Yeah Im a bit torn on this - I know I downloaded the songs so it's my fault for ruining the surprise for those and the reason I am only getting a couple of new ones with the album.

But I suppose the mainstream hasn't heard them so its all new to them.  But to continually hear talk of 40 - 70 songs - why not put more material out there.  To have most of the songs we have already heard on the first album I think tells us what a lot of us thought - this is their best material - it's their A game!

That said what about the other songs.  If they aren't A grade material you are going to struggle to release them on another stand alone album at a later date, surely commercially that won't have much success.  So why not throw some more of them out now on a second disc?  As others have said, it takes a bit of the heat off Axl by giving the critcs so much new music to digest as well as quelling some of the inevitable comments like "15 years for this, I mean it's not bad but at the end of the day it's just another album" etc etc.

I suppose I will have to wait and see, maybe they are planning on throwing out more than just those 14 tracks??

Great interview - very interesting. Cheers

I would be really interested to know how different the final release is from what was actually recorded by the 2001 guys, I'm guessing not all that much.  Shame it never got let out of the bag all those years ago.

Wow thanks for the pics Axlin08.  The masks look awesome quality (although they should for the price I had a bit of a surf on those websites you mentioned).

How do you store/show them at home - are the hockey masks mounted like those pics above?

^ Very true - I did have a chuckle when I heard that one too.  It was actually an interesting interview to look back on with the benefit of hindsight and seeing the way things panned out.

^ Wow impressive collection!  The masks sound really cool too.  Can I ask where you managed to pick up the custom masks from?

Any pics of the masks?