I don't quite get what you are saying.  Have you got a link to that thread?  What forum did this occur on?  'Fake Neemo'?:ummm:

By the way... they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

And believe me this is one of the things I can show you.

(Psst... maybe message me next time.)

AR

LOL.  Too true.

I have always wondered for years if parts of that '10,000+(?)' word essay that Axl supposedly had about Slash, the break up of the old band, etc. (the one that got pulled from that magazine at the last moment or something), was coming to suffice - albeit in nuggets(?) - in interviews like this; the mammoth 'homework' post from mygnr last year, the grandoise statement he put out at the end of 2002, etc..

The only anomaly here is the ANTIQUIET guys claiming that their 'source' - that proved correct on CD (as it was of course released!), claimed that Iovine held in his position 'three or four' albums worth of material.  In fact, didn't some 'supposed insider' say something else like that recently - that Axl/GN'R had no control over the music and Geffen/the record company could now release it all if they wanted to?:o

That scenario would suck, in my honest view.  So what Axl has said might be good news.  I have no reason not to believe him.

AR

'H---------'.

Nemus - bless him - seemed somewhat excited about a track with a title something like that.  Last time I cornered him on this, he told me he could not remember the title.  *cough* *cough* *:bs:* *cough* *cough*

IIRC I think it was around the time he said he sneaked into the execs(?) room or something.:/

(It seems to be a nine or ten letter word beginning with 'H' - pure blind/pointless speculation: 'Hellhounds' or something?)

AR

Well, if it were not for this forum (though it is also *buried* in this only fairly interesting thread on here), and the link to ChineseDemocracy.com, I would not have known about this news.

Of course, important news about the possible upcoming (world?) tour for next year was moved to the 'Former Gunners' thread on mygnr, as the news was only pertaining to the guitarist who absolutely 'stole the show' and governed GNR's comeback album, was the greatest guitarist GN'R ever had, etc..

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

The second and more serious thing is that the ultimate failure of Chinese Democracy was confirmed tonight.  Of course, it was out of Axl's/their/MGT's hands when it came to the proper planned promotion of this thing being pulled, but the lack of any virtual real push, further promotion, or even 'putting names to faces' (something which the fanbase has mentioned several times before) of this thing, once the by now ultra-thin mist of intrigue was dissolved when it hit the shelf, has buried the myth and GN'R's 'round 2(?)' comeback.  In fact, you could say it actually made that part of the wait in vein.  They should have capitalised on the intrigue!  (Kaneda/Chris said something about this on mygnr yesterday.)

Of course, it was cool that they put the album on Myspace, majorly featured Buckethead in the (z-list did Axl say??) booklet, but, looking at the situation/how the album has fared here in England...?:headbang:  That part of the wait was in vein - though it was not partly Axl/GNR's fault.  And, with no Buckethead on the cards it now seems, and even less of the original, 2000-04 band in place to boot, any future plans/albums will probably suffer the same fate.  (Thal also said something cryptically like he was 'going to rehearsals' (not a quote) today.)

Just listening to Coldplay's 'Violet Hill' now.  Looks that song was like the 'Chinese Democracy' of that album: a short, sharp, to-the-point, rocky single that reintroduced this current, relevant band back to the masses.  This was followed up by the popular title track 'Viva La Vida' (like 'Better' is the most popular track on CD, even though I don't like it that much myself).  This track was given a hugeeeeee push and a great video; was a big hit for the band last year.  Obviously, that album was more successful than Chinese Democracy, because the right approach was there.  Yet, for these 'reasons' (not that I doubt them though), CD did not have that long-anticipated fate.  The wait was in vein in that regard, like I said.

As someone suggested many moons ago, the best thing GN'R could hope for now would be to become a U2 style band; releasing new music - although I regard U2's new music post that 2001 album as very mediocre in fact even forgettable - every couple of years, so functioning like that.  Rumours are they certainly already have the material to do so....

Others have suggested a more NIN-type direction.  When Ben Jones, a DJ on Absolute Radio UK, was introducing 'Better', he said:
'Forget the wait.  Forget how much it cost.  Just forget all that.  It's just a great rock song.  [Fair call IMHO.]
'No Slash.  No Duff.  No Izzy.  Just Axl.  This is new from Guns N' Roses.  This is called "Better".'
Like NIN is just Trent.  Not even a mention of Buckethead (though I am sure he knows about him), Finck, and all the other talented musicians who helped create this music.  This is repaying Tommy's loyalty?

(FWIW another AR DJ (Champion I think) said: '... the general consensus is, "Yeah... but the old stuff's better"'.)  The station loved 'SOD' though.

Amid all this, I wish the band the best of luck with 'Plan C' (no Bucket, no Finck (we understand)... but at least Brain may be back... and 4tus may be busy with Rhianna).

Put Pitman on bass again (if Tommy is with SA and can't make it...)... let him take centre stage.  Pitmen of the world... unite!

AR

4tus is on holiday in the Philippines.  Source: mygnr; his MySpace or something.

AR