silkworms sounds bad ass

I think axl had in his head ten years ago that he was gonna get back at slash and co. by moving gnr forward. when that didn't go as expected the drive disappeared. I just don't think he has much to write about any more as far as lyrics. It's almost the same situation with the band name. While keeping it he's forced into certain things, and with any future releases that IMO includes writing music that the fans want in order to get the necessary support from the label. You take a hungry and angry 18 year old axl and you get what he did on appetite/lies/illusions. you take a 50 year old spoiled brat with full control of the gnr name and what is there left to write about? what is there left to say in your music? i doubt he's lost the ability to write good music or melodies though. i've said this before and i'll say it again: if axl wants to become a legitimate artist and release new music that people will care about he needs to change to a more mellow bluesy sound, drop pittman and two guitar players, and release it as axl rose. he's just not about what made him relevant any more. he needs to completely reinvent himself or stop trying to be what he once was.

i can play lead or rhythm guitar and do pittman shit.  mixing and mastering as well although riad may be better at that than me. i guarantee nobody on this board can play slash's material as close to exact as me though. ill put money on that.

you've changed, buzz. bono is the same old bono we've come to love and ban.

but where he went too far was when he saod

"oh snap"

Showing up at the advertised start time for a gnr show offers hours of calm before the storm.