I hear ya, but by all accounts Axl was the same prior to the Illusions’ release. Working on stuff right to the 11th hour. He said later that he felt the Illusions suffered as he caved into pressure to (paraphrasing) just put the thing out. So, I don’t think his current vocal abilities have anything to do with his reluctance to ‘let music go.’ Schenker himself said that the dude is a perfectionist.