just playing with my wii

well yeah i thought that was a given though...

i dont think any new member has attracted new fans to the fanbase...aside from maybe buckethead..i could be way of base of course but i would wager that a good 99.9% of us are here cuz of Axl

and for a background dancer he hired Michael Jackson...his vision was close to complete...the last missing peice to the puzzle was....

Hard for me to respect the following members for the reasons given

Dizzy....i've always considered him a hanger-on and to boot his solo band is a cover band in your local bar...also i've never been a fan of GnR's turn toward the piano and stuff...hile there are a few great songs with the keys i'd far prefer to have a 5 peice ensemble 2 guitars, a bass guitar drums and vocals

Frank...his efforts outside of gnr are spotty at best...check out honky toast or whatever the fuck its called for proof...and how can we go from Freese to Brain to fucking Frank Ferrer....who!?

Fortus...lets face it he played for the backstreet boys...and that was his claim to fame...hes a session musician...dime a dozen..on top of that he introduced us to the greatness of Frank

Tommy....telling fans to fuckoff is inexcusable and this is the #1 reason why he doesnt have my respect at the moment...beyond that I've never heard of the replacements, or whatever the hell his band was called, before i heard he was in GnR..i must admit though that VGH is very good

now the guys i respect and the reasons

Pitman...he has never spoken about GnR i dont think....lol...he takes tones of crap from the fans...through it all everythgin i have heard form the man is pretty freaking good...even though i'm not one for Synth, i must admit he seems to take things an extra step further

Robin..his resume is not really that great but think of how much shit this guy takes from the fans on the forums and through it all he remains silent and goes about his buisiness...that is a professional...while i dont think hes the greatest guitarist alive...his professionalism in this mess is impecable and i commend him on it...also he has improved 100% from 02 - 06 when i saw him again..

Ron ... the guy is cool and down to earth...he takes time out of his schedule to talk to the fans plus his solo material is pretty good stuff...plus the guys is fucking fantastic guitar player...and his ability to play virtually anythign he hears is amazing as well