I asked Rick about that Exhibit B list thing
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Did any of you post this on reddit?
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Seems to be from 4chan i'm assuming this is BS but thought i'd post it coz ... you never know.

Dani_1455 wrote:

Shacklermyrye wrote:

“When I left there was two lists. There's the master list, like, "Here's the 20 songs we're concentrating on." And there was a B list, "And here's the other 20 songs that if we get to him one day or finish him one day, we'll see what happens." For the 20 songs, I had three or four songs, or for the 16, I had three or four songs that were in the running. And so, like, that's pretty cool (Freese I'd Hit That podcast, April 2013)

“Most of the stronger songs that ended up on A-lists when I was there were huge rock songs, built for the masses, really guitar-driven.(Fink Wall of Sound, May 24, 2000)
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Exhibit B list could be the list they are both talking about.

Well this seems interesting, I don't know to much about this do we have Exhibit A?
When was supoosed Freese to left the band? I don't remember exactly right now the timeline and that would be interesting just because we can know which songs were working on List A which at that moment seem the focus for the album

Freese left in March 2000. No we don't have Exhibit A, this list appeared i believe around the same time as the locker leaks and may have come out of the same locker. The person to ask would really be Rick I guess. Though as I said the other day i'm inclined to believe it's legit as details like the Engel & Engel part seem way to specific for someone to fake

BLS-Pride wrote:

James wrote:

It's just crazy to pump that much money into promoting one song. That would be unprecedented but if any band has that going for it...it's GNR.

That Times Square promo is an eye opener. That's like Taylor Swift-Beyonce shit.

Maybe the last two releases flopping hurt some egos? Maybe they finally decided to do a thing right? Ticket sales aren't what they once were.

Could be that they learned from past mistakes I guess. Been trying to figure out what makes this release different than the other 2. Absurd was unexpected & an odd choice for a 1st single. Maybe it was just to test the waters? I get why there wasn’t much promo behind that. But Hard School deserved more. Maybe they thought they didn’t need to put in the work? Found out it wasn’t that easy, so here we are. I guess that makes sense.

As for an album, I’d love one but I’m still not convinced. Once they release The General, we’ll have 1/3 of an album already. Even more if you include Eye on You, State of Grace, Atlas Shrugged, Oh My God? It’d be an odd approach at releasing an album a little at a time but maybe they feel this way they make money off the digital releases first & then a physical release at the end. Kind of like they did with the 1st two singles & these next two. I didn’t buy the last EP & don’t have a need for the upcoming LP, but I’ve bought each single individually & would certainly fork over the $15 for a new album if that time comes. As long as it comes in CD form. If it’s digital only, I’d just buy the songs I don’t already have. Still trying to figure out the new age of buying music and I’m sure they’re still learning how to release it.