I noticed that, but I was online when this whole thing started at mygnr.  Shortly after Eric posted that Dexter was Axl I checked this site and HTGTH and Dexter was already listed.  Sure anybody could have done it but they would have to have been REALLY quick to do it, between the time it was confirmed and the time I noticed it registered.  Plus when this started there was only a handful of people in the thread - as opposed to now.

Yeah he just registered on our forum too.

Eric Romano posted on mygnr to confirm that Dexter is in fact Axl.

I'm curious - how can anybody ever do any fact checking when no one from the GNR camp will ever fucking talk????

I've got a question then Azoff - is Robin Finck in the band??  Where would you like me to go to fact check that???

If they aren't gonna talk or do interviews etc, then they have to expect that the media and fans etc are gonna speculate then in the abscence of any reliable info.  FACT!

Great post Monkeychow, that pretty much sums up how I feel as well. 

I really like the album and it's the first album in quite a few years where I like almost all of the songs of it.  Yeah sure sales figures are inconsequential, however, I am disappointed as I would like to have seen what this album could have done with a bit of proper commercial push.  Why? Because I want this band to be big again and successful, I am sick of talking to people about GN'R who then laugh at me and deride the band for the punchline Axl/CD & GNR have become.  I want this band to be big again so - like Monkeychow said - there may be the chance of some normalcy - eg new music, bonus stuff, videos, interviews, DVD's, tours, information etc - something - ANYTHING!  I thought the release of CD may change this to a certain degree - WRONG!

I am sure the Axl camp will blame the lack of promo on UMG or Azoff or whoever.  But the fact remains while Axl had the whip hand he used it and abused it.  When the album was finally taken out of his hands he should have been ready to have to bend over and cop it in return, because they were always going to deal it back in spades and he should have been ready to play ball no matter how much he disliked it.  But instead the public perception looks like he spat the dummy and is sitting in Malibu sulking.  The truth may be different but hey, nobody bothers to tell the handful of remaining people that give a shit about this band.  So we wonder what we do now as fans, is there anything left to support?  Is this the end of the line?  Do we just say thanks for the ride it was kinda sucky and fun too at times, we'll now just move on and look for a new band to support???  Do I now just look towards VR and hope Slash et al may find a singer/songwriter that can make music again that will connect with me?

Regarding the negative reviews, I think there were always going to be critics that were just waiting to be able to stick the boot in to Axl & CD regardless of how good the music was - purely because of the "fuck you all" way he has dealt with things in the past.  But Jesus Christ Axl I didn't expect you to give them even more ammo by remaining mute, doing no promo, giving no information and for all we know releasing a CD by a band that no longer has any members left other than the vocalist.

To sum it up I am disappointed, not in the music but with the situation, I also feel a bit lost.  Where to from here?  Do I just continue to play CD and the back catalogue and be grateful for that and move on from this band?  I don't know, but I know I've been left with a hollow feeling.