I agree. But it seems people in GNR cycles don't like it. Slash is bashed for being friendly to the media, and Baz was copping a lot of abuse for his Angel Down interviews.

Its not selling out or being a whore, it's doing their job, they work in the entertainment industry, and part of that means promoting and talking about their product.

Yeah its different for different folks...some people have more sensitve ears than others...but I do find if you plan to ever plug your ipod into a dock or a stereo or anything with normal speakers then setting a high bit rate will improve the quality drasticly.

It depends on useage I guess, like if u only ever listen while running or on a train where there is a lot of spill noise anyway then you might not mind loss, but if you listen just for pleasure at times, and get in the habbit of using the pod as a database for all your muisc then a higher rate is a good idea.

I personaly don't like anything below 256kps. Another option is to go lossless and use apple's lossless compression audio codec in itunes. this gives you full lossless CD quality sound like WAV but at smaller files sizes...(although still massive compared to mp3).

I don't understand the need to take sides.

Both Axl and Slash are phenomenal musicans who upon their death will be remembered as amongst the most talented rock musicans to have lived. They've both given a lot to music as an art, and with any luck will continue to do so.

When dealing with the disintegration of a friendship and business partnership it's obvious both sides would have strong emotions, and when asked endlessly by a media hungry for gossip and drama about the other, it's only a matter of time before either of them say something unplesent.

That we can find incidents where Slash or Axl have said this kind of thing after 15 years of questions doesn't surprise me - or prove anything other than that their friendship still has its problems.

I think Slash is a kickass guitarist, and Axl is a kickass vocalist. That's all that matters to me.

Interesting opinion....most fans of the novel i'd spoken too thought it was pretty faithful overall....is there a specific part?

Interesting results. Good work