Any "reunionists" out there care very much about CD madagas.  CD being released opens the doors for what 90% (likely an undererstimate, but I'll be generous) of music fans really want from Guns N' Roses.  If you think that most people wouldn't jump on board in 2 seconds if there was a reunion tomorrow, you're only fooling yourself.

It's a pipe dream for anybody to think the world is really waiting with baited breath for an Axl Rose solo album under the disguise of GnR.  No successful band has ever gone on with one member of that band (two if you want to count Dizzy) and succeeded anywhere near the level of the old band.  Not one.  Even the supergroups never really succeed and they merge several members of successful bands.  Why do you guys think this is going to be the one exception to the rule? 

Can CD have a decent hit or two on it?  Sure, that has happened in the past in these situations.  Is the public going to be begging for or lining up for another Axl Rose solo album after this one?  No.  So what is the logical next step?

Azoff has an established track record.  The public wants it.  There will be huge money involved and I'm not foolish enough to think that money (and the ego boost that goes with it) isn't a motivating factor for these guys.  None of the band members have ever said no to the possibility of it under the right circumstances.  Azoff has worked in difficult situations before...he can bring sides together that people thought would never see eye ot eye again, so don't think GnR is any different. 

I see both sides of this discussion and neither side is wrong.  It's fairly obvious that CD is intended to be released this year.  It's also pretty obvious that there are signs indicating that a reunion is AT THE VERY LEAST a realistic possibility in the relatively near future (next 2 years).  You guys are all trying so hard to prove the other side wrong...neither side is wrong.  Anything is possible from CD being pulled and a reunion early next year to CD coming out followed by 3 more GnR albums and no reunion ever happens (and everything in between).  No matter what happens, isn't NOTHING the only really bad scenario?

Really?  I don't.  It hasn't been his primary focus for 14 years, why would it suddenly be a priority now?  Axl's primary focus seems to be doing whatever the hell he wants to do (musically and otherwise) and doing it at his pace. 

IF he's suddenly in a hurry to get it done, there's something else motivating him other than CD.  I'm not saying reunion, I'm not saying anything other than SOMETHING is motivating him IF that's really the case.

It's actually pretty easy.  He adds NOTHING to the majority of the songs - in most cases, he subtracts from the songs.  He should not be a member of the band.  If they want to use him as an additional musician on a couple songs, I have no problem with that, but GnR never has and never will have a need for a full time effects guy.  All he does is bring clutter to the table no matter how interesting he might be as a person.

Hanging with Tool isn't a plus in my book, but to each their own.

They already toured to support the album (multiple times)...they even quit the last one to finish the album (it had nothing to do with poor ticket sales).  I think it's far more likely that they don't tour for CD than they do tour for it.  I believe the next tour will have Slash and Duff in the band (for better or worse).