confessions of a nasal mist addict

6pm at recording studio A at Captiol Record in Hollywood

At the studio B they are mixing Iggy Pop new album (actually not new but never relesed). And I am hanging out drinking a Slashtini (slash cocktail with vodka base guava pineapple pomegranate) in the middle of the big studio whre all the biggest names in the music business record there album!  Except Elvis!  Can’t wait to mee the man, I already listen one of the track an it is fucking awesome.  Right now they are playing my CD of Aerosmith.  Cause the din’t have any clasi rock cds for the party!!!!!  I mean really???? So I ad to go to my car and find what I had,  so I grab some AC/DC, Aerosmith, Kravitz, Marylin Manson, Metallica…I am in LA and it is about to rock hard, all producer tv and film are filling up the room.  Between being here or on the moon?  I want to be here!  Fuck yea! I just meet jeff, Slash his manager very cool guy, young and layback, I am having a beer now, I should slowdown cause I don’t want it crash before it gets wild…

Here we go… A short film about slash new album making come up on a big screen!

I buckel my seat belt “sort of speak” and finish my beer.  The film introduce different track of the album and the unreal list of artists sharing the album with slash, I mean who in the world can get such a “A list” of rock n roll artist (performers & musician) on one album!  Iggy Pop, Maroun 5, Alic Cooper, Kid Rock, Ozzy Ozbourne, Dave Grol, Joe Perry ect. ect.

And all that for the love of music, four the love of Rock N’Roll.  That is why I am here.  For the Rock N’Roll.  because the sound of his Lespaul is in my hear for the past 15 years and I on’t think it will ever leave.

It is a great feeling to see an artist that you love getting respect by all the biggest name in the industry of Rock N’ Roll… I guess Axel didn’t get quite the same feedback.  Then the film stop and Slash take the stage and probably 10 words (hi how are you doing, thanks for coming tonight, i hope you enjoy this album.  I am excited to hear it somewhere other than my car!) And left and go back to the green room where he came from. (The green room is upstairs, proably the place where artist hangou whn they are not recording) the guy is shy, very shy.  But he looks very human dn simple, like on TV, a cool dude that play guitar very well.  And they start playing the album with thefirst single ——— I guess he didn’t want to see 100 people looking at him while his album is blasting in the room.  I like the first single good, solid rock n roll some thing tha I would blast on the PCH.  I look around and nobody really listen.  All the tracks so far are pretty good, but they turned the volume donw???? Why???  It is a rock’n roll album hearing…I am hanging out with friends, drinking more of that Slashtini and we exchange some of our favorites rock moments.  It is just a blast to be there and to feel the ghost, like Dean Martin, Franck Sinatra.   Now Slash is back in the room and he looks relax.  I think that is the right moment to approche the man.  With the help of Jeff, his manager, I finaly check his hand andcongratulate him for his Album.  He said that he was excited and happy that it was finally a done project.  We took some pictures together and he went back to his wife and left the bulding.  I cant wait to go see him on tour.

Nicolas Gourdon, live from Capitol Record, Hollywood.