For those ragging on Matt, give it a rest. He was a huge – and important – part of GNR.
I still believe both Matt & Stevie should have been part of the reunion – rather than some replacement drummer that had nothing to do with GNR when it was the biggest band on the planet.
And as such – Matt has a right to talk about the band and his experiences as much as he wants.
He's earned it.
I think Axl enjoyed that line up because by then they truly were hired hands, aside from Dizzy and Tommy no one had actual claims to the songs or any input into the material they were performing and most likely were all yes men. And why wouldn't they be, that's absolutely acceptable. They were hired to put on a great show and not rock the boat, which they did more than competently. I'm not a DJ fan or Bumble, at all. But at least DJ was always complimentary off stage. The shows were absolutely fine in that era, 2010 they were on fire.
I just remembered that last night I had an inception-style dream (where I went two levels down) and in my dream within a dream I heard loud thunder and I still don’t know if it was from the real world or if it was all in my head lol