But that's my point...it's shooting the messanger. It's like waiting for an important letter then beating the shit out of the mail man because he only gives you what's been mailed to you and not what you wanted. The postman is not to blame - it's the sender writing the letters. Baz doesn't give you new information because he either doesn't have any or he isn't allowed to yet (like we know how he was told not to spoil the Rockband 2 news). If you want to get pissed that there is no new GNR news...get pissed at the guy who controls the flow of info about the band....Axl.

Yeah he could shut up...but he is promoting Angel Down in these interviews...and given that Axl sings on 3 songs on the album - the first sign he is alive in studio terms for what? 10 years? It's natural that questions come up about Axl. IF Axl was prolific with records..then like it wouldn't be a big deal..but he was a huge star in the 80s/90s and now a recluse who spends millions recording in secret and doesn't share what he's done often...so of course people are interested that Baz knows him, has heard his recordings, and now encouraged him to release music publicly again in the form of his contributions to angel down.

Yes the info is repedative...but that's how doing media promo works as a musician. You do thousands of interviews in music mags...you are always asked the same questions, tell the same stories and give the same answers. And let's face it - baz's answers here are logical.

Axl has his faults. But when fans wonder why the band appears to get hostile to fans I see this kind of thing as a reason. It's a catch 22. The less info we get - the more pissy the fan base becomes - but the more pissy we become the less keen to update us the band and associated parties become. Imagine you are as sensitive as axl by all media accounts (i don't know the guy afterall) he takes this kind of shit personally. And when baz figures out people are starting to bag him for talking about GNR he'll likey shut up too and we won't hear any news for another 4 years.

As for the 'deep' discussions thing. I think he just ment it was a serious plan. You know like i might say to a mate "we should throw a party for halloween" - and then not say anything else. Or we might discuss where to have the party, what to bring and eat, who will come, other features of it. So I mean Axk could have said "sometime we should hit the road again" and it could be a causal light thing...or a deep discussion would be a more serious talk about timeframes for doing it, where the tour would go, other support acts  and so on.

When i saw baz in 2006 he said it was "possible" he'd be back in 2007 with GNR. And guess what. Fucking happened.

So if everyone would stop bagging him out...i'd say that the Baz just gave us some good news. The general vibe at the moment is that the band is going into silent era mode - with Robin in confusion, richard busy and rumours about Tommy. However we can contrast that with the SR release - which for GNR these days is a big deal - putting out new music in any offical form - the rumours of rhe best buy deal - and now baz saying that there are early stages of tour talks.

Sounds to me like baz is letting us know the machine is slowly ramping up for something to happen. Which is good news for fans. So cut the guy a break!