Why do you compare the 1980's GNR with the present GNR?

[DrunkenNights]

I didn't "back peddle", I was clearing up what I said. I said Axl doesnt need the old lineup to rule the world again, I never said that they are currently ruling the world. I was just clearing it up because you misinterpreted what I said.
I'm not "clinging to my man Axl" I'm just saying that some people need to wake up and realise that the old GNR is over, and this is a new beginning and a new era for the band that we all most of us love.
Thats the thing though, Axl didn't want to make another straight up rock n' roll record again, Appetite is one of the greatest rock n roll albums of all time, he just wanted to progress from there. He wanted to make something different, so once the old members left, on their own accord, Axl went about finding people who share his vision and want to progress further, yet still honour the past by playing older GNR songs live.
I'm not afraid of the original lineup, I love the original lineup, they produced some of the best music (in my opinion) ever written, and I have great respect for that, they just didn't want to move forward in a new musical direction, I still enjoy listening to what they have done since GNR (VR, Adlers Appetite, Izzy Solo stuff etc.)
Fortus plays with Rhiana, Slash plays with Fergy, whats the difference? "Oh slash knows Rock N' Roll blah blah blah".... yeah he does, but so does Fortus, they both play with musicians in different genres that's all. Is that a crime? And good luck finding Velvet Revolver staying in shitty hotels when they tour. Musicians of their high level can afford luxuries which they were deprived of during the beginning of their career, they have earnt the right to stay in expensive hotels. They may have not recorded anything as big as Appetite, but they would've been forced to sleep in their car or anywhere else just like any musician starting out. The original lineup knows about ingesting alcohol on stage, but you don't see them doing that now do you? That was then, this is now. Times have changed, people have changed pancreas' have changed. Look up the Replacements (Tommy's Ex band), they were trashed on stage more often than not, yet you use that as an excuse to say that hes "not rock n roll", clearly showing that you have no idea what you are talking about.
What exactly is it that gives Slash the right to play in other genres with other musicians, but at the same time, deprives the new band members of that same right? Just want to know what your logic is there...

So the amount of money involved determines the skill level of a musician now? Wow, I never realised just how telented Milli Vanilli really were then
+1 IMO Slash > FInch any day of the week.

 

i just wonder this:

1-WHY DO YOU LOVE NEW GNR MEMBERS WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY STILL STEAL THE OLD GNR FAME?

2-WHY DOESN'T Mr AXL ROSE HAVE THE BALLS TO USE ANOTHER NAME TO KEEP HIS POOR FAME ALIVE?

...PHIL COLLINS DOES! 

3-WHY SHOULD WE INGEST THE SHIT OF THE NEW MEMBERS WHEN THEY SHIT THE OLD GNR'S STUFF (AT PLAYING AROUND?)

...we the true gnr fans wouldn't hate Mr Rose(the maniac singer) if he was honest like Peter Gabriel or Sting (but he will not!)


...and this one's for Iconic Shawn: you do know how to show the meaning of rock n' roll here, you do know how to set GnrPersia on his feet again

...you're so smart to strike naive kidz back at telling "Mr Rose can't ever be wrong and can take forever to make" good job Iconic Shawn!

...the ridiculous new lineup can steal the old fame of the original members but they will never change our minds!

GNR sadlly has become Burger King just 'cause a lot of people use it around the world while keeping the same name!,somebody plase have mercy!

...suck on that! 

[©GnrPersia]

...and this one's for Iconic Shawn: you do know how to show the meaning of rock n' roll here, you do know how to set GnrPersia on his feet again

Enough said:


Q: Why did you choose to keep the GUNS N' ROSES name rather than create a new name?

Axl: "Why keep the name? I'm literally the last man standing. Not bragging, not proud. It's been a fucking nightmare but I didn't leave GUNS and I didn't drive others out. With Slash, it's been nothing more than pure strategy and saving face while manipulating the public like he used to me. I earned the right to protect my efforts and to be able to take advantage of our contract I'd worked hard for where Slash's exact words were that he didn't care. I get that some like a different version or lineup the same way some like a specific team line up or a particular year of a specific car but because you and I are getting played I'm supposed to throw the baby out with the bath water?"

Q: What do you think about people that say "Chinese Democracy" should have been a solo album instead of using the name GUNS N' ROSES?

