It's clear Axls no angel, far too much evidence to the contrary over the past 25 years. I think it's safe to say the others weren't saints either but for the purposes of media it's easier to have black and white, good guys and bad. Axl got painted bad and the others good and they were happy to let it happen cos well who wouldn't? Axls general silence with press combined with public displays of diva behaviour cemented the image and it remains to this day. However for me there's no way any of them went from borderline homeless tramps to multi millionaires playing to hundreds of thousands of people every week and all the shit that goes with it in 6 years and come out flawless people. It was always said Matts problem was he had no tact and would just call Axl on something without any sense of diplomacy, not the worst trait in the world but dangerous when dealing with over sensitive lead singers. He probably sees now with VR dead that his last big paycheck also lies with a reunion. Duff and Izzy doing the odd gig with Axl will be as encouraging a sign to him as it is us. In typical Matt fashion he's probably just stoking the fires, at this stage what is there to lose?