“I hate Axl’s voice and I don’t like Slash’s playing”: Metal guitarist calls this Guns N’ Roses classic “terrible” – but also admits it’s his “main inspiration”
Guns N’ Roses‘ Sweet Child O’ Mine is a certified classic – but does it live up to the hype? Well, Lorna Shore’s Adam De Micco doesn’t seem to think so.
In a new interview with Guitar World, the deathcore guitarist puts the iconic 1987 track on blast. “I was at the gym once and heard Guns N’ Roses,” he recalls. “Sweet Child O’ Mine is a terrible song – I hate Axl’s voice and don’t even like Slash’s playing. But it stands the test of time.”
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Despite his feelings, he notes that the hit still receives praise to this very day – and that’s what intrigues him about it. “Nowadays music comes and goes in less than a year, yet there are bands from 30, 40 years ago, and people are still excited to hear it, and I’m like, ‘How?’” he muses.
Rather than outright denying the impact of the track, the Lorna Shore riffer has instead made it his mission to pen a song that feels just as timeless. At least, that was his approach while melding the likes of death, symphonic and prog metal on the band’s latest offering, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me.
Rather than hunting for the most complex sounds, Guns N’ Roses made him remember that there’s a beauty in simplicity. “After touring Pain Remains, riffs or ideas I thought were cool didn’t land when we played them live,” he reflects. “You realise a part is too complicated, or isn’t musical or digestible.”
Just as Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train inspired a young De Micco and rhythm guitarist Andrew O’Connor, De Micco wanted to capture a “digestible” sound that was equally as bold and confident. Those are the tracks that get stuck in your mind – and they lend well to being learnt by budding riffers, amplifying their significance.
“[Sweet Child O’ Mine] became my main inspiration – writing something timeless,” he explains. “I wanted to write a guitar lick that some kid wanted to learn.”
Elsewhere on the record, Lorna Shore of course knock out their usual mix of “very technical and over the top” riffs for Prison of Flesh, while also “completely dialling back” for cuts like Unbreakable.
I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me is out now.
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