Axl: "I didn't make a solo record. A solo record would be completely different than this and probably much more instrumental. I made a GUNS record with the right people who were the only people who really wanted to help me try, were qualified and capable while enduring the public abuse for years . The songs were chosen by everyone involved. I didn't want to do 'This I Love' in any way shape or form, and Robin [Finck, current GUNS guitarist] and Caram [Costanzo; co-producer] insisted gaining Tommy's [Stinson, bass] and the others' support. There's been a lot of pressure to go with using my name (all external) but that never felt right to me for this band and the parameters in regard to this music have lots more to do with the mindset of GUNS than something else. The instrumental I wrote for 'End of Days' that's more a solo effort, at least presently.

"As far as a new name... this is who I am, not whatever else someone else thinks of. I don't see myself as solely GUNS, but I do see myself as the only one from the past making the effort to take it forward, whether anyone approves or not, and giving beyond what many would or fight for to do so. The name helped the music more than you could ever know, and I'm not talking in regards to studios or budgets, I mean it as in being pushed by something and having to get the music to a place where I can find my peace regardless of what anyone says. And that wasn't fully achieved until the last round of mastering and swapping out a version of a track at the pressing plant that had gotten inadvertently changed at the last minute. Also, the name was what the industry wanted as well and the burden of keeping it was something to endure in order to make the record. After the monies invested by old Geffen (that were decisions made that have worked out for me but I'm on record as having opposed) dropping the name became suicide."

Q: How do you feel when you read posts that say "this isn't really GUNS N' ROSES?" Surely it isn't their place to say?

Axl: "David Bowie likes Floyd with Barret, many with Waters and those without. And there are those who like all the different lineups. In my opinion, what makes our situation a bit more unique, at least in how it's played out, is the ugliness of what really took place. If I'd done what was said then, I'd say fuck me too. I also realize this is just one issue in something with upteen however many more so conclusions can't be formulated off this little bit alone by most which is more than understandable.

"That said, because someone leaves the shop I started in which I still legally have the rights to the name I started it with... makes up a bunch of nonsense to win public and legal support in an effort to get whatever it is they want at mine and the public's expense... I don't feel any reason whatsoever I should have to throw what I've not only worked for but fought and suffered for away because some hurt, angry, betrayed, misguided and lied to people with a lynch-mob mentality, joined by others who could care less (especially in the media), enjoying the controversy and hate, choose one over the other regardless of what's right because they want what they want. And you can still prefer then as opposed to now and no one's arguing your right to do so.

"In regard to nuGUNS, I get that sometimes it helps to be able to clarify. Personally I call this GUNS and the 'Illusions' or previous lineups 'old GUNS.'"

Q: Did you use the GN'R name to sell more records??

Axl: "As for selling more records, it'd be nice to be in a position to possibly do so at some point but that's never been my base reasoning. I would think it fits into not feeling I shouldn't be forced to throw away possible opportunities in a hostile attempted takeover. I believe I should fight for GUNS in a patriotic sense or sense of loyalty or honor. Not just my vision or direction for GUNS as those things can evolve and you can make forward moving positive compromises by what others bring to the table but I mean more as in what principles I feel were important to GUNS in regard to an overall commitment to the music."

Q: Obviously the name GUNS N' ROSES means a lot to you historically. Do you think it would have been easier (less criticism from being the only "original" remaining member) or harder (the name obviously carries a lot of weight) to have pursued the "Chinese Democracy" project under a different name.

Axl: "It helped us get here but most of that was with Universal and the positives of that wore off years ago until recently and after the initial run it'll be about the music and us. Then it's about touring and there's not a question the name's helped at most everywhere but not so much the states. With that it comes down to the strength or quality of the performance. Having the name kicks your ass every night as it's not some side project or something you can fuck off in. You don't deliver, you get your ass handed to you. So it makes us work much harder than I feel we would outside of it and it hasn't been too ugly yet."

Q: Axl, Why do you feel that the others (Slash, Duff) believe that they were entitled to the name since GUNS N' ROSES existed before they were in the band?

Axl: "The others having a sense of entitlement to the name isn't completely off but has more to do with how Slash dealt with things and his particular strategy and I say strategy because that's what it's been. But since I managed to hold out that didn't play out so well for him in regard to the name.

"It's a band name more than a brand name. As Tommy said regarding our struggles to make this happen, 'We're not lettin' what took so much blood and heart get turned to shit and dust.' And I guess you could apply that to current former or whatever."

Q: Do you regret keeping the name?

