IF there is a new album & IF Dj (& BBF) is still in the band the record'll get a lot more promo.. even if it's justFB/Twitter crap, every little helps..
as for Axl, faldor  that sense of washing his hands of it was prob just one aspect in his reasons for not promoting it. his relationship w/the label - they prob refused a hefty budget to promote the album - & a sourness over the booklet/artwork were other factors. i'm sure axl has plenty of excuses why it all went silent upon release..

ok, 1 time ron was honest & the rest of the time he's bitched about people asking him GnR related topics cause he doesn't deal with the business aspect. so what, he's just a puppet on a string if he doesn't hold any sway or power in the 'business' direction of his supposed band. my point being, if that is his position, it's not a particularly valid position to be speaking on any subject.

dj - i see no empirical evidence to believe him. & in fact, my point here is, that given his track record it's more than likely he's talking shit. it's nothing personal, it's just the way he handles it.

axl - well axl's lies stretch from here to timbuktu. a lot of the time, from his perspective, maybe he isn't lying. but a lot of the time he is flat out lying/not telling the truth.

the only reason for the backlash is because of how preposterous dj's comments were in the first place. the actual truth would be more outrageous & fit for discussion (the truth being dj knows & does fuck all, as does everyone in the GnR camp) this is just another silly little hiccup from a sometime bandmember flippantly throwing off some quotes on a sensitive subject matter.

i have got this feeling/impression too.

it doesn't stay with me all the time, but i can defo see it as a possibility & wouldn't be surprised if we never did see further officially sanctioned albums/material.

& even IF they are sending tapes to Axl of ideas, the crux of the matter remains being His enthusiasm for the cause & whether that even still exists. best case scenario He likes some of their stuff & starts the whole process again of cutting & pasting ideas into various songs without ever getting anything finished. He might spend the rest of His life tinkering away on Oklahoma or Soul Monster but i find it very difficult to believe these things are being worked on day-in-day-out given the rate of productivity compared to the supposed amount of work being put in. given the rate of productivity it SEEMS more likely He is procrastinating & easily distracted lacking the forthright conviction & confidence to release new material - we're just getting deeper & deeper into the hole & eventually we'll have to hit rock bottom where He says enough is enough that there's no more coming out.

he's obv lying thru his teeth
look how he touches his face when the interviewer begins the question - he knows what the question is gonna be & what his answer is gonna be. & his answer for press interviews is BS. maybe 'cause he maybe wants to further the preposterous notion of Axl as some obsessive workaholic tinkering away studiously on GnR material.
but he can't really come out n say "hey there's no ideas & nothing is happening but at least i get paid. sometimes. & i get a shitload more attn for kinda being in GnR than i do for dressing like a clown so it's ok don't worry about me."