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SIXX:A.M.'s DJ ASHBA Misses The Rock-Star 'Mystique' Of Pre-Internet Days

July 7, 2016

Sebastiano Mereu of From Hero To Zero recently conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and current SIXX:A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba. You can now watch the chat below.

Speaking about the main differences between being an artist today and when he first started out, Ashba said: "Well, I started before the Internet, so I think the Internet has changed the game significantly.

"Back in the day… What I miss about no Internet is there was a mystique about a rock star. Now you can follow every little move on Snapchat, which is cool too, but it's just a whole different time, you know."

Ashba admitted that he was initially reluctant to accept the change the Internet presented in the way people communicated with each other and obtained information, but that he was won over as the general population discovered the power of the new medium.

"I think, like everybody else did, I thought, in the beginning, 'Okay, this isn't gonna last.' This AOL, dial-up thing, I didn't really understand it, because there were no web sites," he explained. "And then all of a sudden, a couple of web sites [popped up]. But it was mostly you'd go on and, 'You've got mail,' and you checked your mail.

"I remember the first time they wanted a credit card," he continued. "I was, like, 'You guys are high. You ain't getting my credit card.' Now, it's, like, you don't shop without going online.

"I love the Internet more than life. I'm such a technological… I love techie stuff. I just love it. I embrace it," he concluded.

The first volume of "Prayers For The Damned", the new double album from SIXX:A.M., was released on April 29 via Eleven Seven Music.

Ashba is joined in SIXX:A.M. by MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and vocalist James Michael.

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