Me_Wise_Magic wrote:

Originally I think Matt said something about him talking to Axl years prior and ironing things out for the most part over the phone. Not sure the full situation. I could see it happening. The only people I don't see right now are Slash and Adler right now. Hell..I wouldn't mind Josh Freese jumping on stage one of these days to play since he hasn't done a GNR show yet.

Yeah? did not know that. Wow. I get slated for saying this but I always preferred Matt's playing....
I understand why Adler was great. I like the way he plays too, but I think Matt suits GNR more.

faldor wrote:

Smoking Guns wrote:

It does. You are always fair, but usually always put down Slash one way or another.  You are a great poster over all...  You are more of a moderate.. Not an Axlite nor Slashite, but you do have a slight Axl lean.

There are 2 main reasons I lean towards Axl. I am not a guitar player, and while I love Slash's playing, to me its way easier to accept someone playing his parts than singing Axl's. My ears can clearly hear the difference without Axl, but if I close my eyes I can accept other people playing Slash's parts far more easily. If I was a guitar junkie, I may think differently, but I am not.

Also, let's face it. Axl gets shit on a lot more than Slash, so the opportunity for me to stick up for him happens far more frequently. I am a fan of Slash. I respect the hell out of all he has done and continues to do. I love his work ethic and how he appreciates his fans. He knows how to play the game and keep himself in the public eye, for the right reasons. But I just didn't love the last album, and I fear the same thing will happen with this one. We will see though. It's way too early to write it off completely after a 30 second sample.

I lean towards Axl because I make a lot of music myself and even though Axl has had less comercial output, the music he has created has been much more artistically varied. Slash has been re-writing AFD badly for 20 years. Most of Slash's music sounds the same to me, but when I listen to CD every song has a different context and a different heritage. I am a guitarist and Slash sounds worn out to me now, GNR doesn't.

On top of that, I don't think I've ever heard a band break-up story that was purely black and white or down to one person. The Slashites seem to push the idea that Axl is to blame for everything. That is narrow minded in my view. There are multiple sides to every story.

The guitarists from Avenged Sevenfold are badass. Gates is a hell of a player.