Finally listening to this. Big Dumb Sex needs to be dropped from the set immediately. Doesn't sound good at all. Not only that, but it becomes a bit inauthentic coming from guys in their late 40s. Is that Ben doing backing vocals? Ouch!!

These guys obviously deserve a free pass as they haven't played together in a coon's age, and Cornell was smart to call this show a rehearsal, because clearly that's what it is.

Band sounds fucking great, but they are even having 'off' moments. Sometimes Cornell seems to be playing "catch up" with them and vice versa.

Go listen to how the band sounded with Tad on Nothing To Say last year, and then listen to this. Gonna take awhile for these guys to get their mojo in proper order.

Cornell approaching the songs different for obvious reasons(mainly age), and I have no problem with that. Its to be expected and no one should expect him to sound like its 1991.

They just need to iron out a few kinks. Gonna give the band a C+ based on this bootleg. Ben needs to work on his backing vocals before Lolla thats for damn sure.

edit: Beyond the Wheel stomps ass.

Slash chose the singers whose style suited the actual song. Had he done the opposite, soem here would be crying that Ozzy shouldn't rap and that Adam Levine sounds like shit @ Nothing To Say.

The funny thing is that the anti-Slash people now attack Slash that this song sounds like this or that (insert the actual singer's band's name) and that it's 'too radio friendly', while forget about their previous attacks  that 'Slash can't write a hit' and 'plays in the same style, the same song'. I guess you'll always find something not to like Slash's album.

BTW
I Hold On could have been Steven Tyler, and you'd say it sounds like a modern day Aerosmith tune. Maroon 5's stuff is quite different from Gotten, just the singer is the same. Watch This has nothing to do with AIC, a Deftones mention would make a better argument.

(I don't know Avenged Sevenfold enough.)