just cuz a guy can jump doesnt mean he's the best guitarist in the world

its not so much Rich's fault by any stretch cuz hes a decent axeman...its just that peopel made so many claims about he guy's greatness before he even did anything that alot of people hate on the guy unfairly

Axlin08 wrote:

buzzsaw wrote:

I'm fairly sure I make the final two.

That's actually what I alluding to. Probably you and myself in the final round.

And I think that sucks.  Just because my passion for Guns N' Roses doesn't jive with the current situation, I'm labeled as being bad.  There's nothing bad about me.  I'm opinionated, and I believe what I believe, but 95% of the time when I say something deemed inflammatory, it isn't just some random attack on someone or something.  I back up what I say with reasoning (almost always) and facts (when possible).  Yes, some of my reasoning is taken by others as me stating a fact, but I can't control that part of it.

I think any band should be excited to have someone like me as a fan - someone that cares as much as I do about the reputation of the band and how it is viewed by others.  Maybe I shouldn't care that Axl is tarnishing the band with what he's done.  Maybe I should just say "It's okay because nobody really considers this GnR anyway" and let it go.  I can't do it. 

I think Ron is a great guy.  I'm glad he is in the mix as a touring musician.  Hopefully he'll get to write with Axl at some point.  I think he does what he can and wishes he could do more.  He is by far the best thing to happen in the current era from a PR standpoint.  He's not self promoting any more than anybody else would, in fact I'd argue he does less than most do.  He's been great, but he's not a member of Guns N' Roses any more than I am.

mygnrsucks wrote:

Settle down there, Jarmo. There's not really a whole lot to NOT bitch about.

Don't use his name to insult people here. If you bothered to read his posts, you'd see his bitching rivals mine, so trying to insult him as king of the nutswingers simply doesn't work.

Maybe we should just freeze the board until further notice if we're only gonna focus on the positive.

You really gonna go there? There are pretty much only two boards left that let you speak your mind, one of which you obviously hate.

We have ONE thread that asks members to concentrate on the positive. There's nothing wrong with that. I actually think it's pretty cool to see members talk about what they enjoy without all the soap opera shit attached.

We actually should have done this when the album was released.

There's NOTHING wrong with this interview. I am king of the whiners and even I cant find anything wrong with it. He was about as open as he could be, gave some info not known before, so what's the problem? Hell, I've seen people spanning all boards saying it's the best interview from these guys yet. Only interview that rivals it is Tommy's from earlier this year.

If you're gonna fault anyone, fault me, neemo, the rest of this staff, and the Evo members whose questions were answered. Those questions were not screened. He didn't pick a few he was willing to answer off of a list. He answered every question sent to him.

Did he leak an album? Give a release date? Announce a tour? No, of course not. No one should have expected anything of that nature. Hell, he had the balls to clear the air regarding those vids which people had been bitching about all year. For the first time, he confirmed he recorded on more tracks than what we heard. He also confirmed no new tracks have been recorded since his arrival. That is some vital info people have been wondering about for YEARS.

I would prefer no GnR to what we have now.  If you were really honest with yourself, you'd acknowledge that we have no GnR as it is.