he said that first and then opened up a bit after some more questioning. mysteron isn't gonna give out fake info. on the contrary, he's much more likely to withhold info. so when he is secretive about a topic and then opens up about it, it's pretty safe to say he is telling the truth on the latter.

there is no way a cd, this long in the making, is gonna contain all of the leaks, many of which have been circulating since '02 and/or played like since that same point.

it's funny that this is thread is so popular now months after he left gnr
it's funny everyone either hates him or likes him

this is not neccessarily good though. your "lead" guitarist is supposed to be unanimously liked by your fanbase in a band like gnr.

my feelings are that i mostly like what he has done in the leaks but i don't salivate over his material like i did slash when appetite came out. his covering of the classics is innapproprite for a professional whether it is intentional or not. i am not a good enough guitar player to write some of the solos on appetite but i can play all of them, the way they were written, up to speed and I also am creative and write my own stuff yet he is a professional and i am not (i am working on it). 

the never ending debate: who's better?  a player, like robin, who can write material but can't cover it? or the opposite?

some people are creative like robin and can write their own material and do it well but are not technically skilled and cannot play a lot of styles and speeds. others are technically amazing but cannot write a song that keeps you interested enought to even finsh listening to it. to me you have to be both to be considered special. staying with gnr i would say that slash and bucket are diverse like that. the rest are not.  this is why i keep saying bring back one of them.

someone mentioned not too long ago that finck was brought in to lure slash back.  on the contrary the more common conception was that he was supposed to be his replacement. i don't know because i am not axl but they are very much different players.

nice post buzzsaw - had i not agreed with every word i still would have said this. when you talk like that (more accepting that we are dealing mostly with opinions) your own words hold more value.  welcome back.

i think it would take an apology on axl's part, talking through a puppet with a hockey jersey on also

i repesctfully disagree and acknowledge that you could be right