re: Would these 2 guys still be considered hot today?

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You have Steve just painfully trying to get in on the reunion and they keep saying 'um, sure Steve, maybe later'

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Steven has always held Steven back. Just setting aside the drug addiction, he seems obsessed with Appetite for Destruction. His current, longtime project is known as Adler's Appetite which plays a ton of songs from the AFD album. There are plenty of interviews in which he talks about practicing those songs for hours on end. Even when the reunion came about he was throwing out the idea of him playing Appetite songs and Frank playing the rest. I honestly think the real reason the other guys don't want to play with him full time is because he's still stuck in 1987 and they've moved on creatively. If he brought something to the table besides obsessing over AFD, he'd probably get more than an occasional cameo.

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the one guy that EVERYONE wants to see play with Duff and Slash again just refuses.

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I don't think Izzy would be against a reunion if the money was right. The problem is that Izzy remains a recluse. Axl, Duff and Slash have all proved that they can draw fans independently of each other. Izzy can't claim that because he doesn't tour and therefore doesn't draw a measurable crowd. So when it's reunion time, Izzy has no leverage in the negotiation because Axl Duff and Slash know they can draw a large, sellout crowds without him.