I still reckon they tested Bach out again before those final VR UK dates but once again it didn't work out.

Now that the rumours are out there about him possibly getting the gig (when he knows he's not going to) he is in damage control trying to save his relationship with Axl.  But if VR gave him the green light I'm sure he would have seriously considered doing it - loyalty my ass.

"He's helped me out my whole career" - where was his loyalty then when he tried out for VR the first time.

This Ed Rose is the skid mark on the underpants of life!  He did the Welcome to the Bumble thing then broke everyones trust and whacked it all over the net, just so he could lube himself up with coconut butter during his fleeting 5 seconds of fame.

Now he is bleating again about some other shit that he is attempting to tie in to GN'R and CD.

If there is anything remotely interesting that is in those files he was uploading feel free to PM me someone and set me straight. 

But if, as I suspect, this nutter is just talking out of his rectum again lets not beat around the bush and just say what he is crapping on about and expose the clown for the slapper that he really is!

That article with Weiland was an interesting read.  I thought Duff's following comment about Weiland's insecurity regarding a reunion was interesting:

"I know he [Weiland] was really paranoid about that and we had to allay his fears at one point, when we were writing for [VELVET REVOLVER's second album] 'Libertad'," McKagan responded. "He got wind that our manager at that point had been talking to Axl about bringing Axl over to what was our management company back then. And Scott freaked out that we were getting GN'R back together and we weren't going to make the second record. I don't know where it came from '” there was no contract on the table or pens ready to sign. Maybe now he's convinced himself that's what happened."

The talk back then of brining Axl over to their management company, makes me wonder if Axl had actually appointed Azoff quite sometime ago, but only released the info now as he knew they were going into a long quiet period and thought this would help shut the fans up , by misleading them into thinking something was about to happen.

That's interesting - I never noticed that.  I knew Slash played all his stuff down a half step, but I never picked up on the dropped D tuning for KOHD from Finck.

I think you have probably hit the nail on the head.  Although surely you would have worked this shit out after only one or two sessions.  You wouldn't get to the point where you have recorded all his guitar parts only to then discover it should have been say tuned down half a step or something, because it didnt' sound right with everything else or fit with the key Axl was trying to sing in etc.