2010.03.16 - DJ Ashba - A Day In The Life (On Tour with Guns N' Roses)

Transcript:

[Dj filming his hotel room]

Dj: Hey, it's me and this is the way we start our day. So early in the morning... actually it's like 5:00 in the afternoon, sorry [laughs].

[scene shift; Dj taking the lift]

Dj: Going down lobby going over to PlayTech Music and Sun [?] to do a signing, do a meet n' greet, talk a little bit about the Dominic Collection Probation guitars [?], very proud of them. I've got four different models, they're awesome. I got the Asheville and Chrome Bone, Boneyard and Bone Daddy model [?] which you'll be seeing here in just a second.

[scene shift; Dj signing merch and answering fan questions]

Dj: You don't like being on camera, do you?

Jarmo: No, not [?]

Dj: [laughs]

[scene shift; Dj and Jarmo in a car with others]

Fan: How do you feel about playing with Gun N' Roses?

Dj: I feel great. No, like I said, it's a dream come true. I come from a little town in Indiana called Monticello and - not far from our Axl's from actually. It's weird you know, I grew up watching Guns N' Roses and learning all their songs and, you know, if you would have told me back then that I was going to be the guitar player in Guns N' Roses [?] But, you know, everything happens for a reason and I'm thankful, I couldn't be in a better situation. Axl is, you know, one of my best friends, just one of greatest guys out there.

[scene shift; Dj and Bumblefoot in a car]

Someone: Scalpers! Jesus! [laughs]

Dj: Are you excited?

Bumblefoot: Am I excited? I'm very excited to be in this [?] office, punching in and make some noise, and punch out.

[scene shift, exiting the car; Dj talking briefly to woman]

[scene shift, backstage with guitar tech Chris Whitemyer]

Dj: What's up, Chris? Say hello to YouTube! Yeah! Rip a lick! There we go, fucking Whitemyer [?]

[scene shift, backstage]

Dj: So we're here testing out my new guitar rig and, ah, Chris Whitemyer, yeah you [pointing at camera]...

Chris: [laughing while filming Dj]

Dj: ...And it's fucking rad, check it out. A bunch of the guitars I have. So we're testing out the Sweet Child O' Mine sound right now. [plays the intro to Sweet Child} Sounds good. Good job, Chris!

[scene shift; backstage]

Dj: Okay, the doors just opened so I'm gonna go out and throw out a couple pics to some of the fans. I'll be sneaky about it.

Someone: Oh yeah, you're subtle!

[Dj going out on stage; crowd chanting "Dj! Dj! Dj!"]

Dj: So Chris is getting Leatherface ready to make a debut.

[Dj playing the intro to Chinese Democracy on stage; clips from throughout the show]

[scene shift; Dj talking to a young kid]

Dj: Why do you like Guns N' Roses?

Kid: I love Guns N' Roses.