bach tried out for vocals in vr, yes. he did not try out for vocals in gnr. unrelated so far. he then, as mentioned, stumbled into the gnr world after axl contacted him by text. definitely not a plan b or a plan of any kind. he then opened for gnr. still no parallel of any kind to trying out for vr. then he exchanged guest spots on albums with axl with, again, having nothing to do with trying out and being rejected by vr. he may be bitter about losing the job to scott weiland, ofcourse, but axl and baz's relationship has nothing to do with it other than the fact that axl probably never would have contacted him if he was in vr and, henceforth, baz would have never opened and or traded guest spots on albums with axl.

gnr took the world by storm when rock n roll was absolutley dead and axl was a big part of that as the front man. if this didn't happen nirvana and others never would have existed. sa a musician he has functioned as a pianist, lyricist, vocalist, songwriter, and director. by director i am referring to the fact that axl is responsible for the some of the songwriting that other bandmembers wrote by directing them and this is based on other bandmembers' admissions. axl has received a ton of credit simply because he sang for one of the biggest bands in history. now some of us try to pick it all a part and take some of it away. i think he deserves all the credit he has received and then some. there is no single greatest frontman or singer or musician ever. as far as comparing Axl to the all time greats, he stands tall, without a doubt, among them for many more reasons than several others do in that same class.