It was already re-recorded since rio. So there's already a bumblefoot era version thats a bit different.

It changed the chorus section and although its still electronic sounding in the way of all the CD era songs its WAY more guitar based than that rio synth version.

My opinion is that although you wouldn't know it from that rio performance, the underlying guitar riff is actually quite rock based, I think if Slash re-recorded it - then it would end up sounding a lot like a Led Zep kinda song - almost like something like "Whole Lotta Love". I know that sounds worlds away from what you posted - but the way he "rocked up" the Chinese Democracy riffs could be applied very easily to the more recent versions of Silkworms.

It's worrying where this sort of thing can lead.

Like essentially the concept seems to be that if someone does something objectionable in real life or is accused of something improper then we should immediately hide all their other works from the public.

It's particularly awkward if the crime accused has no relationship to the actual art work.

So hypothetically if Steven Spielberg was to have some kind of breakdown and murder a relative tonight - do we delete ET and Jurassic Park and Schindler's List from existence? Where would you draw the line at what needs to go and what doesn't.

I see this type of censorship as having some logical problems. Like punish the people if they have done something bad, and possibly remove art if its related to the actual crime is one thing, but deciding to remove anything a person as done because of a disconnected incident doesn't make a lot of sense.

yeah I mean I would like it in a perfect world....but in Australia that's $1400AUD.

To put that in context....Australia is 9,429 Mi from the USA....yet for less than the locked and loaded box set.....

I absolutely want an AFD remaster so I will buy some form, but that box set, I will pay a lot for GNR stuff but at that kinda price it's like they've pushed it right out of the category of "entertainment spending" and into like "large life purchases" in my mind.

I believe shadow is 86.

At first i could see that the guitar parts sound like modern slash - but then its not really surprising that a guy sounds like himself - and when you consider that young slash did record all that AFD stuff - it's not like this was beyond his skill level.

As for Axl - it sounds more young Axl than modern to me. Although we've seen him smash out huge high screams recently on "Thunderstruck" and "Hells Bells" and so on - they do seem more scream based - it seems a long time since he's delivered this kinda sustained yet sung highnotes with a melody with the sort of breath control this song requires. I mean I guess he could do anything in the studio but it sounds like the kinda thing he was doing easily back in the day. Plus if you look at the live clip on youtube - this version is very similar - it's not the same take - but it IS the way he sang it back in 86 - so there's no real reason to assume it's not.

I think what we're hearing is some serious EQing - maybe a few modern protools effects and stuff in the mix - and modern mastering over it all.

But it does seem the original track is essentially an 86 performance. Maybe cleaned up a little or something, but for the most part original I suspect.

I just hope the main album sounds this good.

The locked it on mygnr when i suggested this - but I wonder if Axl is over weight due to medication.

If you look at when he started to get heavier, it's also around the same time he started to be able to come on stage on time, stopped over-reacting to show incidents, appeared to start taking things in good humour, then here we are a few years later and he even likes Slash again....

Could be wrong but given a lot of psychoactive medications cause weight gain it makes me wonder.