what was sad was that it's 20-odd years down the line & Axl's still behaving like the petty brat he was when he had bandmembers whacked out on dope. he has less excuse for being such a humongous asshat when he has a band of professional session men raring to go.

re: tommy, he is somewhat open & slightly honest about his role in GnR - relatively speaking he's an open book compared to diz/4tus or the BS spouted by Ashba & Axl.
but he hasn't been as open & forthright about conditions in GnR & what visions/ambitions he wants to impose/chase with GnR (if any) as he could be. i want the whole truth, that's all.
i appreciate he actually talks about GnR from time to time, finally (he was just as culpable for the silent years as BH/Finck/4tus/whoever the fuck), but with still so much left unsaid & unfulfilled i gotta question the motivation of the guy & whether his desire is genuine or merely fiscal.

it's nearly 4 years on from CD's actual physical release & yet none of the band know what's happening next save a few South American dates & if they do know they're not willing to divulge any info incase Axl throws a strop & plans change. it's about time tommy/bumble & whoever else started shouldering more responsibility to move this band forward. tommy is now the longest serving GnR member ever not called Axl or Dizzy & yet he seems to have little or no influence in the running of things.

let me ask then, what battles has he actually fought for, or won? by the looks of it (& the sounds of the eventual CD mix) he has swallowed a whole heap of shit during his time in GnR.

bicycle cover the best - prob even the best gnr artwork/cover

these new 'fake' prostitute & sorry artwork i think are fucking gash, especially compared to the real one russ picked up a few weeks back.

yea but there's a solution to that tougher road - the answer is, work harder.

release something. anything. a video on youtube (tho preferably no cat footage, enough with the cat's already, ok?)

is his ego too big to play smaller arena's?? & do it all over again? he should play more gigs than he does in the US, i don't think anyone can really argue against that. he could be doing one-off appearances or chat shows anything to let his voice be heard by people who could become US fans again..
there's no apparent desire to improve relations with US fans & really until the market decides to cater for their tastes there'll not be the demand to provide fresh merchandise (albums/blu-ray's) to the rest of us either.. so much time is being wasted. again.

fuck

never good to see an artist injury something that affects their livelihood & someone as skilled @ his trade as ron is somehow makes it even more shocking

can only hope this somehow makes him stronger than before. going by other musicians who've had accidents or medical conditions that have hindered their original style maybe he'll be forced into changing his playing or even writing to compensate.
might all work out for the best in the long - selfish i know but maybe he'll channel some of his turmoil into killer songs & maybe even great GnR songs (that really is wishful thinking tho)

be interesting to see how he manages one of those marathon GnR gigs.
really hope he recovers. again for selfish reasons he's the only guitarist in GnR i can identify with these days..