Totally get what you're saying, but in the case of the Alice song, I assume (obviously, I don't know this for a fact) Slash walked into a studio, and laid down a solo on a finished track.  I'd rather see colaboration on the writing process, rather than "here's my song, put something on it".  I think Izzy Duff and Slash deserve a lot more credit for the arrangement of Illusion era songs than they tend to get.  When Axl says "thanks for the melodys" to Slash in Estranged, that should be a writing credit, because those melodies help make that song.  The song would have had to have been arranged to make them fit like they did. You couldn't have just dropped any solo into an otherwise finished song and had it turn out as great as it did.

Still is around here, it's the only non huge hit that you hear with any regularity.

That was something PETA was asking people to do, so it would "ease the suffering of cows" or some nonsense like that.  I think PETA just named Ben and Jerry's specifically because that's the most well branded/recognized ice cream brand. 

Ben and Jerry's replied with something to the effect of, Mother's milk should remain for their children.

Yeah, from the time Faith No More started, to the time GNR ended 8 hours had passed.  Given, a chunk of that time was set change.  I was about 15 or16 at the time and it was awesome.  Now as an old man I'm worried I'd just be irritated by shit taking so long.

And since people are adding in side shows now, I also saw

The most recent version of Snakepit opening for AC/DC
Gilby solo show
Col. Parker show