"Rolling Stone magazine named them "Best Live Band in America" 8 years running durring the 80's.  I believe it was 8 years."

Bono, I call bullshit on that one. I like to see a Rolling Stone source for that. I was in college in the mid eighties and subscribed to Rolling Stone-never remembered that. First of all, no one I knew in the Athens, Ga scene (which was fairly large at the time with REM) ever even mentioned SA. Everything on college radio focused around REM, The Replacements, The Cure, U2, Husker Du, etc.

So, please show a little documentation if you are going to make bold claims. A lot of great american bands during that time frame. I could be wrong, but I just don't remember it.

When SA reissues their entire catalog and starts receiving pretty substantial features in Billboard, Spin and almost every other credible music publication, you let me know. SA is not nearly as influential and critically acclaimed. Please show me any list of greatest albums of all time or greatest albums of the 80's that even has a SA record on it. You will always see 1 or 2 Replacements records. I am not saying SA is bad band, just not quite on the same level with the Mats. Of course, that is my opinion only.

Here are a couple of lists from two different publications that are fairly credible. The Pitchfork list is good. However, any of the 100 could be interchangeable in order depending on your preference. No SA-WHAT ? The best live band of the 80's with that great songwriter with no classic albums? The Replacements have 2 albums on the Rolling Stone list in the top 250 and 3 albums in the top 100 for Pitchfork. My opinion is shared by others. I could get more lists if you would like, but I am at least providing some sources to back up my claims.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/f … -the-1980s
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ … f_all_time

***ding ding** round 1 Bono vs Madagas....just like the old days. Oil and Water don't mix.:haha:

I think we're watching the remains of the old NEW lineup fal apart. Soon all the replacements will have been replaced.

dave-gnfnr2k wrote:

war wrote:

one theory that comes to mind is that someone is threatening to leak the rest if they don't get what they want.

didn't a clip of chinese democracy leak before the full version did?

But that clip had vocals with axl singing, this does not. its just a scream.

From what I recall, the part of Chinese Democracy that leaked was the intro with the Chinese "talking" and it ended after the intro chords were hit.  No Axl singing there.

Looking at the IDv2 Tag, it says the Composer was Arthur Fridman and encoded using iTunes v7.6.2.  That could be a further clue to indicate that it's fan made.  Of course, anyone could've filled that in, but it can also be imported by default when using recording software.