james dean bradfield was the guy to replace slash. woulda been amazing. i always believed that. even now i'd swap him for BBF & DJ in a heartbeat. perhaps the most underrated british guitarist there's been & one of the best without doubt.

they are one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
a phenomenal back catalogue - loads great pop hits & a handful of incredible albums.

& like most great bands, there's a couple of absolute twats in the band! (yea, i'm talking about nicky wire! great great songwriter, but a bit of a tool nonetheless!)

i saw them a couple of times & they always put on a blistering rock show. caught them around the time they did their b-sides collection, got to see them do It's So Easy, was p awesome.