Every time I see "No Country For Old Men", and the gas station scene in the beginning, I think of Axl. Anton was right, "soon" sounds good but it doesn't really have to mean anything. It could be years.

Yeah, but they still sounded damn great. This doesn't really compare.

But if they were, the bold part would certainly be a possibility. No wonder they can't even release live albums if Axl has to do new vocals on it.

The problem is pussy and it's ultimate yet overrated power. Since every man wants it and want it a lot more than the other way around, the value of dick basically falls to give away prices. This skews the balance of two more or less equal products. A woman's power in relation to acquiring an attractive male is largely present from birth, leaving men to do more actual work to bolster their almost worthless natural assets. Even a hot male will have trouble keeping a relationship with an equally hot female if he doesn't also have some form of power, financial resources, status, a winning personality etc.

The flip side of the coin is that a female may punch above her weight through acquired qualities, but ultimately she is more a slave to her condition since most men will always prefer natural looks when sex are that much more important to them. Another irony is that a woman is in fact much more capable of enjoying sex, but the turning of it into a powerful resource due to the aggressive instincts of men encourages women to adopt a practical and strategic relationship to it, leading to more negative associations with the act. Things like rape or sleeping with your old pig of a boss are realities far less pronounced for men, and if they are, possibly less painful or perhaps even pleasant experiences.

Mere chart presence and nominations doesn't necessarily mean anything in itself. Sixx AM is probably good for what it is but I'd be surprised if that is what Axl would like to incorporate into his music. If he's hearing something else I'm not sure what that is. While there's obviously some talent there and the guy has shown some actual writing ability he's not doing anything special. He'd probably be good for a more Slash like approach to a new album, and I think that could be interesting, but I don't quite see where Ron fits into that. Him sharing song ideas with Axl could mean a lot of things. He's got an outgoing personality and has been new to the band, all possible coloring factors for an interview.

How he joined the band is another thing. It was out of necessity and maybe a little bit of urgency (though that might be unlikely when Axl had already decided to sit out the album).  The question becomes if he's genuinely in the band for his creative talents or mainly as a replacement good enough to do a touring job and contribute what and if he can. Until Axl says something about it there will always be speculation, fueled by every year that goes by without an album.

I personally don't believe his abilities in the creative department has anything to do with an album hold up, but with this band you just never know. Axl has wised up on making promises he knows he can't keep and as a consequence is being extremely tight lipped on new material. What happened to the 20+ other songs that was finished back in 06? We know some of the guy's have been contributing parts, but to what end? A completely new album that is now in the usual production limbo or some sort of label cabalery still hoping to force that reunion?