recording (though I'm sure Ed will on the record) but mostly mumbles what sound like placeholder lyrics. The phrase "cold concession" is repeated in the chorus.

BELIEVED IN - Sounds like a Riot Act era mid-tempo song relying heavily on the acoustic guitar. Uplifting lyrics reminiscent of I Am Mine or Down, but more overtly political. Slows down at the end with just a pretty riff on an acoustic guitar.

MERCURY - Sounds very much like a Backspacer cast off. Starts with Matt pounding away for a few seconds before Mike comes soaring in. Song never lets up, has a nice long solo that sounds a lot like the bridge in Supersonic.

THE GIFT - Matt penned this one and sings on the recording. Midtempo number that reminds me a lot of Last Soldier but with Matt's signature style that's reminiscent of In The Moonlight or The Fixer.

JUMBLED - I'm told Stone wrote this one but there are no vocals recorded. Very pretty number, similar to Parachutes but has a 3/4 beat.

ALFORD PLEAS - Another one that's so far instrumental. One of the two songs here that's very trippy sounding. Loose, melodic palm muted guitar with slightly abrasive, crunchy drumming going on. When Ed puts lyrics to this I can imagine it soaring like Unthought Known. Instant classic.

TRANSIENCE - The other song that I would describe as trippy, but with the drums taking more of a complentary role than compared to Alford Pleas. Hard to tell what Ed is singing but mentions going "out of body" a few times. It has the feel of Inside Job but the intropection of an In Hiding. It also sounds a bit similar to Mercury, like they built two separate songs off of the same idea

I'm told that 3,2,1, The Gift, Alford Pleas, and Jumbled were recorded in a session without Vedder, while the others were recorded more recently with him.

Cool to read...trippy gets me excited...

but somehow I have a feeling that TSIS is setting up for another april fools prank....

[dimejinky99]

If this is B's attempt at revenge for that rickroll ill be sick. Damn. When did we get so cynical?
I'm officially excited now.

[Hatfield]

With the Fall tour planned and looking like it might be over 2 months (longer than usual), what if they are planning on coming out of these sessions with a finished album? What if we have something by September?!?!

[KurtLeon]

With the Fall tour planned and looking like it might be over 2 months (longer than usual), what if they are planning on coming out of these sessions with a finished album? What if we have something by September?!?!