releasing a song on rock band is promotion.

promotion of an album comes before the release, ideally

if after rock band comes out and we hear nothing about the release then we should close the book on '08.

hell, we can say goodbye to cd forever at that point. they will have turned down another great oppurtunity to release a finished album and duff and slash are knock knock knocking on axl's door. haee haae haeehaee yeah.

you think gnr had a hand in this, to get rid of any negativity towards gnr, beta, etc because they are about to promote and release the album?

that's cool

i try to be respectful of artists and their work even if i do not like it but remember, when an artist puts their experiences into a song and sells it they are opening themself up to fair criticism and doing so is not attacking the artist and his experiences personally but the song itself regardless of what is about.

STING's 'Every Breath You Take is apparently about a dog but it is one of the biggest songs in the history of rock n roll. do we have to care about his dog to appreciate the song? and if we don't are we being insensitive to his dog?

In the end either we like it or we don't and for our own different reasons.

i think at this stage axl appreciates those who have stuck by him and gnr but the old gnr fans that won't give the new band the benefit of the doubt can fuck off as far as he is concerned IMO. they will target new and younger fans with cd, that's where the numbers are.