guns and roses guitar player... near death.. and ecigs

[skyztheLynnit]

just googled. i'm under 25, not a big fan of rock music. these guys seem like some real douchers, so congrats on having poor taste in music i guess.

They were an epic band.. welcome to the jungle.. civil war.. patience.. great songs ..
Ever heard of the Beatles? They're before your time and a rock band so possibly not.

 

[Spazmelda]

just googled. i'm under 25, not a big fan of rock music. these guys seem like some real douchers, so congrats on having poor taste in music i guess.

25 is actually pretty new to earth, relative to some of the geezers on here (me included). I can totally understand why someone who is 25 would have never heard of them.

 

[bikerbeagle]

Some of those comments on blabbermouth are hilarious! This guy - whoever he is - is really taking a beating on that site (and, rightfully, so).

 

[elscorcho]

Guns n Roses ceased to exist when Slash left the band.

I think DJ Ashba's mental state has been damaged by the burden of not being able to fill Slash's shoes.

(I wonder what else was in his system when he checked into hospital-besides "nicotine & antifreeze")

 

[TLS01]

Yeah, the other illicit drugs had absolutely nothing to do with it... Edited to remove drug reference...

 

[Crasgar]

As much of a douce as he seems to be, he's pretty good in Sixx A.M.

(He's the guitarist/singer)

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[mad maori]

really? i think that utter B.S.!!! and yea what else was he using?

The debate over whether or not e-cigarettes can be used as an effective smoking cessation device has been raging for years — but according to Guns N’ Roses‘ D.J. Ashba, there ain’t nothing like the real thing.
In fact, Ashba blames his dabbling with electronic cigarettes — which use a vapor delivery mechanism to simulate the smoking experience — with nearly ending his life. The story came out on Instagram (viaBlabbermouth), where a photo Ashba posted of himself holding a cigarette prompted a fan to ask, “I thought you quit the cigs, man?”
Responding that he gave up real cigarettes for nine months, but swapped them out for e-cigarettes that he “bought in a mall in Poland,” Ashba said he ended up learning the hard way that they “contained high doses of nicotine and antifreeze, which kills people.”
Continued Ashba, “Nobody knows this, but I was rushed to the hospital put on heart monitors and I had eight of the best doctors trying to save my life. Poison control confirmed that the nicotine intake that was going into my body from the fake cigarettes was equivalent to smoking 33 packs of cigarettes a day.”
Ashba claims that his ordeal concluded with his doctors advising him to return to real cigarettes “because my body would go into shock if I just stop smoking,” ergo his recent photo with one of the old-fashioned cancer sticks.
It’s kind of an odd story, to say the least, and the majority of the comments on the Blabbermouth story express doubt or disbelief — not only that Ashba found antifreeze-doped e-cigarettes in a Polish mall, but that a doctor would ever recommend smoking.
But hey, anything is possible when you’re in Guns N’ Roses, right?

from: Guns N’ Roses’ DJ Ashba Blames E-Cigarettes for Near Death Experience

smh.. what else was he on? & what an idiot...

see also: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist DJ ASHBA: Electronic Cigarettes Almost Killed Me

 

[Nacon]

First off this is Guns n Roses. How are they even still around. Appetite for Destruction was and will always be their only good album. All the hits and catchy tunes can only be found there. And Axl is no bueno. washed up. Even then..

Ashba's story... just a cry for attention. Anything is possible with Guns n Roses...anything except more hit songs. If you can't come up with good singles, forcefully overdose on e-cigs for attention, since overdosing on anything else (again) will be fatal. Let this be a lesson to them and us... the media is a way of achieving free advertisement.

Thanks for the share, had a good laugh with this.

 

[Snickerfritz]

Not Slash. Not even Buckethead.

 

[JoJoVa]

I saw the title of this thread and thought "Slash? Izzy? Gilby?....oh....nevermind". No disrespect to this guy, but it's just not the same...

 

[crawler65]

OK, wait a min. Am I getting this right? Is G-n-R still a band?!? Is he a member of some new abomination that Axl is fronting that goes by the G-n-R name? Sorry, but now I have to know. I thought they were done and over 10 years ago?

 

[myxomatosis]

what a fool. must have hit the 100mg unflavored nic pretty hard that night..

 

[Jethead]

I was thinking IF THIS WERE TRUE that maybe he got hold of a bottle of mislabled e-juice that was like 50+ mg per ml and proceeded to vape the heck outta it.

That would cause some problems....

 

[Punkndrublic]

I declare shenanigans, he's blaming this because its a new thing he added to his "diet". Dj Ashba is known for doing lots of substances, just listen to Sixx:am album. The dumb ... is using this as an excuse.

 

[Butters78]

Welcome to the jungle baby. You're going to die.

 

[danny4x4]

He said "nobody knows this....... "
So it must have been a figment of his imagination, ......if there is any left in that head.

 

[Racehorse]

The major hurdle to ecig research will be that most of us were smokers for years and years.

Just because you switched to ecigs doesn't mean all the damage we did to our cells just "disappears". It is harm reduction, not harm eradication.

I mean, I fully realize that I could vape, and still get lung cancer or COPD, based on the # of years I did smoke analogs. And of course,, if I am vaping, some idiot will attribute my illness to vaping.

the problem is that in a long time smoker, there is no way to "pinpoint" when and what damage was done by the analogs.


And by the way, those making comments about Axl's weight. you too, grasshopper, will find that once you hit about 40-45, unless you're willing to eat about 1/2 of what you're used to, or engage in a regular excercize program, MOST of us will experience metabolism slow downs.

I eat like a bird now to stay 140 at 5' 8" tall (female). I could very easily be 170-180, if I ate sugar, cake, chips, etc. I used to be a runner, but arthritis and bad knees took care of that.....so now I have to really restrict what I eat to stay slim.

So quit making fun of him.

Oh, back to topic, yes, that guns n roses guy is a tool. Of course, he never was what I would consider a *real* good musician anyway, I mean, most serious musicians wouldn't consider him one.

 

[elscorcho]

Welcome to the jungle baby. You're going to die.

 

[Un-Loco]

Unfortunately i doubt this drug addict even used ecigs. He more than likely is covering something up and using this as a scape goat. Now there are 2,000 more people in the world who think ecigs an kill them and that quitting smoking will put them into shock.
Well played crack head.

 

[Talyon]

Didn't this exact same incident happen about 2 months ago???

Pretty sure this is second time it's been here..... Old news I thought. Please correct me if wrong.....