To those who claim the guy deserved what he got, it was stolen property etc... Have you guys downloaded these leaks? Cause you surely knew it was copyrighted AND stolen material. So you got something illegal and you knew it but didn't care. We'e all guilty if Axl & Co thinks that the some thousand remaining internet nerds, us, are guilty cause we wanna hear those 'earth-shattering' tracks. I bet that 99% of the people who downloaded these songs will (would...) buy the record, so there was no financial loss. They lost their last pieces of credibility and now it's impossible to believe they don't threat fans like enemies.

As I remember the fanbase had a very good response to the 2004 Tommy interviews, even after such a long wait and the 2001-2002 tour clusterfuck. When his words turned out to be untrue, then he got some shit, but what else would you expect? Nothing materialized that he had said. On the other hand I understand them not wanting to be bashed when it's all Axl's band and his decisions.

When you keep saying that you're working on something magnificent and how this is a new era, then you'd better don't live off your old and hated buddies' material. Move on. You have valid points and most fans had bad experiences with bands who played mostly their last (often mediocre) album with some old hits added, but hell, Axl plays/played more AFD than the UYI line-up. I can tell you that casual fans aren't interested in hearing My Michelle, Think About You, Out Ta Get Me etc. They don't even care about It's So Easy or Mr. Brownstone. Give them some November Rain, SCOM, PC, Jungle etc. and they'll be happy. But Out Ta Get Me every night? Please.

I still think that the Closing In On You clip was legit. Even more after hearing Shackler. Maybe he could try to find that song.

'The more money you have, the more blues you sing'.