re: Guns N' Roses Rant

REG, Axl is one of my favorite singers, I've always admired the guy, but I have to question Mr. Pitman's statement there. Axl was diagnosed with manic depressive disorder, and there's testimony from a good number of people that proves he is a very bi-polar individual. Even the guy's music is bi-polar! "It's So Easy" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" being perfect examples. Both songs are on AFD, the former song has a misogynist lyric in it that degrades women, while the latter song is one of the greatest love songs ever written.

Axl's erratic behavior and controlling nature is what brought GnR down. He completely owns the rights to the name Guns N' Roses, back in the 90's he forced the other original members to sign over their claims to the name or else he wouldn't tour until they did.

Slash may have had some part in it, but there's way too much documented proof that points to Axl being the reason this band went down-hill. Once again, I like the guy, but you have to look at what's there. Besides, it wasn't Slash who made the band constantly go on stage hours late, it was Axl. It wasn't Slash who wrote "One in a Million", the song that landed the band in hot water, it was Axl. Also, Axl included a song written by Charles Manson, "Look at Your Game Girl" on the Spaghetti Incident record. That's just three examples of the weird side of Axl.

No, not Marilyn Manson... I'm talking about the convicted murderer Charles Manson who once was a song-writer, and Axl recorded one of the songs that Manson wrote.

If Axl wouldn't be so crazy, the original band could reunite, they are all still alive.

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the original band could reunite, they are all still alive

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Duff McKagan is making too many appearances on The View and Dr. Phil to care about getting back together.

Adler is too far gone to do anything more than 1 show. I doubt anyone wants to listen to his shite, either. Poor guy, but still...

Matt Sorum would probably be the first to get in line to do the show and he's not an OG member.

Izzy would have a lesser chance than anyone not named Axl of doing the show. He walked out on the Illusion years and 4 years worth of videos and tours. If he wasn't going to stick around for that, he sure won't want to come reunite to play a song like "You Could Be Mine".

Slash, I believe, would do it but he's making too much money and a name for himself with other bands and video games and marketing himself. Good for him.

In my opinion, Axl did the worst thing that one could do and that is carry on the show with a lot of musicians that are a decade behind GNR, basically. He's already alienated one group of former band mates and production. I would think he would not want to piss off another, but hey, that's not impossible for Axl.

There's a greater chance of Steve Perry and Journey doing 100 dates over the next year in 6 continents than GNR even talking about reuniting.

They had a couple of good albums 25 years ago. Axl is a douchbag and has been one his whole career, get over it and find a new band to follow. Chinese democracy is crap.