He certainly had issues with Bucket, some reports also suggest Paul Tobias. Robin had done fairly little album work at the time, too.

Bucket had his shtick, which apparently grated Tommy. Paul's experience on playing gigs was likely limited to Lafayette, IN.

Tommy's irreverent. You come to him with a hand puppet or pretending to be an expert, he'll say, 'Get outta here!'

If there was any long-serving guitarist he would've had an issue with, my guess would be Bucket.

'My girl and friends left me and all I got was this mansion'?

Yup, the alternatives were better. My picks - the best fakes.

Not very Oriental, but visually a much better image. Always enjoyed the simplicity.

This one captures the meaning of the title on more than one level.

Granted, but there's a flipside to it. He insinuates Guns promised an ongoing commission, going into the NITL tour. However, they flip-flopped (Gee, when has that ever happened with this band?).

Then, the people organizing the Dodger shoot called him. He makes it sound like Beta gave them his number. Had he said yes, he would've mimicked Ron's initiation. They scoffed him for his openness and then came back at the eve of the 2006 tour, saying 'Save us.' And this was Axl's obsession over the band's preference.

Funny that, I would. The proposed 3-cam solution is preposterous at their level, and anyone contacted by Guns on this matter should know about it beforehand. Besides, Ax's public image. Tis all rock n' roll, y'know?

I'd be even more worried about the allocated post-production time. That Better vid from 2006, by Jonathan Rach, I think, was pretty turgid. Given the raw materials, any reasonable editor could blow that one off the water.

It looked and felt like a rough assembly, which is when the editor usually starts to feel their way into the footage. Either the editor was poor (maybe...), or the employer felt it was good enough for their money (:haha:). What struck me was the Devil animation. Generally, you only add in those things after a picture lock, as waste not, want not. Which suggests a turned-in cut instead of a rough assembly.

This would answer the question as to why it was leaked in the first place. Why leak a version that makes everyone involved look bad, or at least, incoherent?

Axl,

If you're reading this, I'll pitch you a proper legacy. An 8-part documentary on the band, an hour-long episode per album - UYI gets two, albums & tour, CD gets 2, one w/ TSI (1993-2001) & a standalone (2002-2014). Then NITL-Axl/DC, and finally, CD2. When live footage is available, it'll be edited in. The CD years in particular will also feature recording session footage. Each episode will have a bonus vid, a live performance edited from archive footage.

We'll have you talk to the camera one day, all day. The good, the bad, and the ugly. We'll present you with any given framework of soundbytes you'll be responding to, so you'll have context to your side of the story. Just laying your vocals to a near-finished track. But I'd narrow the other talking heads to any lineup in question. Band only, please, unless absolutely necessary. They can promote it for you, too. Just release some of their extra stories as teasers.

This is a documentary about being in a band called Guns, and guess what?

You can do it with one camera.