The STP guys.  For exactly what Neemo said, they're able to take the publicity of the split and run with it right away.

In the long run, no matter how popular anything else the rest of the guys do, they'll always be "former GNR members", Scott immediately goes back to STP(which is what he would always be known for), so the asterisk isn't there when talking about him anymore.

I've already pointed out that I'm not a fan, so I don't know what this is worth... but, Bach's Irrelevant.

I don't know that that is as bad as it sounds though.  Very few bands were able to come out of the 80's with any sort of relevance intact (GnR, Metallica, U2, Ozzy solo stuff).  There are bands that were/are a lot more successful than Skid Row who are irrelevant too (Poison, Def Leppard, etc).  The fact that Bach's able to keep a carreer is admirable, but that doesn't make him relevant.

I actually enjoyed Libertad more than most people seemed to, but I completely agree with this. 

When a guy like Rick Rubin tells you that you need to put more into your songwriting you HAVE to listen to him, and not be afraid to do the work.  They will especially need to do that now.

I don't personally agree with the "Bach is the best for the job" part, but to each their own I guess. (I mentioned Shooter in the other thread and a lot of people would hate that)

I am really intrigued by the "We actually worked with a guy, I won't mention his name, before we left to go to the UK and there just wasn't enough to break him in" part though.

That suggests that they all knew this was coming, it just got announced differently than planned, or something.

Thanks man.

By the way, I never said anything after I went to see the show a couple weeks ago. 

The guy has some pipes.  He sounded good on the Shannon songs but he has a bit of a rasp to his voice that Shannon didn't that also set him apart, so he didn't sound like he was trying too hard to be Shannon.  That was the biggest worry I had going in. 

The show was great(given, sounding good at a live show and sounding good on the songs you've written are two completely different things).  All that said, before seeing the show I wasn't sure whether or not I'd buy the album, now I'll be picking it up when it comes out for sure.

Really my only complaint is that I really think they realize that a lot of the people coming to their shows at this point are big jam-band fans so they think they need to jam for a while a couple times... and instead of seeming like a good jam, it just seemed to drag on.  Given, maybe if I was stoned it wouldn't have mattered as much though.