Baz or Nazareth. I'll take a My Michelle duet with Axl over any shitty 90s or current band.

Man... Guns N' Roses in Regina... wow. That's the closest they'll ever get to me (couple hours). Do I trust them to show up? Hmmm...

I always had the sneaking suspicion Perla was really Ulrich Schnauss.

I hope Duff writes a book because I think he could offer a lot more useful information than Slash did. He'll still be tactful, but his opinions are going to be much different and I'm sure Duff was in a more sound mind rather than Slash's complete alcoholic debauchery and not only that, he can really tell us what happened when Slash left from Axl's perspective.

There's no one reason Chinese Democracy failed... it's more like one hundred. The biggest factor I believe is like Zutaut said, there was no huge single. And, if there was one single that could have been big enough with a video and hype, it'd be This I Love over anything else on the album. It certainly wouldn't have been Chinese Democracy and Better would have been a good follow up, or predecessor. People don't buy albums anymore, we've gotten to the point over the last 10 years+ where people buy albums buy them based on the song they like. That and everyone and their mother thinks they are urban, which is killing rock.

You know what, looking back Axl may have been pissed at the label or whatever it was and maybe that halted tour plans. But, there was no reason whatsoever the band couldn't perform one song on an awards show like they did before to promote it. That's the hugest and most important stage of all and immediately grants total interest. Grinding it out on tour doesn't sell albums like it used to. Merchandise, sure. And, at least Axl's current look (or at least the 2006 one) makes him look the part of a rocker instead of weird guy in a jersey with a helium voice and cornrows.