THIS.

the intro bass is my ringtone.

check your inbox, dude...

I just listened to the audio... One thought: I really wish, when his voice was "having one of those days"... he'd sing Better "clean" a' la Patience.

That is all.

I really wish he did shit like this more often.  I think a large percentage of the reason the general public talks shit about him is because nobody sees him in these sorts of situations. They see Slash... They see Duff... But Axl is either in his cave or onstage.

Doing shit like THIS is the ONLY way he can "move forward" without reunion cries. Be more visable... More interactive with casual fans... And... MOST importantly... Release new material. In one form or another.

Even just something as simple as releasing (for free) audio and/or video from TBSB. Create buzz. Even IF it's not 100% positive. His voice sounded like complete shit MANY times in the 80's/90's... He didn't give a shit THEN... Why would he now? He sounds fine. Even with strep throat. If he has a bad show here or there, who gives a fuck?  The days of releasing albums for purchase every 2 to 4 (10+.. lol) years, expecting people to buy millions of copies, with a minimal online presence, then touring for a year are OVER unless you're a big name Country act.  Record a fucking improv jam backstage and throw it up on soundcloud... ANYTHING. Trying to do the music business the old way just doesn't work anymore... Mystique  and being out of touch with your audience is a thing of the past. Someone in that camp needs to start running things with that in mind. Metallica figured it out... They record every show... Put 'em up online..  Youtube vids of them jamming backstage... All kinds of shit... And, to a certain degree, I think they need to be MORE in touch with fans and forward thinking. (Another live DVD? A movie? 2 more years before another album?) Beyond Magnetic and (the horrific) Lulu were steps in the right direction, regardless of what you think of them musically... What they're doing is par for the course now. Anything less is a waste of time.

This goes double for Guns N' Roses. Axl has spent the last 20 years either in seclusion, or just plain pissing people off.

If they TRULY want people to forget this: or even or
..and get on board with THIS: ....
A few minutes on late night TV is a good start... But, in this day and age... I expect a LOT more.

Wow... I hadn't been around in a bit, and checked the site from my phone. I thought Google fucked up and sent me to the wrong board until I saw The Black Hole.

Gotta check it from a regular browser... But from here... Not bad.