we're still waiting on the big guns from the chinese sessions arent we? Where's The General? Thyme? Soul Monster? The masses are clamoring!

I like the music on the track (and it's good to hear an audible bass line at the end of the snippet from Todd) but good lord almighty...the lyrics are beyond cliche. I even enjoy Myles' actually singing but I just can't get past stereotypical Rock N Roll lyrics like "I think it's time to set this world on fire/I think it's time to push it to the edge"

I'd rather have Slash continue to be prolific and churning out music but I suppose this is one of the side-effects. It's far easier for Slash to churn out 17 cool, interesting riffs and build music around in a year or 2 but to get 17 quality lyrical contributions on top is a little steep I think for even the best lyricists.

Sevendust financed their new acoustic album on Kickstarter (going to see them tonight in Boston, actually). There were a lot of cool perks you could get for pretty cheap, and some that weren't so cheap but still pretty cool - (10k to have them play a private show? Wish I had it!)

But that's Sevendust. A band that had modest success but never really broke through like some of their peers. And they were looking for cash to finance an album...not to pay for people's lunch. This is the lead guitarist for "The Most Dangerous Band in the World" that has "Sold 5 Trillion Albums Worldwide". Looks a little weird when he's panhandling. A little sad, even.

This isn't an indictment of Ron, just wondering what the hell they're paying these guys to be in GNR.

Nice to see an interview. Really seems to be mellowing out. Back in the early-mid 2000s it was hard to come across an Axl interview where didn't slam Slash mercilessly. Had an opportunity there talking about manipulative managers wanting a reunion and how the old guys used to throw themselves into a ditch for exercise, but neglected to get into digging at ex-bandmates.

Also good to see he at least confirmed what we thought we knew about the "vault" of music. Another half of Chinese and some remixes and that's about it.

And I also wonder, when he talks about managers that wanted to make US tours unsuccessful so he'd want a reunion...is this in reference to the fact that they continuously played arenas where attendance was 50% capacity or lower in some cases? I wonder if he wants to do the smaller amphitheater shows (2-5000 capacity) like the small club tour they did a few years ago. For instance, in Boston, I'd love to see them play the House of Blues as opposed to TD Garden or the DCU in Worcester.

Great point about the bass melodies - i feel like Duff's bass melody during the SCOM intro is what integral to what makes the song as a whole so beautiful.