My vote goes for record company too.

If a band member walks early next year that will quickly change though.

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Neemos method above, hitting F5 whenever you see an error, will still resolve the issue.

Replacements - Treatment Bound, from Hootenanny.

"label wants a hit, and we dont give a shit"

I love a good old fashioned conspiracy theory and had never even heard of these 9/11 conspiracies until I dropped into this thread a few days ago. You've all made some good cases for and against in my opinion I'll have another read over the thread (and links) tomorrow and post some karma for all who participated as I've really enjoyed reading it.

I sincerely hope he does. The Mats could enter the studio tomorrow and have a classic album pressed by the end of next week.

Kiss me on the butt

edit : Thinking about this more, and after re-reading the thread I have to disagree with Jimmys comments.

There will come a time when Tommy begins to question why he is in Guns N Roses. He has dedicated 10 years of his life (almost) to a band that has officially released no original material to date. Instead of touring the world coverings songs which he had no input in creating he could be touring the world playing his own back catalog of Mats material with Westerberg.

Is Tommy honestly that happy playing only 3-5 NewGNR songs per set with the remainder being filled up with Appetite covers? He certainly didn't seem happy throughout the last tour (I specifically recall joining in a chant at Hammersmith, London of "Cheer Up, Tommy!" ~ a chant that Axl started if I'm not mistaken.)

As each day passes Guns N Roses seem to be becoming less relevant in todays market, constantly unable to move forward. The Replacements on the other hand seem to generate an even larger cult status, the kind of status that record labels have been offering to pay large sums of money for (though not quite enough according to Paul). If Axl doesn't stop this stalemate bullshit with the record label next year I see Tommy walking...

With any luck it will walking straight into a Replacements reunion with Paul that will sell-out worldwide (albeit to smaller venues), not to mention pressing an album within months that will receive critical acclaim.

edit part deux : My memory is a little fuzzy from all the dope but didn't Tommy join Guns N Roses in April 1998? When April swings around next year that will be ten years since Tommy joined GNR. Ten years and no album. Hardly something to celebrate in my opinion.

Jeez, I'm being a miserable bastard tonight