For the record, news, Tommy update from Paul Westerburg show

[reynics22]

aren't slash and duff already in some band, i think they have a platinum album and are about to start recording their second album.

i can't believe some people still think there is some chance of the old band getting back together again.

[AxlFink]

tommy made a weird comment at the hotel cafe which i posted under the tommy thread.  he said he didnt like it when he was in a band that people viewed as a god.  I hope this isnt anything because I could care less about the original line up.  I want CD.  Robin Fink, Tommy, Brain, Dizzy and whoever

[Lesty]

This is all pretty interesting...
Also being from Minneapolis, I know people who know Tommy...not really well, but more as an aquaintance.
And I can absolutley say that Tommy and Slash/Duff/Matt have mutual aquaintences in the music industry.
Meaning, rumors and information can easily be passed from the old GnR to the new GnR and vice versa.
L.A. isn't that big of a place.
Anyway, in one regard, I can never see Axl reuniting with the original guys before he releases Chinese Democracy.
I don't think his ego could ever handle not letting this "masterpiece in the making" see the light of day or being
looked at as a failure.
But this posters information does make some kind of strange sense to me.
I think Tommy is incredibly frustrated, but knows how to publically stroke Axl ego and stay
positive about the album.

[axlsfriend]

as much as i agree that axl's ego could not handle a reunion before cd comes out, their is a chance that this album to axl was never good enough or to anyone it was not good enough, and he would rather suck it up a join the old guns then fail with the new ones.  also i find it very strange about all this coming out in the ny times about guns if nothing is to happen soon, and also why is this guy merck getting so defensefull.  I honestly can say i have no idea what is coming next (cd, nothing ever, or a reunion)


and also we all know if we woke up one morning and heard guns was back together as soon as they began rehearsing we would probally hear a few days after that it was over because of creative differences or some bullshit.