the only thing with gnr is their notoriety in the early days up till the use your illusion tours
since the split they risked losing their fans since people do get tired of axl's childish behaviour, no doubt the current lineup is good but its a shadow of its former self and i think i saw an interview somewhere with slash saying he will never go back.
besides velvet revolver are a sleazy rock classic!
then again i would say the same thing about metallica, no way is their current effort st anger is a match for the black album, the drums sound awful for a start and its not listenable in my mind
pity cos they are masters of it all live.