I think GNR could play big hockey arenas and the like all over the world with Axl and Slash at the helm and as much as new music means nothing in today's day and age, they're both capable of it (Axl is... Axl). I think if Axl is insisting on playing CD shit to people who have never heard it, he's got to want to release more albums inside somewhere, and nothing could be easier for him than to have Duff & Slash tinker some with his old works. I still would prefer actual new songs from an actual reunited lineup. That could take a while knowing Axl, so.

I don't think GNR is washed up, I think their name as a whole is very solid, especially when ticket prices drop to respectable levels on further "normal" tours. Christ, I paid $100ish Canadian for third row at AC/DC, to compare.

AC/DC's new albums always hit the radio well, hell, you even hear stuff like Airbourne on regular rock radio. If GNR ever comes out with a new album with Slash & Axl... that shit will get airplay for sure. I'm not sure if it'll take over the world, but it will do well if they use the internet to their advantage like every other act. AC/DC's Rock or Bust video has 21 million official views on Youtube... music videos are still relevant.

I do have a hard time believing Axl just sat back and took all of Slash's shit if he actually believed he had a leg to stand on. Look at those videos of Axl in court, listen to the old rants. The guy is brilliant, if he wants his point across in any manner from calm and collected to insane, he can do it. That's why I'm not so sure what side to take in Axl saying Slash told lies about him intentionally. I don't think Slash is anywhere near as rosy as he portrayed himself in his book or anywhere else, but I don't think Axl would hold that inside for no reason and just take it up the ass for years in the media.

I really don't think either Slash or Axl are outright lying. There may be some hyperbole here or there and lots of stubbornness as is always the case, but it has to be just two people with drastically different opinions at very low points in their lives. When you have one guy who could OD at any moment and another guy who didn't give a shit to incite riots that could get your fans killed, it's easy to tell why these guys drove one another fucking nuts.

(ALSO: Does anyone have anything to expand on the quote about Slash popping out Axl's tape and wanting Axl to be in his band, but Axl didn't want to be in his band. I assume this relates to the IP of the name of the band, not physically in a band with Slash?)

I have a hard time picking favorites... if I'd never seen GNR before, I'd never turn down Jungle or Paradise, etc. but I chose Nightrain because it's been my anthem for well over a decade now.

I'm a little surprised at the odd person talking a bit of smack on the album, I think it's unfair, though. It's gotta be burnout or just getting deeper into the tracks. I can't really believe people who love GNR don't love Appetite.

I went through a time when I listened to too much GNR, it was right before I saw them in January of 2010. I remember being down because I thought the show would suck as I was tired of the songs... boy was I fucking wrong! To be fair, though, it was basically the first real arena rock show with pyro, huge screens, etc. I'd ever seen, it knocked me off my ass. I saw Weird Al at a fair once and Nazareth at an outdoor show, but that's not exactly the same. Since the Nazareth show, I have been addicted to concerts and the GNR cemented it.

January 22, 2010, I hadn't really seen a concert. By January 30ish, I'd seen Sebastian Bach open for GNR and then Airbourne and Joe Perry open for Motley Crue. That was a really great fucking week in my life.

Do you have any backstory/citations on this? I always assumed it was crazy Axl.

I had never read that interview before, it's really insightful.

I don't know what to believe. It's hard to decipher without a lot more insight on what happened, but it is hard to believe Duff and Slash talked shit on everything he did at that point. Maybe they did it out of frustration of how everything was going? Axl may be hypersensitive and have strange interpretations, but I'm not so sure in 2012 he'd bring stuff like that up without legit merit or still feeling strong to that conviction.

I painted my GNR picture from Slash's book. When Duff wrote his, I thought that'd be more accurate, but he basically glosses over everything that people would want to read about. Axl said a lot of Slash's book wasn't true at that recent interview. It's safe to say shit went down between these three guys that none of them are ever going to air, especially now. I don't know the meaning behind the whole Stephanie Seymour ballads quote you're bringing up, but if Slash said that, you never know. Because how many GNR songs were ballads written about women? Tons, so maybe Slash was just bitter at everything Axl would do and it pushed him away. Who knows.