Aye, they are funny creatures for sure, the man who writes the definitive book in understanding them will become a millionaire overnight.

I think she might sing on his album and thats what she meant. But girls are the biggest shit stirrers on the planet, the amount of tension and agro they cause between innocant parties world wide, probably wobbles the Richter Scale.

Absolutely, it breaks my heart to hear the media labeling the Illusions negatively compared to Appetite. I was a boy when Appetite came out and I loved it, the Illusions were how my obbession with the band grew to hardcore levels as a young adult/adult. Those albums are the guys pushing their potential to the max and experimenting with new things, I cant fathom why critically they are not more apprieciated. Inconsistency of the songs I suppose, but its still unfair and its just ignorance in many cases.

Axl speaks for the down trodden, thats why he will never cease gaining new fans. Its actually occurred to me that new gnr fans must be a pretty content bunch, judging how some people have criticised Axls lyrics on CD. The sadness and defiance seems suprising to some and mocked by others. Kids today eh?
Personally I lap it up, I dont spend my life wallowing in despair but Axls lyrics are still the main reason why I'm Hardcore, they speak to me more than most other artists. How genuine they are and the emotion contained is unrivalled for me, he fucking means what he says and his voice is aching with passion in all his songs.

I cant remember Bumble nailing it, I'll have to check it out.
Robin actually played the bulk of lead guitar live on the last tours, so does that mean DJ is going to be main guy now? 
I'd rather they mixed it up a little, I'm interested to hear Richards take on some of the old songs and DJs on some of the new material.