Did we ever come to consensus on whether Me And My Elvis was Bucket or Robin? I was sure it was Bucket, as was most of this forum if I remember correctly, but VoodooChild on Mygnr insists it's Robin, saying the "wah" parts are definitely his. I recently listened to the Ghost Of Mars soundtrack, and the song Power Station, which features Finck but not Bucket, does have similar sounding guitars in some parts.

I seriously doubt it's instrumental. Baz specifically mentioned hearing it with vocals in at least two interviews. Plus there's vocals in the cellphone clip, which is almost certainly The General considering the music from the intro is clearing playing in the song. Another possible explanation (if this is true) is that the speculation about the possibly very dark lyrical content of the song is accurate.

Fernando called The General a monster on Reddit. He knows all the hardcores have heard the Village leaks, and he certainly knows the demand for The General. The guys a cunt but I don't think even he's that much a cunt to tease an unheard heavily anticipated track if he knows it's something we've actually heard already. That would be a new low.

Soul Monster, assuming it's actually Me And My Elvis. That instrumental alone got me back into GNR after not giving fuck from 2016 on.

You clearly have a very liberal definition of hit.