The funny thing is to think some of the final versions will be Frank doing's Brain's take on Josh's work.

lmao

I don't know how much of what will be what, but those Best Buy leaks, CD sounded like Frank on drums.

As a long time Gunner, and a die hard, I can honestly say there's no fuckin' way i'm buying all three of these if there's not some extra incentive other than different art.

I'll just pick my favorite artwork, and go with that particular version.

I simply don't believe that's the case. If the rumors are true, and Best Buy bought 3 million copies of CD, assuming 1 million per version, Best Buy has to feel from a business standpoint that each of those versions can move 1 million units on their own merits.

With downloads "in", CD's "out", we are far removed from 2004 and VR's Contraband. I really think GN'R is going to have to do something to these versions, other than artwork, to entice casual & fan buyers alike to 'collect them all'.

I think there's a few we've heard that have hit potential. Better, CD, Shackler, Song #2.

Songs like The Blues & TWAT might be too much of a 'throwback' to be successful on modern radio. I think IRS & Madagascar will be the Bad Obsession and/or Breakdown of their generation.

I don't think Riyadh or Catcher will be on the album.

The thing is, the band is not even going to pursue them most likely.

As long as they leak demos of CD, and not any future albums.

Seems fake to me. But it's not really a problem. I'm just here to be as intrigued by the next move this band makes as anyone. I have my opinions of how it'll shape up.

I just feel that some of us diehards, that have supported the new band for the last seven years, have EARNED the right to be skeptical of these type of posts. I was there. I supported them. Stood up for them. Defended them.

I think alot of people that have absolutely trashed Axl over the years, and the new members, are gonna suddenly come out of the wood work and start talking about how much they love him, and have supported him, and I can't wait to here this album.

These people need to be called out for what they are. Bandwagoners. When GN'R is down, they're trash, when GN'R is kickin' ass, they're the greatest. It's not right, I hate it, and i'm just WAITING for it to happen in the coming month.

That was the move that Buzz seemed to be making, and immediately why I got defensive. Don't walk in here like you're some Axlite.

I've mentioned a story before on this forum, where me and a co-worker one time ad to be seperated from an argument in 2006, when I was defending Axl and the new band 'til my throat was sore, and this guy was just talking the worst things about them, and "I hope they die" and all this lame stuff. I ran into him the other day, and he mentioned that "he can't wait to hear CD"... and I wanted "cut his fuckin' head off, stick it in a duffle bag, and bury in the back yard" - W. Axl Rose.

So I apologize to anyone I might offend or derail in the coming months, as I get reintouch with my inner-Axlite.