But without Izzy, if they tried to work together again, what would be different this time? If you think Snakepit was great, that's cool with me, but Axl (and many others) did not consider the material to be very strong. Axl would probably still want to bring in a new songwriter to help him and Slash.

Meanwhile, Slash (and many others) would probably still not agree with the different styles Axl would be interested in.

So I think you have some good points. It's easy to minimize the contributions of some just because Izzy may have started a song, but those contributions are what made it GNR.

But where I disagree is that they could work together. I still think Slash would want Axl to just shut up and sing and I still think Axl would not find Slash's material to be strong enough without outside help.

It's a stalemate that could really only be solved by . . . Izzy.

does this sound like a soundboard recording to anyone?

does a soundboard recording of the 1/1/1 show really exist?

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The new guys aren't passing themselves off as GNR, they are GNR. Just because you prefer what GNR was to what it is now doesn't mean that Axl does. It's his band, it's his vision. He has lots of material we haven't heard yet that he spent a lot of time on that I'm sure is very important to him. Why would he give up on all of that? How many bands 25-30 years into their career are playing half their new album when they go on tour? He obviously isn't interested in simply being a nostalgia act and there are plenty of fans that feel the same way.