Atlas is slowly growing on me. Nothing and Monsters could have easily replaced Scraped and This I love on CD. A material IMO.

After a few dozen listens, the jumble and lack of flow criticisms are subsiding. If time would have permitted, Atlas was worthy of making the final track listing.

With all the chatter building up to this release, I've been jamming a ton of the village sessions. I don't care if Rick hoarded back a disc, this material seing the light of day was the best thing to happen post Illusions.. A 2000 or 2001 release would have made a plausible argument for nu guns vs old guns. It's a tragedy that the trigger wasn't pulled before 2002.

This is my sentiment as well. It's borderline tragedy that Monsters is just gathering dust. It's everything you'd expect of a "current" GN'R track. Love the bridge and the guitar licks that lead into it. 

Having said that....Nothin is a fucking banger. Vocals are nice and melodies are great but, Slash shines on this track. He really takes it to that next level.

Attended a Queens of the Stone Age concert and they absolutely rocked. IMO the tightest live performers out there. However, The Kills were their opening act. I had heard one of their songs prior to this. I was absolutely blown away. I was a big fan of the garage rock revival of the 00's but these guys slipped under my radar.

Needless to say I have been spinning their discography very heavily. Better late than never I guess.

I'll address the elephant in the room. How the fuck did Nothing go from a trip-hop, elevator music piece of shit, to this banger? I'm getting By the Sword vibes from Slash's lead. Axl could last minute re-record the vocals on his worst day and I would still purchase whatever ep or lp that has this track. In my day we called this a single.