There's a lot of this "such-and-such a song would be a classic if Axl sang on it," but we just don't know. Because the lyrics and melodies would be completely different. I mean, in the case of By the Sword, the chorus chord structure was changed by Andrew Stockdale, so it'd be a different song musically, too.

Well it's nice to know they've made up...

So, I dunno if this is the right place for this... but is there any chance we could hook the forum up with Tapatalk compatibility? I tend to use that when I'm out and about on my phone and tablet, and, well, anything that gets people logging on more...

Except the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project was a clusterfuck. Billy Corgan announced his big 40-song project, released about seven tracks on that monthly schedule and then realised that no-one was paying any attention to them. So he backed out of that plan and released the Oceania album.

It was on the big MSL list of leaked document titles – the one that mentioned "Better_Gone.mp3". Maybe it's been debunked, I dunno – but it'd make a good deal of sense. I get the feeling that Better was supposed to be a proper single release, with a video and everything – but it had to be nixed at the last minute when left the band. Would've taken too long to re-edit the video, and his replacement doesn't play on a song which prominently features him (and – watch the video and you can see that adding yet another guitarist to it would've rendered it entirely absurd).

So the solution was to belatedly release a reworked version of Better with , to promote the US tour (or the Vegas dates? I forget which). It's a "new" song, it showcases the current band, it'd kinda-sorta-work...