Agree. Bad Apples is another forgotten instrumental gem on UYI1.

Maybe Paul is a bit over-credited @ CD, as he was the one who told Axl who wrote what.

"Paul helped get a lot of the base credits etc together which were extensive. He's always had a good memory on that stuff and it's generally important to him to be as ethical as he's capable which is invaluable." -Axl

I don't buy the 'Paul was the 6th member of GN'R from Day 1' tale either. Or 7th, if you count the 'Dizzy was an original member, too' tale. Paul didn't write with the band. I doubt that the others, beside Axl, had even met him. He was Axl's friend, like a lot of other hangers-on, but it doesn't make him a member or a co-writer or anything. I'm sure he played guitar in his bedroom for Axl, and I agree that with Izzy gone, Axl saw a void to fill. But Jesus, bring in somebody to GUNS N' ROSES, the BIGGEST BAND OF THE WORLD, to write with him, AXL, SLASH and DUFF? Someone who has no stage experience and hasn't written anything (except a core of 2 songs later reworked by GN'R)? That's nonsense. Doing this without even consulting with the others is the most arrogant and hostile move a frontman has ever done in the history of rock. Add that Paul is a very bad guitar player (Izzy wasn't a virtuoso either, but comparing Paul to him, Izzy was EVH) and you get the picture.
I think Axl hated the other guys so badly in the early 90s (remember his comment about the UYI Dead! band picture) that all he wanted to do is briniging other people to work with, and Slash and Duff would have had no role except 'exploring' those Paul Huge shitty ideas, that even Tommy criticized later. No wonder that a guitar god rather left his huge band and chose the unknown, than working for Paul Tobias.

People still buy Greatest Hits. People bought a shitload of the new Metallica and AC/DC album. BB's only mistake was that they thought the public would accept CD as a true GN'R album. They didn't. But a great album would have found its way to the audience with such a huge brand like Guns N' Roses. But you can't win new fans without powerful singles. It's even worse if you don't have at least one good single. Axl didn't have any. He hasn't done any promo to make it worse. The third way could have been succeeding with a concept album. It's not a concept album, but a mess. It's really an album to forget.

I agree that quantity doesn't mean quality. But GN'R is such a huge brand that itself sells millins. To be honest, I think ALL the CD copies were bought by old fans, who didn't think and the name power worked for them. There isn't a single new fan @ the boards. There isn't any. It's been 2 and a half year. Nothing shows clearer that this album wasn't good enough and tanked.

I've just finished the first book. It's awesome, even better than the HBO episodes. Some things are different though, but my girlfriend told me it's all in harmony with the later books.

Jamester, if you liked the last episode, you'll be totally blown away by the final of the first season. I haven't seen it, but I've read it and this story is epic.

Duff, come to Hungary!