this is why this won't be the end of him.. he, or anyone for that matter, is capable of recovering from some leaked personal & professional shit - i'm sure those in the business have known exactly how crazy he is for years, i'm sure bumble/dj/etc were well aware of his business conduct when they signed up.. like has been noted, none of this stuff is all that surprising to us let alone industry insiders. so in a sense it's really not THAT big a deal, y'know??
& i'm sure he's strong enough not to have his career thwarted by some relative nobody when he's withstood lawsuits from ex-bandmembers & wives.
my point is he's fried bigger fish than this fuck up & always found his way back.
he's not going to throw in the towel just because MSL pulled a fast one and blew a load of embarrassing GnR jizz over the internet..
worst case scenario imo is two or three bandmembers leave & some in-house reorganisation.. as long as mother goose stays everyone else is replaceable (tho obv preferrably bumble & tommy stay 2!!)

i will say this tho... his laundry could use washin 'fore hangin' up all over town..

it has been very quiet on the twitter front from GnR members today..

i'm sure if you hacked into beta's email account today you'd have another fucking field day..

regarding you Nancies, i don't think this is big enough to send axl into hiding forever. he's survived worse shit than this, and so have GnR - or rather the GnR name, this is without doubt the biggest hiccup the new band have encountered.. as a result i think it's enough to maybe see a few changes in personel.. but i'm even beginning to doubt that now. it is possible this shit might help solidify the line-up & unite them in a way.
but i don't think that will happen. i wouldn't be at all surprised to see Axl touring with at least a new guitarist & a different bassist next world tour.
i think Axl's thing of never giving in will probs see him through. & if needs-be he might be lucky enough to find some more talented people who are desperate enough to subjugate themselves to his rule for a couple of years (in the hope of maybe getting a paycheck one day)..

obv, & i think the same could well apply to GnR.
but what would you have us do? chase this unscrupulous fellow from our doors?? if it's not him it'd be someone else.. ignore him?? "maybe if GnR/Axl would actually release or do something then" this MSL leak wouldn't hold quite so much attn..

MSL's only the messenger. & tho he clearly loves the attn he actually could been a much bigger jerk about this whole thing than he has been..

by talkin about him you're just providing his ego with more fuel.. & it's much more fun to speculate on content of those documents.. or even daydream of a Betterday in GnRland than to waste your energy on MSL..

re: US tour.. i actually wouldn't be surprised if one did occur, almost as a reaction to these leaks.
by the same token i wouldn't be surprised the next time you see Axl on an American stage it's with a different cast than the last time he played..

it's defo an unfair judgement from where i'm sitting, but his volatile nature has wrecked more havoc and badness than his artistic output has been able to balance!

my prob is the price of admission does or shouldn't have to be so high, especially not these days.. it's 2011, for all his intelligence & money he is still the little kid from 1992.

it is sad that fans can do this to a band they love, but a lot of fans are fans of a GnR that doesn't exist anymore. what this GnR is is a different GnR from what they had. & given Axl's lies & deception towards the fans it's quite understandable something like this would occur.

very true.