Original Album: Blooze EP Year of Release: 1995 Recorded sometime in 1994/5 and released on a limited run in the Japanese market exclusively, Blooze was an EP solely with the intention of Virgin Records promoting Clarke's activities in that part of the world, Guns N' Roses have created an extremely successful recorded concert from their appearance in Osaka only a few years previous. Released exclusively on that EP, 'Life's A Gas' is a 2.21 strum through the musings of love and what could have been. There's a distinct influence in this track from Marc Bolan of T Rex and if it was left on a cutting room floor somewhere after 'Pawnshop Guitars' was over you could almost be forgiven for this given it's close similarity with a Rolling Stones cover featuring one Axl Rose. Drums have been replaced for bongo's and the electric acoustic makes for a rather fun, pop style, type ballad. There's even time for a little guitar solo towards the end of the track, and you could argue there's not a lot of work put into this one but then it shows another side of Clarke's humor that the last verse goes unanswered. It's a real shame that this "B-Side" might never have been heard, if it wasn't for record executives wanting people to hear a live version of the song that hit our No 1 slot...