Axl's comment about Brain

[Scabbie]

Sorum's ok...but his style is a little boring and predictable sometimes...I love Brain's drumming toward the end of CITR, some great fills

[Chinese Democracy]

I love the 'after the fact' mentality people have about GnR these days where Axl is the saint who did no wrong and the other guys were doing everything possible to undermind him. Like Matt was brought in against Axl's will or something. Sheesh...

Those of you who were actually old enough to be alive when UYI came out were all creaming yourselves when there was a new drummer in GnR, don't try to act like you acted any different you bunch of fairweather fans.

Actually, I remember exactly how I felt when I bought the Illusions albums right after they came out....I didn't like Matt at all. Not only did he look like a complete dork on the inside booklet picture, but his playing style was/still is very robotic and boring. 60 takes or not, Steven's drumming on Civil War compared to the rest of the album(s) is like night and day. I was actually excited when I first found out Brain was in Gnr because I've been a fan of his since Primus dropped the Brown album.? ?
? Maybe Matt did save Gnr at the time...but it definately didn't improve his drumming style, or lack of...He's just about the most solid drummer around, but thats about it to me....

[Scabbie]

I was actually excited when I first found out Brain was in Gnr because I've been a fan of his since Primus dropped the Brown album.? ?

Brain rocks on the Brown Album...one of his beats towards the end reminds me of John Bonham. Brain has a lot of feeling.

[Continental Drift]

Brain plays with much more "groove" than Sorum and is therefore, in my mind at least, a better drummer for Guns N' Roses. There a lot of subtle textures to GN'R's sound, even going back to the AFD and UYI days, and a thundering drummer like Sorum is not a good mix with the intricate guitar and keyboard work in Guns' music IMHO.

Sorum is a fantastic drummer and a key part of GN'R history however, I just think the band sounds better with Brain.

What's interesting is that Axl felt the need to diss Sorum by way of introducing Brain. Makes me think that those Sorum comments about Axl from a few weeks ago actually were made AFTER they had met up in that club/party in NYC. I guess those two aren't ever going to be "the best of friends".