5 Ways It Could Suck
5. They All Hate Each Other
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YCDEr9uJb0 Between the final show of the Use Your Illusion tour, in Buenos Aires on the 17th of July 1993, and August of 1997, Guns N Roses slowly fell apart. Gilby Clarke was unceremoniously sacked, as was drummer Matt Sorum, whilst Slash and bassist Duff McKagan quit. The tensions of the preceding years had taken their toll, and a once close-knit band of best friends took to the press to trade insults.
Axl Rose called Slash a cancer and better removed, while
Steven Adler labelled Rose insane and a nutball.
He called the bands most recent line-up Axl and His Hacks, but later recanted that, saying "I said the wrong word. I meant to say 'scabs.' Slash got in on the act, claiming Rose refused to go on stage at a show in 1992 unless the bands naming rights were signed over to him. Axl Rose denied this, and went as far as banning GnR fans from wearing Slash T-shirts at shows he was playing. It all boiled down to petty "he said/she said" taunts, but it went on for almost 20 years. How do you possibly mend the bridges that have been burned in that period? They may present a united front now, and for the time being it may well be true, but things must be so fragile that one wrong word or misinterpreted look could easily bring the whole house of cards tumbling down all over again.