{"id":52178,"date":"2016-06-16T07:40:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T12:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=52178"},"modified":"2016-06-16T07:40:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T12:40:17","slug":"an-evening-with-axl-rose-interview-at-the-china-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2016\/an-evening-with-axl-rose-interview-at-the-china-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Axl Rose interview at the China Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Axl-Rose-at-China-Exchange-800x445.jpg\" alt=\"Axl-Rose-at-China-Exchange-800x445\" width=\"800\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Axl-Rose-at-China-Exchange-800x445.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Axl-Rose-at-China-Exchange-800x445-350x195.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Axl-Rose-at-China-Exchange-800x445-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Axl-Rose-at-China-Exchange-800x445-500x278.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Axl-Rose-at-China-Exchange-800x445-174x98.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>An Evening With Axl Rose &#8212;<\/h3>\n<p>In the maelstrom of his recent activities, from the long awaited, historical Guns N&#8217; Roses stadium tour to his heralded performances as touring vocalist with AC\/DC, Axl Rose has maintained a deafening silence.  In recent months, when even fan sightings and accounts of chance meetings with Rose, have made headlines, Axl Rose remained silent unless on the stage&#8230;until now. On Tuesday June 7, Rose made a rare appearance at China Exchange in London&#8217;s Chinatown, as part of the Prudential Series, for a candid 60-minute discussion, hosted by Sir David Tang. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OFFICIAL An Evening with Axl Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KSSJIgSyoQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Created in 2015, China Exchange serves as a home for ideas, discussion, and creative expression to stimulate greater understanding of China&#8217;s impact on the world. So when the Chinese Democracy vocalist was invited for an unlikely conversation in an intimate setting, many believed the booking to be a hoax. Before a sold-out audience of 230 fans and friends, Axl Rose indeed emerged for an unfiltered, candid 60-minute discussion, pleasantly and honestly answering all questions fans and press have been eager to explore with the iconic vocalist.  Comfortable in the is free-form environment, Rose discussed his vocal techniques &#8211; a regime of vocal exercises; his aim for a cleaner sound on Chinese Democracy; and the complexity of singing Brian Johnson&#8217;s Back in Black with care to avoid lasting damage to his voice.  \u200bRose went on to confide what it means to him to be performing with AC\/DC on the current tour and to be in a positive place with Guns n&#8217; Roses.<\/p>\n<p>Of his meeting with the legendary performer, China Exchange founder, Sir David Tand expressed &#8220;Axl Rose is at the apex of contemporary music that speaks and relates to hundreds of millions of people. I could not have talked to a more extraordinary human being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/chinaexchange.uk\" target=\"_blank\">chinaexchange.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">An Evening With Axl Rose &#8212; In the maelstrom of his recent activities, from the long awaited, historical Guns N&#8217; Roses stadium tour to his heralded performances as touring vocalist with AC\/DC, Axl Rose has <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2016\/an-evening-with-axl-rose-interview-at-the-china-exchange\/\" title=\"Axl Rose interview at the China Exchange\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":52179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12374,12411,188,203],"class_list":{"0":"post-52178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-wires","8":"tag-axl-rose","9":"tag-china-exchange","10":"tag-guns-n-roses","11":"tag-interview"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}