i don't care for dogs. i find this less understandable than missing a gig cause you wanted to watched a basketball game or were eating dinner. those impulses/decisions are more 'human' to me than caring for a fucking dead animal. i do get it, in that these things are inherently selfish, but i don't see why you'd have to miss your work for any of those reasons.

but that's me. i don't 'get' dogs.
or pets.
i guess i'm more superhuman.

Izzy : Doesn't appear to have a logical reason to avoid it. Seems it was based on either:

(a) General Flakeness in his personality (unacceptable - he can be a flake and drive his bus 364 days a year - it's not so much of an ask for him to give something back for a lifetime of wealth and accolade that the fanbase gave him).

(b) Can not deal with drama. (Again - after 25 years of privilege you think he could deal with a little bit of awkwardness if it ment a lot to his fans. Further - many say he was waiting to see what the others did - but he's always been the bridge between Axl and Slash and if he'd been proactive maybe more would have got done).

So my issues are:

1. As above - he doesn't seem to have a very good reason not to go.

2. He just comes across to me now as a bit selfish:

(a) From a certain point of view it was his decision to bail from GNR rather than work with the rest of the band to keep Axl within some kind of framework that really snowballed the eventual trainwreck of GNR history. It's not fair to blame him entirely but it's sure as hell a factor.

(b) There's a lot of "Izzy's a Flake" stories going around - quit VR cos he can't deal with a singer - walked out to get a coffee from one of his own bands and never returned - no one knows where he is cos he's just kinda driving around or whatever. Did a casual job on the UYI sessions from some accounts. Can't seem, to commit to anything. We all have our flaws - but Izzy's general "too cool for school" doesn't buy him as pass from me this time - IMO out of respect to fans he SHOULD have been at RRHOF - and while it's his choice what he does career wise otherwise - just being random about the hall isn't acceptable.

and lastly

(c)  I don't mind that he plays with Axl in and of itself. But I mind elements of it. He was the loudest of the "it's not really GNR without the full old line up - even steve" guys in several interviews. So it annoys me that:

(i) Axl forgives him for the brutal things Izzy said about Axl - yet Slash who is generally way more diplomatic is the devil.

and

(ii) Izzy can't deal with Axl - except when he's getting paid to appear. If he can show up at a london gig for a pay check then I think he could respect his legions of supporters by showing up with the hall and dealing with whatever bullshit happened then. it's not consistent. If Axl is this problem singer who makes Izzy fear ever working with singers, and if he thinks so highly of their past accomplishments, it's annoying that he forgets these problems when the price is right.

So summing up.

He seems to have NO REASON to do what amounted to significantly detracting from the night - and it's YET ANOTHER example of him acting in a selfish, entitled and spoilt brat flakish manner under his "too cool" ethos.

And this time it just doesn't wash with me. Him no showing that event is like 20 times more offensive than Axl to me.

The Master - Really, really good film. Not for everyone.