bigbri wrote:

will never accept a GNR reunion with Matt drumming. It's Steven or Frank or Brain. Otherwise, it's garbage.

The media however would. Many articles were written about VR's formation that just said 3/5 of GNR and didn't distinguish that Matt was the second GNR drummer not the original. I think the UYI tour gave him media credibility as part of GNR in their heyday. Some articles made a lot of the "guns reloaded" kind of thing in their titles...despite no Axl, Izzy or Steven.

Appart from hardcores and purisits on here (who respect Izzy's and Steven's contributions) - i think Joe Public would be happy with anything that has Axl and Slash together (as these are the two known faces/brands of GNR) - and if you chuck duff in there as well average people will accept it 100% as GNR in my opinion.