Axl: "Keeping the band name alive was very important. Not out of ego and I don't know exactly why in the sense of putting into words, but I think it has something to do with the global effect it has and how GUNS surviving in some way is sometimes inspiring to others around the world and in that there's a sense of obligation.

"I don't regret keeping the name though I wish more were supportive or at least not as aggressively opposed."

Q: Axl, you don't need to use that name to be recognized. You're Axl Rose! People know who you are.

Axl: "As far as people knowing me, this is a statement that in light of others decisions that I chose to pursue as GUNS N' ROSES and what some may feel is a different this or that may seem as if the arguments or disagreements are about the band or the style of music such as blues or influences on earlier GUNS has some relevance but, in my opinion, points more to deeper base elements I wanted to put forth for people in general. Such as a more positive intent and instead of as self-destructive, more of healing. There's all kinds of things to help you die or be more negative. I wanted to try and make as powerful a hard rock album as we could while incorporating beauty and an openness to other forms both traditional and more recent without going religious etc. I didn't attempt to make a party record or dance record, both elements consciously in 'Appetite'. I wasn't trying to purposefully appeal to the heartland or middle America in those ways (not that I was trying to avoid them or have an issue). But for example, 'Sweet Child' wasn't in any way trying to write a 'hit' mainstream song it was trying to write the best GUNS N' ROSES LYNYRD SKYNYRD-influenced song we could as tribute and recognition in the tradition of 'Tuesdays Gone With the Wind' or 'Simple Man', etc,, and at a time when nothing could have seemed more unpopular."

Q: You stated in several interviews in the past that you couldn't see yourself playing with other people and still see it as GUNS N' ROSES. What made you change your mind and do you think you would have kept the name if you and the former members broke up on better terms with each other?

Axl: "One man forced me to work with others. One man forced me to work with others to survive. And I can't say what would have happened on different terms. I say yes because it was agreed from day one. You have to realize we were on the street. It wasn't the first band. Whoever thought of the name kept the name unless he gave it up or moved on. Everyone was always having a new version of whatever their band name was. I wouldn't have thought of using L.A. GUNS or any of Slash's band names. We all knew that we could break up the next week. You had to have that stuff somewhat sorted between each other going in. It was a deal that we made. The issue becomes the value or perceived value now and the fans attachment and or acceptance. Really weren't things we consciously considered even during the breakup."

Q: GUNS N' ROSES — the name contains symbols of aggression/defense and selfless submission/tribute. Does the name mean anything symbolically to you outside its literal, namesake derivation? Have the name's deeper synonyms, eg. the most dangerous band in the world, had any impact on your decision to keep it, or have you just retained it for its legendary status and ease of identification?

Axl: "I don't think about the dangerous bit or status or identification. I've always thought of the symbolism since thinking of the two words together. And in that I absolutely feel this is a GUNS N' ROSES record."

Q: Do what people (some of the fans, ex-members of the band, etc.) think about the ownership of the band name really matter? I think my question also is, will you please tell us why this is the most important/first question you are approaching? Is it because you think that this is what most riles the fans or this is the most pressing issue?

Axl: "It's an issue that gets brought up a lot, especially in the media at all levels, and it gets really ugly. It's ugly right now with DJs across the country who feel they're sticking up for something that they bought into unaware. So I wanted to start going at it a bit."

[DrunkenNights]

Enough said:


Q: Why did you choose to keep the GUNS N' ROSES name rather than create a new name?

Axl: "Why keep the name? I'm literally the last man standing. Not bragging, not proud. It's been a fucking nightmare but I didn't leave GUNS and I didn't drive others out. With Slash, it's been nothing more than pure strategy and saving face while manipulating the public like he used to me. I earned the right to protect my efforts and to be able to take advantage of our contract I'd worked hard for where Slash's exact words were that he didn't care. I get that some like a different version or lineup the same way some like a specific team line up or a particular year of a specific car but because you and I are getting played I'm supposed to throw the baby out with the bath water?"

Q: What do you think about people that say "Chinese Democracy" should have been a solo album instead of using the name GUNS N' ROSES?

