And this is why I'm never around any more. The 2002 dream I had was dead within 9 minutes. And I blame everyone for it. Axl for fucking up the voice, and the media for shitting all over it, but who can blame them really. I saw a light with Axl and GNR in 2001-2002-2003. A project that could be so good, but no one gave it a chance. Just kept moaning about Slash. Who can blame them for that too? I guess you can't. But it was ruined. A ruined dream of a re-invented GNR with Axl Rose firing all cylinders like never before, with a group of talented people around him - looking like freaks. Buckethead and a gothic Robin Finck. I fucking loved it. It was so brave, so out there. Axl had balls, they had balls. That why I loved it so much. This idea of taking a band, turning everything upside down and coming out in the other end with something massive. I didn't want a new Appetite, I wanted - well - I actually wanted stuff like Shacklers or Better so Axl got it right, he just got it right too late and the freaky feel was already gone. 2000-era metal rock n roll with a touch of something no one had done before. Even like Oh My God. I dug that and I dug the new feel of it.

Now, well. The guy basically gave up on that project. With neither the media, the public or himself playing ball then it's just bound to go down the pooper. It was the bravest project in the history of rock n roll, and he nearly suceeded.