I've always liked Ron and IRS...one of the highlights of CD for me

Monkey said it all about Ron...dude is cool AF...got to meet him backstage a couple times and he actually gave me free tickets to a show in London Ontario ... I  2010 I think

Wow...they actually did it...new music

Pretty exciting stuff, even tho I don't care much for the song, I'll have to give it a couple more listens

I see lots of posts saying empty the vault or some such but personally I really don't think there is a "vault" ... I'm guessing maybe an album and a half from CD sessions but I think everything from the original Era has been released

I'd love to be wrong of course...

For me I kinda checked out like 10 years ago...and tbh the band hasn't really done anything since to entice me to come back with open arms...I still check in and try to keep up on current events and I keep an eye on this forum but that's about it...I can't even remember the last time I listened to a gnr album

My daughter has shown interest in the band...at least the hits...i played estranged for her and felt that even that song hasnt aged well...I'm not even sure what that means

I try not to bad mouth the band cuz I know alot of you are still quite passionate...but for me I think I've come to the realization that the band I loved in my youth...all the bands that I enjoyed as a teenager will never be topped for me...maybe it's part of getting older, or maybe I'm just jaded...regardless I'm more likely to dive into deep discography of band from the 70s than listen to anything newer than 1995...lol

Regarding people flocking back cuz they played Silkworms/Absurd is kinda funny, but i didnt care for the song 20 years ago and imo it sounded worse this time around without Bucket/Robin/Brain/Pitman...I can't believe that I'd ever say something like that, lol but there it is, I mean those Nu-GnR guys were wayy more suited to playing that industrial avant-garde shit than slash and duff imho