when they're signing the copy of suicide does slash say he hates that photo then axl says how much he likes it then won't shut up about it for the next few mins??
maybe i've misheard & misunderstood..

yea i love the lyrics 2 dontcry.alt far more than the original 2. n axls performance is fantastic. (shame he seems to not even know the lyrics to either version these days...)

don't damn me is a weird one. some really really shit lyrics, some really awesome lyrics, a bangin' tune & one of slashs all time best solo's.

breakdown i think suffers from being in an album alongside Civil War, Estranged, YCBM (& KOHD for some fans - 14ys, PTU, So Fine, Locomotive, Dont Cry for me). on any other GnR record Breakdown would be a standout track but it's simply overshadowed by it's grander company.

always thought PTU was one of the best Illusions songs. i absolutely love the izzy material on those records.

OIAM is one of the best Guns songs & prob is my fave on Lies but there's some fierce competition, it's a cracking record. in fact most GnR albums are pretty class! best band ever u guys!

well it could be the end of one of the guitarists in the band & therefore that lineup of guitarists or indeed all three could leave.
at the minute they SEEM to be nothing more than a touring band. and like james says bumble has been in the band four years now and all impressions are that he hasn't created any new, post-CD Guns songs or albums. how long can that relationship maintain? does axl even want these guys to make a new GnR album? there's certainly no indication of this happening either.

it's just speculation. there is the possibility that axl n the 'new' guys will get it together and make new music. but the evidence thus far suggests this is first and foremost a touring band.

it just wouldn't surprise me if one or more of them either couldn't be bothered or run out of patience or worse. i don't know so much about them getting fired, but if axl's gonna continue his typical recording process you can't really blame the guys if they don't want to stick around for another 10years of touring & re-recording other peoples songs..

i don't think it's the end of Guns forever. as long as Axl can make money from the brand, or at least as long as he has enthusiasm for the brand GnR will always be around in some form. but Axl IS GnR, bumble isn't - just a cool guitarist playing other peoples songs, 4 years later..

i don't think a reunion is in the works at present. but we know never to say never. nothing will happen immediately in the GnR world that's all we know for sure. who couldn't see a reunion in 2 years time? it'll always be there so long as axl keeps to his schedule, a schedule which alienates even his supposed bandmates, 'cause the new GnR will never have the credibility or bond or respect of the outside world the way things have been & continue to be conducted - that lack of respect brings a pressure to bear on the member of the band & i just dunno how dedicated some of them are to putting up with all the BS. bumble sounds a lot more wearisome with each passing interview, & who can blame him? he tries but 4 years on he's still getting questions about slash - that's because axl is still touring a record that bumble really had no part of writing. if axl n guns were to come out with a fantastic album of bumble/$lashba songs* things would be on more concrete footing but as it is i wonder how much disillusionment these people can be bothered with. obviously a lot since they took the gig & are all still there so there are definitely positives going on with this current group but there will always be suspicions that are ultimately due to the incompetent running of the organisation.

* and that's another thing - do we, & critically does axl, have faith in these guys as songwriters to match the legacy of what went before? is axl still so invested in the extra CD-era songs that he doesn't want to move on? if he does want to move on will he want to bring in other guys to write songs with him?
but axl's songwriting process SEEMS so laborious & long-winded (a bit like this post!!) that surely there is some dissent in the ranks.. & eventually that'll bubble up as it always has done..

looks 2 me like they want to play multiple london gigs.. if the first one sells out..

i'll be the drunk guy shouting for estranged n twat if u see me n want 2 say hello/shut the fk up..