bands like Matchbox 20....being an example? And, I guarantee you they sought Tommy out.....not the other way around. Weak comeback. I can go toe to toe with you all day long if you want.:haha:

so being interviewed by Billboard is meaningless because you and whoever you hang out with are fucking clueless when it comes to 80's alternative/indie/college rock? Have any of these musicians you've been around all your life been interviewed by Billboard? Billboard obviously thinks he is "rock star" enough to warrant a full length interview. Please, he is a rock star in the music industry.....not a household name.....but a well known name in the "MUSIC INDUSTRY" which is all I have ever claimed. You are the one with clouded judgement and some crazy fucking misconception that somehow you know everything about music and rock and roll because you studied it or play it or whatever. The reality stays the same......he was on MTV and the David Letterman show and Saturday Night Live and literally hundreds of other media outlets WAY before 1998. Those are cold hard facts. Just go youtube him and The Replacements. Get the fuck over yourself for a second and quit arguing semantics. I am talking straight up facts when it comes to things he has done in rock and roll and media outlets he has been exposed on.

I am sick of this shit. Buzz, does Billboard give full length interviews to people who are not rock stars? Have you ever seen any current or former new Gnr member, outside of Tommy, interviewed by any major music publication? When was Duff's last full length interview with Billboard? He is every bit the rock star Duff ever dreamed of being. You obviously were pretty closed minded during your years of following music and you just proved your ignorance about music history when you say you never heard of him prior to Gnr. That is simply ignorant and shows that you have a very small understanding of the history of rock and roll.:thumbup:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/art … 1003792309

I took Tommy's comments about Bucket as he felt that Bucket left them and he was mad that he left. Tommy is known as a very loyal guy and  probably felt betrayed by his departure. I would assume he also knew that Bucket was all over the material and that his departure would be a problem. 

and ps, if Tommy leaves, then we have absolutely no true "rock stars" left in the band. Say what you want, but Tommy is well known and very well respected in the music industry....much more so than Robin Finck. Tommy has been a legitimate rock star since he was 15 and will be an important part of promotion for the record. He is the only member in the band with a known track record in the media-as evidenced by a recent full length interview with Billboard, Spin, and multiple other music publications.