That's what is frustrating to me bigbri, the last few interviews have made it perfectly clear that Axl loathes Slash and does not want to work with him in the near future.  However, the reason for this animosity remains unclear to me.  When he speaks of Slash and what happened to their relationship, it has always been in vague terms leaving the reader to guess at the ultimate reason for the  breakup.  In the Billboard interview, he mentioned this:

Give me a fucking break. What's clear is that one of the two of us will die before a reunion and however sad, ugly or unfortunate anyone views it, it is how it is. Those decisions were made a long time ago and reiterated year after year by one man.

There are acts that, once committed between individuals, they are what they are. To add insult to injury almost day after day, lapsing into year after year, for more than a decade, is a nightmare. Anyone putting his own personal entertainment above everything else is sickening.

Can anyone actually guess the source of his rancor because I can't?  What decisions/acts is he talking about?  The fact that he made the Snakepit album after Axl rejected most of the material?  As a fan I have come to terms with the idea that it will be a long time before these guys reunite.  If Axl is going to continue to bash Slash in every interview he gives, it would be nice to know the specific reasons for his hate.

Back in Black

What was the basis for the last statement?  Do you know him personally or did he do something bad to annoy him?  I am just curious as to why you feel the way about the man.  I think you said that you're a friend of Del James'.  Did he tell you some stories that would cause you to think of Slash as a jerk?

Crazy Train

I could definitely see the Cooper thing since Slash has been on his albums before.  I'm kind of pumped on the Tyler as long as they do a sleazy rock song.  I just hope Steven Tyler doesn't bring in an outside writer(Desmond Child etc.) to write the lyrics though.  Honestly, the only guy I've heard rumored that bugged me was Fred Durst and that's probably because I loathe Limp Bizkit.

Actually, I'm kind of interested as to whether or not Slash will be taking the lead vocals on any of the new songs.  I kind of liked his voice on Sentimental Movie.