I hope you know that charts are completely buyable and not spontaneous due to public demand.

Record company support (and also the artist's effort on interviews, private gigs, promo at all) is REALLY important, which Chinese Democracy did NOT have and I'm sure Slash's label is supporting him.

Of course Axl didn't help Chinese promotion but neither did Universal.

If these are legit I'm Axl Rose from now on and don't you dare stopping me from getting into the hall of fame.

THIS.

And, also, I'll go ahead and share my pov on what Robin meant to Axl/GN'R:

His unique style was a way to rebuild GNR into something different and, imo, that always teased Axl, even if he can see limitations on Robin, but, also, do you guys remember GNR videos from 86? Slash was crappy as well... I guess Axl recognized that same uniqueness but in raw form. I'm not comparing both, I'm just pointing that upon being with Axl, Robin and Slash were raw and unique. I guess Slash was able to develop, much due to stardom, his style and refine it as possible.

To me, when Robin bailed in 99 something changed and Axl decided to go with Bucket so he would have both technique and uniqueness but no raw.

As said previously, most songs on CD have important contributions from Robin.

I guess Robin in GNR was an experiment and, if in a controlled environment, would have worked in the long term.

What's a control environment? If it wasn't GNR, if it was Axl's or a new band altogether.

GNR has too much pressure and I guess Robin decided to walk away after '07 because the guy has had enough on the 10 years he was with GNR. Too much disrespect from the fanbase and casuals on concerts, online and even personally.

He always seemed, to me, a genuine nice guy and someone who could bring something not logical or expected to the table and that always amused me. Better's intro, on the album, live with him, DJ or Santa Claus playing, is different, is not the "write a guitar intro to a tune" type of vibe. It's so raw, nude and pure that I can see some seeing it as bad or even amateurish.

To be honest, amateurish is the artistic way to be, imho.

Just my (awfully long post) 2 cents.

Well.. in 2001 I traveled 2000 miles, by fuckin' bus (30+ hours) to catch Rock In Rio 3.

In 2010 I waited Axl to hit the stage in Porto Alegre, my hometown, during a 4 hour delay.

In 2012 I'll be in Milan at the same place GN'R will be and, unless something alongside a miracle happens and they announce a new album and start playing new songs, I'll not attend.

I know it's me but it might be getting into the casuals as well... How many have had GN'R in their town already? And how many are not going to this round?

I know others will attend and most concerts will sell just the same, but every passing day without new news, Axl is losing supporters.