one persons sets his standards low and the other sets them higher than he can reach. axl doesn't need slash - gnr needs slash. axl needs to release his album.

if chinese democracy is released and the new gnr fails worse than velvet revolver than you could be right but even then, it would probably be due to reasons other than the guitar riffs on the album.

in the mean time axl does not need slash nor does slash not being in the band have anything to do with axl doing less than slash. new music from axl taking foever is the result of axl being axl.

I e-mailed the only Kansas City Rock Radio Station i could find on google, 98.9 The Rock and asked if they were playing IRS. the first guy told me to talk to neanderpaul so when i, in turn, e-mailed neanderpaul here is what he said.

"Not recently.

I have played new GnR several times but have received legal orders to stop doing so."

so either i have the wrong station or this is false info. and as perviously stated, it's probably an old version anyways.

apparently he is bored cause he keep s e-mailing me back.

"There's been no release from anyone on the label side. Nor, are they even suggesting it would be.

Rumor has it, a download-per-song digital delivery will be the preferred method of release as it would defer the already stupid-high costs for this CD. Any way the label doesn't have to produce a hard product would save them cash.

I'll be sure to let you know if/when I receive more stuff as I have a pipeline to materials."

i agree with mikka mostly

i don't know if it would be a good fit for reasons relating to chemistry cause noone can fortell that but, musically speaking, vr/cornell could possibly work.

if you are talking about attitutde. the reasons given for it not to work would also mean that axl wouldn't work with vr - which, obviously it did for three huge albums. if slash and the boys can play with axl they can play with cornell.

axl and cornell, although different the way they sing and write lyrics, are both very serious with the way they approach their art and are two of the greatest rock singers of our time.

if you are talking technique. based on released material slash could outplay kim thayil any day of the week and if anything, the band's tempo would need to drop to accomidate cornell's laid back vocal style.

just because you cannot picture it happening does not mean that it wouldn't work.

yes he has a vision - i think people wanna say he has no master plan which is probably true.
but he has a vision

monkey chow said it well - he has less talent around him.
but my statement would be more like, he has less chemistry around him because more than enough talent has walked through those revolving doors necessary to put out a better than average rock album in less than half the amount of time it has taken so far.

there is the band and then there is axl. and that is why there is no chemistry.
some say these guys aren't in the band but actually axl is not in the band.
the band does their thing and axl is nowhere around, studio and jam space.
he did not start this with original gnr until later in the run and that is when they had the same problems.

kinda like what james said but with my own spin: all of these leaked songs are either great or have the potential to be great but due to the "copy and paste" approach this group has taken due to the revolving door of musicians they are either taking too long to finish or are not getting finished properly. or atleast we are left to asume that is what is happening. to have a diverse and great album with lots of musicians involved the songs would have to be completed before all involved left. my guess is there are several fantastic tunes sitting around neeeding the players on that song to add those minute but extremely important details to it. this can't happen if they are gone.

i disagree that ron not knowing the gnr catalouge make him less qualified, assuming he was hired to be in the band permanently. he is less restrained as an artist if he can hear the new band and open his mind and play along.

axl has chosen the hard and long road but he has a vision and will achieve it.

Thanks dude - I do not like velvet revolver and had no idea that was his name. i wasn't sure if you guys were talking about navarro either.