Boy you guys were fuckin' totaled. Other than Angry Anderson, I don't think anybody other than Axl was singing anything on that 2007 Australian tour.

Tommy didn't start getting solo spots until 2009, AND he never wore glasses.

So without further ado....

HUH?

Bono wrote:

Does anyone think Axl sees a clip like this and think to himself
"Fuck me that's what's missing in Guns N' Roses"

Ab-so-fuckin' lutely. Even I can attest to that, seeing Slash live, Bucket live, and current Guns live... all within the same year. So I had every perspective and tone to really judge each sound, and compare while it was fresh in my mind.

I can honestly say as soon as I heard Slash's guitar, specifically on the Guns N' Roses songs he played, I didn't even hear Myles. I heard it and knew instantly... THAT is what's missing in GNR's sound. I love new GN'R, but on those Appetite tracks -- Slash and ONLY Slash plays those songs right. Period. Because he can do it Duff-less. If anything Tommy is better than who's in Slash's band, but Tommy's band is missing -- SLASH.

It just doesn't sound right. Sure DJ & Ron & Richard play the fucking hell out of it man. They really do, all great guys. But just I what I saw and heard... it's the FEEL man. The feel is fucking wrong with those dudes and they can't do anything about it. It just is what it is.

Slash & Duff play ALL of the Appetite tracks better, short of Bucket's Nightrain solo.

I heard Slash do SCOM & PC 2011 live with Myles. And I heard Axl do SCOM & PC 2011 live with his guys.

Slash & Myles did it fucking BETTER. Like beyond fucking better. The only thing Axl had over Myles was he does the outro portion of PC FAR better, but Slash does the guitar better than GN'R.

Slash rules on AFD, Patience, Civil War, those tunes. Those are HIS babies. The only song i've heard live that I will give full credit to, is Axl and DJ, Ron, Richard & Tommy play Estranged FAR FAR better live than Slash, Gilby & Duff did back in the day. It just sounds right and somehow Ron's guitar sound is very similar to Slash's, and the closest sound he has to Slash's guitar on ANYTHING GN'R currently performs.

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As for new GN'R songs, that's all Bucket. When you hear Bucket's guitar live and the tone of it, you immediately think -- man Shackler's Revenge would sound WORLDS better than how Ron is playing it, even though Ron nails the solo. Ron's tone is off compared to Bucket's guitar.

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Now I don't want this to seem like a bag on Axl's current boys. They are the "whole package" and the best outfit for Axl post-1993. But if we are picking pieces out -- Slash remains the man. DJ & Ron would even agree with that.

P.S.

I'm high