How about the fact most people, including most DJ's don't want to call this GNR because they don't think its GNR and because of that they won't buy the album out of spite because they view this as a fake and not authentic.  I just heard CD on the radio and after the song the DJ said "you may wish to call this Guns N' Roses, I do not".....  AC/DC and Metallica both sound like AC/DC and Metallica and have familiar faces in the band.  All Axl had to do was be Axl Rose just like Ozzy Osbourne was and he would have been huge and still have the GNR thing in his back pocket.  So there is really only one person you can blame for all this and its Axl, because everything done so far is exactly how he wanted it.  He didn't want to not call this GNR.  He didn't want to promote.  He doesn't want to plan a tour.  He doesn't want to work stuff out with Slash and Duff.  He has no songs with no catchy riffs.....

madagas wrote:

It just seems like too personal of a record to catch on with the masses.

How personal the album is has absolutely NOTHING to do with catching on with the masses. Personal albums have caught on with the masses in the past, they do so today and they will do so in the future.  It's not like people are hearing CD or Better on radio and thinking "Gee Axl's really baring his soul. Sounds like a  real personal album I think I'll avoid it"  I've never heard of an album being too personal that it hurts album sales. That's pretty ridiculous.