True it’s a cycle riff. The nu band guys like Brain and Finck did hint they were aware of what GNR was meant to be. So they got in character and listened to AFD and threw down some ideas. To me Chi dem verse guitar is very Slash. It’s basically a remake of Jungle verses, mixed with Easy low talking.

If you go conspiracy, then maybe Axl had Slash riffs on tape even tracks. Around 00 Rock in Rio he offered Slash 3 songs on CD. Could these hard rock songs have been allocated to Slash? Find out soon on that click bait site that steals all my posts.

20 years. Damn what happened?

So a lot of this stuff is really the Beavan record.

But there’s obvious Bucket additions and stand alone instrumental tracks like Elvis.

Fortus was talking about still working on a Slash riff. Hardschool is a suspect.

I read Bucket re-recorded Oklahoma at some point?

So those or these are Finck mostly on guitar?

Wasn’t there a theory that Hardschool was also Jackie Chan recorded for a movie by Slash/Duff?

Semantics. I speak very generally about these things. I would say that it’s bankrupt in terms of the person on the street’s understanding. I’m no political expert but I’m interested to see how my understanding fits into things.

That’s the irony, austerity was a way to borrow more. That’s all that we can do. It’s delaying the inevitable or something that never happens. Like the US will never pay back what they owe. UK should ignore the debt. Wipe it, not have the people pay for it. It’s all about cooking the books so the world doesn’t descend into chaos.

But we find ways (borrowing) to service the debt. So it becomes almost an abstract thing. Countries like Greece, Italy and Spain have all teetered on the edge. The deal for UK was always immigration for almost unlimited borrowing. If we leave the EU there’s less easy borrowing but maybe there’s other ways. Broader international deals. It’s a risk. For the rich there is no real risk it’s all a power game.

But this is the impression I got from the 90s in the UK. Everything was going well, there were benefits flying everywhere. The credit ran out, it seemed. And the solution was for the people to pay for it, austerity. The fall out played out under Brown and then Cameron came in to convince everyone it was time to shape up. But as I remember he borrowed a ton as part of the austerity deal.

Cutting benefits I think gave people a reason to look for a scapegoat, immigration and EU were blamed by a certain group and they wouldn't Vote Cameron unless he offered them a referendum first.

The final point is that although we say we run ourselves. That’s our big thing, through democracy and rights the people have their way. There’s a sort of intimacy between constituencies and the people. We are repped by the MPs. But what seems to happen is that it’s more of a power grab by the rich elites, even on labour’s side, the money is really funneled away from the people and the economy. Candidates like Boris or Blair have a charm that seems to make it look well meaning but really it’s about agreeing to be taxed and that money fuels the rich. It’s never benefiting people. If it was we wouldn't be in debt. Everyone is working, where does all the money go?

Boris or Trump are seen as these idiots but they work as distractions from what is happening. They soften the blow of the stick. You’re asked to be a big man nd take huge risks with low interest rate borrowing to set up businesses, pay for your own health care, education etc.

Corbyn or Blair will seem like they care about people. And for me they work better for the people, until the bill comes up. As in if this is a fake game, why not take some hand outs, because the economy of the country is not taking off in any miraculous way.

I think if we hadn’t heard IRS it might win but Hardschool is very old GNR sounding. Oklahoma could be great. State has all the dynamics and fire to be great. Would be great live like IRS was.

I was thinking what if these discs just stayed the same for the releases. D2 would have had ITW and Sorry, D3 would have Hardschool, Oklahoma, IRS and  D4 has D Tune, Elvis and Maximus. It could have been a lavish set of releases.

Also I feel like I’ve heard Tonto or Moustache as a Fortus solo spot?

How does Fortus fit into these recordings?