They should go for a raw unpolished sounding album. A Slash dominated album with strong riffs and good hooks from Scott. Maybe a 10 to 11 song album to cut any filler.

I think you're off a little bit. The album is going to sell. The name Guns N' Roses will help the sales of the CD. A strong single will help as well with strong radio play. Big name bands still sell a lot of records. Gn"R with new members or not is still are named Guns N' Roses. Even if all the press is negative and other acts bash Axl for his tour behavior his name and then bands name is still out there and Chinese Democracy is almost always mentioned and an interest is there to hear the album. Especially with that strong single people will be like oh shit maybe this is going to be good.You can't compare Bach's album to this one because the name Sebastian Bach is not in the same league as Gn'R.

It will be downloaded but it will still break the million mark. Maybe a million in the first month if the material is actually good and there is a positive buzz around the long awaited album. I think it could sell in the hundreds of thousands in the first week. Bigger bands that have been around still can sell that. I don't  think it will break 3-4 million in the United States. Worldwide it could sell I'm not sure if people still buy or if they just download like us in the states. But that would be considered a success today but obviously not for the record company that pumped 15 million into the album.

I guess if they actually did talk with Beta than the album is actually done finally. I don't buy into the whole pay as much as you want download. That's Classic Rock's little touch to the news.

I'll trade Murdoch for Charlie Haas

I never understood this theory. I think it's one song. The breakdown in the middle isn't so extreme or far off that it would be from another song. I think it was meant to sound the way it sounds.