[DeluxeMoustache]

I don't get, from a musician's perspective, how you could denounce any of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, or GnR.

For the sake of clarification, I have played guitar for decades, learned many songs by each of these bands and many others, and my taste in music spans genres. This to the point that my preference is good music, not bad. Totally subjective I know

Some poster in this thread lumped GnR with Poison. For shame. I can appreciate Poison for what they were, but there was no artistry there - that was fluff. And they wouldn't argue, I would wager.

There are some guitarists who are rock icons for a reason - Slash, Joe Perry, Dave Gilmour. They are that way because when they play, you pretty much can tell who it is, instantaneously. Just like blues guys - BB, Albert, Freddie, Buddy (and more) and later Stevie Ray.

This may not be immediately obvious to people who don't know them, but I liken it to people's voices. You recognize the voice of everyone with whom you are familiar. Same deal with musicians.... when their personality and artistry is part of the music

Slash and GnR are distinct. Poison is not. No offense to them, they were clear. They wanted nothing but a good time...

More importantly, hell yeah to a GnR reunion. If Axl and Slash can stop taking themselves so seriously (like Mick and Keith, Steve and Joe, etc) then let the bullets and, uh, petals fly