I think Pete Townsend voiced a pretty similar objection back in the day. Dave is all about the performance, the embodiment of the late 70s early 80s party train, and just a fun dude to watch and listen to. That's why everyone loves Dave. In some ways, he was VH's "hype man." Dave-a Flav.

Not sure what's gonna happen here, but the whole thing is a shame from end to end. To be perfectly honest, I don't even know who the other mods are here. BLS? Lofton? Anyone else?

I'm not his hugest fan, but pull your shit together dude. You're gonna die.

Yeah, I'm assuming a relapse is in play here, my apologies in advance if I'm wrong.

For what it's worth, the guitars are very important to me. In fairness, that solo on YCBM is a hot mess (not to mention Brain's botched intro). But you have your hits and misses. I was going to say that I never think of Slash when I listen to Robin, but I realized that's totally untrue. In fact, my brain is expecting Slash's solos, so when he goes off on his own the differences jump out hugely to me.

BUT, for what GNR might have morphed into back in the Robin/Bucket days, I got some major thrills out of those changes. The good ones were really awesome, especially if you bought into a new direction. The bad ones were bad, but that's the price of experimenting. And I think that would have continued to smooth out over time, as they "found" their new parts. Sort of like how DJ totally butchered This I Love at first, til he said fuck it and put his own voice on it.

I love that solo...