would definately be interesting to see the demographic sales figures on GH sales...or all recent GNR sales for that matter...it would certainly put things into perspective for what the future has in store for CD

i also agree that GnR has a certain level of interest...i mean we manage to find a new GnR mention in the media every 2-3 days...journalists wouldnt write about it if no one was interested in knowing

you mentione BJ in a previous post

GnR had more fans back in the day than any of these other bands...just saying that alot of those old fans are buying this GH as a feelgood cd to have in the car on the way to work...drop the kids off at daycare and thrown in GnR...blam all of a sudden they are 18 again for 20 minutes or so until the commute is over...i would wager that 10% or less of the sales figures of GH is from "current" fans who even know what is going on with CD...

dollars to donuts that the majority of people who are buying the GH will be the same ones who will be saying "WTF! Where the fuck is slash and what the fuck is a bumblefoot?"

but the foo's are as relevant as it gets...gnr is a nostalgia act until it proves itself otherwise...and with the nostalgia label comes some pretty big shoes to fill...if they are tryign to gain that GH audience then the material better be comparable to the stuff on GH

I dunno just cuz a GH sells great doesnt mean that a new studio album will...you think Jo Blow who bought GH cuz its feelgood music form his childhood is gonna give a crap about new material? its like me buying a Def Leppard, Warrant or Poison GH even though i couldnt give 2 shits about new material...hell throw in Skid Row - 40 seasons as well...i own that, but i have no interest in Angel Down...even with Axl on there

nostalgia and new music are 2 totally different animals

EDIT: I wouldnt doubt that nearly half of the GNR GH sales are from people who no longer own any gnr albums and they decided that it would be cool to have the hits on CD again...for $10 you cant go wrong

I agree to a certain extent, but i also think that part of the reason for it being less and less sucessful is that the downloading of music is so insane these days...then you get the fans that have become so jaded that they will not buy it out of general principle...they will get it, just not legally...I wouldnt doubt that the wait we are experiencing at the moment is because the industry is in such turmoil...they are going to have to do something create to sell this thing...just being Axl Rose isnt enough these days

IMO gnr missed the boat in the 2002-04 time period...it would have easily went platinum 4-5 years ago, now gold will be an acheivement to be proud of...and it has nothing to do with the quality of the material