from mygnr.......Mysteron's latest mindfuck......."as of right now, Gnr is still with Universal, etc and the album should come out in 2008".......as of right now.:haha:

personally, I don't like Slash's image or Bucket's gimmicks...if you want to be picky about word meanings. Like I said, how Izzy and Tommy look NOW is more my style.

I would think Buckethead is insane. Sorry, I don't think Slash is that cool anymore. I still love his playing and the songs he created in Gnr, but, to me, he looks cheesy. He looks like he just came off the sunset strip in 1986. Tommy's and Izzy's look is more my style.... it's all personal opinion.

I have a friend who works for Live Nation....his boss was dealing with Gnr in 2002 and Gnr was demanding between $400,000-$500,000 guaranteed money per show. The Atlanta promoter passed on the show. Now, look at the average gross of only $404,000, plus a few riots, and you see why THE PROMOTER cancelled the tour. Too much risk and uncertainty with Axl not to make any profit.

As far as image goes, I do find it funny how people slam Buckethead but NEVER mention Slash's obvious gimmicks. I mean when you are 45 and still wearing that stupid top hat, the dangling cigarette, same leather pants, and jeans, it may be time for a slight change. It is a gimmick-nothing more-especially the top hat thing. He looked cool at 23....now he just looks cheesy. Personally, at this point in time, I would take Bucket's eclectic, odd show over cheesy.

As far as Bucket's playing goes, he would KILL Better, TWAT, CD, and IRS live....no doubt. Just one time I would like to see him standing on top of the drum riser next to Brain at MSG, throwing that ending TWAT solo down.