"Since 1992, the parties have executed various amendments to the Recording
Agreement, including most notably, two amendments dated as of May 1, 1998. One
of these amendments, see Froeling Decl. Ex. D, confirmed Slash's and Duff's
departure from the band and their status as "Leaving Members" under the 1992
Recording Agreement, thereby relieving them of charges against their royalty
accounts for the enormous recording costs and other expenses being incurred by
Axl Rose (the only "Remaining Member" of Guns N' Roses) in connection with
the recording of the new Guns N' Roses studio album. Slash and Duff, like Stradlin and Adler before them, retained a royalty interest in masters created under the Recording Agreement prior to their departure from the band. In the other May 1, 1998 amendment, see Hoffman Decl. Ex. A, Axl Rose
agreed, among other things, to deliver that new studio LP (which was even then
long overdue under the Recording Agreement) no later than March 1, 1999 and
received a substantial advance from Geffen in return. Hence, although other
individuals have joined Axl Rose in performing under the name "Guns N' Roses"
since 1998, Rose is the only principal in the band.

you can rest assured nothing has happened since 2004 to change that. EMPLOYEES.....but, Abbey, publishing money can be huge if he is credited for writing some hit songs. For instance, Robin certainly would have made some money if Better was used in that Harley ad. We are fairly certain that Robin will get a writing credit for that song. Thus, he would get paid if Harley used the song. Ultimately, they did not.:(

Now, to royalties (royalties generate from album sales at a contracted % under the recording agreement-which NO new members are a part of-see above), why would Axl incur ALL the costs under the recording agreement, then only take a portion of the royalties? Rest assured, Mr Finck and Mr Stinson don't have the money to help payoff 13 million in recording costs. They simply were paid a monthly salary by Axl and/or the record company. A lot of that 13 million went to paying for the band members salaries...see LOST ROSE Rolling Stone article for reference and the NY TIMES article....Sic...help???

The new Gnr is not a cohesive unit without Robin and Tommy.....unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, the chances of a cohesive unit ever happening again with the CD era musicians are slim and none. Maybe Azoff can persuade Axl to release CD as a solo record and take the old school sounding tracks like The Blues and Twat back to the old band for a reunion tour and album. Out of 4 albums worth of material, he has to have some old school songs that the original band could add to or re-record if necessary.

and for the record, I don't think that is me as a new HTGTH member...must be an imposter or I was blitzed last weekend and signed up during a blackout.:nervous:

sounds killer....:mosh:   here is a little Bucket, Bootsy, and Brain from '96
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyOO9Z-p4Y

actually.....Axl said the big guns were being held back and that the songs that were being played weren't being considered as singles. Those are direct quotes from 2002. Fast forward to the leaks of 2006, Axl says his favorite tracks are better, twat, and the blues.....NEVER SAID THEY WERE BEING CONSIDERED AS SINGLES.

and ps, your MIA thing is going a bit far when you start saying they shit all over something like Better or even Chinese Democracy and TWAT. She is a cool, hip eclectic critic darling, but she has done nothing that "shits" on anything Axl Rose related. Axl will "shit" out her total record sales on all her albums within a week of a CD release.