More power to you, Ron.

You set a great example with your effort.

The devil is in the details.

We call him Irving.

I may be off here, but I understand he only started taking care of his voice on the 21st century. The Tokyo 93 performance is an absolute travesty, and goes on to show how Axl (and the band) had taken a beating with the incessant touring and bad habits. In that sense, the current lineup is amazingly consistent in performance, and the dude himself is, what, two decades elder?

So yeah, credit to Axl & his crew where its due, but this YCBM discussion, as far as I'm concerned, is about him still being quite able to do the song the 'good' way - case in point, 2006, and that latter clip I posted had more of it already. However, as pointed out in this thread, jumping into too many conclusions based on the Rio clip isn't all that fair, as Ax is known to gradually improve his vocal performance once the touring routines kick in.

He can do it both ways, the raspy voice, which may be more taxing, and the clean voice, which sometimes borderlines comical. What I'd love is some kick-ass rasp on a studio recording, but I digress.

Deffo.

His voice in 2002 mode is clean, but just weak. It's a sad condition for him.

Just goes on to show that stupidity in PR happens on both sides of the fence. Some representatives of the press will always find a way into bashing Ax, no matter what he does.

At least Joe Q Public has been letting go of the Whacko Jacko mode some since 1999 (at which point Chinese Democracy would have been a mainstream darling due to the massive exposure it would've gotten.).