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you sound like a jedi knight

lol

if they go primarily with an actual album/release it will probably spend little time pointing out all of the musicians starring on it to avoid bringing attention to the fact that gnr is not releasing this music as a band. that way the non followers that pick it up will be thinking of it as an axl rose led collaberation rather than an eccentric and intolerable frontman driving out all of the musicians that are responsible for the majority of work on the album while it is featuring awesome pics of replacement musicians that werent in the studio. only the required credits will be printed.

so having said that i don't think it matters if they get fick back. all they need, now that the writing and recording is done, is people that are capable of playing the songs properly. and for them to stick around after the potential release and tour assuming axl has plans for more of them  finck is creative and good at what he does but the reality is that it would be easy to find a stage-friendly guitar player to play his parts. i don't think that would be finck since axl's obsession with having three guitar players may have been a contributing factor in the loss of slash. i would assume that finck would be willing to come back in any capacity that his nin commitment will allow him and i think the question of what that is is weighing on axl's and management's collective minds. but i do think the business side of things will dictate the timing of the release and since this album IS a collaberation of artists he is not necessary for promoting the album and, if he is busy when the time comes to release the album and start booking shows for the tour, gnr will move on without him.

good point. a percentage of vr fans probably left with scott.  another percentage of vr fans will also loose interest if cd is released first.

my point being that vr may need to go with a bigger name singer regardless of the style.