this is ridiculous...  they can start petitions all they want. ever heard of contracts? and about any band sticking out like a "sore thumb": i saw jay-z playing before slash and metallica at rock am ring and except for some close minded idiots who tried to sabotage the show during the first minutes it went over really well. most festivals i went to had some acts, that didn`t necessarily fit into the line up and for the most part it worked really well.

i saw him 3 times live, rock am ring 2006, nijmegen 2006 and mönchen gladbach 2012. his voice was best at rock am ring, followed by the 2012 concert and then nijmegen 2006, so i wouldn`t say he`s weak right now. none of the shows were bad. the neil young show was a complete desaster, but apart from that he`s pretty consistent at the moment, except that there`s obviously less rasp.

oh nice!  was it there all the time?

well he`s blaming them to be part of the reason of his writers block in the early nineties axlin. i don`t think he`s talking about the years after 1998.

i guess most people would love for izzy to come back, but i think that`s not realistic.
axl said numerous times, that he`s open to jam with duff and izzy, one at a time, and that he doesn`t want to rely on izzy again. izzy quitting the band in 91 hurt him more than anything else i think and set the path for the last 20 years, especially regarding his wish to gain control over the band. and it makes a return of izzy very unlikely.

i strongly disagree with you axlin, by the way.  in my opinion, realistically bumble would be the first one to leave, and in theory richard would be the logical choice who should leave, if izzy returned. bumble is very vocal about his unhappines. dj is buddies with axl. richard on the other hand was basically brought into the band to replace izzy (http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/arti … ticleid=82  ps: read the part about slash, he`s basically explaining the entire break up there.. )