To be honest Randall, I remember HTGTH & MyGNR in 2006... it wasn't all that active for a band that was actively touring the world. It even got deader in 2007. Way unlike 2001 & 2002, when things were abuzz.

I really think they'll die, or they'll shrink down to a size that's just a shell of their former self.

The anticipation will be gone. Over. Done. And I really think that's 99% of the juice alot of these boards have seen over the years. People wanting to know about this 'mythical' album, to talk about 'what if'. That'll all be over when it's released. It's kind of like, as a horror fanboy, you sat back for years and thought about all kinds of stuff, like the epic battle of 'Freddy vs. Jason' and how cool it'd be, and all the stuff that would happen, and this would happen, and that would happen, and it'll be crazy. Then they ACTUALLY MADE IT. And it was just another film. It came, did good BO, and faded away to reruns on broadcast outlets across the nation at 2am.

The same will happen with CD imo. Times have changed, the old band isn't there. The fanbase has been split in half for years with the whole VR vs. New-GN'R thing, and with there being people who literally are not fans of the current band, that number is twindled down.

The majority of the people that have waited for this album, will go get it, listen to it, comment for a couple weeks on it, and I guarantee you will feel an overwhelming sense of... "where do we go now?"

The driving force behind fans for the last 15 years, will be in their hands. I'm not saying GN'R will lose fans. If New GN'R continue to release records, they'll buy them, it's just it'll be "just another record" coming out. It won't have the baggage.

Some folks will stick around imo, the same that have always been diehards posting on boards, and i'm speaking of the actual admin's at alot of these places, but the actual bulk of the lurkers & posters... will fade away. They'll find other things to do. Because it's over. It'll no longer interest them.

We might sit here and pick apart the juicy songs like Sorry or This I Love. But the rest? No. We've already done it. We've picked apart Madagascar, CD, Riad, & Street Of Dreams for SEVEN years. Better, I.R.S., TWAT, Catcher for 2-3 years.  And we've went after If The World & Prostitute since June.

Hell, even Shackler's Revenge feels all talked out at this point.

A board like GN'R Evo will survive, because we have a loyal following. It's about the same posters everday, like myself, James, Neemo, Russ, Randall, Tejas, DTJ has returned, CC, Von, Elmir, Strat, downliner, Saikin, PaSnow... (forgive me if i'm forgetting you)

A steady and reliable roster of posters. But the 'big three' don't have that. Never have. They're everyday posters are people who are only around for about 6 months ('til they get banned), and they move on. The people that have been registered at those boards for years, might post once or twice a month. The rest are just trolls. I've never seen a 'high profile' board not be like that. That's what you get for getting into bed with GN'R. It's not Guns fault either, that's just the nature of the beast with the internet. The bigger you are, the more lonely it's gonna be at the top.

We don't really know what will happen. Because we've never been in this position before. But i've been around the block before, seen some things.... and I think this is our inevitable fate. Or at least the big 'uns fate.