fine I 'm done with it....:nervous:

It only takes years because Axl is a lunatic...seriously. Maybe when someone leaves Axl just sits around and does nothing for a year. But, good musicians can learn and record guitar parts in weeks. That is what I was saying about Gnr fans being lulled in to believing that a guitar player leaving would delay things for "years"...that only happens in Axl world and is not because Axl goes back and re writes all the songs. No where else and never before in the history of recorded music! It is pretty obvious that after Bucket left they didn't go in and write a bunch of fresh new songs. Ron didn't even record until late 2006/early 2007 and just for a few weeks...not years. It is crazy...and it all stems from the head honcho. Shit, Ron recently told the guy at CD.COM that the "record company was holding up the release" and Ron said something about his dislike for major labels- I believe that exchange took place and I still believe there is a substantial problem with the record company. There is no evidence to suggest the band is going to fold or that anyone is gonna leave. And, there is absolutely no evidence that they are still recording and writing songs......

ps and for the record, I always believed and stated that the "legal or business issues" would surface once the record and recording is completed. Just like Merck said, UNI would not talk to them until they had an album in the can. Well, we are now there my friend.:flame:

pss and I am not pissed at anyone here or saying that you are wrong James...I am more just fleshing out my thoughts and venting.

James, come on...your focusing on the wrong thing...Bumble said and the band said the recording is done...end of discussion. The big problem is negotiating with the label. With all the money invested by the record company and then all the costs of recording done after the label cut off funds (costs paid by the artist), ten years of shit is not going to be settled because Axl has an album.Merck told you negotiations had to take place, Axl said it, this guy says it, no manager since Merck left, common sense says it is a fucking business clusterfuck. What is Axl going to do with the "extra songs", who owns them if Axl only owes Uni one album? Both parties have paid for the recordings-who owns them?????? If I 'm Axl, I 'm saying you have your one album of 12 songs and I get the rest....Uni probably says they are all theirs. No manager to help negotiate. Who is going to pay for promotion? Maybe both parties want a new contract....maybe Axl wants all the music and wants to walk away free of the label.....endless possibilities and ALOT of money at stake...throw in Radiohead's bold move and things get even more interesting..recording guitar parts that may only take a week to do is chicken shit compared to the business side of things.:haha:

thanks Pasnow and Double

only on a Gnr board. Hendrix is to guitar what Dylan was to lyrics...his songwriting, skill, originality, rock star prowess...NOBODY in the industry or any musician would even bring them up in the same sentence. Get pissed all you want, it is a silly comparison. It is like saying Axl is better than Dylan or Lennon. NUTS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_k00iqN … ed&search=

as for the topic, Slash had a top shelf singer with Weiland...so no, nobody would have ever given him the money because he didn't have the name. However, the Axl situation is tricky in that the money was given to him over a long period and the original band members slowly left the project. The brand name was so popular that the execs figured the investment would pay off either way as long as the singer was still there and the music was presentable. Little did they know...:D