Try as I might, I can't find anything to love about this version vs. the leak we got two years ago. The whole thing sounds dumbed down - the music, the production, the arrangement ...

I'll buy the single next year once it's actually stocked and ready for purchase, just to signal to the band support for releasing music vs. more merch ... but I hope we one day get an official, lossless release of the Buckethead version. That one is a masterpiece. The new rendition is just sloppy, something I never thought would be true of a track Axl allowed for release.

I'm curious to read it as well.

And I hope that Matt will take the early impressions from this draft to revise the manuscript and make an even better book that people will love.

Weren't there also photos taken at the airport in 1998 when he was arrested?

This is a great thread. Of all the first generation rock legends, only Jerry Lee Lewis is still alive, and I don't think he plays anymore. Of the kids who grew up loving him, Little Richard, Elvis ... well, Mick and Keith turn 78 this year. McCartney will be 79. Dylan will be 80. If we are going to see any of them on stage ever again, it will likely be in the next five years or not at all.

Axl, Duff, and Slash made a ton of money over the last few years of touring. I can't imagine Duff and Slash retiring from music but I think it more likely they will focus on their own stuff because they've found individual outlets for their creativity. They've shown no signs of actively wanting to create new music together with Axl. After all this time, for them to not have added even one new track to the repertoire tells us a lot. Even though it's disappointing.