As long as Tommy stays. He's currently the only one keeping Axl from having lost two full bands.

I'm thinking some of the "delay" could have something to do with both Finck and BH not being there anymore. Especially Fincks departure seem to have kept stuff like the Better video from being released. If he is serious about trying to legitimize the current band he might want enough of their input on a follow up so that they can feature in videos and actually do some interviews with conviction. Then hopefully we get to hear the rest of the CD sessions at some point.

It's BH and Finck. They don't really do riffs the way Slash does. CD is maybe the only standard rocker on the album and those riffs are pretty good. Same with OMG which sadly didn't make the cut.

Can't agree about Catcher. That solo is one of my favorites and I don't miss May one bit.

But you're right there aren't many gnr esque riffs on CD. Which is probably for the better since no one can replicate Slash in that department. Don't think Axl is too keen on trying to make balls to the wall rock n roll records anymore either. In terms of hard songs we're looking at Shackler type stuff, maybe some industrial stuff in the vein of OMG.

Hopefully they're doing it to raise cash for an album. Axl says he doesn't like touring, so it's a bit strange with all these shows past few years. The 02 and 06 tours were very different. New songs, interviews. He did say the years after releasing CD had been some of the toughest in his life, so there's definitely something going on behind the scenes.

As usual we don't know what that is or how "legitimate" the problems are. I still choose to believe his intention is to get something out, if for no other reason than he said it was.

This actually works as a song for me.

Heresy. Thy shall not take the lords name in vain.

Well I can't really fault someone for not being smart enough to know how you should act publicly, but that's not living in the past. That's addressing what he considers a present problem, the image of him as the bad guy in the whole GN'R thing. Obviously he's been far from delicate about that whole issue, but he's not doing anything different than any other member. He's trying to make himself look good. To get out what he considers the true part of the story. Being his problems with the media he sometimes chooses venues like this to vent his feelings.

Not particularly suave, but he's not living in the past. Though without doubt he is still affected by it. If you want to see what someone who can't move on looks like we have a certain drummer as a very good illustration.