Look around you...he's not alone.  CD = overrated.  And I'm not just talking about all the bloated expectations, the album is not even produced at an acceptable level for a "band" called Guns N' Roses much less performed at that level.  History will see this album as a joke and a failure.  It's still the butt of all the jokes and it's actually been released...people aren't saying "at least it was worth the wait" - they are still making jokes about the wait.  IF this is Axl Rose's statement to the world, I hope he goes back to being quiet.  Hopefully he just dropped this piece of crap to move onto his real work (whatever that might be).

What about the Slash fans that love the songs like Estranged and NR that were Axl's babies?  Axl's vision is a pile of shit without someone like Slash to take it to the next level and this album only proves that Axl can't do anything without a Slash or BH type of guitarist to bring the songs and GnR up from being the next sappy ballad playing band. 

Axl is a lot more like Hinder then some of you want to admit...he writes pussy songs that don't rock at all until someone else steps in to make it listenable.  Mock me all you want, but there's a lot of truth to that.

I thought the display was pathetic.  It was right by the door, but I had to go look for it because it didn't stand out at all.  There were a few CDs missing and the vinal all appeared to still be there.  Certainly none of the sell outs some people were predicting or at least worried about.  I didn't buy a copy...I'm going to wait for the price to come down.  As many as they bought, it may be in the bargain bin before next spring.

In all sincerity, Spears and Axl are both train wrecks at this point.  Neither should be doing it.

I don't like Hinder and you're right - they will likely never make the HoF, but neither will this version of GnR other than Axl and probably Dizzy.  Maybe Tommy makes it for his other work (not likely, but I'm not a Replacements expert) and nobody else has a chance. 

I'd say Hinder has as much credibility to talk about music as Pitman, Dizzy, Frank, and anybody else that is more or less a hanger on to GnR.  Where would most of these guys be without GnR?  Sure you can say the same about Axl and Slash, but at least they contributed to what made GnR successful, not grabbed on after the heyday to make a few dollars (not that there's anything wrong with making money doing what you love).