this is TRUTH from a gnr fan on mygnr. i feel exactly the same way. in fact, i've written stuff like this in the past. here's fresh TRUTH about axl rose:
I am one of the people on here who grew up with the original albums. I got AFD for Christmas when I was 8 years old (I am 32 now) and I have followed the band, purchased every album on the release date, bought books, been to several shows, and I was even on the old Dust N Bones mailing list before migrating to this site in 2002 (I think). I feel like I have been waiting for new music since '94 when "Sympathy" was put out and I felt like "cool, another cover but they ARE in the studio". Along with many of you, I checked the internet daily and weekly for ten years just hoping that the music would come out someday. I even believed one of Axl's excuses for it taking so long - that he had been making three albums, not one and they would come out quickly. HE TOLD US THAT (at least he told a crowd of people that).
After all that frustration and bullshit he finally puts out the album and since then he has apparently decided that he won't or can't follow through with his grand three album idea and for all we know has decided that he is going to just fly around the world on his nostalgic cash grab tours. Why can every other artist I love release music in a timely manner and without excuses. We as fans gave him fifteen years to create his masterpiece(s) and he still can't appreciate that we have stuck around long enough to even throw us a bone now and then. It costs $9.99 to put 1 song on iTunes. He had a plan to put out a 16 song album + 3 b-sides initially - where are they? He can't even find the time to finish one song and put it out to gain some traction or good publicity for the tour? IMO they aren't touring CD anymore because back when they toured UYI they still had singles coming out up until the tour was finished but they haven't had 1 single out since the actual CD tour began in 2009.
I know many of you are frustrated like I am and feel let down that Axl's master plan has somehow turned into something we expected from him but he couldn't or wouldn't deliver on. The fact that DJ has been talking about new songs drives me insane since we are still due AT LEAST one more album from the CD sessions that should be finished based on all information given to us prior to Tommy's recent comments. They shouldn't be writing ANYTHING. If he doesn't have another 12 releasable quality songs from those sessions I don't know what to think at this point. I don't want to hear any of this "Axl doesn't owe us anything" horse shit because he actually does. When you tell people that you are working on three albums and they expect that from you then you should deliver on that or at the LEAST give them an explanation as to why you can't or WON'T deliver on your claim.
In closing, Axl, release ONE song. Just one. Put it on iTunes using tunecore or cdbaby, make it a free download on the facebook page or bandcamp release SOMETHING. There is no excuse at this point. I could give a shit less what you PLAN on recording with the current lineup, I want what you have already recorded and I waited over 10 years to hear! If in a six year period GN'R could put out five albums (over 60 songs), a double VHS concert, and three making of VHS videos then why is it that over (more than) a ten year period this incarnation can't put out more than 15 songs?
So release a song, Axl, even one of the B sides you promised - we don't care. We just want to hear something new. Why should we give you another 4 years to put out an album when we gave you over ten years before?
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