1. Who broke up the old band?
a. Axl

2. Do you want a reunion before Chinese Democracy-all original members only?
a. Yes

3. What is holding up Chinese Democracy?
a. Axl's perfectionism or his inability to finish the job
b. Business Matters
c. Axl is not happy with the material
ALL OF THE ABOVE

4. If it is business matters, who is at fault?
a. The Record company
b. Axl

ALL OF THE ABOVE

5. Assume Chinese is a smashing success, after all the current material is released, would you still want a reunion of the original band?
a. Yes

Okay, here are my reasons:

1.)  Axl made the original members sign over their rights to the name or he'd not play anymore.  He threatened on many occasions to end Guns n' Roses while all the others were too spaced out of their mind to even think straight.  His reasons were they all were too fucked up to keep it together and he had to do something.  I have no problems with him doing this but I do have a problem with him making them sign stuff when they were so out of it had they been sober, they never would have done it.  It's Axl's way or the highway as we have seen my the multitude of producers who have come and gone on CD and if no one caters to Axl's needs, you won't cut the mustard.

2.)  Yes, bring on a reunion because that is the true Guns n' Roses and that is the only way every fucking idiotic thing Axl has done will make him look good again in the public eye.  You can sugar coat it all you want, but the majority of the people know Guns n' Roses as Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy and Matt or if you are a true gunner then Steven.  Not taking away from this new incarnation at all, but let's face it, we on the boards have waited since what 2000 for CD to be released and we've been lied to and fucked with so imagine how the current members feel.  Hell, they even (or Tommy said) that he would WELCOME a reunion of Axl was up for it (funny how that article mysteriously disappeared off of HTGTH) but I assure you it was there.

3.) Every fucking thing in life is holding up CD.  We'll never know exactly what is holding it up because the music business lies to the fans and tells us all what we want to hear and then they go silent and people speculate and shit.  But Axl's scared to release it because he is searching for that proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and there is never an end to a rainbow.

4.)  It's all about the $$$$$  Whoever thinks Axl is not in this for the $$$$ he'd get from the release of CD and all the other shit he has recorded is in serious denial.  The Record Company is also in it for the $$$$ and only when they can agree on the $$$$ aspect, just maybe we'll get a release date.

5.)  CD won't be a smashing success because it won't be released.  It's the same thing over and over again.  We get a tour, they hide.  We get an update, then it goes silent.  It's the same circle of bullshit every fucking year so I say bring back the original band and if you are going to be stuck in the 80s at least have the original members play those hits.  Again, no disrespect to the new members, but it's like when you have a fight with a friend and then start hanging around new friends and you do that to piss off the one that hurt you and then you suddenly make amends with your friends.  A reunion will happen.  It's all a matter of time and remember that is not Eastern, Pacific, Central, or Mountain time but Axl time.