I'm kinda the opposite to Nemo in that I'd like to see it happen, but I'm not sure its truely likely. I'll grant that phone thing with Baz fits the timeline nicley - but i'm not too sure I can see it happening. The last part of that interview where where he says "Scott should come up with something more imaginative" sounds a bit like a denial to me. Maybe its just cos its not cemented yet though.

As for the songwriting. I think scott leaving, regardless of who joins, could inject some fresh chemestry and ideas. While I like some of scots songs especially his hooks, his lyrics are not always the best and he does get repedative. My real problem with his sound though is that it always seemed to me like a dubious match with the rest of VR. Consider when he said slash and izy have him 2 full CDs of riffs or whatever and that they all sucked...hard to believe...

So the ones with "declined" - means they declined an offer from slash and co to join?

I think it makes sence when your famous that you would go with advice from friends and so forth. Like its not like axl wants to put an add in the newspaper and interview 100 people a day. (even though VR did!) So you'd be limited to the incestious circle of professional musicians and their buddies....

Another fuckhead statement from scott.

It was lame when he took a shot at Axl years ago. And its lame when he has a shot at VR here. Its a shame he has to make comments like this because I do like some of his singing.

This is my take on it:

1. The reference to guitar hero isn't funny. all it does is make him look jealous that slash is a bigger star than he is. Maybe he considers it selling out. Whatever. The reality is that slash is in that game because he is one of the defining guitar players of his generation. Weiland needs to deal with that.

2. Calling themselves a gang. Well yes...you know maybe Slash and Duff did do that. That's probably because they lived on the streets in LA, doing drugs, getting into fights, Stealing stuff. they basicly were a gang in the old days. Not everyone is pretend. These people lived hard lives. Other members of that gang included Axl, Izzy and Steven. Scott might know them if he thinks about it, a little band called GNR that sold a fuckload more records than his candy ass ever will. Deal with the jealousy scott.

3. The refrence to Sebastian. I assume this is supossed to imply that they are stuck in the 80s and retro and old and whatever else. You know what - while sebastian's style isn't for everyone (some people love his metal sound and others find it cheesy) - there is no question he is technically very proficient. He has a much stronger voice than scott, and also has a wider range of notes he can hit. Sebastian has sung on broadway. So I think it might be time for scott to shut the fuck up here as well. Futhermore...sebastian is playing here in melbourne in 2 months, and was here last year with GNR. Did scott make his VR show in Australia? Oh no...that's right...he was so drugfucked the tour had to be cancelled twice.

STP have a few songs I like. But he damn well needs to learn some modesty and have some respect for other artists, and well, just learn to SHUT THE FUCK UP!