Axl: "I didn't make a solo record. A solo record would be completely different than this and probably much more instrumental. I made a GUNS record with the right people who were the only people who really wanted to help me try, were qualified and capable while enduring the public abuse for years . The songs were chosen by everyone involved. I didn't want to do 'This I Love' in any way shape or form, and Robin [Finck, current GUNS guitarist] and Caram [Costanzo; co-producer] insisted gaining Tommy's [Stinson, bass] and the others' support. There's been a lot of pressure to go with using my name (all external) but that never felt right to me for this band and the parameters in regard to this music have lots more to do with the mindset of GUNS than something else. The instrumental I wrote for 'End of Days' that's more a solo effort, at least presently.

"As far as a new name... this is who I am, not whatever else someone else thinks of. I don't see myself as solely GUNS, but I do see myself as the only one from the past making the effort to take it forward, whether anyone approves or not, and giving beyond what many would or fight for to do so. The name helped the music more than you could ever know, and I'm not talking in regards to studios or budgets, I mean it as in being pushed by something and having to get the music to a place where I can find my peace regardless of what anyone says. And that wasn't fully achieved until the last round of mastering and swapping out a version of a track at the pressing plant that had gotten inadvertently changed at the last minute. Also, the name was what the industry wanted as well and the burden of keeping it was something to endure in order to make the record. After the monies invested by old Geffen (that were decisions made that have worked out for me but I'm on record as having opposed) dropping the name became suicide."

Q: How do you feel when you read posts that say "this isn't really GUNS N' ROSES?" Surely it isn't their place to say?

Axl: "David Bowie likes Floyd with Barret, many with Waters and those without. And there are those who like all the different lineups. In my opinion, what makes our situation a bit more unique, at least in how it's played out, is the ugliness of what really took place. If I'd done what was said then, I'd say fuck me too. I also realize this is just one issue in something with upteen however many more so conclusions can't be formulated off this little bit alone by most which is more than understandable.

"That said, because someone leaves the shop I started in which I still legally have the rights to the name I started it with... makes up a bunch of nonsense to win public and legal support in an effort to get whatever it is they want at mine and the public's expense... I don't feel any reason whatsoever I should have to throw what I've not only worked for but fought and suffered for away because some hurt, angry, betrayed, misguided and lied to people with a lynch-mob mentality, joined by others who could care less (especially in the media), enjoying the controversy and hate, choose one over the other regardless of what's right because they want what they want. And you can still prefer then as opposed to now and no one's arguing your right to do so.

"In regard to nuGUNS, I get that sometimes it helps to be able to clarify. Personally I call this GUNS and the 'Illusions' or previous lineups 'old GUNS.'"

Q: Did you use the GN'R name to sell more records??

Axl: "As for selling more records, it'd be nice to be in a position to possibly do so at some point but that's never been my base reasoning. I would think it fits into not feeling I shouldn't be forced to throw away possible opportunities in a hostile attempted takeover. I believe I should fight for GUNS in a patriotic sense or sense of loyalty or honor. Not just my vision or direction for GUNS as those things can evolve and you can make forward moving positive compromises by what others bring to the table but I mean more as in what principles I feel were important to GUNS in regard to an overall commitment to the music."

Q: Obviously the name GUNS N' ROSES means a lot to you historically. Do you think it would have been easier (less criticism from being the only "original" remaining member) or harder (the name obviously carries a lot of weight) to have pursued the "Chinese Democracy" project under a different name.

Axl: "It helped us get here but most of that was with Universal and the positives of that wore off years ago until recently and after the initial run it'll be about the music and us. Then it's about touring and there's not a question the name's helped at most everywhere but not so much the states. With that it comes down to the strength or quality of the performance. Having the name kicks your ass every night as it's not some side project or something you can fuck off in. You don't deliver, you get your ass handed to you. So it makes us work much harder than I feel we would outside of it and it hasn't been too ugly yet."

Q: Axl, Why do you feel that the others (Slash, Duff) believe that they were entitled to the name since GUNS N' ROSES existed before they were in the band?

Axl: "The others having a sense of entitlement to the name isn't completely off but has more to do with how Slash dealt with things and his particular strategy and I say strategy because that's what it's been. But since I managed to hold out that didn't play out so well for him in regard to the name.

"It's a band name more than a brand name. As Tommy said regarding our struggles to make this happen, 'We're not lettin' what took so much blood and heart get turned to shit and dust.' And I guess you could apply that to current former or whatever."

Q: Do you regret keeping the name?

Axl: "Keeping the band name alive was very important. Not out of ego and I don't know exactly why in the sense of putting into words, but I think it has something to do with the global effect it has and how GUNS surviving in some way is sometimes inspiring to others around the world and in that there's a sense of obligation.

