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I’m disturbed some would be OK with this…Guns n Roses and Motley Cru may be contemporaries and some members might be friends… But musically and everything the bands stand for and represent are radically different, at least to my taste and sensibilities.

1. Mr. Brownstone 2. You Could Be Mine 3. Estranged 4. Better 5. Monsters

HELL NO.

The perpetual cognitive dissonance among some is wild. I don’t know how people have gone years listening to the lyrics Axl has written, the interviews and the numerous allegations and are now feigning shock? Its been well known Axl has a problematic past with women… Whether are not these current allegations have legitimate merit, who knows…I’ll wait and see what additional information comes to light….But the hand ringing among some fans comes off as disingenuous or just plain ignorant , I don’t know which… All these guys have skeletons in their closets.

I’d be surprised if Axl fires a family member, maybe Beta or Vanessa steps up and replaces him as manager in title while Fernando lingers in the background….

Reddit is a cesspool.

Monsters deserves a music video.

It’s there.

Haha, sad little snowflake. Man, you’re so soft. Bitching about songs you don’t like because of the subject matter.

Wow, you’re a sad person. Might need to find a different band.

Epic songs. Thank god this band refuses to cave in and just write an Appetite (Great record, don’t get it twisted) sequel just to please the general public. These song are deep cuts meant for the hardcore fans.

I really like them. Monsters is awesome! Taken as a whole The General is very cool, more experimental. I hope there is more like this to come! Monsters is an ear worm.

Goof.

You'll see it. I don't know if soon is the word. But it will come out....

I doubt it would have succeeded as a GnR record. It’s a terribly forgettable record. Very happy it didn’t happen.

Guns would not have done well in the mid 90’s if they had produced stuff like that first Snakepit album. Would have been disastrous for the band.

Do they have a specific gate they’ve had pit ticket holders cue up at prior shows?

One could say it doesn’t have a serious melodic significance to the song. It sounds like he was just making it up... 😁

This is how a perceive the song as well. A sequel or companion piece to Catcher. Could be as simple as Axl trying to express the same idea and Catcher just got more attention as the production of CD continued on…

Yeah, Slash is being very diplomatic in regards to his comments about CD and the alumni, especially in regards to how he interprets the material… I believe he’s handled it with tact and grace but it is what it is… I think Axl is/was just grateful that Slash was interested in playing the CD songs and took it upon himself to work on the songs. Clearly Slash can think the parts don’t have ‘melodic significance’ and at the same time not have some personal animus against Robin or whoever… * And I should add I think the person specifically asking the question about Better and Robin was setting Slash up and he didn’t take the bait… The question was phrased pretty negatively.

Calm down Sally. If you would slow down and read what I wrote, I said I don’t believe there was any ill will at all on Slash’s part, he just clearly doesn’t think much of Robins work on CD… He clearly stated it in regards to how he plays the CD material. I don’t think he thinks less of him as a person or a player… Sometimes you hear something, watch something, read something and it just isn’t to your taste. Nothing more, nothing less.

It’s just a wild guess looking at the way things trickled out and what has been retracted…. I thought he said conception but either way I felt he was referencing the murky origins of the song.

The only thing I’ve seen that’s been fluid since the release has been this whole narrative of “Perhaps” being a new song written by Axl, Slash, Duff this year… It was removed from the official store description of the vinyl and was only mentioned in the initial release used for the radio premiere. Seems to me that Perhaps the record company/Live Nation/Management wanted to market the song as new original composition and maybe the band or Axl wasn’t comfortable with this type of dishonesty… What was Axl getting at with his immaculate conception quote about writing the song?

Yeah, I’m not slagging on Slash at all, it’s apparent and he’s said as much, he doesn’t hold Robins playing in high regard (unlike Buckethead). I disagree with him but it is what it is… Like I said I don’t think there is really any animosity or hard feelings.

It’s strange but it’s on purpose. I don’t think there is any tension or drama in the band at all I just think Slash has been very dismissive of Robin’s guitar work when playing the CD material live and that this was just Axl’s little wink to Robin (and the hardcore fans). A tip of the hat.