^^I agree.

I don't want to hear them, because if they are different it'll give me something kind of new when I hear them on the album. But if anyone can give a good description; I never liked If The World. Loved the music, didn't care for the vocals or the fact there's no blistering outro solo. Is there any change in those regards?

New band isn't going anywhere.

CD still ain't out.

VR has yet to find a lead singer.

GNR might be without a guitarist & bassist.

Weiland has fueled rumors that they were going to reunite in 2006, and talks were going on now. Duff denied it.

Slash, Duff & Matt have been playing up Axl BIG TIME in the last year, way more so than usual. Encouraging a reunion, and hoping it would happen.

"Axl, Slash & Duff could be in a bomb shelter somewhere discussing a reunion, and I wouldn't know about it" - Matt Sorum. You can take that statement anyway you want it.

GNR's new manager is a man who's recent accolades are getting The Eagles back together, and David Lee Roth back in Van Halen.

Axlin08, none that stuff pointed to a reunion, man. Anything likely pointing to a reunion was all read into it by you.

If Axl wanted a reunion he wouldn't need to hire a huge management firm to do it. I mean, really. C'mon. And all signs point to him hiring Azoff was because of his reputation of getting things done, not staging reunions. He was hired to clean up a mess made by Axl and Merck, which we can all agree is a really big mess. Plus, he'd have to be dealing with Slash and Duffs management and some negotiations would have had to been transpiring for A LONG TIME, which no doubt would have leaked down to us. 

GNR might be without a guitarist but I really doubt a bass player. And the fact that VR is still looking for a lead singer doesn't really tug at my balls saying this is some sort of cover to get Axl. And where would this put Dave in the situation? VR is his band, too. And more than anything, like GNR is Axl's band, VR is THEIR band. They have control of THEIR careers and the music THEY want to make and I dont see anything that says they have any desire to put up with Axl's shit anymore.  And their minds, musicly speaking, are nowhere near each other. Not anymore.

And I've never heard Slash or anyone else out right bash Axl in the past. They've actually been pretty nice to each other... Besides the whole slash showing up at Axl's house thing... But Slash praising Axl is nothing new.

And there was never any proof that what Scott said about a reunion was true, only that everyone involved pretty much said he was lying, among many other things when that statement was made. If you want to take Scott's word over Duff's, that's fine. But there is really no reason to deny an offer was made if it happend.

Nothing is going to convince people that a reunion isn't happening. I'm just looking forward to CD being on the horizon. If that happens I'll be happy. If a reunion happens instead... Meh, it'll be nice for nostalgia purposes. But my favorite incarnation of GNR ended when Buckethead and Brain left. The only thing I look forward to is hearing them on an album. If CD is not released, it will all leak eventually.

How was that a broad stroke? I was pointing out a specific group of old school fan that regurgitates the same reunion "theories" over and over for almost ten years now.

*takes a breath*

Who the hell inside the GNR camp is suggesting this is on the table?? And when in the world did we find out they were close to reuniting in 2004-2006? Who, how, where and when did this happen??

I know I wasn't in a coma at any point, or suffer any kind of head injury that would cause me to miss this huge piece of info... When did this happen?

Yeah, I've been staring at the same situation since 2001 and have been listening to the same bullshit reunion theories ever since.

It's a bunch of old school fans who are holding onto an unrealistic hope that something will happen to fulfill a fantasy, without looking at the reality of the situation. Since this new line up has formed every little thing that happens in the GNR world is viewed upon (by the same people, over and over) somehow points to a reunion, no matter how ridiculous. Been there, done that a thousand times over. There is nothing at all that points to a reunion, only wishful thinking.

And The Replacements vs GNR debate is lame.

But Tommy's Bass riffs in Chinese Democracy fucking owns!:mosh:

Come on now... We all know these arguements are nothing more than just pissing in the wind. There's no right answer just a lot of pissed off emotions.

Chill, dudes.