Looks like Axl has to realise he ain't the Dali Lama anymore.
He's being forced to pay insurance against his and his management teams massive potential to fail.
I wonder does he look at Slash's slick self promotion and well oiled gigging machine and just shake his head....

What hasn't been alluded to is that Axl may be on serious mood meds and those, mixed with 5 star hotel food and tons of booze late at night for the last 5 years is what is keeping him bloated. No exercise will get rid of drug bloat. You usually can;'t be bothered anyway.

His mood seems really good these days, maybe a doctor has found something that keeps him on an even keel but the continued puffiiness is the side effect. I had a friend on Prozac and she went from being a skinny but edgy & nervous hottie to a chubby, shabby, doped out & serene hippy.

Also, if you listen to Axl sing the acoustic version of "Welcome to the Jungle" on the Mikey Mouse voice joke vidoes  in another thread  he actually drifts into "You're Crazy" by accident and just about manages to save himself before the whole thing becomes a train wreck.

That to me is a singer who is seriously fucked up on something because the brain is too stewed and  can't find and organise the lyrics  in time for the mouth to sing. I know beacuse I used to get drunk and really high playing gigs back in the day and that is the kind of shit that used to happen to me.

Looks like a used condom to me!

Grow a beard and hide that pelican jowl!!!

If Axl was as risky as U2 I'd be fucking delighted and that is hardly Evel Knievel country ...

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