heard a good metal song on the radio today. i was like, who was that, that doesnt sound like the generic, formula-rock-by-the-numbers shit that has dominated for the last 15 years. TURNS OUT IT WAS THE NEW SINGLE FROM AXL ROSEGUNS N ROSES!!!!
it confirmed my suspicion that all along, GnR WAS Axl Rose. SLASH was one of the best rock guitarists ever...but only while in the framework of Axl's songs. Velvet Revolver produced nothing significant , just a bunch of washed up middle-aged rock legends sounding like middle-aged washed up rockers trying desperately to make music like they did when they actually had the fire. Slash in GnR-an all time legend. Slash without Axl = nothing notable.
anyways i think the moral is, AXL always was GnR and now that he has finished his album GnR mite be back as the greatest modern flagship of true rock around today. or maybe im just drunk