And thats the end of that chapter..... (Probably in the wrong thread but its all relative)

For me, the more this ridiculous saga continues the more i feel it becomes less relevant. I've spent all day today listening to to Ride The Lightining by Metallica, an album not tarnished by shredders, freaks, 'punks', keyboardists, industrial hacks and a melting pot of incompatable components. Its just the pure essence of a band, 3/4's of which still exists today. I have come to the realisation that a mental crack smoking loon (Adler) encapsulates the spirit of GNR along with a guy (Slash), who , whilst slated almost to death, can play with his eyes closed a stupendously touching  and fucking brilliant 'Sweet Child' with an example of minor talent (Fucking Fergie ferchrissakes) and stlll be light years ahead of a bunch of wankers who want to live off someone elses' glories and play a shite Ep's worth of songs that have no cohesion, structure, or memorability whatsover......We are on a Guns N Roses site are we not? If you think that (Buckethead aside) that the 'band' you are wasting your time on is worth a wank in the wind then step back, put down the bong And go and listen to the following:

Appetite for Destruction
Lies
Use Your Illusion 1 & 2

Go on, do it, lend me your fucking ears and say that the crock of steaming bollocks that you have now represents the band that you have idolised and praised and made you a fan in the first place, the band that makes this site exist. Name any song off any of the above albums and match it with anything of the crap that is presented to you today, BE REALISTIC and laugh your nuts off. IRS? Against Nightrain! Madagascar againts Estranged? Better against You Could Be mine?! Ha, its funny as fuck. Christ, this shite detracts from everything that this band/name/ideal represented in the first place. I'm pissed off with it. HTGTH can cry all they like but a rendition of Sweet Child with a sucker of Satan's cock like Fergie walking all over 'Axl and Friends' that stomps all over the 'New' Band says it all to me. You could  stick Izzy and a Peruvian Pan pipes ensemble for a cover of Pretty Tied Up and see them walk all over the new band without any difficulty whatsoever.

Bolllocks to the lot of it, I'm out of here. I spend 10 years waiting to listen to some steamin pile like If The World and thats supposed to make me fall in love with the name GNR again?!!! They may as well change Michael Bolton's name to Guns N Roses and hope no one notices.

I've enjoyed this site and the great discussions and objective arguments and also the people here, but when i see a guy that left the band 14 years ago destroy a song that he hasnt played since 1993 it all becomes clear to me that no matter if you have Christ himself on guitar but theres no chemistry then its all pointless.

I'll see you at the reunion, or at a Bucket gig (as long as he doesnt play 'GNR') but until then, I'm out of here, I'll check out the MIA thread etc, but as far as Axl and his band of session muppets goes, theyre dead to me.

Take that one to heart.

BTW - I have drunk 12 pints and smoked more weed that Cheech himself. The truth comes out when one is trashed so dont take it personally. Thank you, good fucking night.

Furthermore, Shackler's revenge? Rockband 2? Says it all doesnt it.

Whats the verdict on the Death Cube K stuff? Has anyone got any - I want to give that a listen but would like some opinions first - it seems quite hard to find.

Cool vids by the way James.

That Watchmen trailer is awesome, looks to be fairly faithful to the book. Hope they dont cock it up.

As for Quantum of Solace - it looks amazing. I never thought Craig would be any good as Bond, but Casino Royal silenced my doubts. Bond looks like a proper bad ass in this one....

X Files might be good but I think that Billy Connelly is horrendously miscast as anything but some unfunny guy with a daft beard.

So many good movies to watch over the coming year.

Heres hoping! However no doubt we'll have a Nickelback medley and a Milli Vanilla reunion instead. Such is the state of the music world today.

What a shame but hardly a surprise. Maybe he just wants to be in the 3rd series of Celebrity Rehab as well.

Maybe a spell in the clink may help him out but probably not. People with as much money as Adler can just get away with stuff if they throw enough cash in the right direction. Its such a shame he just carries on like this having thrown so many opportunities away.

Sort it out Popcorn - if you want a classic GNR reunion dont let the rest of the band have to do a tribute gig to you because you died.