"Until every single one of [the inaccurate accounts and fallacies regarding the old lineup] has been brought out in the light, there isn't room to consider a conversation let alone a reunion."

Well, Axl,

Your truth is yours.

That is, your view of the world and the priorities you set to things, ideas and people are the sum of the stuff you've picked up along the way, and for better or for worse, those things make up your personality. Your truth has elements from all over, like everyone else's, but it's made up by yourself alone.

You know how to align yourself to it accordingly, in order to stay true. You stick to your truth, despite the heavy lifting you oftentimes have to do with it. The outside world often has a truth drowning yours.

The media has different truths outlet to outlet, reporter to reporter. The public have different truths about the lineups. The fans certainly have different truths on release schedules.

Axl, be serious. The reason your truth is not heard is because of the way we see you, a man desperately trying to remain still.

"But hey if ya gotta then maybe we can get the "no show, grandstanding, publicity stunt, disrespectful, he doesn't care about the fans" crap out of the way as quickly as we can and let's move on."

The public got what they wanted, perhaps. All the GNR drama about will they or won't they, with you yourself contributing to the ambiguity. How did you tweet on December 7th, after the nomination was publicized?

"I’d like to thank the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame and our fans. This is your victory."

And then you drop the bombshell a few days before the show to get a "grandstanding" for your truth. Everybody boos at you, all news reports on the event seem to feature the Man Who Wasn't There.

Myles Kennedy showed up to take your place. But no-one dared to bill the performance as "Guns N' Roses". Izzy did the right thing by not playing, and that goes in line with what the others have been doing over the years. The last time four or more AFD members were on the same stage was when Izzy came back in 1993.

You could've said no thanks for a performance the easy way, but knowing the public image of you, the media was anxious for the suspense, and you probably had a laugh at it yourself. And everybody who wanted a show seemed to enjoy the performance by Myles and the Guns alumni.

"Life doesn't owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another's, or in this case several others', expense."

You blew a hole to the reunion scheme the hard way. You paid back every harsh word about CD, the band and yourself in rose petals by stating, no, not going.  The world sneers at your dream, you sneer back when asked to pull a number for them.

The biggest losers at the moment are your fans, dude. The ones who bother to wait out for you despite you being notoriously late from just about everything. The ones who share your truth about Chinese Democracy and about what GNR today is all about.

You wanted the public to move on, well, maybe RRHOF will do the trick. But if you want your fans to heed that call, you better haul ass as well. Cause frankly, your boy, DJ, is less than Gilby in the GNR legacy, as he's never played on a GNR album.

"Until [the truth is out there], there isn't room to consider a conversation let alone a reunion."

Whenever you want to start washing the dirty laundry of the old Guns publicly, I'm willing to bet we're all ears. Wait, you did that after releasing CD. It was a lot about how you felt what was necessary, a lot less about what happened from your point of view. In fact, you were so busy debunking other peoples' stories, you forgot to tell how it actually went down.

Do a song about it and you'll be heard alright.