Guns N’ Roses Reveal Who ‘Ruined’ Pearl Jam Tour

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Former Guns N’ Roses manager Doug Goldstein claimed that recently retired Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis angrily turned down and ‘fucked up’ a potential tour with U2, Pearl Jam, and Guns N’ Roses in the early 90’s.

Goldstein told Appetite for Distortion, “He validates my rendition of the story which is – I talked to the manager Kelly Curtis from a Quonset hut in Tel Aviv, Israel, when we were flying there. And I asked him to ‘Please, pick up.’ He said, ‘No, I’m busy.’ And I said, ‘OK, well, Axl’s come up with this great idea and I want to find out if you guys are into it.’

And he said no! And I said, ‘Well, hang on a second, don’t you have a responsibility to talk to your band members? When an idea comes into me, I at least discuss it with the band…And he said, ‘Don’t tell me how to do my fucking job.’ So, for Stone [Gossard] to not have heard about it – like I said, all that does merely validate what I had said which is the manager didn’t even discuss it with the band.”

“As Stone was saying, those are the two biggest bands in the world at the time. And Axl and his point of, ‘Gee, I want to make it happen so bad – all open! You don’t even have to play us, I just want it to happen.’ Managers, yet again, can really fuck up the cool idea.”

Ultimate-Guitar transcribed Goldstein’s comments. Axl Rose was a huge fan of Grunge bands in the early 90’s including Pearl Jam and Nirvana, even wearing a Nirvana hat before Kurt Cobain dissed him in the media, beginning an ugly feud that culminated in a confrontation at the MTV VMA’s, with Axl insulting Courtney Love.

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Brett Buchanan
Brett previously hosted the BWR wrestling and MMA podcast, interviewing pro wrestling and MMA stars like Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bruce Buffer, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Edge, and DDP. After ending BWR, Brett opened GrungeReport.net in May 2009. The site changed its name to AlternativeNation.net in June 2013.  Brett ran Scott Weiland's social media accounts for his final 'Master Blaster' tour in fall 2015 and continued to run the accounts after Weiland's death until July 2016. On Alternative Nation, Brett controls all aspects of the website and reports the day to day news.  He has interviewed members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Smiths. Brett has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and on the Reelz Channel. You can reach Brett at contact @alternativenation.net