Like Smoking Guns I'm kinda over hearing how difficult his life has been and how tremendously lucky we are that he has been able to overcome such adversity.  How all these obstacles and challenges have been put in his way by people, and this person is out to get him, and the record company is fucking him around, the press hate him and the shooter on the grassy knoll is trying to get him etc etc etc.  Everything is somebody elses fault, but I see one common denominator - AXL! 

Besides everyone has fucken challenges, I wonder at the moment where my next $ is coming from at work because of this fucken recession - it's the realities of life.  But I don't make myself out to be a martyr over the daily issues I have to face.

Look it's really cool the guy is speaking (from my unqualified position) it sounds like he needs to talk.  Plus I genuinely want to hear what the guy has to say.  I'm hoping he might actually tell us what his plan is, what will the lineup for a tour be, what are his thoughts after that, another album with that lineup or another direction?  etc etc.  If he is going to talk in articles and essentially dwell on things like how evil Slash is and how poor Axl doesn't get a fair go then please tell us exactly what it is that Slash has done, enlighten us.  Did Slash sleep with his sister or something or give him aids??? 

I get that he has no interest in a reunion, but FUCK let go of some of the resentment and bitterness then.  Besides you forgive somone not so they can feel better, but you do it for yourself - so you feel better.  It doesn't mean he has to have the guy around for beers and a BBQ every weekend but Jesus Christ be the bigger man and put this silly feud to rest once and for all. For someone that wants to move forward in a world without Slash he sure seems to still be consumed by the guy.

As for the press giving him a fair go, I think that to a certain degree it's a bit like getting respect.  People can't give you respect you need to earn it.  Same goes here, positive actions are his best chance of winning over the press, media dot coms etc.  I wish him luck with this because at the moment he certainly has his work cut out for him.

I'm willing to move forward with Axl because the guys got a shitload of talent.  I just wish he would stop looking over his shoulder.  It's hard to go in a new direction when you are continually looking in the rearview mirror.

I've certainly thought that way before and posed the question - what if one of them dies before a reunion

Axl seems to believe that situation will occur.  It must be a massive burden to carry around with you such animosity year after year, personally I don't know if I would have the energy that far down the track to hold a grudge that long  I would be fascintated to know some of the background regarding their lovers tiff.

I'm curious, what is the statute of limitations for suing if you signed something under duress?

In Axl's website post on mygnr he says:

However, later on in the website post Axl says:

Now according to Axl the band signed over the name rights to him before the UYI tour when the contract renegotations took place.  Is it therefore possible that Axl threatened that he wouldn't do the tour (even though dates were booked) unless the rights were signed over to him.  Then somewhere through the chinese whispers and passage of time this event was bastardized into the "Axl wouldn't go on stage unless we signed" version.

Regardless of the specifics, it seems plausible that Slash and Duff could have signed over the name under duress and never bothered to challenge the situation until it was too late. i.e. after the statute of limitations had run out.  I mean the UYI tour went for over 2 years - could this have been long enough for the statute of limitations to expire?

The WTTJ Live Era video is pretty good:

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