noticed how Slsh basically did the same thing Santana did: made 1 album with guest singers of original material in 1999 (Supernatural) and another album with guest singers that was all covers (2010's Guitar Heaven)
(one difference is there's an original instrumental on Slash's Orgie Of The Damned)
Edit: santana's second guest singers album was rock covers while slash's is blues covers.
Obviously they don't agree that it is over creatively. They released two singles last year. Slash and Duff are still hoping to make entirely new music with the band. I am sure Axl hasn't closed the door to that possibility, either. They can't go out and say they are a spent creative force if they don't think so themselves. And they don't have to come out and say it will take time, because we know that already. This is GN'R, everything takes a long time. They don't need to come out and spell out what we already know. Why do you keep whining about this?
If anyone’s interested, I have a new post on my blog that includes some GnR: http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/01/my-top-3-albums-per-year-1963-2023.html?m=1
EDIT: and another one: http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/02/biggest-rock-bands-per-year-i-think.html?m=1