Ben Shepherd's stage presence has always irked me. I noticed it right away back in the early nineties & I kind of wondered if it was going to come up again with the reunion. Sure enough, the first review I read, there's someone talking about it. I just don't get the guy.

Conan & Lopez, sounds like a match made in hell.

First of all, Slash being in the popular music scene at this point in his career as a solo act is monumental. The guy was an afterthought 10 years, and through hardwork, determination, and smart marketing decisions has returned to the A-list of the music industry without hiding behind the GNR brand. There's absolutely no denying that.

Secondly, I have a feeling that BTS was chosen as a single because Stockdale was willing to help promote. It's a song that benefits both Slash's album & Stockdale name. Was Cornell willing to do the talkshow circuit with Slash? Not slagging on Cornell at all, just raising the point of finding a singer willing/wanting to sing the song night after night as Slash's second banana.

Ummmm, yeaaah, I don't think any of this is true. Sorry.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the US drops one on Iran in my lifetime. Maybe the CIA will blowup an American base in Afghanistan/Iraq with an "Iranian" nuke, so that the US can keep the overhead low and the publics support high on an Iranian invasion.