Indeed.

Ages ago when they had those rudimentary websites that used filters to 'remove' the vocal lines from songs I took Slash's "made in stoke" live version of nightrain and removed the vocals. Then I grabbed Rock Am Ring 2006 nighttrain and ripped Axl's vocal line - then manually cut and pasted the parts into place.

It was a bit clunky cos my DAW at the time was fucked, and the rips of the 'isolated' vocals and instrumentals were echoy and not clean at all cos the tech was new......but even so it was almost passable as an epic live version we never got. I can imagine the same thing done with more modern tech and automatically would start to bring some truely awesome stuff.

I'm confused but I think James was saying there's a second album worth of leftover tracks that also leaked around the time of the Cather/Hardschool leaks in the early 2000s but that is less circulated.

Additionally I think I recall MSL saying he had follow up to CD album pre-reunion around the time he had all Axl's documents/laptop or whatever it was and was threatening to release it himself if the band didn't release some details soon. His deadline came and went and all that happened was he became pro-team brazil and Axl all of a sudden. I can only speculate as to why.

Axl's voice is too iconic for these to end up in a dust bin.

Remember in 2002 when Elvis has a #1 hit with "A Little Less Conversation"

Eventually this stuff will be released in some format you'd think, hopefully by the band on an offical release.

But possibly by fernando's great great grandkids working with the artists of that day, or possibly next time someone finds a tape in a drawer after a hire in the congo or something. Maybe when Indiana Jones is digging up the remains of our civilisation.

Eventually they will come out. Everything does.

Which is tough, that Absurd/Hardschool release really whet my appetite for the other few they did at the same time.

In August it will be 2 years I think.

I would be down with waiting out 2024 if we knew it would happen in 2025 but realistically it feels like ever year I write off the year and hope for next year.

I remember in 2016 being convinced the reunion album would happen before 2020

I feel there's at least 2 possible cycles we could yet see:

1. An original EP/Album comprised of the remaining locker CD tracks, some of the other 'vault' tracks that Axl has had for many years, possibly padded out by including Hardschool/Absurd or re-done stuff like a new OMG or even CD songs with Slash/Duff  touch Better/TIL etc. In theory they could add on brand new stuff written for this project too - but given its them and the backlog of unreleased stuff - I'd say finishing stuff like 'perhaps' is more likely. They could then mount an entire tour around this concept USA/Europe/Festivals/Asian Markets/South American etc in seperate legs.

I figure that plus a few breaks between legs - plus a delay getting it done and rest when its over would easily fill the next 5 or 6 years.

which brings us to

2. A Farewell cycle - in the tradition of Motley/Aerosmith etc - an offical we're wrapping it up tour of greatest hits. Do this for a few years as well as people do.....

and well that puts Axl and Slash into close to 70 where they can be the elder statesmen of rock and come out when they feel like it for random performances or whatever. (Slash being slash I imagine he would go the BB king route and tour forever). Axl seems more likely to retire seeing as he seems to value privacy etc.

I mean we may get nothing at all at this point.

But i feel like both those two options are still yet possible while they live and breathe etc.