All I know is that I am starting to lose faith in Azoff.  The silent treatment tells me he ain't better than Merck or anyone else for that matter involved in this fiasco.

Meh!  To me for starters they are NOT in GNR but in Axl's solo project.  Dick, Frank and Pitman I do not care that much about them.  Other than having seen them play with Axl I am not familiar with their work and ain't interested in becoming familiar with what they did outside of Axl's little project.  Bumblefoot while I can't say I care to get familiar with his work YET (that may change) I think Axl should keep him even if he brings Bucket back.  Bumble is the most fan friendly of them all and could become an excellent spokesperson for Axl's band if Axl allows him to talk.  Stinson I have a lot of respect for as well as Buckethead.  As for Finck.  I can't say I hate him but I can't say I'm a fan.  I totally get why he left and support him on this a 110%.  So in other words.  "GNR" as we knew it will NEVER exist ever again.  It will never be a band again.  If Axl decides to release some music it will be with a bunch of hired hechmen.  Stinson may stay, Dizzy will always stay.  The others I think will always be a revolving door.  We will never have a permanent guitarist or member other than Axl and Dizzy in Axl's project.  I hope I am wrong but the last decade has showed me I am right on the money with this.

When did Axl and Bon Jovi hang out?  I totally missed this.

Tommy Stinson has called the album earth shattering and epic.  Brain said that it was "Their Zeppelin 2".  Can't remember what Dick and Dizzy said about nor do I care to remember.  Of all the tracks we've heard thus far I really liked Catcher in the Rye and Chinese Democracy.  Catcher has a Beatlesque sound I really liked.  CD is as good as any other GNR songs.  The rest of them.  While I wouldn't say they suck, they are not "earth shattering" nor "epic" nor "Zeppelin 2" like quality.  And they wouldn't have made the cut to be on AFD and they definitely DO NOT hold up to AFD.  And I will say that if what we've heard thus far is the album.  They will get a lot of "We waited 14 years for this?"  It's not horrible music.  Compared to the other crap we get from other bands today what Axl was able to come up with is not bad at all.  But it's nothing to get excited about.  Just ordinary music.  That's how I see it anyways.  So yeah I think people will be disappointed IF the album comes out and it will not get awesome reviews basicalyy because we were promised music that would be revolutianizing and all we got was overproduced songs that are barely better than the rest of the other bands.