my memory is Slash said Axl thinks GnR as his solo project. i thought he was being sarky, kinda jokey about it, but it does explain the mindset yea. he may have understood axl's passion but i don't think he agreed to it being Axl's project.
ftr i don't agree. 
& am of the opinion Axl coulda tried his hand at things outside GnR's scope (& that not everything has to be squeezed into GnR material).

i fucking love sabbath & i even love some dio-sabbath (tho i love dio in other ways.. er, that sounds a bit wrong..) but ozzy wasn't to sabbath what axl was to slash-era GnR. axl was a primary creative force in the band. relatively speaking, & not to demean his input, ozzy was just the singer.

was the guy there planted by the gnr camp??

or by the duff camp??

r was he just a dick?

television - i see no evil

any other hipsters/dorks may wanna take a listen.

brilliant ending/speech by dex. i lol'ed @ "oh, god."

p good finale too i thought