Ali you would never make a good detective, because you dont seem to be able to piece all the information together even when it's right in front of you.

Can you show me a fact that says Slash wouldn't have played at the Key Club if Ax was there and got up and sang? Can you show me one bit of information confirming that any of the old band won't be at the HOF or won't play if Axl does?  If you can't then by your logic we haven't been proven wrong with our opinions either.

I don't recall that quote before. Wonder why he specifically said no Dizzy. Maybe he sees him as part of the turning point of when the band became a massive cabaret/circus act and the wheels started falling off. Dizzy and the UYI times were certainly when the bad started falling apart at the seams and obviously when it became no more fun for Izzy and he walked away.

Exactly this!  Slash would have gotten up if Axl was there too I would bet my life on it.  Slash went along to support Steven but also on the off chance (however slim it was) that Axl might turn up.  If that was the case then I have no doubt in my mind he would have got up and played with them.

But because Axl didn't show he didn't play.  He is playing the diplomat and hoping not to anger Axl even further by being seen to be involved in a GNR reunion but without Axl.  He probably also wanted to save a bit of face by not looking like he was desperate for a reunion too.

Ali I think it's clear to almost everyone that Axl is the roadblock to any brief performance (like HOF or even Adler's little thing a few years ago).

Now a full blown reunion tour, album etc then that doesn't hinge on just Axl even if he said he would do it.  The others guys demands and expecations I'm sure would need to be filled too.  But to think any of the original guys other than Axl and possibly Izzy, would be the stumbling block to them getting up and jamming for a few songs in a one off scenario, you would have to be crazy.

Look at it this way, the other guys (excluding Axl and maybe Izzy) would throw their current projects under the bus in a second for any sort of original GNR performance.  Axl would be much more considered before doing this and would need much more convincing.  So again I say Axl is the roadblock to any brief original GNR performance, despite any diplomatic statements being made by the other guys.

I agree too D if I had to pick between the two, I would pick old.

But my point was not about that, it was simply stating that attending the HOF or supporting everyone going and playing at it, is not a statement to say old band is better than new band. It's also not a statement about which side of the feud you support.

People seem to see it like it is.  If I say I want to see them play at HOF then I must think old band is better.  I love the current lineup therefore I must be vehemently opposed to HOF.

I'm saying HOF is irrelevant as to which band you think is better. It's simply recognising what the old band achieved.  No more no less.

"fuck this shit" is kinda how I feel too when I hear things like that.