Ha, didn't know Slash dubunked that.  Shame because it seems a pretty accurate assessment to me.

That whole tweet is just weird??? The guy never says anything but picks this thing out to comment on?  And not just comment on either but rather write quite a long and elaborate post??

Maybe he was just drinking too much whilst watching the game and thought he would be funny.  Hell I'm sure most of us have done that, posted or texted whilst pissed.  I know I'm hilarious after 16 beers - just ask me.  haha

That said it's still fucken weird!

My guess is Jimmy Iovine intentionally had the disc leaked,  or conveniently ensured it was taken/stolen to then be leaked.  I would guess that there were a couple of motivators for him to do this.  It helped forced Axl's hand to just release the damn album since it was essentially out there anyhow.  They then used the spike in interest for the leaks to sell Best Buy a pup. 

So they cleared the decks of the album and got UMG to recoup some significant dollars.  But they failed in the final step of their plan which was to force Axl's hand into a reunion.  I didn't think they anticipated his stubbornness.  Financially tho I'm sure they were thinking they could bring him to his knees to force the reunion.   

I would love to know how much Azoff new of all this (my guess is probably most of it).  He came out of this relatively unscathed (aside from burning any opportunity for future exclusive releases with Best Buy).  Iovine takes most of the flak for what went down.  If the reunion happened then Azoff benefits, if it didn't (as it played out), then he skulks off to his many other artists and projects and Frontline, with barely a dirty mark on him.

Great playing, I enjoyed it cheers.

I'm really looking forward to his next album, hopefully there are a couple of killer songs on it.