I loved house of cards season 1-2 (felt it went a bit off after that) and love Spacey's acting work.

So this will be one of those things that's hard to reconcile.

Bit like how I like Axl's music but he has worrying relationships with women etc.

I was thinking the other day it BADLY needs the 2002 screams in the middle....imagine that in the studio....

For whatever reason he does seem happier on stage. Even when things fucked up the other week like that sound issue that botched november rain - he just made a joke and moved on - you would imagine some years that might have ruined the whole show.

I think the prior statement I think was this from the 1990s:

"I'm very sensitive and emotional and things upset me and make me feel like not functioning or dealing with people... I went to a clinic, thinking it would help my moods. The only thing I did was to take one 500 question test - ya know, filling in the little black dots. All of a sudden I'm diagnosed manic-depressive. 'Let's put Axl on medication.' Well, the medication doesn't help me deal with the stress. The only thing it does is help keep people off my back because they figure I'm on medication."

In this interview he talks of having extensive therapy work done after the 1991 shows on tour:

To be honest. You don't need to be told you are bipolar from a doctor to be bipolar. That is - just because a doctor never formally rubber stamped him as bipolar doesn't mean he isn't - it might just mean he's never had good quality treatment. He certainly exhibits some of the traits of that illness at times.

Then again there's other mental health issues  Axl might have. He might not be bipolar but could have Borderline Personality Disorder or a different condition.

So we don't know but obviously his history of rage incidents, seclusion, almost paranoia at times, highs and lows creatively and emotionally, self-thwarting behaviours,  suggest at least the possibility that he has an issue. It's also notable to me that his weight gain seems to have co-incided with better management of his symptoms - which makes me speculate about medication. Then again he's lived an unusual life under a lot of media pressure too.

In the end I guess it's a matter for his private life, but it's fair to say he's probably a complex person and it's affected his work at times.

Then again a lot of heavily creative and amazing artists are. As the song says - if he's crazy - I guess he'll always be....

This leaks stuff is really absurd I just wish Axl would release these songs properly.