I've got the perfect idea.

3 minutes of "Fuck Velvet Revolver" on screen.  Followed by the band in a room with two doors (all annimated of course).  One door says GNR, one door says STP.  Slash, Duff and Matt walk through the GNR door, and Scott goes to walk through the STP one, and just before getting all the way through, he turns to Dave and says "get out the door". 

Brilliant.    I'd vote for it.

I'm going to throw out a thought that occured to me while reading through a few of these posts...

People bring up how they wish he would be more open with communication and talk to his fanbase way more.  I fully dissagree.  I'm from the idea that less communication is more.  It builds up the anticipation, the excitement, and gets people talking more. 

Now no one can use the excuse that 'after Axl released that letter there was tons of talk when before there wasn't that much'.  The ONLY reason there was that much talk was because Axl doesn't talk much.  If he would give regular updates, there would really be no need for forums, because everyone would know everything that's going on and there'd be no mystery, no speculation, and the hype and excitement on the album would fall. 

I think a good example of this is Avenged Sevenfold.  They have a myspace page, and regularly update it (a few times weekly).  There's really no mystery surrounding them, because any 14 year old on myspace could easily go to their page and read everything there is to know about them.  They've released a couple doccumentaries, making of the album, and put themselves out there to their fans.  While it is cool that they are willing to do that, it takes away some of the excitement.  You don't have to wonder what they're doing, because you pretty much know. 

Bottom line- you know when Axl does an interview, or makes some statement, it's something big.  If Rolling Stone advertised an 'exclusive Axl Rose interview regarding the release of Chinese Democracy', how many people would run out and buy it the day it comes out?  Or try to read it in some form that first day?  That right there is the power of holding back from your fan base.  Ultimately it works in favor of the artist.

Now i am not by any means justifying the delay of Chinese Democracy.  That is a whole clusterfuck that i don't feel like touching right now.  I'm just giving my insight as to why he isn't more open with the fanbase.

It's great how the only 3 actual albums (excluding Lies and TSI) GNR released are all in this list.  Pretty amazing i think. 

I expect we may see GH in there one day.

Definently Buckethead!