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Izzy was involved, he just left when the money/contract wasn't too his liking. But there wasn't a plan of putting the classic band back together. Adler at one point was going to play the AFD songs Izzy was probably going do something similar. Circumstances changed and we got we got, a few guest spots from Steven and that was it.  I don't know how Steven acted (good or bad) behind the scenes but things seemed to turn sour pretty quickly. It's a shame things weren't ironed out though, at least for the AFD anniversary even if they just got up and played a few songs together. Hard to put the rabbit back in the hat though if they did the classic 5.

I come from the fan perspective, but I can't help but think of the business side.  And while Izzy is thinking "those are my songs" to quote Lars "I left the fawking band"

Dude, what? I think you've just played yourself. I wasn't talking about you or even referring to any particular post. A bit egocentric, are we? Get a grip, mate, you're losing it.

I can see both sides of the fence on this issue. On Axl, Slash and Duff's side, they have been the ones who, all these years, have been dealing with all the litigation and the other other business shit involved with being in the partnership, whereas Izzy bailed from it so he can't possibly expect to get an equal share now. On the other hand, Izzy probably sees it as the other three cashing in on music and success he had an important part in creating. And from a fan's perspective - who is a fan because of the music first and foremost - Izzy's side naturally resonates more. According to the 1992 partnership agreement, there was no other written agreement before it and the band operated under an oral partnership agreement. So I doubt there were any formal provisions about the decision making before the 1992 agreement - they probably just all had equal stock shares in the companies they owned.

The very fact that Izzy was not involved back suggests that the band's plans did not include restoring the classic line-up, and therefore writing music and recording an album. That's what we've seen over these eight years, just touring and almost no music. It would be interesting to look at the partnership memorandum with Izzy's participation. Most likely, the ones who made the decision in partnership were Axl and Izzy. And then Slash took Izzy's place and we already know how it ended (with a big scandal and the dissolution of the band). For sure, Izzy would have demanded the restoration of his influence, it seems to me that Axl was scared and chickened out, because then he would have to prove to Izzy that he was not a creative bankrupt. Axl would have to show Izzy the notebook in which he writes down his lyrics, which I don't think Axl has kept for a hundred years