I guess money outweighs integrity for him. As you said, misterID these stories of him being agitated continuously pop up, yet every 2 years there he is again touring with GNR. Add that to the fact that he tried to pan handle to cover the costs of touring on that guitar masters thing, and I think you can see with him it's more about the money than he would probably let on. It is his career, afterall. Don't fault him for that, but if you're going to sell out, do it with a happy face

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand away we go!

Apex-Twin - didn't see any links to an article, assuming you wrote it. Nice work!

The period of 1994-1998 is the most fascinating period of Guns to me. You have the whole Huge incident, sessions with Zakk Fucking Wylde (leaks of which I would gladly take over any additional ChiDem tracks), and sessions that were essentially the combo of new/old guns with Axl/Duff/Matt/Robin/Paul. Just this big black hole where I'm sure there were some unbelievable or at the very least interesting things that were recorded that never materialized.

In general I always thought the Tokyo show was crap. At least the videos they put out, anyway. Axl generally sounds horrible, the crowd has no life, and the setlist blows. The Sorum solo is absolutely nauseating.

Having said that, it's difficult to really compare the eras. Just so different.

Of course, the best recorded GNR show is and will always be the Ritz. THAT is what the band was all about.

From the Chinese Era? My single favorite performance is WTTJ at Rio 3. I get chills watching Axl making his grand re-debut and the crowd going absolutely bananas.