I somehow doubt that. There might have been some dirty tricks in the contracts, but signing away the rights to the back catalog would take major balls, that even Axl doesn't have, especially considering the fact that at this stage in the game if Axl was even working on stand-by power in his brain, which Axl Rose strikes me as a guy that OVER-analyzes what he's gonna eat for dinner let alone business, that he'd KNOW that they were gonna go over those contracts with a magnifying glass.

Unless the trick was intentionally put in there to try to intentionally sabotage the reunion, because he didn't really want it, which definitely sounds like a Rose-ism.

And as for the Press Release, considering the fact Slash could've just came out and said all of this, and instead LIED initially about being at Axl's house, then came back later and fessed up to being there, but not drunk... i'll take Axl's word on that one.

I guess it's all how you look at it. It's very complicated, but Slash & Duff would not be apart of a reunion supporting CD. They'd be apart of a reunion tour, and it would be marketed as such. Universal would simply release CD as "GUNS N ROSES new album!", but not coincide it with the reunion. It wouldn't be the Chinese Democracy World Tour, it'd be something else like Get In The Ring Again World Tour, or some shit like that. Which would make them a TON of money. Yes, they'd be helping Axl, but they'd also be helping themselves. Rock stars never have enough money. History has proven this. It just depends on what their 'price' is.

In a very strange, and sad in a way, I think the only way a reunion would last is if Axl was over a barrel, like now. Where it was basically told to him "we are not interested in your Guns N' Roses" and it was deemed unmarketable and nobody gave Axl the time of day. He'd cave.

Musically I could not seem them breaking new ground. I think they could record future albums together, as long as it followed an AC/DC-like mold of rehashing the sound of AFD & the Illusions, but beyond that - no. They are yes, many worlds apart.

I still think the ultimate direction, because of past rumors, have leaned to a reunion, and with Azoff on board it could go either way. He could be there for CD. He could be there for a reunion. He could be there for both. But a guy like Azoff would not be wasting his time with this band if there wasn't a future.

As for bandmates stuff, I disagree. I think they'd get back on stage together quicker, strictly business, strictly for the payout, before they'd EVER do it because "they're cool with each other again". WAY too much water under the bridge.

I heard that too awhile back. I also heard these videos have been pre-recorded for awhile.

And that's where the problem lies in the future. Al Queda is a worldwide crime syndicate now, that's well organized. This will be an endless battle, that will have no war field, except the streets of Europe, mountains of Asia, and the coast of North America.

This will eventually become the job of the F.B.I. & C.I.A.

Chinese Democracy STARTS NOW!!!!

That is rather weird.

You guys are over-reacting. The U.S. is not turning into a facist state, because we're going to tell some bankers to do their fucking job right, and not break it off in the country over greed.

This is the death of Reaganomics. Which just doesn't work anymore in 2008.

We'll find another way, even if it is a more Democratic liberal idea of how the financial system in this country should be run. Don't overexaggerate.