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Quote from interview with Adam Bomb (Toured with Adlers Appetite) on Metal Sludge, take is you will:

I was fed up with struggling to keep the tour together while Adler decided to

work against me. The spanish promoter via sms told me not to go to Spain

because “this is Adler’s tour, not yours” so I dropped everything. Adler in

Spain did 2 gigs out of 12 and cancelled the tour.

Funnily enough, Izzy Stradlin [*read note below] called me the same day the

tour ended. We spoke for 2 hours. He wanted to come to Portugal to jam with us.

To me he was more interested in checking, on behalf of Axl Rose, Steven’s real

conditions for an eventual Guns N'Roses reunion. I told Izzy that I had to

leave the tour because Adler was out of control and probably he wasn’t able to

reach Portugal.

I agree with Kick13, new songs are going to need some work to make them on par with the older stuff. There's no way you can compare "Better" or "IRS" to the classic stuff, it doesn't come close. But maybe the best stuff is being held back for later in the tour, who knows?

I'm sure even someone who is tone deaf would tell you that IRS and Better aren't exactly memorable tunes.

I've been a gnr fan since I first heard them in 1986, and like everyone else been waiting for Chinese Democracy with baited breath. But from what I've heard from the potential new material, I can't say I'm that impressed. I remember when I first head SCOM, It's so Easy and Paradise City. Those tracks really hit me for six, and took my breath away. Real killer tracks, great melodies, hooks and loads of attitude. But when I hear the majority of the new tracks, I just don't get the same feeling. And to be honest, if they weren't done by Gnr and I heard it on the Radio, I wouldn't pay much attention.

Better for example has a awesome verse, and then the chorus is such a let down. Nothing memorable, and seems like a half assed idea to slap on a good verse. Axl seems to be trying so hard to make the music sound "modern", and it just doesn't always seem to work. Yet when he does something like TWAT, which is more classic gnr territory it sounds awesome.

If Axl is serious about pushing the new Gnr forward, he should stop digging up the past, bringing on Izzy and playing masses of old Appetite stuff. Of course the fans want to hear old stuff, but I just think Axl is playing it too safe. He know's he'll get a good reaction by blasting out Appetite, so why not take a risk and play a set of mostly new stuff (3 albums to choose from, from what I hear).

Anyway, Axl if your reading this. I want to be eating my words when this album comes out, so make sure it kicks my ass.