James Lofton wrote:

The most vocal one of all(Slash) will be in the deepest doo doo although the GNR brand itself could not recover either.

True, but one of the things giving me the creeps about this reunion is the level of silence from Slash about it.

I know they've officially confirmed it with the twitter posts and so on....but still....compare this with the level of promo slash did for his solo album or anything else and it gives me the vibe that a "big machine" a'int behind this effort.

Slash and Duff may be back but this is going down in the secret squirrel way of the past 20 years - right down to the interview cancellation on TV the other week.

I mean, god, what should have happened (hahah imagine how Axl would hate me reading about what he SHOULD do haha) but from an industry perspective they should be doing interviews, slash riding the guitar mags, new album dropping, huge world tour, slash and duff attending the opening of an envelope...that it's not going down like that either means they're planning something massive....or....

Everything still is going the team brazil way and slash is smart enough now to know that he needs to shut up in the media to not piss off Axl and destroy it......which makes me worry about how close everyone is....seems more like they've been invited to rejoin the band...but they're not exactly hanging out writing songs in the back of van together either would be my guess......

James Lofton wrote:

You bring up Van Halen.....and it may be a very valid reunion to compare it to. VH were very silent during the entire run. Hardcore fans were livid.

Ahh...there was such a buzz about VH on here that I think i must have remembered it wrongly then.

I'll stick with my Ac/Dc Rock or Bust example then - look at how the band handled the forced (via illness) retirement of younger and key member malcom and the loss of classic era drummer phil rudd. They came back with a new album and Angus and Brian did the circus err...circuit of the media.

I guess what i'm saying is when those things happened, they felt planned, they felt like the industry, labels and media was behind it.

This to me feels more like everyone went "sure why not" and are going around trying not to fuck it up.

Like why did Axl cancel that tv show? Why don't they just say which drummers they use?

Will this be a one off show or a world tour? Does the band plan to record?

What is to be gained from the secrecy?

Don't mean to be complaining i'm just wondering why it's happening as it is....and without an explanation I worry not much has changed...which is to me a worry...as the past 30 years of Axl's career have seen him release 1 album, 1 dvd and 1 soundtrack song or something along those lines. Up to him what he does I know....it just seems a waste of someone I consider to be amongst the best talents ever.

Don't get me wrong some reunion shows are great, but in the history of the world...more GNR recordings would trump playing jungle one more time.

Then again when i say stuff like that I understand why Axl gets over it all, i mean who wants to be responsible for the history of the world lol

James Lofton wrote:

I already said this but its great to see you back. I wish you had been here when this reunion hoopla first started.

Thanks dude - great to be back