You're avoiding the point. (& trying to stir up shit)

Its only his brand cause he was too afraid to do it w/o the name.

Now's not the time for praise, IMO.

There was a time for praise. 3/4 yrs ago, 2 yrs ago even.

Now is the time to be looking for new material.

Well I'd be willing to bet (a small bet!) that Axl doesn't have that much material.

He does seemingly have a problem letting things go/getting them finished. It seems like every song has to be a mini-opera & that kinda equates to multiple layers & sounds/styles. Basically I think he prefers complicated arrangements at the expensive of plaintive immediate structures (I'm not inferring Slash does this, or that, or anything... says he covering his back from any angsty Slash fans). That inturn saps a lot of his potential output - it doesn't excuse the lack of output tho.

I do believe the lack of output isn't solely lack of confidence, or his songwriting style. Those are minor factors.
I do believe he sacrificed his creativity to play the BS bizness game.
As far as I can tell he seems to value that, that power trip, more than he does writing & releasing music people get off on.

He won't let go of anything because it gives him a stronger negotiating position for whatever petty bizness shit he has going on/in his paranoid head.

what we do in life echoes in eternity!

if you don't wanna spend eternity being mocked russ, you need to see Gladiator!

at my signal, unleash hell!

my name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies of the North. General of the Felix Legions. Loyal servant to the true Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

We've seen what happens after a tour ends... Do u have hope/expectation this yr'll be any diff??