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https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=112363&page=1 she believed Axl spoke to her telepathically

I think if Axl write now his autobiography and relate "his" true he would put in risk his relationship with Slash again. Just my feel

This. Also, we know that Axl's writing tends to not follow the most conventional methods and be more impressionistic. If the book is what Axl is really doing, I imagine it would be more of Axl reflecting on major events in his life (particularly his childhood and early adulthood) and discussing how those affected him as a person, artist, and songwriter/lyricist. Of course, I'm sure there will be portions about his experience with Guns N' Roses, but I imagine it would be less like Slash, Duff, Steven, or Matt's books which are laid out as "here are the big events during the band's run with my thoughts on them." Also, Axl seems at a relatively peaceful place even compared to where he was at the end of the run of "nuGNR". Obviously, he has mended fences with Duff, Slash and (to a degree) Steven. He seems to be in an amicable place with Erin Everly. Given this and Axl's generally private nature, I do not imagine this will be a book like Matt's (or at least the one that leaked) where the intention seems to be "settling the score" on decades old feuds. Again, we likely have a manuscript to that effect in the "vault", but there'd be no issue in releasing that now given that many of the issues seem to have been resolved.

Got tickets for Cologne. First time seeing the legend. Awesome.

“The End of Tomorrow” is my tribute to iconic rock anthems like “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “November Rain.” The guitar solo by Slash will melt your face!

He's an open book, clearly. Just desperate to spill all the juicy details about whatever the fuck he does with his spare time. I'm surprised there are any secrets left to reveal given how active he is on social media, shining that bright light into his personal life!

The research is already done. There are still many, many thing that we don't know about the band or about Axl, but we shouldn't go around being ignorant about the stuff that is well documented.

Ah, I always enjoy giving you some research to do to scratch that pedantic itch! Glad you've got him sussed out!

Well, if you read a bit more you would know more. Here's Axl himself talking about why he didn't do press and how it had to do with his belief that the press was out to get him and protect Slash: (35) 28. AUGUST 2008-FEBRUARY 2009: CHINESE DEMOCRACY IS RELEASED - Page 2 (a-4-d.com) And here's about Axl deliberately keeping out of the spotlight and that he did have an aversion to promoting himself: (35) 23. JANUARY 2001-NOVEMBER 2002: RICHARD REPLACES PAUL, TOURING STARTS (a-4-d.com) The latter point about Axl not having an interest in self-promotion or celebrity status is also exemplified with Sebastian Bach talking about how Axl would paid big money to not be part of celebrity shows on tv, in contrast to Bach.

Got tickets for the Manchester show - looking forward to it - saw Loaded and Walking Papers a few years ago - great gigs!

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats are dropping an album in June

It was a good show last tour, but yeah, the price is putting me off, as well as my nearest venue being far too big compared to last tour. I'm hoping for a cheaper ticket nearer the date.

Glad you know him so well! I have no idea what he thinks, only that he seems incredibly private.

My understanding, having been present on the message board of certain "insiders" (IYKYK) was that Chinese Democracy, against all odds, set the ledger to zero when it came to production costs. People throw around the $13 million dollar number a lot, but almost all of that was written off over the years through the various mergers and acquisitions of the record labels. Apparently, Universal only footed a small portion of the Chinese Democracy expenses before cutting off Axl in 2004. When Azoff, one of the most powerful managers in the business, negotiated the Best Buy deal, Best Buy covered the portion of the money Universal spent and ordered a million copies of the record. Despite all the money sunk into the project and the jokes made at its expense, Universal essentially went into immediate profit on the album AND got to state that the album debuted as a platinum record. The Azoff thing is tough. I have no doubt Azoff probably used less than truthful tactics with Axl, but at the end of it all, Azoff was probably the only person powerful enough in the business at the time to negotiate the deal he did. I honestly believe, without Azoff, Chinese Democracy would never have been released (at least in a conventional sense). Also worth nothing was that the costs of the Chinese Democracy sessions also (per the same "insider") covered the costs of the CD2 material. So beyond the fact that the record company made all their money back on Chinese Democracy, they also had the recording cots of the next album covered as well. The issue, apparently, came from the fact that the record label, in 2009/10 (when Axl wanted to release the next record), would not release anything unless Slash/Duff were back in the band in some capacity. Despite the majority of CD2's costs for recording having been paid back, the label apparently did not want to spend another dime on other costs (like marketing) for "Axl's band" given the muted reception to Chinese Democracy. So how did we get to where we are now (as @Blackstar laid out). As a former entertainment attorney, my guess would be one of two things: 1. Unlikely: Axl's contract had some kind of reversion right for masters. This would be very unlikely given that this is not something that really got added to contracts until fairly recently. 2. More Likely: Given that things were in a "stalemate", the band probably paid a lump sum to acquire the masters back to the remainder of the songs with the record label having a right of first refusal on a distribution deal. In other words, the band would foot the costs for extra recording, mixing, mastering, videos, and the majority of the marketing. Under the distribution deal, the record label would pay to manufacture the physical product, coordinate getting the song on streaming and download platforms, and (possibly depending on the deal) paying some minor marketing costs. The record label would then take a cut of the money made from these sales/streams/downloads (usually 15% for a distribution deal vs the up to 80% a record label can take under a normal record contract). It's also possible, with a band the size of GN'R, they just paid the label a lump sum for these services and GN'R gets to keep all money from streaming/sales/downloads.

It’s a good point that he would be wise not to release an autobiography until the lawsuit is resolved. However, with his money, he’s very much able to just settle this lawsuit for practically whatever and whenever he wants to.

Got tickets to see Duffs solo show with his new stuff from Lighthouse. Going to Academy in Dublin holds 1000, should be good. Anyone else going to his shows??? Hopeing for a few old Gins tunes n maybe a VR track or two

Maybe true, there is no way to know until we hear something, because even Rock The Rock was plenty of years ago now. Even still, I have to disagree with the other poster, because it would be literally just re-applying the tone of his own voice, to his own voice. He would still have to sing and record it all. That's not a "robot". Using AUTO TUNE is "a robot", where notes are added and adjusted in a robot way, not reminiscent of how the original vocals were recorded and sung into the mic at all, that shit is WAY more "robot" than adding bits rasp back to the vocals that he himself has to record. And live, that point doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because he ALREADY sings ALL the songs that he recorded back then with his classic tone live with his current voice. So it'll just be the same thing as literally all the other songs.

I don't think Axl needs any help from AI technology for vocals in the studio. As many have written here, singing in the studio and at shows are completely different things. He can still use a rasp in concerts, from time to time, but in the studio, he has more time to rest, and because of that he can use it constantly. Rock the Rock is the most recent example of Axl being able to use rasp(vocals) in the studio, i hope we will soon hear that song he sang for Michael Schenker and find out if things have changed.

Yea...by pass the media, get it from the horses mouth...he's more than game for a story on stage, last tour was a return to that....perhaps he's in a sharing mood!

not impressed, his Instagram is better

Exactly, just the notion feels like the opposite of everything we've learned about this fella.

It’s funny to see Tommy there still refer to Chinese Democracy as “the new record” in 2014 lol.

I'm not expecting anything positive to come from this. If history proves anything, the website will never get updated and it will amount to nothing of importance.

Yes, very quiet until Axl website thread. Now is hot again.