Well, then using your logic, Axl is responsible for the same thing for Slash and Robin never would have been in the band in the first place.

I think he's perfect for Queen actually, but I'd still take him in VR.  At the end of the day, I don't think either will happen though.  Not long term at least.

Robin will likely never get the chance to shine in GnR, but that is is own fault as much as it's anybody else's.  He made the brutal first impression, he left before CD was released, and he ignored the fans.  I'm not sure what you expect as a result of that...

I have always thought of it as my favorite GnR album and probably my favorite album ever.  Surprisingly to some here, I love it because I think Civil War, 14 Years, Breakdown, Locomotive, Estranged, and YCBM are some of the best songs they've done, especially Locomotive and Estranged, so I can live with the couple songs that aren't as good.  The top songs elevate the album so much for me that it survives the weak songs.  When you just listen to the instrumentals, I think those songs plus GITR, and Shotgun Blues are terrific.  I could listen to that album as an instrumental and be just as happy if not happier with the results.

Slash may have hated some of the songs, but you wouldn't know it by listening to him play on it.  The band was so tight.  I think the people that listen more for the music tend to appreciate this album more than the people that lean towards the lyrical side.  Obviously there will be exceptions to that rule, but UYI II to me is musically the greatest GnR album overall musically, and I don't think it's even close to whichever one is second.