Dang, some of the tracks from the new Guns'n'Roses album are posted up on Stereogum and I haven't listened to them yet. I'm actually fearing it. Usually, long-awaited comeback albums from artists/bands that are long past their prime are a horrible disappointment. Also, "classic rock" bands that still manage to put out records despite the absence of the majority of their founding members often release pure garbage. You can find stacks and stacks of such in the record bins at the Goodwill (Wow!!! Lynard Skynard is still putting out albums! But I thought that most of them died in a plane crash...) Anyway I'm not setting my expectations too high. The "other" G'n'R reunion incarnation (Velvet Revolver) was a waste of time and energy, and contained what many consider to be the creative nucleus of the band in Slash and Duff. So how could Axl on his own be any better???

If you're wondering why this is such an issue for me, please bear in mind that G'n'R played a very important formative role in my life. They helped to get me where I am today (poor, under-employed, etc.) I still hold to my opinion that Appetite For Destruction is the best rock album ever.

Stay tuned for my report when I finally summon up the courage to download the above metioned songs.

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