"I don't regret keeping the name though I wish more were supportive or at least not as aggressively opposed."

Q: Axl, you don't need to use that name to be recognized. You're Axl Rose! People know who you are.

Axl: "As far as people knowing me, this is a statement that in light of others decisions that I chose to pursue as GUNS N' ROSES and what some may feel is a different this or that may seem as if the arguments or disagreements are about the band or the style of music such as blues or influences on earlier GUNS has some relevance but, in my opinion, points more to deeper base elements I wanted to put forth for people in general. Such as a more positive intent and instead of as self-destructive, more of healing. There's all kinds of things to help you die or be more negative. I wanted to try and make as powerful a hard rock album as we could while incorporating beauty and an openness to other forms both traditional and more recent without going religious etc. I didn't attempt to make a party record or dance record, both elements consciously in 'Appetite'. I wasn't trying to purposefully appeal to the heartland or middle America in those ways (not that I was trying to avoid them or have an issue). But for example, 'Sweet Child' wasn't in any way trying to write a 'hit' mainstream song it was trying to write the best GUNS N' ROSES LYNYRD SKYNYRD-influenced song we could as tribute and recognition in the tradition of 'Tuesdays Gone With the Wind' or 'Simple Man', etc,, and at a time when nothing could have seemed more unpopular."

Q: You stated in several interviews in the past that you couldn't see yourself playing with other people and still see it as GUNS N' ROSES. What made you change your mind and do you think you would have kept the name if you and the former members broke up on better terms with each other?

Axl: "One man forced me to work with others. One man forced me to work with others to survive. And I can't say what would have happened on different terms. I say yes because it was agreed from day one. You have to realize we were on the street. It wasn't the first band. Whoever thought of the name kept the name unless he gave it up or moved on. Everyone was always having a new version of whatever their band name was. I wouldn't have thought of using L.A. GUNS or any of Slash's band names. We all knew that we could break up the next week. You had to have that stuff somewhat sorted between each other going in. It was a deal that we made. The issue becomes the value or perceived value now and the fans attachment and or acceptance. Really weren't things we consciously considered even during the breakup."

Q: GUNS N' ROSES — the name contains symbols of aggression/defense and selfless submission/tribute. Does the name mean anything symbolically to you outside its literal, namesake derivation? Have the name's deeper synonyms, eg. the most dangerous band in the world, had any impact on your decision to keep it, or have you just retained it for its legendary status and ease of identification?

Axl: "I don't think about the dangerous bit or status or identification. I've always thought of the symbolism since thinking of the two words together. And in that I absolutely feel this is a GUNS N' ROSES record."

Q: Do what people (some of the fans, ex-members of the band, etc.) think about the ownership of the band name really matter? I think my question also is, will you please tell us why this is the most important/first question you are approaching? Is it because you think that this is what most riles the fans or this is the most pressing issue?

Axl: "It's an issue that gets brought up a lot, especially in the media at all levels, and it gets really ugly. It's ugly right now with DJs across the country who feel they're sticking up for something that they bought into unaware. So I wanted to start going at it a bit."

i don't know where you found this vulgar axl's interview but if those words belong truly to him then i can honestly say that Phil Collins is a true artist and Axl Rose is selfish to rob the name and use it wiouthout the original lineup's permission!


...i wonder would axl agree if the original band did the fucking same?

[alix-rose]

this was in his visit to mygnr. you can check it.

but Axl rocks harder then any other singer in the entire world, he can do what he wish, but i agree with you in ONE thing.


he SHOULD call this something else.

it wouldn't chance his songs at all, but a lot of oldgnr fans (that don't give his songs a chance) would propably dig his music.

[©GnrPersia]

i don't know where you found this vulgar axl's interview but if those words belong truly to him

yes those belong truly to him collins lover, you better increase your knowledge before you walk inside a debate.

I'm tired of explaining every single thing I say to you.

Source of full Axl's Q&A:

http://www.chinesedemocracy.com/forum/guns_n_roses_news/axls_new_post_my_homework_qa_on_page_9-t41053.0.html;msg1017477#msg1017477

[DrunkenNights]

this was in his visit to mygnr. you can check it.

but Axl rocks harder then any other singer in the entire world, he can do what he wish, but i agree with you in ONE thing.


he SHOULD call this something else.

it wouldn't chance his songs at all, but a lot of oldgnr fans (that don't give his songs a chance) would propably dig his music.

hell, i at least find someone who has brain here!, ...true gnr fans would dig the new songs of axl if he didn't use the name of gnr like a comdon!

