Dean

Some great stuff on that album, I imagine being scalded by the brothers during that failed ‘96 reunion was enough to get the creative juices flowing! John 5 said if you own a physical copy of that album, then it was most likely made by Dave himself as they were sorting the cases etc at his house!

He’s always come across really well in the interviews I’ve seen/read. A class act.

It was a great listen. I've been delving into Roth's solo stuff of late. Somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar and Grill is up there with his best, really looking forward to hearing more of this as yet unreleased album with John 5.

Two juggernauts colliding. One of the greatest collaborations that has ever graced a stage. It was absolutely surreal, a very unusual time in the rumour mill as Axl’s vocal chops from 2011-14 left a majority thinking he didn’t have the upper register in his Arsenal anymore. Hearing those rehearsals in Portugal was fucking insane. Thunderstruck was the first I heard and you hear that high piercing voice splitting through the guitar. Fucking insane. When all is said and done, it’ll be one of the landmarks in Axl’s career that will back up the claim that he is the greatest frontman of all time.

Merry Christmas, mother fuckers! All the best to you and yours.

Live Like a Suicide original pressing Appetite For Destruction, original banned cover and a couple of copies of the 2018 remaster Lies, uncensored artwork UYI I and UYI II, both original and remastered Spaghetti Incident, standard pressing and orange variant Live Era original pressing Chinese, couple of EU pressings, couple of US pressings A few variants of the GH release All the records and singles included in the AFD boxset. All the records included in the UYI boxset. I've got a fair few 12" singles and the majority of the original 7" singles, but not all.

Axl owes it to himself to finish the vision he had for Chinese when those sessions initially kicked off. It looks like we’re past the point of seeing an album of these songs dropping, but I’d have cherry picked the best from the sessions and released the rest as B sides.

Better? Mickey? on the studio version?! I'm sure a 24bit version will appear on the likes of Qobuz upon release, hopefully!

He was pictured in the studio with NIN, if I recall correctly, before the release of Chinese and their socials announcing his return. Axl was asked about his status in the chats that December and I think was still under the impression he’d be involved with Guns

Yeah, the artwork for Now and Then was disappointing, not really befitting of the last single that wraps up their catalogue. The Stones are notoriously greedy cunts, so it was to be expected that there would be unlimited amounts of variants for their die hard following to pick up from! That said, promotion for the album has been what it should be for an album from a big act and they're showing how it's done - their logo even made it onto Barcelona's football strip!

The Paul Smith alternate artwork of Hackney Diamonds is going for £120+ on Discogs. Absolutely mental - it's my favoured artwork, but think I'll keep mine sealed going by how much it's jumped up since I was in Saudi. I picked up the Faces reissue of their catalogue from 2015. Out of print unfortunately but got it for £125 which is a steal. What a band. Rod divides opinion but vocally, he was up with the best in the 70's, especially the majority of his work with both Faces and solo. Have yet to get through them, but will hopefully spin one this evening. Ron Wood - what a man.

I was completely oblivious to the Satan laughing crossover from War Pigs - suppose that is further fuel to the fire if anyone is still on the fence about Monsters not being the same song as Soul Monster/Leave Me Alone etc etc. I've not listened to The General all that much, maybe a handful of times, but Monsters has been played regularly whenever I've been on the go. I think it's one of the best songs in the GNR catalogue and the bass line is top drawer - I'd have loved to have heard Tommy's efforts to see how they compare, as you can bet it'd have been every bit as good, but even still, delighted that a song of this standard is going to be gracing us officially at some point.

To think it's practically half a record already officially released, it's pretty mental all things considered. I've not even attempted playing what we have back to back yet, I imagine it would be quite sonically jarring given the difference in mixing, but I do hope we get a cohesive package at some point soon, but I imagine it's most likely going to be continuing to drip feed these songs over the course of a few years and then the band looking at starting from scratch for a new album, sadly - I'll happily take whatever we're given though! Oklahoma/Berlin and Zodiac will hopefully be enjoyed in the not too distant future. The Village Leaks are full of intriguing instrumentals that would have made a great follow up to Chinese had they been worked on - which is possible given the timeline of the Village sessions is from 2000/01.

Was the vinyl exclusive comment not only from Italy's Universal store? This may have previously been mentioned on this thread, but it seemed there were many that jumped on this and took it as gospel. It's bad enough being drip fed these songs over a number of years, but it would have been disappointing had the music Axl labored over for decades were relegated to hidden/limited B sides that wouldn't get the widespread attention his efforts deserved.

I'd pass on Duff putting his stamp on it, but it's the sort of tune that would have showcased Axl's range perfectly. Tommy has commented to fans about trying to get the songs back during some of his shows, but we've not heard any more on that topic. Songwriting databases have him listed correctly as the sole writer of both Going Down and Ten Percenter and many speculate that this means he has the rights back - but his comments about attempting to get them back came after these database credits appeared if I recall correctly. It still lists GNR as the performer too. I guess time will tell! Ten Percenter Going Down

We're more than 10 years since hearing Going Down for the first time. I love the version that appeared among the Village Discs, but it didn't top the experience of listening to the fleshed out version for the very first time. Axl's backing vox have always been a favourite of mine. It's the Village version that mostly gets played in this house, but I threw on the original leak earlier and it's still a great listen. Songs of such quality shouldn't be stored away for decades.

What a delight

Guns N' Roses - Monsters

Yeah, as above. Only came with the deluxe edition and was housed in the case with the Blu-Ray/DVD.

Haven't watched this yet:

Sign me up. Haven't seen Jonner belting out the tunes so it's a necessary purchase.

Don't get me started. Two BRAND NEW, unworn shirts sold 2 days ago and I was completely oblivious. It's normally a routine search for me, so I was ill upon discovering this