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I think he didn't have a vision, that's why everyone and his dog ended up with some contribution on CD. Even Beltrami said that when he met Axl he asked about his ideas about the certain songs. Axl told him to do what he wanted, and then they would decide if they'd use it. I think this happened through all the years. Play something dude, play a hundred solos, Ron, then we'll see if there is something good we can use and copy-paste.
Axl didn't have a plan, didn't have an artistic vision, didn't have anything, but all the power.

I'm sorry, but... what???? Playing two AFD Tribute tours was about art? How? And he has hardly done anything in the past 15 years touring wise.

It only proves that RTB was right. One of the main issues with CD that it's not only ovrproduced and overblown, but a below mediocre mixing of cut-and-paste parts. With RTB they would have re-recorded the songs, but not in Axl's "Play a hundred solo, Ron, then I cut my favourite pieces and make a real great one" method. This production killed the soul and life out of the CD songs and it became robotic and dead. Of course, RTB's idea would have taken a lot of time, but I'm sure even in that case CD would have come out earlier, maybe that early that BH wouldn't have lost his faith in the project. Not to mention that the pay-off, the album, would have been much better.

Didn't he say he asked Slash, but he said no and Steven cried "that fuckhead Matt Sorum will play on Slash's album"?