Axl doesn't run the website - it's run by someone who is a hanger on like Beta and Jarmo.  That person fears Slash more than anybody else in the world...they may be the only people in the world that fear Slash.

My problem isn't so much the review chosen, it's the excerpt they decide to headline.

If your employer says I'm coming to work whenever I want, but here's a nice paycheck for your troubles, what are you going to do?  You either say the money is worth it or decide it isn't and leave.  They have no power to do anything else.  They are all just employees of the Axl Rose Corporation.

I think some of those people need a mirror.  The only difference is their adoration is directed at one man and not the music world in general.

Self promotion only gets you so far.  There are a lot of self promoters out there that never make legend or hero status.  You don't get to that level unless there's something to it.  Slash isn't respected in the industry because he's a media whore, he's respected because he's talented and he'll play with just about anybody and make it work. 

Maybe he's selfish.  Maybe he seeks attention.  Maybe he said some things about someone (Axl) that he shouldn't have said at some point.  So what?  Name me one famous person that doesn't have all of these qualities on some level or another.  Even the best slip up.  You don't get to that level by being only a giver.  You have to be selfish, seek attention, and you will eventually say or do something you shouldn't have.  So what?

I think Slash has been pretty fair to Axl in the press.  His criticisms have related mostly to being late, forcing lineup changes on him, and the direction Axl wanted to go musically.  Especially recently, he's been very complimentary to Axl - even after the going to his house incident.  If Slash wanted to get Axl, he's had plenty of opportunities to do it and he never has.

What a load of crap.  If you don't go out and buy CD, you're not a fan of GnR?  Who the fuck are you to make that call?  I am and will always be a fan of GnR.  I don't consider this to be GnR.  There is no band.  There is no anything other than Axl Rose and a revolving lineup of session and touring players.  That isn't GnR.  Nor is Axl Rose, and 2 keyboard guys.

History will not view this as a GnR record - you know that, don't you?  When people talk about GnR 20 years from now, it will be "AFD, UYI, and Lies were all awesome, and remember how long it took to release that joke that was CD - and it wasn't even Guns N' Roses!"  And people will STILL have a good laugh at the expense of CD.  It has been, is, and always will be the butt of jokes.  Nothing can change that now that it's out.  The best thing Axl could have done if this was the album he was going to put out is to keep it mythical.  Now it doesn't even have that to hang it's hat on.

I didn't buy CD.  I had it in my hands and put it down.  I have no interest in the CD and the vinyl is overpriced.  I'll wait until it comes down, or I'll just never buy it.  That doesn't mean I'm not a fan of GnR, that means I don't care for CD.  If Axl could release a quality album as fake Guns N' Roses, I'd buy it in a second, but not this crap.  All these years and they couldn't get it properly produced or have the booklet accurate and with proper spelling?  Inexcusable and an embarrassment to the name Guns N' Roses.

If somebody REALLY knew what was going to happen, they'd be making money off of it, not posting it to show how smart they are.  You can read the signs, but there is no sure thing.