...maybe he should re-name the new musicians at calling them "no cash no stage" ,right?

[aussie_GNR92]

i just wonder this:

1-WHY DO YOU LOVE NEW GNR MEMBERS WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY STILL STEAL THE OLD GNR FAME?

2-WHY DOESN'T Mr AXL ROSE HAVE THE BALLS TO USE ANOTHER NAME TO KEEP HIS POOR FAME ALIVE?

...PHIL COLLINS DOES! 

3-WHY SHOULD WE INGEST THE SHIT OF THE NEW MEMBERS WHEN THEY SHIT THE OLD GNR'S STUFF (AT PLAYING AROUND?)

...we the true gnr fans wouldn't hate Mr Rose(the maniac singer) if he was honest like Peter Gabriel or Sting (but he will not!)


...and this one's for Iconic Shawn: you do know how to show the meaning of rock n' roll here, you do know how to set GnrPersia on his feet again

...you're so smart to strike naive kidz back at telling "Mr Rose can't ever be wrong and can take forever to make" good job Iconic Shawn!

...the ridiculous new lineup can steal the old fame of the original members but they will never change our minds!

GNR sadlly has become Burger King just 'cause a lot of people use it around the world while keeping the same name!,somebody plase have mercy!

...suck on that! 

1. I like the new GNR members because, wether you like them or not, they are talneted, and I respect that. I'm sure they would rather play their new songs as opposed to the old GNR songs, but fans go to see Axl sing sweet child, so they have to deliver that, aswell as their new stuff.

2. Axl himself has already answered that, in the interview GnrPersia posted.

3. I don't know exactly what you're trying to say here (again, I don't speak fluent retard, so forgive my translation), but I think it's something along the lines of "Why should I like the new members, when they play mostly old songs?" And you don't have to like the new members, but they are great musicians, who have produced a great album and do the old songs justice live.

I never said "Mr. Rose can never be wrong...." He's only human. Of course he's gonna be wrong. I'm still waiting for that Better video he promised us, and I'm not sure if it will ever come.

[©GnrPersia]

hell, i at least find someone who has brain here!, ...true gnr fans would dig the new songs of axl if he didn't use the name of gnr like a comdon!

...maybe he should re-name the new musicians at calling them "no cash no stage" ,right?

sorry but can you explain what's a comdon?

I know what condom is but I don't know about this one

[aussie_GNR92]

He's saying that he thinks Axl Rose is using the name Guns N' Roses as protection.

[rockerrockstar]

"Why do you compare the 1980's GNR with the present GNR?"

1980's and early 90's GNR was a very special band.   That is the reason.   Which is the same reason some fans have been waiting since they broke up in the 90's for a reunion. 

[alix-rose]

"Why do you compare the 1980's GNR with the present GNR?"

1980's and early 90's GNR was a very special band.   That is the reason.   Which is the same reason some fans have been waiting since they broke up in the 90's for a reunion. 

you go girl (or boy, i'm not sure)

what you said is the simple and obvious but at the same time the genius and 100% true.

[©GnrPersia]

He's saying that he thinks Axl Rose is using the name Guns N' Roses as protection.

I know but he he said COMDON! I thought maybe this one's new!

[DrunkenNights]

1. I like the new GNR members because, wether you like them or not, they are talneted, and I respect that. I'm sure they would rather play their new songs as opposed to the old GNR songs, but fans go to see Axl sing sweet child, so they have to deliver that, aswell as their new stuff.

2. Axl himself has already answered that, in the interview GnrPersia posted.

3. I don't know exactly what you're trying to say here (again, I don't speak fluent retard, so forgive my translation), but I think it's something along the lines of "Why should I like the new members, when they play mostly old songs?" And you don't have to like the new members, but they are great musicians, who have produced a great album and do the old songs justice live.

I never said "Mr. Rose can never be wrong...." He's only human. Of course he's gonna be wrong. I'm still waiting for that Better video he promised us, and I'm not sure if it will ever come.

oh c'mon, you think that new members will save GNR'S FIGURE?

...they just receive a fat cash from Mr Rose ....but someday the guy will fire them all so GNR will be just like Menudo(a boyband that can't keep an original member today)