Reading through some of these bands... Holy Shit I wanna hear em

To dish out a cool sports analogy

Axl is the equivalent of Dennis Rodman or Terrell Owens... Mega stars when they were on top but once they started slipping, they were too much of a headache and no longer worth the effort of dealing with so both the above had careers end prematurely cause no one wanted them

Same with Axl. Promoters put up with his bullshit when he was on top of the world and selling out every show at full price.

now he has slipped, it is their turn for payback on him.

no reason Axl shouldn't still be successful today even without old Guns.

Its like my restaurant analogy. If u go to a restaurant that has the best steak you ever ate but sometimes it takes an hour to come out, sometimes they fuck it up and cook it wrong, sometimes its perfect...

even though its the best steak.... there comes a point u no longer gamble with the hit or miss so you settle for a good enough steak that is consistent somewhere else.

Like the pizza places where I live. my Pizza Hut is so hit or miss. Sometimes u get a 10/10 greatest pizza ever... but most often its a 5/10 piece of shit. so i tend to stick to my Papa Johns that dish out consistent 8's.  may never hit that 10/10 but I'm content with a very good 8/10

if i got money allotted for one concert... and Bon Jovi are coming and GNR are coming........ no shit I am prob choosing BJ cause I know 100 percent I am getting a great BS free show. 

All of Axl's peers that still are extremely successful have that in common that they always deliver every single time and fans can trust that when they plop down their hard earned cash, they are gonna get a great show with little drama or bullshit.

Every show I've ever been to, the act cannot thank the crowd enough for allowing them to play for us whereas with Axl, u feel like u owe him a thank u for allowing u to listen to him play...

Here is another wrinkle i just thought of

are u putting together a band YOU would love

or are you trying to WIN the game.

For instance, I'm a WAYYYYY bigger fan of Jon Bon Jovi than I am Robert Plant

but i know if i choose Plant as my singer, I'm gonna get more cred thus a better chance of winning the best band award whereas if I choose Jon, I'd personally LOVE it more, but prob would lose some points.

so thats another thing to keep in mind