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Currently listening to the W.A.S.P. & Dokken catalogs...

I agree. It was the one spot in the entire interview I felt he was full of shit.

Axl quit smoking could be a cause, not really singing live for 6-7 years could be a cause, age, etc.

But saying he intentionally did it to mark a vocal change to challenge himself on Chinese is a bit of a stretch. Not having a vocal coach for 20 years would explain why he's been so vocally off the mark from 2001-present. Sebastian Bach claimed in 2006 that Axl was working with HIS vocal coach at the time, and that would explain why Axl was pretty good in 2006 with rasp mixed with clean to a nice balance, much like 2016 has been. This whole year has been very reminiscent of 2006 for Axl vocally. Which is a good thing, and probably the way he'll sing for the rest of his life.

The 2010 full rasp stuff is long gone. And to me that drastic change from 2009 to 2010 then falling off the cliff in 2011-14 shows that Axl A) wasn't training properly, B) wasn't prepping properly, and C) didn't give a shit.

Thus the DISASTER of the Rio 2011 performance. It amazes me there's actually apologists on MyGNR now that actually think that show is good because they are so far up Axl's ass. Amazing. That show, and the 2012 Bridge School were the lowest points of Axl's career. Imo, Bridge School could be blamed on strep throat and a charity event and it just ended in disaster.

But Rio 2011?

That was all Axl just half-assing the whole thing and it blew up in his face imo. I stand by it.

Now all of the sudden in 2016, Axl suddenly gives a shit for, not just the first time since 1993, but seemingly the first time since 1991 when Axl actually was rehearsing for the Rio II performances, and getting ready for a headlining stadium tour.

Suddenly Axl's good again.

Axl may be Axl fucking Rose, but I think the guy has a lazy streak in him. It's not inherent Mozart-level genius. Nope nope nope.

I didn't vote anything, because I don't think it's that simple of an answer. At this stage of the game, the only real war would be nuclear. The status elites have been planning for it for years with fallout shelters and underground retreats. But they are also the ones with the finger on the button.

Obama's handling of foreign policy has been deplorable to say the least. Russia's involvement in Ukraine was to protect it's own sovereignty from the EU (aka foreign bankers, aka NWO). U.S. is in-league with the NWO as of now, and has pretty much become the heel of the world. We're hated everywhere, and with good cause. We are the aggressors. What it's lead to is a rise in people who enjoy in the "thought" of hating America, but with no real organization, no real leadership, no real future, because the power brokers are all controlling these pieces back and forth.

Which leads me to the next thing. America is the great devil. But for most of the world it's "The Devil They Know". America is like clockwork, which alot of countries NEED to be that devil when they need a devil, and that angel when they need an angel.

Russia is the only country I could see as scared, especially because Obama doesn't talk to Putin (mainly because Putin is 50x smarter than Obama and he's intimidated by Vlad), but at the same time Russia couldn't be the first strike in a nuclear war without slitting it and it's countrymen's own wrists.

China talks big, manipulates markets, and threatens. But China needs the U.S. money and jobs for their crony-captialist Anarchist-Community bullshit country they have.

The better question is, if Trump means anything in the slightest of what he's saying, AND could pull it off, would the outside world suddenly become desperate and threatened by a truly isolationist-America? Would they make a move to beg, an act of war, for money, for business? How desperate would they get?

Either way... whatever Snowden told the Russian government, Putin is preparing to turn Russia isolationist. Whatever they're preparing for, I don't know, but they certainly are taking it serious (Ukraine).

I don't think the future is a World War, the future is adapting the world into a One World Goverment/Economy-ideology. Those who refuse, get left behind or eliminated Person of Interest-style.

Problem is, with the way everything is set up, everyone kind of needs the other. I still don't buy ISIS is a real threat, other than a media and state department creation. You can't declare war on them, it's too large, yet at the same time there's no real organization either. It's all kind of like scattered, crazed, chickens running around with AK's.

There's more people killed on the earth every year in car wrecks than by terrorism or any war threat. Nobody is banning cars.

I find it hard to believe going into the future there will be any real war threat. Serious war. It's already existed. Police state kills an emprisons millions every year. Needless military action does the same.

Does someone have to call it a 'World War'?

This is the future. We're already here. War time, death, destruction, murder... it's just a 30 second blip on the news, and people then go back to playing Candy Crush on Fagbook. NO ONE CARES.

It's done

The Devil Won

Actually James, my theory is do a reverse Soundgarden.

Have GN'R put out their version of Telephantasm, with either a lost gun or a new track, so good, it can take on a "Black Rain" or "Live To Rise" status and be instantly accessible.

Yes that hot single status to push the Best of set.

While riding that wave, the following year or whenever. Drop GNR's "Echo of Chinese" release. People won't give a shit, they'll be riding the wave.

THEN do your King Animal comeback.

I think it could work, because people will be so on top of the Slash stuff, I don't think most would pay any attention to a Slash-less release the following year.