i try not to look at what could have been or what they could be doing now to be honest... if it was up to me, he would`ve recorded 10 albums with slash and izzy by now. the sad part is, if you`d ask axl he`d probably tell you the same. and i believe that is/was a major part of the problem, ie. the current situation of gnr.

well, the thing is, except for some dozens of hardcore fans on the boards, everyone is satisfied with the setlists. i personnally think the setlist is great. i hadn`t seen gnr live since 2006 until the concert in germany this year and they played about 8-9 songs they didn`t play the last time..  of course i`m all up for some new songs and deeper tracks from the catalog, but the casual fan doesn`t care about that. people don`t go to a concert to listen to songs they don`t know, they want the stuff they know and love.

btw, which band is doing 2 1/2 -3 hour shows today? of course there are some, but the huge majority of concerts i attend  are more in the 90 minutes range.

the thing is, i want new material as much as the next guy here, but i`m not as obsessed with it as some people on this forum obviously are and i think most people here won`t even admit that. all the members here, continually insisting how they don`t care about anything that happens and bitching about anything axl does or doesn`t do are in my opinion more obsessed with this band and bigger fans than they would like to be.

beta posted this on htgth, nice to have this cleared up...