i'm tellin ya....the majority of people on this board want the album to fail...just come clean, it is no big deal. You like what you like. Nobody who comes to this board is objective. We are just too big of fans and have too much bias to the past history. We are the last people to be able to predict how Joe Public will view this record....this goes for axlites and reunionists.

gnfnraxl wrote:

I remember Axl saying that on the Illusion records that Slash or Duff wouldn't play on certain songs if their songs weren't recorded.  The same shit happened with Velvet Revolver on Libertad.  I ain't saying Weiland ain't to blame here cause I'm sure part of the blame lies on him (like part of the blame for GNR breaking up lies on Axl) but Duff and Slash and Matt aren't completely angels either.

Axl was talking about the whole band, including himself. But some of the efforts are half-assed, 'guest'-type performances, that's why the Illusions are more likely to be a collection of solo albums than an actual band release. With a few exceptions.

I agree wtih the VR thing, not putting out Messages showed how disfunctional the band was at that time.

@ Scott: I'm surprised how mature his commented the break-up. As much as I'm not a Scott fan, he handles the this thing much more intelligent than the Slash-Duff-Matt camp. Not that Slash&Co would be too hateful, bitter or anything about this.